Notwithstanding the occasional punk teenager with his mom’s car packed full of neighborhood delinquents, doing it just for a good laugh, I believe most violators simply have a complete and total disregard for any of societies rules.
These are the people doing 75 mph in residential areas with 40 mph posted speed limits. They’re the people who are always in a hurry, but for no particular reason. The type that order those $9 cups of coffee from Starbucks - you know, the ones with ridiculous names such as Grande Whipped Caramel Expresso Mocha Java Sunshine Lattes with ‘just a squeeze of honey’.
I think if someone had the chance to follow one of these people around for a week, parking in a handicap spot would likely be the least offensive thing observed.
On a ‘parking faux pas’ side note, I’d like to extend an additional ‘Fuck you’ to the people who spend 20 minutes circling the parking lot looking for that one space that is going to save their fat asses 10 feet of walking. If you’d like an interesting conversation, try explaining to one of these people that they could have already been in the store if they had just parked further away - eyes glaze over and stupid facial expressions ensue.
However, I’d be remiss in my hatred for people parking in handicapped spots if I didn’t point out that the parking lot circlers are at least following the rules. Lazy as they are, they at least have proven their abilities to read.
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