WalMart Shoplifting

[MrJimi]

With all the FAT, LAZY people we have here in Florida, all it takes is $4.00 per year and your good to go to P off the normal folks.
There are way too many people abusing this system as it is
Now go figure..
I am against it totally If you can walk normal and all of these ( SYSTEM SUCKERS ) are very able to walk.. We should fine them for abusing a good thing for the people that really need it.........
Put your foot down NOW!!!!!
Jim

 

[ToadHill]

I had an uncle who was questioned one time about parking in a handicap zone. The guy said he didn't look handicapped to him. Uncle asked he guy if he'd like to pay his doctor bills for the nest month. He died way too young, "You can't judge a book by it's cover."

 

[texbaylea]

I had an uncle who was questioned one time about parking in a handicap zone. The guy said he didn't look handicapped to him. Uncle asked he guy if he'd like to pay his doctor bills for the nest month. He died way too young, "You can't judge a book by it's cover."

That's why I don't confront any I see parking in the handicapped slots. I let this group report to my DMV who may do something about it and who has the resources to determine if they are legit.

Vernon

 

[dmccarty]

Like I said we have hashed this one before.

I have a bad back. Not as bad as some I know but I'm in pain/discomfort all of the time. Mostly just a dull ache. Its just the back letting me know that, Hey!, I'm here. I'm a pain. Dont forget it. But some days it edges up for whatever reason. My last trip to the bone cracker was because I unbuckled my seat belt. Which I do at least six times a day. I do know looks can be deceiving. But you should see me get out of the truck after sitting for 30 minutes. Or get out of a chair. I walk bent over like an 100 year old rice picker for a few minutes. It aint pretty. And I ain't old.

The lady was walking just fine when she climbed out of her vehicle. And she sure was ok getting groceries. Saw her all over the store. She had no problem walking and standing on her feet. I thought the reason for the parking spots was to help people with mobility issues get access to sotres. If she was fine that day she should have left the spot open for someone that needed it. I have seen plenty of people in that store who can barely stand up but they don't have a sticker. Tain't now way this women needed a handicap space. She showed no pain when she got out of the SUV. She did not have any mobility issues at all. She knew she was playing the system. Most people in my town will see you and make eye contact. She saw me looking at her, put down her eyes, and scurried into the store ASAP.

Later,
Dan

 

[WTA]

Not all people that are handicapped look like it on the outside. My wife has MS and you wouldn't know it from looking at her. Her symptoms come and go and when it's in it's extreme she has been paralyzed. Sometimes she just has no feeling anywhere but can walk on her own. That can't be easy not being able to feel your feet.

I don't like seeing a lot of people using handicapped stickers either, especially when it's someone I know is fine other than they don't know how to push away from the dinner table. I know 3 people that have stickers just because they eat way too much. It's a handicap in this state I guess.

BTW, my wife doesn't have a handicap sticker. I keep telling her to get one but she doesn't want it. Next time she gets to the point where she can't walk up steps by herself I'm dragging her into the doctors office to get the form signed.

I'd like to see more spots by the door for pregnant women than handicapps myself. Call me old fashioned but on every base I ever lived on pregnant women always got head of the line priveleges and could park in officers parking spots whenever they wanted.

 

[Soundguy]

Well. that was my point.. if she was issued the plaque.. then she was legal. even if she could walk.. IE.. she may not be able to walk long/far/fast.. etc.. thus the plaque.

now if it was not her's.. that;'s another story..

soundguy

Chris, I don't know all the state laws, but in Texas . . . the sign is issued for a specific person, not a specific vehicle. I used to have one in my car, but only for use when my Mother was in the car because it was issued in her name. My sister had that same sign in her car before I did. Of course, Mother was restricted to a wheelchair at the time. And in Texas, it would be illegal for me to park in a handicapped space, even with the sign hanging on the rear view mirror, unless the person to whom the sign was issued was in the car at the time. I'd be inclined to think that law's about the same in other states. At least it seems the right way to do it to me.

 

[Soundguy]

While I certaintly see your point.. I've got better things to do than set around judging people. At the bare minimum.. if she had the plaqe.. legally.. past that. I'm not specifically interested in pursueing anything.. Like others have said.. not everyone that is handicapped looks like they are handicapped...

soundguy

Like I said we have hashed this one before.

