It's like the people that wait for someone to leave their parking spot even if it takes 5 - 10 minutes and there are 50 cars backed up behind them, lazy.
Kramer: Why don't you take a handicap spot... George: You think? Elaine: No, no! We'll find a space. There's spaces in the other lot. George: I don't want to walk that far. Elaine: What if a handicapped person needs it? Kramer: Oh, come on, they don't drive! Jerry: Yes, they do! Kramer: Have you ever seen a handicapped person pull into a space and park? Jerry: Well there's spaces there, they must drive! Kramer: Well they don't. If they could drive, they wouldn't be handicapped. Elaine: So if you can drive, you're not handicapped? George: Look, we're not gonna be that long anyway... we have to get to the "party"! Kramer: I got news for you: handicapped people, they don't even want to park there! They wanna be treated just like anybody else! That's why, those spaces are always empty. George: He's right! It's the same thing with the femenists. You know, they want everything to be equal, everything! But when the check comes, where are they? Elaine: What does that mean? George: Yeah! Alright, I'm pulling in. Kramer: Yeah, go ahead. Elaine: George! George: Oh, come on, it's five minutes. (pulls into handicap spot)
No kidding. Sheesh, people. Get a life and stop being so petty. Anyway, let me just rant for a moment. The people who empty the trashcans at night here at my place of business always put the new bag on the can without pushing all the air out of it. The trash bag is like a huge balloon in the can and every time I try to throw something away, it just bounces right back out. I have to get up and put it back in the can. For the love of everything that is holy in this life, why can't they put the air out of the bags when the empty the cans?!?!?!? But, yeah, back on topic. Some people can be so petty.
Sometimes I park in handicapped spaces While handicapped people make handicapped faces I'm an asshoooooooooole.
Yeah, WTF is that all about?! you can't park in the spot that's 5 cars down? Heaven forbid, you have to walk an extra 20 paces. ARRRGGGHHH!!!! those people piss me off to no end. of course, i just want them to move so i can take that spot.
I'm more pissed of with people who use the handicapped spot who don't seem to have any kind of physical handicap at all. I'm definitely pissed off with people who sit and wait for a spot closer to the store, making it harder for you to navigate through the lot (this is when the lost ISNT full) I'm also pissed off with people who drive slowly through the lot. And of course people who walk in the middle of the lane, side by side by side...and for that matter people who cross the lot without checking for cars. As you can tell, I have ZERO patience in parking lots. My main goal is to find a space, I don't care how far or close; I just want to get a space, get in and get out and on with my life. Honestly is that much more important to park a few spaces closer. Even in Houston heat I don't have a problem w/ how far I park cause the way I see it, it provides for a little extra exercise.
thanks a lot, there's always some fool that screws up the curve when we're in the running for America's fattest city.
I can't believe those people who park in the striped areas between or next to handicapped spots. There's a parking lot near where I live, that's barely ever busy, but still, you find people parking their cars there so they don't have to walk an extra 10 feet
How about the 4 handicapped spots at 24 Hour fitness in Meyerland? They are always filled with Escalades with 22 inch rims. Those handicapped people really drive fancy cars. (sarcasm)
yeah i agree with you...i was in LA for a summer a couple of years back and i went to kinkos and they had valet parking there too...i still can't believe it...i wish i had my camera with me that day
This is my personal rant: If you're handicapped and you can drive, then an extra 10-100 feet won't killed, especially when it comes to places where you will be walking around everywhere, like the mall or walmart. If someone else is doing the driving, then they can drop th handicap person off at the curb and go park. The only time i get irritated is when people who are riding a free handicap sticker park in scarce handicap parking when others can use them. I can find better uses for these spots. Lets start with Family/HOV parking or one of my favorites, park-your-big-ass-vehicle-at-the-back-compact-cars-only spots.
My wife's company does work with Fire and security alarms. They service mostly businesses. A little over a year ago a group of them were installing fire alarms in a brand new strip center. There was nothing open in the center and there were only 2 other cars in the lot. They pulled in and parked sideways across 2 handicapped spots because they had several boxes of equipment to unload and all the spots near the door were handicapped spots. While they were inside working, this lady, that is employed by the local PD to only give out tickets for parking in handicapped spots without a tag, came by and wrote them a ticket. They went to court over it and the judge informed them that it didn't matter that nothing was open, and that they were working on the building, if the spots are marked then they aren't allowed to park there. They had to pay the fine, while the lady that had wrote the ticket shot them smug looks.
Are you kidding me? Just because you can't see the disability, it doesn't mean that there isn't a legit reason for the placecard. There are disabilities out there that are on and off, and strike like lightning out of nowhere, like Multiple Sclerosis. I dated a girl who had it, and let me tell you guys, this is no joke. We would go into a resturaunt or movie theater, and when it was time to go, her legs just wouldn't work, which meant that we either had to wait or I had to carry her or help her hobble out, depending oh how bad the attack was. She had a handicap placecard, and she needed it sometimes. Sometimes she wouldn't, but there was absolutely no way to tell when she would need it. We would also get dirty looks, nasty little notes, and people making snide little comments. One time an old man even took a swing at me over it. Really, look at all of the different sides of the issue before you snap judge someone. I know that there are people out there who abuse the system, but there really is a need for handicapped spots.
That extra space can be used for the automatic ramps that drivers using wheelchairs use when they drop down the ramp. My father-in-law has one, and at church, another van that has the ramp squeezes into that lined area and boxes my father in law in. I ususally get because that other person knows what the area is for. I completely avoid the handicap spots. Unless life or limb is threatened, there is not even a 2nd thought about using the spaces. My sister-in-law's father owns a wrechker wervice and has gotten a hanging tag out a wrecked cars. Now my sister in law and brother use one of those tags. That completely disgusts me every time I see them use it. If he wasn't family and living 250 miles away, I would have already called the cops on him.
I'm ok with handicap parking spots. I think 4% is a little bit much, but I don't think it's worth getting all bunched up about. The problem I have is the other reserved spots that are popping up at grocery stores, malls, etc.: "Reserved for Expectant Mothers" "Reserved for Parents of Sick Children". WTF?!?!? So, let me get this straight: some gal forgets to put in her diaphragm and gets VIP treatment, while I try not to overpopulate the world and end up parking five miles away?!? Junior gets the sniffles and they roll out the red carpet, while I could have walking pneumonia and still have to do the Bataan Death March across the parking lot?!? Since when did having a kid make you a better class of person, and thereby deserving of a better parking spot? Whenever I see people parked in those spots, I key their paint, just on principle.
