People Who Sit In The Disability Seats When I’m Standing On My Crutches

[pauldun170]

http://www.peoplewhositinthedisabilityseatswhenimstanding onmycrutches.com/

[shmike]

Whiner.

[HurricaneHeather]

:lol:

I actually have found most people to very courteous to me while on crutches. MOST.

Yesterday when I was leaving work, one of the managers here at work was coming right behind me, so I held the door open for her. That is quite a task for a cripple....she didn't even acknowledge me, let alone say thank you! And she knows me! :scratch:

Silly people :lol:

[Tmall]

Crutches? That doesn't make you disabled. It makes you on crutches...

You're temporarily inconvenienced, not persecuted.

[HurricaneHeather]

Crutches? That doesn't make you disabled. It makes you on crutches...

You're temporarily inconvenienced, not persecuted.

Persecuted? :rofl:

[canibeyou]

Crutches? That doesn't make you disabled. It makes you on crutches...

You're temporarily inconvenienced.


Thank you!

Try being my husband who's 86% disabled but doesn't look it. Yea... welcome to the world of strangers not minding their own business screaming at you for parking in a handicap spot although you have both a placard and disabled plates. I have yet to punch an assphat in the face over it, but I've come close. My husband is more diplomatic and just looks them in the face and says, "You don't want what I have" and walks away.

Handicap parking isn't a privilage... there's a nasty price to pay to be able to park there. I prefer to park as far from the door as I can get and be grateful I can walk the length of a parking lot.

LOL.. sorry for the rant, Heather. This is the pet peeve closest to my heart.


Sidenote: I was on crutches for an entire year. Met more nice people than I did dillholes. But I'd never have sat in "preferred seating".

[Librarian]

Try being my husband who's 86% disabled but doesn't look it.

:rant:
My best to your husband, but it is true that a large number of those who have those plates and placards don't deserve them. It is also true that a car with those plates, driven by someone else, is not legally allowed to use a handicapped parking place, though lots of people do anyway.
:rant:

We now resume our regularly scheduled cartoons....

[HurricaneHeather]

Thank you!

Try being my husband who's 86% disabled but doesn't look it. Yea... welcome to the world of strangers not minding their own business screaming at you for parking in a handicap spot although you have both a placard and disabled plates. I have yet to punch an assphat in the face over it, but I've come close. My husband is more diplomatic and just looks them in the face and says, "You don't want what I have" and walks away.

Handicap parking isn't a privilage... there's a nasty price to pay to be able to park there. I prefer to park as far from the door as I can get and be grateful I can walk the length of a parking lot.

LOL.. sorry for the rant, Heather. This is the pet peeve closest to my heart.


Sidenote: I was on crutches for an entire year. Met more nice people than I did dillholes. But I'd never have sat in "preferred seating".


I don't have a handi-capped placard, I do not expect special treatment. I have a really hard time sometimes walking the whole length of the parking lot, but I deal or I ask to be dropped off. :shrug:

I am not offended...I just thought the persecuted comment was pretty funny :lol:

[canibeyou]

:rant:
My best to your husband, but it is true that a large number of those who have those plates and placards don't deserve them. It is also true that a car with those plates, driven by someone else, is not legally allowed to use a handicapped parking place, though lots of people do anyway.
:rant:

We now resume our regularly scheduled cartoons....


Oh.. I get yelled at too... for NOT parking in a handicap spot. Like 'cuz there's plates on my car, how dare I take up a perfectly good parking spot for someone else?!? Go figure. Damned if ya do, damned if ya don't! I don't bother to tell them the plates don't apply to me. I think it'd go over their head.

I was just tryn'a say that, 'cuz of my husband, I've learned not to judge those with placards or plates, cuz they could be in my husband's condition. And if they truly don't need it, it's their Karma dice they're rollin'. One day they will need it and it won't be available to them.


Heather... when all this is said and done, you'll have some kick-ass biceps! *rawr*

[azoomm]

I think the website is awesome.... Especially the guilty eye averting tactics :lol:

[askmrjesus]

I'm buying a cane sword when I get home.

Nothing says get out of my seat, like a big pointy knife.

JC

[HurricaneHeather]

I'm buying a cane sword when I get home.

