I took my dog out for one of our regular runs. I parked my van at a local park and off we went for our run. After about an hour, we were back ready to get into the van and drive home.
Sitting beside my van, parked in the stripes between the "van accessible" parking spot and the handicap spot on the other side of the stripes, was someone's SUV. I wasn't able to leave. My van has a lift that you enter and exit on the side.
The parking lot was absolutely full. There was some event at the park. My dog and I went over to the action, looking for someone in charge. When I found someone behind a table who looked in charge, I told him that someone was blocking the handicap spot I was in and I would wait a few minutes before I called the police. He came out with me and saw the SUV parked on the stripes and said he would go see if he could find the owner.
I sat there about 4 or 5 minutes before some lady came out, smiling at me, and saying she was just dropping off something. No one does this without getting a lecture from me. When I asked her didn't she realize this was a handicap spot, she had the gall to tell me the spot was not a handicap spot but just a "no parking" spot (like that would really make any difference and would therefore be ok for her to park in it). I don't think I ever convinced her that the stripes beside the handicap parking spot is part of the handicap spot.
She didn't just "absorb" the lecture; she wanted to argue back, never really accepting that she really shouldn't park there. I did let her know she was an asshole on several occasions. At some point she said "why don't you take down my license number and report me to the police?". And another "I said I'm sorry, what do you want?".
I told her what I wanted was for her to get her car out of the handicap spot and never park in one again. Finally, she got in her car and pulled out, instead of arguing with me that, somehow, it was ok to park in the handicap stripes. Asshole.
Sitting beside my van, parked in the stripes between the "van accessible" parking spot and the handicap spot on the other side of the stripes, was someone's SUV. I wasn't able to leave. My van has a lift that you enter and exit on the side.
The parking lot was absolutely full. There was some event at the park. My dog and I went over to the action, looking for someone in charge. When I found someone behind a table who looked in charge, I told him that someone was blocking the handicap spot I was in and I would wait a few minutes before I called the police. He came out with me and saw the SUV parked on the stripes and said he would go see if he could find the owner.
I sat there about 4 or 5 minutes before some lady came out, smiling at me, and saying she was just dropping off something. No one does this without getting a lecture from me. When I asked her didn't she realize this was a handicap spot, she had the gall to tell me the spot was not a handicap spot but just a "no parking" spot (like that would really make any difference and would therefore be ok for her to park in it). I don't think I ever convinced her that the stripes beside the handicap parking spot is part of the handicap spot.
She didn't just "absorb" the lecture; she wanted to argue back, never really accepting that she really shouldn't park there. I did let her know she was an asshole on several occasions. At some point she said "why don't you take down my license number and report me to the police?". And another "I said I'm sorry, what do you want?".
I told her what I wanted was for her to get her car out of the handicap spot and never park in one again. Finally, she got in her car and pulled out, instead of arguing with me that, somehow, it was ok to park in the handicap stripes. Asshole.
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