re: Able-bodied people using handicap tags is OOC

It’s because half the parking lot is either for handicap and pickups. People actually not fat asses and can shop have about 10 spots to park. So yes, park wherever you want. Fu k em.

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It’s one of a thousand symptoms of a coarsening, more narcissistic society.

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These frickers laugh at us and celebrate how they are "getting over" as if those of us who don't use a fake tag to park in front are the idiots.

My sister has severe burns on her feet from an accident when she was a teenager. Her feet are basically all skin grafts, and she doesn't have all of her toes. You would not be able to tell unless she took her shoes off. She walks normally. If she walks much, the skin grafts rub raw and are very susceptible to infection.

I think some do abuse the tags but, also, mind your business.

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Not all handicaps are visible

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This.

Also, reminds me of that YouTube douchebag who goes around filming people who don't put grocery carts in the cart lanes at stores and will scold them repeatedly on camera. A lot of people can be lazy, but there are a few people who (just like handicap tag owners) probably cannot physically worry about getting their cart back and leave them near where they parked their car. Does the abuse happen? Yes. Should we assume everyone has the worst intentions? No.

Is it actually THAT big of a deal? No.

Lots of strong Queens who are driving around their leased Mercedes Benz SUVs with temporary handicap tags. Quite interesting.

I agree there is a abuse. However, when I see the below, the ignorance of such a statement pisses ME off.

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It pisses me off to see people with "no visible" handicap using them.

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When my psoriatic arthritis flares, you will not be able to see it other than me moving slowly and in a lot of pain (that you will not see) trying hard to get to and from wherever I am without my legs giving out from under me trying desperately to do things myself during those times when the amount of walking I can do is very limited. There are so many times I've gone to the grocery store and when I get home, all I can do is throw whole bags of refrigerated items in the fridge and go to bed in horrible pain. It's not fun when this happens. You also can't see rheumatoid arthritis and other types of illnesses that affect mobility. I don't wish this on anyone, but I'm tempted to wish it on you, at least for a short time, so you "might" grasp that you can't always see a disability or an illness that affects mobility.

Now do the entitled sh*ts who pass on the shoulder, or drive those ridiculous oversized pickups to the front of traffic, then cut in just so they can be first. Those baws are a special kind of handicap.

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My FIL is handicapped. All the handicapped spots were taken.

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We had to park far off and walk a ways to the restaurant entrance.

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You didn’t drop him off at the front and go park yourself?

I can't think of the last time I saw someone who actually looked physically handicapped get out of a car with a tag.

Meanwhile, my 82 year old dad refuses to get a tag, inspite of his unsteadiness on his feet, because he doesn't want to take the spot from someone who "really needs it"

Our society was doomed the minute we got rid of social shame. Some behavior is just bad and deserves to be treated as such.

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You also can't see rheumatoid arthritis and other types of illnesses that affect mobilit

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Guess what crippled my grandad? RA treatment wasn't really a thing in his day. I never knew him when he didn't have a walker, wheelchair, or a scooter. He ran a lumber yard without the use of his legs.

Sorry about your situation, but hear me out.

If you are moving slowly, one would assume you have a reason. That's not what we are talking about here. This is about the clearly okay-to-walk 25 yards fat-assses, dubious disabilities, and people using other people's placards.

But seriously - On the days you feel fine, maybe you shouldn't park there?

What if I sprain my ankle? Why am I forced to walk when someone who has no issue on that day can just whip into a luxury spot?

My kid had an ingrown toenail recently and it was excruciating for him. Why should someone in pain like that have to park waaaay out in the back, while someone who "has flare-ups" sometimes gets rock-star parking wherever he goes?

Not everywhere has expectant mom parking. Is it really more fair for someone that sometimes-might-not-feel good to get premium parking vs. someone that is 8 months pregnant?