Nothing says get out of my seat, like a big pointy knife.

JC

That is going on my shopping list! I was planning on searching for a cane this weekend....maybe I can jimmy rig a knife to the bottom! :lol:

[the chi]

Interesting viewpoints...I find myself naturally opening doors and offering my seat or place to those disabled, on crutches or elderly. The way I was raised, its just polite. I dont do it in a manner to make them feel bad or special, and if they decline, they decline, but at least I offered. :shrug: Im also that weird person at the store who will let you go ahead of me if I have 10 items and you have 1.

[t-homo]

TC, you are just too nice.

I actually try to help out people a lot. Don't think I've ever let someone in front of me at the grocery store though haha.

[Papa_Complex]

I'm buying a cane sword when I get home.

Nothing says get out of my seat, like a big pointy knife.

JC

Go for the Scotch cane instead. Less immediate gratification, but in a few minutes you don't really care anymore.

[OneSickPsycho]

Thank you!

Try being my husband who's 86% disabled but doesn't look it. Yea... welcome to the world of strangers not minding their own business screaming at you for parking in a handicap spot although you have both a placard and disabled plates. I have yet to punch an assphat in the face over it, but I've come close. My husband is more diplomatic and just looks them in the face and says, "You don't want what I have" and walks away.

Handicap parking isn't a privilage... there's a nasty price to pay to be able to park there. I prefer to park as far from the door as I can get and be grateful I can walk the length of a parking lot.

LOL.. sorry for the rant, Heather. This is the pet peeve closest to my heart.


Sidenote: I was on crutches for an entire year. Met more nice people than I did dillholes. But I'd never have sat in "preferred seating".


My mom's been asking for a t-shirt that says, "I have Muscular Dystrophy, what's your excuse?" They are slightly harder to find than you might imagine.

[the chi]

My mom's been asking for a t-shirt that says, "I have Muscular Dystrophy, what's your excuse?" They are slightly harder to find than you might imagine.


Dude, your in florida! Find a souvenir shop for tourists and make her one!! :dthumb:

[MILK]

Yes there are also lots of internet sites that will make bumper stickers, t-shirts, etc etc with whatever you want on them.

When I was pregnant I wanted to get a t-shirt to wear to the gym that said, "I'm pregnant, what's your excuse?" :lol:

[Librarian]

I'm pregnant, what's your excuse?

Beer! :rockout:

[Particle Man]

Beer! :rockout:

:rockwoot:

[Smittie61984]

When I was pregnant I wanted to get a t-shirt to wear to the gym that said, "I'm pregnant, what's your excuse?" :lol:

I see people get out at my gym all the time in Handicapped who then hop on the treadmill and smoke my ass. Shit they'll be wearing 5/10k shirts too. WTF kind of awesome handicap is that and how can I get it.

I respect handicap parking a lot. I don't believe the government should force businesses to make handicap parking or even wheelchair accesable ramps (though you'd be an idiotic business owner not to). But I won't even park my motorcycle near handicap parking unless it's a large spot and I'm just running to the ATM where I will never loose sight of my bike.

However when I see some 400+lb fat ass getting out at a handicap spot to hop on their fucking scooters to scoot around the store. I get pissed there. They should be forced to park in the back.

[canibeyou]

I see people get out at my gym all the time in Handicapped who then hop on the treadmill and smoke my ass. Shit they'll be wearing 5/10k shirts too. WTF kind of awesome handicap is that and how can I get it.



The kind where you fall off the top of a 5 story building (65 feet) breaking every bone in your body except facial bones. The kind where after you've broken your neck and back you have bone spurs more than an inch long growing off every vertebrae. The kind where you have a titanium hip in place of the one you pulvarized; the kind where you have no "pointy" bones in your elbows 'cuz you shattered both of them... and the list could go on.

At least that's the example I can give you based on my husband.

He goes to the gym regularly to try and keep his body working the best he can. And by looking at him, you'd have NO clue what he's been through. But if he didn't choose to stay mobile, he'd easily be in a wheelchair by now.

