Friday, May 31, 2013

Handicapped Parking


The Curmudgeon Societé Generale takes the law regarding handicapped parking very seriously. This is not surprising, considering just how large a segment of the membership actually HAS one of those tags. And, as a practical matter, you really don't want these people trying to park their boats in normal parking spaces - all those Crown Vics and Lincoln Grand Marquises need that extra width parking spot.

But today's polemic is about that unbelievably lazy class of people who use some genuinely handicapped family member's tag just to park close by a door at a mall. Unfettered by the least bit of concern for people who actually have a very tough time getting around, these quite despicable yahoos prance off to get those new shoes or something with perfectly clear consciences.

This whole thing gets weirder, too. I recently took my Sainted wife to a medical building - full of heart, bone, and a lot of other crippling disease doctors - the kind of place where every other patient is handicapped in one way or another. Do they have some clever parking setup? Of course they don't! They're too cheap, so everyone trudges in from spaces that stretch away like a mall lot.

Handicapped parking: nice idea. Handicapped execution.

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