"Puester" > wrote

> Nancy Young wrote:

>> I think some of the meanness surrounding handicapped spots comes
>> from people's desperation to park as close as possible! to the front
>> door. I mean people with no handicap.

> The whole crux is that you can't TELL if a person has a handicap
> just by looking.

I'm talking about people I've been in the car with ... I don't know why,
but a lot of people really feel it's important to get close to the door.
It was the same way where I worked, people would park in spots
they weren't supposed to so they wouldn't have to walk. Not
handicapped people hiding some injury.

> There are millions of people out there with painful
> backs or knees or feet who don't think they are "entitled" to a
> handicap placard or who are in denial about how bad they are so
> they cruise looking for a close parking spot to save themselves
> a few extra steps of pain. (Don't ask how I know this!)

I'm sorry to hear that.

> I have a cousin who had a leg amputated due to a brain aneurysm.
> She has manged to get around well enough so she doesn't attract
> attention but often has people tell her off when she parks in a
> handicap space, She has told more than one "Do I need to take
> off my artificial leg to shut you up?"

I promise I do not going around harassing, eyeing or otherwise even
noticing who parks in handicapped spots. I do notice cars clogging
the rows because someone might be leaving any minute now and if
they just wait, it's closer! Frankly, there are usually a lot of empty
handicapped spots where I live, I think they might regulate places
have more than is needed.

Heh, your cousin would not have had to threaten me with her
detachable limb.

nancy