People can be classified handicap for having heart conditions. Doesn't mean they can't go to the gym and try and stay in shape. It just means that you may not notice they have a legitimate handicap just by looking at them but their heart may give out on them at any moment. They just chose not to sit on the couch waiting for that to happen. :idk:

I'd caution you not to assume anything about someone just because you don't see them limping around or missing a limb. Yes, some people misuse the handicap system and it makes it that much more fun for the legitimate folks who may not appear to others to be handicap.


Around here they have "Family parking", right next to the handicap spots. Not sure what that's really intended for but I parked there the other day when I was with my Mom and sister. We're family. Don't know what it's intended for and I really don't care, but thanks for the parking spot by the door! Guess 'cuz I put up with enough shit from my family I finally get a little sumthin' for it! :p

[Smittie61984]

People can be classified handicap for having heart conditions. Doesn't mean they can't go to the gym and try and stay in shape. It just means that you may not notice they have a legitimate handicap just by looking at them but their heart may give out on them at any moment. They just chose not to sit on the couch waiting for that to happen. :idk:


What does a heart condition have to do with walking an extra distance? I also have no problem with a handicapped person staying in shape. I'm glad to see people at the gym and I'll never ever make fun of someone at the gym (or atleast not for being fat or whatever). But I see people who probably have a legit handicapped tag using handicapped parking despite they have no handicap that prevents them from operating like a normal person.

I consider handicap parking for people who have difficulty walking or getting somewhere. They are made wide so someone who can't walk can get on a wheel chair and have room without hitting the car next to them. Someone who has to have a walker to walk would be a legitimate person. Same for someone on cruches (temp) and possibly a cane walker.

Someone who can hop on a treadmill and throw it on 7mph and run for 4miles is not handicapped to the point they need the close parking. I can't do that and would probably have to go to the hospital if I tried.

And it sure as hell should not be for some fatass.

['73 H1 Triple]

What does a heart condition have to do with walking an extra distance? I also have no problem with a handicapped person staying in shape. I'm glad to see people at the gym and I'll never ever make fun of someone at the gym (or atleast not for being fat or whatever). But I see people who probably have a legit handicapped tag using handicapped parking despite they have no handicap that prevents them from operating like a normal person.

I consider handicap parking for people who have difficulty walking or getting somewhere. They are made wide so someone who can't walk can get on a wheel chair and have room without hitting the car next to them. Someone who has to have a walker to walk would be a legitimate person. Same for someone on cruches (temp) and possibly a cane walker.

Someone who can hop on a treadmill and throw it on 7mph and run for 4miles is not handicapped to the point they need the close parking. I can't do that and would probably have to go to the hospital if I tried.

And it sure as hell should not be for some fatass.

My grandmother had a weak heart ( enlarged) and could not walk anything resembling a long distance. She was 5'2" and weighed 104 lbs. Any distance longer than a few hundred yards would tire her out and she'd have to rest.

She wouldn't get a HC placard as those were for the "people who really need them".

[Homeslice]

My grandmother had a weak heart ( enlarged) and could not walk anything resembling a long distance. She was 5'2" and weighed 104 lbs. Any distance longer than a few hundred yards would tire her out and she'd have to rest.

She wouldn't get a HC placard as those were for the "people who really need them".

But as Smittie was saying, she wouldn't be doing a good pace on the treadmill either.

[Cutty72]

When we went out for lunch yesterday there was a SUV parked in the handicap spot right outside the door. It had the placard in the window and all, but they had run into the sign when they parked, enough that it was almsot at a 45 degree angle!

Buddy sees that and asks, "who runs into a handicap sign?"

My simple answer... "Handicap people." :lol:

[canibeyou]

Wow... really sorry ya feel that way. Bet if we lived closer you'd be one of those that would give my husband an ugly look for parking in a space he rightfully deserves. :(

['73 H1 Triple]

Wow... really sorry ya feel that way. Bet if we lived closer you'd be one of those that would give my husband an ugly look for parking in a space he rightfully deserves. :(

I used a HC placard for two months when I had ACL reconstructive surgery on my knee. 99.9% of the people were good and the other were dickheads who would give anyone a hard time. ( In PA, red cards are temporary and blue cards permanant ).

I was also more than happy not to use it after I regained strength and mobility.