Payson Roundup

patrandall (Pat Randall) says…

I have met and seen rude people but today was the winners.
I went to Walmart and two males were standing behind thier vehicles. One male was taking a bag at a time out of his basket putting in his car while visiting with the male who was parked next to him. They were in the two nearest parking spaces to the garden door that is not handicapped. The male finished, closed the trunk of his car and continued visiting. I had already been waiting for him to come out for over 8 minutes, with cars stopping behind me.
Finally I pulled forward and ask if he would please move his car as I have a hard time walking. Showed him my handicap hanger. The younger one started speaking in Spanish and laughing, no he was not Mexican just a
smart A—.
Then he told me in English to kiss his a—.
I drove off and found another parking space a lot farther from the door. After walking in and picking up 4 prescriptions, then going back to my car they were still visiting.
Notice I did not call them men. Males.
A man or gentlemen would have moved thier cars and carried on thier important conversation some where else.

patrandall (Pat Randall) says…

I typed important in capitals (didn't work) I am sure it was as they were laughing the whole time.
Hope all their wheels fall off thier cars on the way home. That ain't no joke!!!!

Shovelhead (Mike McLaughlin) says…

I saw a car at Walmart with handicap plates parked in the motorcycle parking area the other day.
Yep, just plain rude!

patrandall (Pat Randall) says…

Shovelhead,
This really isn't a joking matter. Not now, not tomorrow or the next day.
I didn't say they were in a handicap spot only nearest to the door.
Anyone that can wrestle with a Harley sure as hell doesn't have a bad back and need special parking spaces next to a store.

Shovelhead (Mike McLaughlin) says…

I didn't think it was funny either. Jerks come in all shapes and sizes. Could you imagine what would happen if a motorcycle was illegally parked in a handicap spot? I'll bet everyone from the senior patrol to the swat team would be called out.

Pat, just because a person rides a motorcycle doesn't mean they don't suffer pain when they walk. Isn't that why handicap parking exists?

patrandall (Pat Randall) says…

There are many reasons people have handicap cards or license.
A vehicle that has one is only supposed to park in the handicap spot if the handicapped person is getting out of the car. I see cars parked all the time with the handicapped person sitting in the car while the driver is shopping. Yes I have stopped and asked a few. (:

Ever notice the braille symbols on the bank drive thru windows?

Shovelhead (Mike McLaughlin) says…

The parking placard \ plate requires a medical certificate. You can see it here.
http://mvd.azdot.gov/mvd/formsandpub/…

I remember a while back one of the valley news stations was checking on handicap parking. They would see someone park in a handicap spot and the would ask them on camera what their disability was if they appeared to be walking OK.

patrandall (Pat Randall) says…

Shovelhead,
You are trying to confuse the issue with the part about the certificate. Yes, you have to have a certificate but you turn it into MVD you don't carry it with you.
You always try to get in the last word and you know it won't work with me. (:

patrandall (Pat Randall) says…

Shovelhead,
And you didn't answer my question about the braille symbols on the drive thru machines at the banks.

Shovelhead (Mike McLaughlin) says…

Same thing as locks on the 24 hr 365 day a year circle K!

Shovelhead (Mike McLaughlin) says…

Actually, it is too costly to manufacture two sets of key pads.
It's the same principle as installing an unnecessary license plate light on a trailer :)

patrandall (Pat Randall) says…

A person is driving that needs braille to do banking?

Shovelhead (Mike McLaughlin) says…

A store that never closes needs locks on the doors?

SantaBerry (Bernice Winandy) says…

Due to my husband's health, we now have a handicap thingy ma jig. Our trouble is trying to find a spot in the handicapped parking. So, I usually drop him off and go park the car. I am beginning to wonder why we went through the trouble of getting approval for handicapped parking.

Our doctor gave us the form which we had to turn into the MVD. Thank heavens we didn't have to wait forever at the MVD office in the valley. Seems they let the handicapped skip to the head of the line.

SantaBerry (Bernice Winandy) says…

P>S> Those guys were really very rude!!! However, if you really want to run into some real rude dudes, you should try playing bridge on Yahoo sometime. Sometimes I feel that it is not a card game, but a race to see who can make the first rude comment and then who can outdo whom with rude comments.

I stay in the game until the first comment and then, knowing it won't get any better, I am outta there.