In article >, sf wrote:


> In any case, your story sounds like two handicapped bullies to me (or
> more likely, they were drivers of handicapped people) - but you didn't
> say how many were in each car. Don't forget that handicapped
> stickers/placards and handicapped parking spaces are regularly abused.

We've all heard stories about people using other's handicapped id.
Still, it's pretty hard to tell. My sister and uncle both have
handicapped placards. They are both able to get around just fine.
However, they both drive my father around. He's able to get around
fine, for a short distance. He's 91, with two artificial knees that
aren't working as well as they used to. Still, when one of them pulls
into the handicapped spot with my father and they get out, it doesn't
really look like they need the spot. But if they park far away, by the
time they get to the store, my father can't walk any more. They have to
find a seat so he can rest. Sometimes it isn't easy to find a seat, and
he can't just sit anywhere, since my sister isn't strong enough to get
him up from a seat that is too low. She asked if I wanted to borrow the
id, since I'm taking dad to see my brother and family. No, I'll just
have my brother drop us off in front of the store while my brother
parks. You can't do that with just dad and a driver. Dad has senile
dementia, and doesn't remember anything in the short term. If you drop
him off in front of the store by himself, you can count on him not being
there when you get there. There's no way to tell which way he went. He
never has any idea at all where he is, or how he got there.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA