Being an lazy, ignoreant Idiot isn't a Handicap

[drunkenwildmage]

This happened right before Christmas.

To set this up, my wife is in a wheelchair due to a car crash before we meet. As a result we have a Handicap Mini-Van that has a ramp that extends out on the passenger side for her to get in and out. Something like this . On the Door at the bottom of the window we have a Blue and White Handicap Sticker About 4 inches by 6 inches that says "Please allow for Extra Room"


Right before Christmas, we where out shopping. I was getting my hair cut at one of those hair cutting mills that charge 8 bucks to use a weed whacker on your hair. While I was getting it cut, my wife went the Best Buy next door to purchase a couple things, one was my Christmas Present (Firefly Box set, now I know why I married her ) I meet her in the doorway of Best Buy, and gave her the keys to the Van, so she could drop off her purchases, and take care of a couple other things while I took a lap around Best Buy. I was only in BB for about 10 minutes or so, when my phone rang. It was my wife in tears.. She said that "I need you to come out now".. I ran out the store to the van. When I got there, she was still outside of the van crying and another lady was asking her if she was all right. After she calmed down enough she told me what happened.

When she roll up to the van, a lady had parked her Dark Green Stupid Useless Vehicle over the blue stripped area next to the van. Now, our normal procedure when someone parks like that is to hit the key fob, let the door open, and the ramp will drop down on the side of the vehicle leaving a nice dent, and scratch, (You are illegally parked, sorry we didn't see you..Tough Shit!! Want to call the cops? I'm sure they will be happy to fine you for being illegally parked )but since it was cold, and the owners before us, put a damn Wal-Mart Cheap-O-Battery in the van, the door didn't open. (doesn't like cold weather). At that point, it went something this.

W - My Wife
G - Green SUV Woman

W: Can you move, so that I can get in my Van?

G: (With a bit of a 'tude) That's no problem.. When you get in, I'll just move right back.

W: Maam, you are illegally parked, you can't park there

G: I'm not illegally parked.. I'm not parked in a handicap spot, I'm parked in the spot with the lines, while I wait for my mother (As a side note..at least in this state is considered the same as parking illegally in a handicap spot)

W: It is Illegal.. it's for people to use the extra room to get in and out of their vehicles

At this point, Green SUV Woman Rolls up window and just sits for a few minutes My wife pulls out her cell phone, and makes like she is calling the cops. When the lady sees this, she rolls down her window. I can't be sure, but knowing the tendencies of my wife, chances are she was over to a side to let the lady out, most in front the van when she "called" (The van was backed into the parking spot)





G: Will you Move.. I don't want to run over your fat ass.

W: What??!!

G: Pulls forward next to my wife:Merry Christmas.. I hope no one runs over your fat ass.

Then she drives off.

At that point my Wife is in tears.. The lady I mentioned earlier saw all this happened, and ran over to make sure my Wife was OK. That is when she called me inside the store.

After she told me the story we got in the van, and we sat and waited to see if the lady would return, or turned up in the parking lot somewhere else. Neither happened, which I have a feeling is good, because If I saw her, chances are I would be having to phone my parents for bail money.

[rerant]

I really don't see what the rude woman's race has to do with anything.
You can be an asshole regardless of the colour of your skin.

[Pedersen]

When she roll up to the van, a lady of a certain minority had parked her Dark Green Stupid Useless Vehicle over the blue stripped area next to the van.

I really don't see what the rude woman's race has to do with anything.
You can be an asshole regardless of the colour of your skin.

*blinkblink* What? What race? I don't see race mentioned in the least teeny tiny little bit. Sure, you can stretch it, but all that was mentioned was a minority. That could be race, that could be some form of disablement, that could be something about sexual orientation or even a type of religion.

You have no way of knowing if race was even actually what was meant, and you're jumping on the OP for mentioning that the SC was of a minority?

Wow. Just ... wow.

[poofy_puff]

I don't see where it was even necessary to MENTION "minority" unless it had become an issue in the actual incident. The OP was referring to race (see the last line); that seems to be the only thing you'd be able to tell just by looking. Either way, it waxes irrelevant. I happen to be "white" (of Eastern European heritage, FWIW) and when another "white" person is sucky, I don't get all "white people suck". I get all "PEOPLE SUCK" no matter how much friggin melanin you got, or who you like to have sex with, or how many gods you pray to.

RUDE people come in all sizes, colors, religions, ages, etc. etc. etc. ad nauseum...

[drunkenwildmage]

You can be an asshole regardless of the color of your skin.