I have a bad back. Not as bad as some I know but I'm in pain/discomfort all of the time. Mostly just a dull ache. Its just the back letting me know that, Hey!, I'm here. I'm a pain. Dont forget it. But some days it edges up for whatever reason. My last trip to the bone cracker was because I unbuckled my seat belt. Which I do at least six times a day. I do know looks can be deceiving. But you should see me get out of the truck after sitting for 30 minutes. Or get out of a chair. I walk bent over like an 100 year old rice picker for a few minutes. It aint pretty. And I ain't old.

The lady was walking just fine when she climbed out of her vehicle. And she sure was ok getting groceries. Saw her all over the store. She had no problem walking and standing on her feet. I thought the reason for the parking spots was to help people with mobility issues get access to sotres. If she was fine that day she should have left the spot open for someone that needed it. I have seen plenty of people in that store who can barely stand up but they don't have a sticker. Tain't now way this women needed a handicap space. She showed no pain when she got out of the SUV. She did not have any mobility issues at all. She knew she was playing the system. Most people in my town will see you and make eye contact. She saw me looking at her, put down her eyes, and scurried into the store ASAP.

Later,
Dan

 

[Inspector507]

The lady was walking just fine when she climbed out of her vehicle. And she sure was ok getting groceries. Saw her all over the store. She had no problem walking and standing on her feet. I thought the reason for the parking spots was to help people with mobility issues get access to sotres. If she was fine that day she should have left the spot open for someone that needed it. I have seen plenty of people in that store who can barely stand up but they don't have a sticker. Tain't now way this women needed a handicap space. She showed no pain when she got out of the SUV. She did not have any mobility issues at all. She knew she was playing the system. Most people in my town will see you and make eye contact. She saw me looking at her, put down her eyes, and scurried into the store ASAP.

Later,
Dan

Dan,
Not every person who has a handicap parking placard/plate has a mobilility issue that you can outwardly see. There are also people that have other medical issues where they qualify for one too. I know a guy who has had 3 heart attacks, 5 stents and a double bypass where half of it didn't work. He has a pretty bad burning in his chest if he walks too far or exerts himself too much. He has to catch his breath once he gets into the store, but going at a slow pace in the store he "looks normal". He qualifies for a handicapped placard but doesn't have one.
If you ever saw him get out of his truck, you'd never know he had any issues at all. But according to what you said, some people might look at him funny if he had a handicapped placard because he wasn't "showing" a moblility problem.

Oh yeah........Why does he not have one of those placards? I guess I just never took the time to fill it out yet.
Being handicapped or disabled does not always show on the outside.

 

[rox]

DM- You are right about people abusing handicapped parkig privilages. This is a true story happend about 15 years ago. My son is invited to see a Milwaukee Brewers baseball game and he comes home and tells me that the "Smith" family uses thier granpa's car with his disabled plates for all the baseball games that way they get a good parking place close up. The 'Smith" family was very active in our church, the dad sang in something called the Bell Canto (?) orchestra/choir. Mrs Smith was a nurse teaching nursing at a local technical college, all 4 of thier children went to the same Lutheran school as our kids. The mom was a nurse for goodness sake! The dad owned his own business and they were very well off. So I know for a fact that people really do scam the system. In Milwaukee the police ran a crackdown on "handicapped" parked cars near city hall. Seems like parking was a big issue and the handicapped spots were always full and the cops noticed. I still remember 70% of the public they stopped were using the handicapped sticker illegally. 70%! A whole bundh fo them actually worked for the city. They were jsut taking granma's handicapped tag and hanging it on their rearview mirror and taking the handicapped spots.

So yes you can't always tell about a person's handicapp by looking at them, but open your eyes folks there IS a whole lot of cheaters out there.

 

[Podunkadunk]

I guess I'll join in on the hijack:

NEVER judge a book by it's cover. That old adage applies to people with handicapped tags/stickers.

Case in point, my ex-wife. In '94 at the age of 24 years old, she got into a horrific auto accident. Among other more life threatening injuries, she sustained a broken femur and fractured hip. They put a titanium rod and several pins in her leg. That rod caused her considerable pain for years to come and I'm sure it still does. Also, she didn't walk the same as she used to and running was out of the question. Besides losing a finger (completely) and the use of another on the same hand, she looks totally normal to this day.

She has a handicapped permit and you should see some of the looks we/she would get sometimes.

People abuse the permit, but I'm not going to call anyone out on it...it's not my place to do so.

Podunk