Golfgar4
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Do I Need to \"Get A Life\"?????
I was off from work last week (practicing for retirement!! /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif), and the wife and I were running some errands. We needed to return a gift to our local Target store, and as I was parking in an empty stall, I observed a lady park her van in the handicapped stall closest to the building.
I've always been pretty laid back about minding my own business, but one thing that has always "torqued my jaws" is when people not legitamately handicapped parking in these marked and reserved stalls. It just galls me that someone who doesn't need the accommodation takes advantage of it.
When I see this happen, I've made it a practice of informing the business of the occurrence so that they can deal with it appropriately. But if I can actually identify the person who illegally parked there, I will approach the person and politely point out what they did and why it was wrong, and ask that they not do it again. In fact, to make sure that I didn't make a mistake, I always ask first if the person or someone with them is handicapped, just to make sure that they weren't dealing with a temporary situation.
In the instance that I observed, I did see who the lady was, so I mentioned to my wife on the way in to the store that I would mention to her that she had parked illegally. I did walk past her van to make sure it didn't have handicapped plates on it or that she hadn't forgotten to hang her handicapped sign from the mirror. When I looked into the van, I saw what appeared to be a baby about 8 - 10 months old strapped into a car seat in the back of the van. Now it wasn't particularly cold outside at the time. It was probably around 35 degrees. But it wasn't necessarily the idea of the temperature, although depending on how long the lady would've been in the store it could have become a problem. It was just the idea of leaving a baby totally unattended.
When I got into the store, I saw the lady standing in a long line at the service counter. I walked up to her and politely asked her if she had just parked in the handicapped stall in fron of the store. Before I could say anything else, she snapped back at me, "Oh, I suppose you're one of those handicapped vigilantes waiting top catch someone parking there, aren't you?"
I replied that I was not a vigilante, but that I was more concerned with her baby being left unattended in the van. Again she snapped back at me, "Oh Ch _ _ _ _, GET A LIFE!" With that she stomped off, swearing at anyone in ear shot.
I guess I'm wondering if it's really me that needs to get a life?? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
I was off from work last week (practicing for retirement!! /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif), and the wife and I were running some errands. We needed to return a gift to our local Target store, and as I was parking in an empty stall, I observed a lady park her van in the handicapped stall closest to the building.
I've always been pretty laid back about minding my own business, but one thing that has always "torqued my jaws" is when people not legitamately handicapped parking in these marked and reserved stalls. It just galls me that someone who doesn't need the accommodation takes advantage of it.
When I see this happen, I've made it a practice of informing the business of the occurrence so that they can deal with it appropriately. But if I can actually identify the person who illegally parked there, I will approach the person and politely point out what they did and why it was wrong, and ask that they not do it again. In fact, to make sure that I didn't make a mistake, I always ask first if the person or someone with them is handicapped, just to make sure that they weren't dealing with a temporary situation.
In the instance that I observed, I did see who the lady was, so I mentioned to my wife on the way in to the store that I would mention to her that she had parked illegally. I did walk past her van to make sure it didn't have handicapped plates on it or that she hadn't forgotten to hang her handicapped sign from the mirror. When I looked into the van, I saw what appeared to be a baby about 8 - 10 months old strapped into a car seat in the back of the van. Now it wasn't particularly cold outside at the time. It was probably around 35 degrees. But it wasn't necessarily the idea of the temperature, although depending on how long the lady would've been in the store it could have become a problem. It was just the idea of leaving a baby totally unattended.
When I got into the store, I saw the lady standing in a long line at the service counter. I walked up to her and politely asked her if she had just parked in the handicapped stall in fron of the store. Before I could say anything else, she snapped back at me, "Oh, I suppose you're one of those handicapped vigilantes waiting top catch someone parking there, aren't you?"
I replied that I was not a vigilante, but that I was more concerned with her baby being left unattended in the van. Again she snapped back at me, "Oh Ch _ _ _ _, GET A LIFE!" With that she stomped off, swearing at anyone in ear shot.
I guess I'm wondering if it's really me that needs to get a life?? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