I agree 100%.. That in itself wasn't the point that I was trying to make.. The point was more or less tied to my last Sentience of the post... If I came across saying that People of a "certain minority" are all assholes I apologize. that wasn't the intent. ..

Edited out the "Certain Minority" comments as, that apparently had caused a lost of the Original Meaning of the Post.

[Sliceanddice]

hell the minority most likely is Dumb and Bitchy soulless ones.

[Pagan]

... If I came across saying that People of a "certain minority" are all assholes.. I apologize . that wasn't my intent

I took it to mean "logically deficient". Unfortunately though, that's not a minority as we see all to often in these stories!

[Saydrah]

Okay, we've established that the lady wasn't being an ignorant, rude idiot because of her race- okay- but this is a place to vent, right? And there have been other threads where people vent about the struggle not to develop prejudices against a particular culture or nationality after seeing repeat sucky behavior. Personally, I'm prejudiced against people of the Illegally Parking in Handicap Spaces nationality- they all seem to come from Entitlement Whore Island, and I like to leave nasty notes on their windshields after calling the police to ask them to please ticket the vehicle illegally parked in a handicapped space.

[PuckishOne]

I'd like to thank drunkenwildmage for editing the post and remind everyone that if you find something offensive or unnecessary in a post, please report it using the "report" button (the "!" in the upper right corner of each post) instead of calling out the person who posted it. Make us mods earn our hefty salaries. Thanks very much.

[Broomjockey]

The other thing is that we're going to go a little easier on one aspect of moderation. We usually have a rule that race etc doesn't get mentioned unless it's relevant to the tale. After a bit of a discussion, we're going to trial not worrying about this too much as long as such mentions are only used for description. If something looks like it's got racist undertones, we'll deal with it, so please feel free to report any mentions of race that aren't just setting the scene.

Let common sense rule, and we should do fine.

Rapscallion

I really don't see what the rude woman's race has to do with anything.

I'd like to point anyone having issue with the original mention to Raps's post, made a while back in Site News. you'll notice that not only does it say we won't crack down on every mention of minority, but to report it if you feel it crosses the line. No one reported that. Instead we got a report of the thread being derailed by people focusing on that. He's "fixed" it now, so get back on track people, and in the future, if you have a problem with someone mentioning race/minority, report it.

On topic: Those "spaces" with the lines in them - if you mean what I think you do - aren't even spaces. They're spacers as you said, to give people room. So not only was she a raging jackass, but she was parked illegally in a couple of ways. Nice. She's batting two for two. Hope your wife is feeling better, and didn't let that bitch get to her too badly.

[smileyeagle1021]

I really don't see what the rude woman's race has to do with anything.
You can be an asshole regardless of the colour of your skin.

just speaking from experience, I have seen a decent number of people use their race as a reason to be entitlement whores...

.... then again i've seen people use a lot of reasons to be entitlement whores

I'm getting the impression that the OP was implying the person was trying to use their race as a reason to break the rules (ie, my ancestors were oppressed therefore I shouldn't have to follow the rules to make up for it).

[looney_librarian]

Sorry that happened to your wife. I've been guilty of parking in those lined areas before, usually because some other jackass didn't know how to park on the next space down.

As for the tard that blatantly said that they don't know how to park, what she didn't want to walk the extra step or two that she saved by parking in the lined areas? How hard is it to move a vehicle? Kinda makes me want to throw some tacks or other sharp objects under the tard's SUV. If they can afford an SUV they can afford the tires for their SUV.

[karma_gypsy]

That lady is horrible. Just because she'll be there for "just a second" (which is NEVER a second), doesn't give her the right to park in the lined areas.

I never knew *exactly* what the lined areas meant, but I always figured they were a no parking zone. But obviously, those van doors / ramps take up a lotta room, so I can see now how a few extra feet is crucially needed when parking a handicapped van.


It pisses me off to no end when people think it's o.k. to park in the lined areas in front of our local Winco. Those areas are clearly marked (with a sign literally every five feet), saying its for emergency vehicles only. And, I'm sorry, NO stop in Winco is less than a minute or so, no matter how fast you run....

The unfortunate thing is that I doubt local police will be able to do much about it (if you got the offenders license plate, that is), not much more than a gentle slap on the wrist anyway.

[Can I Help Your A$$?]

Firefly was my very favorite series.

Hope it helped your day.

[ArenaBoy]

People like her in the OP are the reasons as to why I glare at anyone trying to park in a handicap space or those lines.