It is actually easier for me to park my boyfriends van at the lower end of the
parking lot. he is on a vent and it gives us a little more privacy to suction
or empty caths if needed. Plus I park sideways in 2 spots so that we are not
blocked in. Looks like I cant drive but no one can get near the door that way
to block it.
My daughter is not paralyzed but is in a wheel chair at times if we have to
go shopping. She can walk short distances and we do sometimes park in the
handicapped spots so she can walk in. Then we grab a chair at the door. To
anyone else..she would look normal. But walking across the parking lot is a
journey for her. So things are not always as they seem. I do agree that some
people park in the handicapped spots when they shouldn't. But some of those
folks have heart conditions and things that just may not be visble to all of
us.
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I love this persons reply from the site:
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The whole point of a gimp spot is so that someone who uses a wheelchair can
get the damn thing out of the car/van/truck,THATâS what the extra
(cross-hatched)space is FOR,particularly someone with a lift who canât get
out otherwise and would get blocked in without that extra space being
respected.I canât count how many time some asshole has parked on the
cross-hatching making impossible for me to get back into my car (without
getting someone to move it or waiting for the asshole).They always reply the
same way,no apology just some lame excuse. The same one I hear when I have to
wait outside a larger stall in an airport shitter for the guy to wipe his ass
mid-turd because I pounded on his door saying âyou better be in a
wheelchair!â . I always asks âdo you know why they build this bigger
stall?â they never answer the question and rarely apologize,way too many
actually get mad.
Back to parking spots,I think people who need a van with a lift or ramp or
extra space for a WHEELCHAIR would love a spot at the far end of the parking
lot that the lazy,âsore-toesâ or lazy sore-toes wouldnât use leaving them
open for people who actually NEED them.
To answer the people that think there are too many spots that nobody ever uses
which makes them frustrated (whaaainnh!) To gimps like me the spots are always
FULL with people that can walk and are very far from needing a wheelchair.They
start limping extra heavy when I cruise by from the other end of the parking
lot where I had to park against a curb or wall where no-one can block me in.
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OK, enjoy your evening everyone...this made mine.
Keith/35/C4-5/NJ
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