DUmmies Discuss Handicapped Parking

[GOBUCKS]

It wasn't easy, but I did find one thread at the DUmp that wasn't whining about the jug-eared Kenyan. I understand why they're whining. They know, without question, that he could care less about their opinions. And they know, without question, that they will vote for him in 2012. Thus they whine.

Horse with no Brain spins a bouncy about handicapped parking. Now, it's not a problem in her dusty, crappy Texas trailer park. Each single-wide has a spot by its door, and since there's no pavement, just baked dirt and dust, with randomly imbedded chunks of gravel and broken glass, handicapped parking isn't an issue. Also, in the eyes of the Social Security Administration, nearly every resident is not just handicapped, they're totally and permanently disabled. Maintaining that illusion is the only important job done by the residents of the rows of faded, decrepit single-wides. Where to park the Aspen is not a priority.

Horse with no Name  (1000+ posts)        Thu Jul-07-11 12:58 PM
Original message
I think people that are not handicapped that park in handicapped spots should go to jail
I don't think a fine is substantial enough as punishment for breaking this law.

There is no GOOD reason for someone that is NOT handicapped to park in their designated space.

But...I have to say, what happened to me this morning makes me a little angry too.

I took a friend who has severe asthma to the doctor and to run a couple of errands. It is REALLY hot and the humidity is overbearing--making it difficult for my friend with asthma to function outside.

She, however, does not have a handicapped sticker.

We were really happy that there was a parking spot close to the door of the place of business that we were going. However, a car with a handicapped sticker cut in front and took the spot--forcing us to have to park at the back of the lot. There were no fewer than 10 open handicap spots so this person had plenty of close parking opportunities without taking one that might be used for someone that isn't quite as disabled as they are--yet still in need of a closer parking spot.

I know this isn't important in the scheme of things...but if we set aside parking spots...then they should be utilized.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1433655
In a way, I share the opinion of this bouncy tale. By law, every public building sets aside enough handicapped parking spots to anticipate the entire customer base of Hoveround will shop there at the same time. Even outside an orthopedic clinic, you will rarely see even a quarter of the available handicapped parking spots occupied. It's an example of the wisdom of our regulators. Nationwide, how many acres of petroleum-based asphalt is wasted on empty handicapped parking capacity?


DUmmy truebluenumbers sounds sensible, then gives herself away as a bouncy author:

trueblue2007  (1000+ posts)      Thu Jul-07-11 01:06 PM
Response to Reply #1
11. we dont have jail space for that,
OH GET A BRAIN OP. PUT CRIMINALS IN JAIL. FINE PEOPLE WHO PARK IN DISABLED SPOTS A HUGE FINE!!

my husband is disabled. there are often not enough disabled spots but it is STUPID idea to throw millions of people in jail for this kind of infraction. our jails are bursting as it is.

WHAT DO WE DO? THROW THE MURDERERS OUT AND LET THEM MURDER AGAIN? You want your daughter raped because the rapist was let out of jail to put in someone who parked illegally in a disable parking spot?

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah oh sure

There has never, in the history of the stupid disablity act, been a parking lot with all the handicapped spots filled. 


DUmmy Lucinda starts to piss on Horse with no Brains's cornflakes:

Lucinda  (1000+ posts)        Thu Jul-07-11 01:01 PM
Response to Original message
3. That would be very frustrating. Maybe the driver wasn't handicapped?
They might have been another family member and not the one the card was issued for.

I understand your frustration though.

 


DUmmy Bunny continues the pissing match:

Bunny  (1000+ posts)        Thu Jul-07-11 01:01 PM
Response to Original message
5. I agree. It's the lowest of the low.
People who do that just plain suck.

PS - You could have dropped your friend off at the door, and then parked the car.

The cornflakes are now too soggy to bounce at all.
 

Horse with no Name  (1000+ posts)        Thu Jul-07-11 01:03 PM
Response to Reply #5
8. I siuggested that...but she is really in denial about how severe her condition is
which is why she won't go apply for her own sticker.

But when I dropped her off at her house she sounded worse than she did when I picked her up.

This reminds me so much of Pam Dawson's final days, when every single one of her stupid lies would be challenged, and
she would immediately answer back with some comically lame explanation. 

HopeHoops  (1000+ posts)      Thu Jul-07-11 01:04 PM
Response to Original message
9. Some years ago, there was a guy in a bar bragging about having stolen a handicapped placard.
This wasn't exactly a yuppie bar mind you, more of a biker kind. The reaction was UNIVERSALLY negative and he left without finishing his drink. I think he probably would have ended up in the parking lot in need of medical attention had he stayed.

