"Dan Abel" > wrote in message
...
> In article >, sf wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:04:10 -0500, "cybercat" >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >"Dan Abel" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >> In article >,
>> >> "jmcquown" > wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> "Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote in message
>> >>> t...
>> >>> >
>> >>> > "itsjoannotjoann" > wrote in message
>> >>> >>
>> >>> > I don't mind people having the handicap stickers/placards/plates at
>> >>> > all. There are some who truly need to be parking in those spaces.
>> >>> > Then there's a girl I work with who's aunt is a deaf mute and the
>> >>> > aunt
>> >>> > has a placard to park in those places. Yes, she is 'handicapped'
>> >>> > but
>> >>> > it has nothing to do with her ability to walk. She's a huge fan of
>> >>> > yard sales and flea markets and never misses one.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > You have to wonder about her doctor. You need a doctor to sign off
>> >>> > on
>> >>> > the
>> >>> > application and evidently hers is over liberal on the reasons for
>> >>> > using
>> >>> > one. Unethical, IMO. She does not have a mobility problem.
>> >>
>> >>> I have to agree, Ed. True, deafness is a handicap but it doesn't
>> >>> mean
>> >>> the
>> >>> person gets to park closest to the front door of the shop.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> And here we see the true colors of the personalities that Nancy was
>> >> posting about. People are *jealous* of the handicapped? Would Jill
>> >> be
>> >> happy if some thug broke her legs in so many places that it couldn't
>> >> be
>> >> fixed, and she too could park in a handicapped spot? I would rather
>> >> walk a little farther than be handicapped.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >
>> >This is just one of many characteristics I absolutely loathe about Jill.
>> >
>> I'm confused, first Dan and now you are jumping all over her... for
>> what? What did she say that was so horrible?
>
> It's not horrible, in fact, it seems to be too prevalent on this group.
> It's partly the concept that somebody making a brief glance at someone
> else in the distance, fully clothed, is better able to judge the level
> of handicap than a doctor with a medical history, and doing a full exam,
> closeup, in the office.
>
> Mainly it's just the concept that if someone is able to walk at all,
> then they don't deserve to have a "better" parking spot than everybody
> else.
>
> What's the big deal about a parking space? Why would somebody walk up
> to a perfect stranger and start yelling at them because they didn't look
> sufficiently handicapped? How can somebody decide that deafness isn't a
> handicap as far as parking, when some doctor has decided that it is?
>
> --
> Dan Abel
> Petaluma, California USA

I have *never* yelled at anyone about parking in a handicapped spot! I have
never parked in a handicapped spot with the excuse I was just going to be a
minute, either.

I don't know why you seem to have drawn the conclusion that I am "jealous"
about not being able to park right next to a shop door. I am *thrilled* to
pieces that I can walk. I prefer to walk. My point (and Ed's point) was
being deaf in and of itself doesn't create the need to park closer to the
door.

Jill