Yes, it was probably rude of me – but sometimes ya gotta throw humanity out the window and NOT be politically correct. I hate being politically correct – we’ll never get it right, so why bother?
Anyway, for those of you that know me, you know one of my biggest pet peeves is people that park in handicapped parking who AREN’T HANDICAPPED! I’ll start my story from inside the store because that’s where HER asshole’ness started (is that even a word?).
My favorite store in the ENTIRE WORLD (sarcasm): Walmart. I’m standing in the express check out line because I only had one item. The cashier wasn’t around, so the lady (I call her that because it’s the PC way of saying bitch) in front of me starts screaming at the top of her lungs… literally! Myself and the guy in line behind me take a step backward. It was scary!
The cashier finally comes over and rings her up – but not before the lady (wink, wink) demands that that everything be double bagged… separately! Toothpaste in its own bag… double bagged. Box of bandaids in its own bag… double bagged.
She finally leaves – I move up and pay for my purchase and am on my way!
I get to the parking lot and see the “lady” (another wink, wink) pulling her truck out of handicapped parking. No placard, nothing on her license plate – and certainly no noticeable handicap. I shouldn’t have said anything – it was really none of my business – but in a split second, I said to myself “she just screamed at the top of her lungs and berated a Walmart employee who is no doubt making minimum wage”.
And so, like the asshole that I am (at times), I said “ugly isn’t a handicap”. She immediately hollars “I’m a Marine Corps Vet!!!!!”. My reply “I’m sorry to hear that. I’m retired Navy.” (chest swells with pride) She calls me a LIAR – so I simply show her my Military ID card. She continues on that ALL VETS have the right to park in handicap parking – no placard required. Of course I know this to not be true. I then tell myself that I’ve had enough fun for the day, to wish her a good day, and walk away…. which is exactly what I did. I actually got an applause from a few folks passing by. :)
Again – I know I should have left it all alone – but it’s just one of those things that frosts my balls. If you aren’t handicapped, don’t park in handicapped parking! So what if you have to walk an extra 20 feet.
Have a nice day!
I am in agreement 100% and I wish I was there to see it. Course, I do have a WalMart here, so I’ll just go and wait, I’m sure another “lady” will show up there soon.
Watty,
I agree, that gets me very upset as well. It also bothers me when you see people who don’t deserve to have a handicap sticker parking there because they do; or they are utilizing their parents/grandparents vehicle to get that extra 20 feet jump start. Good post, sometimes the Navy didn’t prepare us to be PC; and I am fine with that. Why would she think she was entitled to park in handicap because she was a veteran? My thought some other worthless asshole told her she could!