This is why DUmmies find it so much more sensible to buy a "Clergy" license plate holder.
Then they can park at the door, closer even than the long row of empty handicapped spots.
 

[thundley4]

Lucinda  (1000+ posts)        Thu Jul-07-11 01:01 PM
Response to Original message
3. That would be very frustrating. Maybe the driver wasn't handicapped?
They might have been another family member and not the one the card was issued for.

I understand your frustration though.

That was my first thought. My second was that maybe the person is one of those that have good and bad days and didn't feel the need to take a spot someone might need more that day.  Either way, it was most likely a conservative not a liberal driving that car.

[Ballygrl]

Why didn't he just drop the person off at the door then look for a space to park, and when leaving go get the car and meet the person at the front of the door?

[thundley4]

Why didn't he just drop the person off at the door then look for a space to park, and when leaving go get the car and meet the person at the front of the door?

The DUmmie was too lazy to walk.

[Ballygrl]

DUmmy truebluenumbers sounds sensible, then gives herself away as a bouncy author:
There has never, in the history of the stupid disablity act, been a parking lot with all the handicapped spots filled.

I have to take issue with this, the grocery store that my Mom goes to, the handicap spots are always taken, my Mom has a handicap sticker that we use when I'm driving her places and most of the time I have to drop her off and go find a regular space and when she's done I go get the car and pick her up at the door.

[Ballygrl]

The DUmmie was too lazy to walk.

That's ridiculous, I do it all the time.

[USA4ME]

Hold on, is the unappellated eohippus primitive actually complaining about someone taking a parking space that was available for anyone to park in?  Yes, she is.  What an idiot.

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[franksolich]

Why didn't he just drop the person off at the door then look for a space to park, and when leaving go get the car and meet the person at the front of the door?

That was my first thought, too, until I read down to the bunny primitive's comment.

By the way, the unappellated eohippus is a she, not a he; not be corrective here, but the genders of the primitives can be hazy at times.

[Karin]

forcing us to have to park at the back of the lot. There were no fewer than 10 open handicap spots

Am I reading this correctly?  There were 10 other handicapped spots open, which are appropriately close to the door?  Why go to the back of the lot? 

And yeah, the horse cannot get around the fact that she could have dropped the friend off at the door.  No spinning that one. 

[franksolich]

Am I reading this correctly?  There were 10 other handicapped spots open, which are appropriately close to the door?  Why go to the back of the lot?

You are reading it correctly, madam.

There were 10 other handicapped spots open.

I dunno how that slipped by me, but it's hot here today, and so I'm not catching everything.

[franksolich]

I dunno about you, sir, but I'm starting to get a different picture of Ms. Ed, than what I used to have.

I used to think the unappellated eohippus was nothing more than trashy, and evil because of her fondness for slaughtering innocent infants.

Now I'm starting to think the nonmonickered equine is like the grasswire primitive, just really dense; stupid, the IQ in the two-digit range.

[Texacon]

I think all the handicap parking spaces should be at the back of the lot.  I mean .... those people have wheels and I have to walk.

 

 

Jest kidding for those who are humor impaired.

KC

[Karin]

Target is ridiculous.  I swear they have 30 slots set aside.  Everybody honors them, though, they're always empty.  At Christmas it's a looong treck indoors. 

Hey Frank, did you get a window unit A/C?  If not, why not? 

[dandi]

Hey Frank, did you get a window unit A/C?  If not, why not? 

Because no one would be able to see his nekkid ass as he walked by the window?

 

[compaqxp]

I'd just like for overweight people to stop getting issued tags to put in the window so they can park in the handicapped spots. Is it really to much to ask?

Nevermind, I already know the answer.

[diesel driver]

I'd just like for overweight people to stop getting issued tags to put in the window so they can park in the handicapped spots. Is it really to much to ask?

Nevermind, I already know the answer.

What's worse is those same overweight people using the motorized carts in the store.

I saw a woman (?) in Wallyworld last week that I swear had an ass 4 feet across!  She had as much hanging off each side of the seat as was on the seat!

The only thing missing was the "Wide Load" sign and a flag car.   

[AprilRazz]

I'd just like for overweight people to stop getting issued tags to put in the window so they can park in the handicapped spots. Is it really to much to ask?

Nevermind, I already know the answer.

You would think not getting one would help their condition.

[Evil_Conservative]

I know Casey murdered her daughter, but damn it!  We need to throw illegal parkers into jail, not baby killers.

[true_blood]

Bunny  (1000+ posts)        Thu Jul-07-11 01:01 PM
Response to Original message
5. I agree. It's the lowest of the low.
People who do that just plain suck.

PS - You could have dropped your friend off at the door, and then parked the car.

The cornflakes are now too soggy to bounce at all.