Your feet are not swelling and you are not carrying a 6-10 pound baby in your stomach. You have luckily not been paralyzed from the neck or waist down, and time is not wearing your body down. First you look around. Got to make sure the police aren’t lurking somewhere. Well you’ll only need the spot for a few minutes. There is no other parking spot. It’s not like pregnant and handicapped people shop all the time. You pull into the parking spot .Your conscious is guilty and your actions are sinful. But you got that spot right?
A lot of people these days love the convenience of things. Fast food, cell phones , Bluetooth, internet, technology cars and more. That’s what makes us happy. But when some of us find ourselves in a inconvenient situation, we plan to update that problem to a solution that fits our needs. We don’t care if it hurts someone else physically, emotionally, or mentally. It’s all about us right?
The man in the handicap sticker does’nt represents you but you still feel the need to park there. Well where is your cane, wheel chair, oxygen tank, or your limp that you have because of your slipped disk or broken hip? Instead of being thankful to be walking and not have a disability, they are too worried about getting a close parking space because their feet do not want to walk a long way to get to the store. But when they are inside the store, they can walk for hours and hours. Then when a handicap person needs a spot to park at, they are left to only find a spot in the back. Because of their disability, it takes them a while to just get to the front door. That is if they make it. Then if they don’t have a personal wheel chair they have to find a electronic cart. That is if there is one that is charged up and working. They already have to go through so much so why make things more difficult for them. When you are pregnant and towards you last trimester, walking is a task for you. You are tired , the baby is actually pulling down towards you know where , your back aches and your feet hurt. Then you have to hope that your water doesn’t break. If it does break in the store, you have to hope you got a close parking spot because if you didn’t then that baby may get there before you can get to the hospital.
Yes there is a law where people can’t park at these spots or they will get fined but people just laugh at this and continue to park where they please. Now if the law made you go to jail and get a fine, a lot of people would go ahead and park in the back, because let’s admit it who really wants to go to jail? Has anyone heard of being kind to others? Then there is people that are illegally getting handicap plates and tags so they won’t get caught because they are so desperate to get a close parking space. Now a lot of us were brought up better than that. But it seems some of us have forgotten our values and morals.
The BIG stall in the restroom. While it may not be illegal to use it, many people who are wheelchair bound don't have the luxury of vice-like bladder control. Then factor in the amount of time it takes to transfer from chair to toilet for them, and what it comes down to is, those stalls need to be open when they need them! Even if there is a line. If there is a line, let people in wheelchairs go ahead of you.
A bit of a digression from your post, but somewhat related...
http://www.progressiveu.org/blog/ediblewoman
Thank you for your reply. Yes I even know what you mean about the stalls too. People also go in them and use them knowing they are not handicapped and really don't care. If a handicapped person is in line waiting to use the bathroom , a lot of them just say, so what? They have to wait just like me. That is why I said what happen to morals and values. Thanks for your comment.
Most people respect the handicapped spaces in the places I've lived in upstate NY. Where do you live? I'm wondering if this is a social phenomenon related to location.
I live in Dallas Texas. Dallas is a big city anyways and as everyone likes to say : Everything is big in Texas. Not completely true. The rudeness in Texas is big and so is the road rage. I still love my state though.But I also visit other cities in Texas and Oklahoma and see the same thing. Other people say it happens in their state too but not as much.