Val's shoulder is sore from all the fist-shaking she's been doing at entitled scofflaws who park all willy-nilly regardless of painted regulations.
Last week at the Gas Station Chicken Store, my rightful single handicap parking space had been usurped by a THREEPEAT OFFENDER! The white-haired lady in the red sedan. She obviously cannot feel shame. I wonder how many other handicappers she has displaced from their rightful parking space. This seems to be an everyday practice for her.
This is right before she came out and sat in the driver's seat for a few minutes. It's the exact same car I "caught" there on May 23 (tale on my supersecret blog), and on July 19 (my last complaint). The headlights, the seats, the mirrors. All identical, even though I don't think I got the license plate in both the other photos. I'll show them below for comparison, in case you don't want to look back at the other posts.
Here is a closeup from November 7:
Here is a closeup from July 19:
And the first offense (that I caught) from May 23:
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Same car, three different days. During the latest incident, that same white-haired lady came out and got behind the wheel. Sat a few minutes. I guess my presence made her uncomfortable to sit and scratch her tickets, because she left. Revved up the engine, and pulled past the corner of T-Hoe. Then stopped up by the FREE AIR hose and dumpster, not pulling out into the alley, but sitting THERE. Probably watching me in her mirror as I pulled down into my rightful handicap parking space, and slid out of T-Hoe. Because that's when she drove away. Not a long-enough interlude to scratch tickets, compared to how long she sat in the car before, keeping me from parking there.
Shame, shame, shame. Nobody knows her name. But they DO know her crime. And her car.
Is the space clearly marked as Handicapped? Maybe the store could add a more prominent sign.
ReplyDeleteThere's a big blue square, with the white wheelchair stencil, painted on the surface of the parking space. You can see it under her car in the top photo. If you watch where you're driving, you can't miss it as you're parking. Also, there's a small sign on the side of the building.
DeleteDid she watch you get out of your car and now knows that you are genuinely handicapped? Maybe she'll remember next time and park somewhere else?
ReplyDeleteI assume that's what she was watching for, since there was no traffic in the alley while she was waiting before driving away.
DeleteI guess all people with a legal placard for handicap parking must show a "genuine" physical disability to be entitled to park in the handicap spaces??? And if not, we will "excuse" people without placards who park there, because they don't think we really need that space?