Re: Pet Peeve of the Week

[Matt Ion <soundy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nomen Nescio wrote:
> Bass said:
>
>
>>I once watched some character park one of those jacked up pickup trucks with
>>the huge tires and the suspension taller than an inverted 737 in a handicap
>>spot at the local Publix market.  The guy hopped out and strolled inside the
>>store with no apparent difficulty.  His tag was a handicap plate and there
>>was one of those signs hanging from the rear view mirror.  One wonders what
>>moron doctor signed his application. :(
>
>
> People abuse the hell out of the handicap parking privilege.  Family
> members use the handicapped person's vehicle and think the license plate
> entitles them to park in handicapped spots, too.  And those temporary
> permits that hang from the mirror, well, some valet parking guys have
> several of those on hand to use when they're short on parking places.
>
> On the other hand, some disabilities are not obvious, such as heart
> disease.  A person can be legitimately handicapped without needing a
> wheelchair.

Years ago a read a Dear Abby letter... the writer related to Abby how
she was walking through the parking lot in a mall when a fur-clad woman
in a new Jaguar pulled into the handicap parking spot and got out to
head into the mall.  She admonished the perfectly healthy culprit, whose
response was a display of the California state 'bird'.  So after the
woman went into the mall, the writer took it upon herself to run her key
down the length of the Jag.

Her exact words were "I know it was wrong, but Abby, it felt so good!"


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