Do you Say anything - Handicap Parking Spots

[BKDotCom]

Topic reminds me of

http://abcnews.go.com/WhatWouldYouDo/

Slight topic skew:  why does Home Depot have 16 designated spots??  16 seems just a bit excessive

[guido911]

On the other hand, it is more than a bit irritating to see many unused parking spaces in front of a store that has very little hope of ever serving so many handicapped customers. The law is applied with a pretty broad brush there.

The greatest example I saw of this was at Silver Dollar City last week. There were what looked like one hundred empty handicap parking spaces near the entrance. I loved walking across that empty lot in 100 degree heat, which incidentally is closer to the entrance than the preferred parking area which users have to pay to park.

Here's Penn & Teller's look at handicap parking and other ADA-related stories.

[Townsend]

Some people are fat because they handicapped. While my grandmother was never skinny, she eventually became scooter-bound due to age and degerneration of joints. With the loss of what little exercise she used to get from walking, she gained quite a lot of weight. She's managing her weight through diet, but she is still a larger woman.

Additionally, when my ankle sprained badly, I pretty much had to give up running for a year. During that time, I easily put on 10 pounds.

Given that, I have a little more sympathy for the overweight/disabled than you do.

10 lbs?  I think Carlton was talking about the people in Walmart/Sam's chasing each other in the store owned hov-a-rounds or whatever they're called.

[guido911]

10 lbs?  I think Carlton was talking about the people in Walmart/Sam's chasing each other in the store owned hov-a-rounds or whatever they're called.

True story. I was in a Walmart and there was a 50ish flabby woman riding one of Walmart's electric shopping carts. She was apparently agitated that a little five year old darted out in front of her as she told her friend in a loud voice that the next person that does that to her will get intentionally run over. I shouted at her that doing so would be the biggest mistake she ever made. Then, just by coincidence (okay, not not really, because I saw her checking out), as she was walking out of the store and across the street to the lot, let's just say she got the same treatment from me as that little boy. No one was ever close to getting hurt, but it felt good to give her the proverbial taste of her own medicine.

[Townsend]

True story. I was in a Walmart and there was a 50ish flabby woman riding one of Walmart's electric shopping carts. She was apparently agitated that a little five year old darted out in front of her as she told her friend in a loud voice that the next person that does that to her will get intentionally run over. I shouted at her that doing so would be the biggest mistake she ever made. Then, just by coincidence (okay, not not really, because I saw her checking out), as she was walking out of the store and across the street to the lot, let's just say she got the same treatment from me as that little boy. No one was ever close to getting hurt, but it felt good to give her the proverbial taste of her own medicine.

Should've waited out front and ankled her with your cart.

[Hoss]

I used to go to Paddy's at 81st & Memorial when it was still open.  Lee's Bicycles and a paintball place were in the center.  

Seemed ironic the handicap spots were in front of the paintball store and the bike shop.

My mother has knee issues and has a handicap hang tag.  Days she's feeling better she takes a regular spot, days she's having excruciating pain, she will take a blue spot.

Personally, I park as far as possible from everyone else to keep my car from getting banged up, but that's just me.

You've seen me do it to, Co...(park far away from people to avoid door dings..I know, my car is over three years old now.  But it still looks pretty good)

[guido911]

Should've waited out front and ankled her with your cart.

I didn't know there was a word for that. Good to know.

[custosnox]

I used to have the pleasure of towing cars in handicap zones at certain businesses, which also meant that I found out that if it is just painted on the ground without a sign in front of the space, it is unenforceable.

10 lbs?  I think Carlton was talking about the people in Walmart/Sam's chasing each other in the store owned hov-a-rounds or whatever they're called.

I rolled my ankle several months ago and spent several weeks on crutches, and you better believe I took advantage of the excuse to have some fun on one of those electric carts, with the crutches sticking out front like a joust.  Let's just say that I made sure I didn't go to my usual store for this. 

Personally, I'm lazy and don't like looking for a parking spot, so I generally pull into the first open spot I see, which usually puts me a ways from the store.

[Conan71]

I didn't know there was a word for that. Good to know.

Actually at WalMart, it's called "cankled"

[guido911]

Actually at WalMart, it's called "cankled"

Freakin hilarious.

[Ed W]

When SWMBO was in a wheelchair that I propelled, I often fantasized about springing for the full Ben Hur model - the one with the large rotating knives sticking out from the wheels. Cankled - my butt - I wanted large slabs of meat and pools of blood.

People were unbelievably rude, parking their butts within inches of her face, stepping directly in front of that slow moving chair, and even bumping into it from the side. I was gonna go medieval on their a$$.

[guido911]

When SWMBO was in a wheelchair that I propelled, I often fantasized about springing for the full Ben Hur model - the one with the large rotating knives sticking out from the wheels. Cankled - my butt - I wanted large slabs of meat and pools of blood.

WOW!! Ed is scaring the smile out of me now.

[BKDotCom]

Here's Penn & Teller's look at handicap parking and other ADA-related stories.

On-topic more than you think.
Much of that clip was filmed in Tulsa (you'll recognize The Farm shopping center).
Greg Perry, the author they speak with, graduated from TU and lives in Tulsa.
I'll guess that it's a Tulsa area Lowe's they show with all the unused disabled parking spaced out front.

[guido911]

On-topic more than you think.
Much of that clip was filmed in Tulsa (you'll recognize The Farm shopping center).
Greg Perry, the author they speak with, graduated from TU and lives in Tulsa.
I'll guess that it's a Tulsa area Lowe's they show with all the unused disabled parking spaced out front.

I thought that place looked familiar. I swear I thought that one scene was The Farm. Thanks for the info.

[Conan71]

I love it, Greg is a walking, well sort of, anachronism.  He refuses to accept special treatment despite his challenges. My hat's off to Mr. Perry!