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Misuse of disabled parking spots

  • 16-10-2017 01:18PM
    #1
    Gerrup Outta Dat!
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 489 ✭✭


    Nothing fills me with more rage than seeing scumbags misusing disabled parking spots. They are the scum of the Earth and should be treated like nothing more than dirt.

    In my local supermarket car park, the disabled spots are ALWAYS being misused. There are only 12 spots. Every time I go to the car park I see them being misused.

    I've confronted people on occasion (after carefully inspecting the dash to see that there was no permit) only to be met with violent hostility.

    It was a pissy rainy day not so long ago and all of the spots were occupied (ALL by cars not displaying permits). A van drove in and I could see that it was Mr. xxxxx a friends father who has a disabled son. I went over and helped him to help his son out of the spot when his van (through no fault of his own) was stopped in the middle of the roadway in the car park. I told him to take his time with his young son, I'll park his van for him and drive it back out and help his son back in the van with him when he's finished getting his things. I'll do my shopping after. He was eternally grateful.

    I went into the shop and my first port of call was to tell the security man what had happened. He just shrugged and barely looked up. I spoke to customer service in the presence of the shop manager and was basically told to mind my own business and that I shouldn't be doing security's job. I responded by saying that security isn't doing his job either.

    Why are people such selfish scumbags?

    Can we start a thread where we post pictures of offending vehicles?


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Comments

  • #2
    mikhail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,862 ✭✭✭mikhail


    I worked in a hardware store as a student. The manager used clamp anyone who did that. There's the odd edge case - recently disabled, or helping a disabled relative/neighbour, but lots of scum too. There's a certain percentage of the population who just suck. Maybe the social credit rating the Chinese are developing might help.


  • #3
    razorblunt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    Would he be related to the Xxxxxxxx family in Offally, by any chance?


  • #4
    Hector Bellend
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,667 ✭✭✭Hector Bellend


    Have a ****


  • #5
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    There is a bad parking thread in Motors, here


  • #6
    Snotty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,297 ✭✭✭Snotty


    I used to challenge people all the time at the shop I used to work in years ago, it was always "sure, I'm just running in, I'll be 2 seconds". I used to ask them to move and they usually did without a problem, it was 90% woman between 30 and 50 years old, you can guess the type.


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  • #7
    frag420
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,161 ✭✭✭frag420


    Since the divorce the are just his Ex family now...
    razorblunt wrote: »
    Would he be related to the Xxxxxxxx family in Offally, by any chance?


  • #8
    AnneFrank
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,827 ✭✭✭AnneFrank


    This bugs me too but people don't care, "I'll only be 2 minutes"


  • #9
    Will I Am Not
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,496 ✭✭✭Will I Am Not


    What is the point in parent and child parking? Whatever about disabled spots, nobody even bothers taking notice of parent and child spots.


  • #10
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,030 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    This has got to be Ballybrack Shopping Center. I've been all over Dublin and I've never encountered a location as bad.


  • #11
    Snotty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,297 ✭✭✭Snotty


    The Fake Sheikh wrote: »
    What is the point in parent and child parking? Whatever about disabled spots, nobody even bothers taking notice of parent and child spots.

    They are fair game, park away. If anyone says anything, just say "Sure isn't the baby's in the boot" and walk away.


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  • #12
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 22,384 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    The Fake Sheikh wrote: »
    What is the point in parent and child parking? Whatever about disabled spots, nobody even bothers taking notice of parent and child spots.

    That's mainly why I bring my mum to the shops, so I can get into those parent and child spots with a clear conscience.


  • #13
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 99,624 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    The permanent solution is to make them eligible.


  • #14
    mikeysmith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 326 ✭✭mikeysmith


    Would be better if the disabled people just shopped online


  • #15
    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,217 ✭✭✭✭m5ex9oqjawdg2i


    Better posting this in the motor forum OP.


  • #16
    selwyn froggitt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 487 ✭✭selwyn froggitt


    In France, some disabled spaces have a sign that translates as:

    “You can take my parking space if you take my disability”, emphasising that disabled spaces aren’t up for grabs.


  • #17
    Knine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,781 ✭✭✭Knine


    I was at Connolly Hospital last week. My mother is on oxygen and my father was actually in the Resus Room in A& E. I left my car outside A& E but not blocking anyone. I had a Blue Permit on display. Security were over 2 me before I even got out of the car telling me I would be getting clamped. I just left the car there anyway.

    Meanwhile the 3 disabled Bays had cars with no Permits in them & no clamps.


  • #18
    elperello
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,901 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    This -

    https://thetechieguy.com/the-lisbon-wheelchair-proteststupidity-is-not-a-disability/


  • #19
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 57,077 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    People who use their mother / father's disabled badge for their own purposes are just as bad. I reported a few of these recently.


  • #20
    lazybones32
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,647 ✭✭✭lazybones32


    Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »
    Nothing fills me with more rage than seeing scumbags misusing disabled parking spots. They are the scum of the Earth and should be treated like nothing more than dirt.

    In my local supermarket car park, the disabled spots are ALWAYS being misused.

    I'm glad it fills you with rage. It reminds me of people on online games who work themselves into a rage over something so, so trivial and end up screaming at everyone else before quitting.

    Choose a witty hashtag for your crusade or, now hear me out on this, don't sweat the little stuff and just let it go... Private carparks can be run as the owner sees fit and if they don't prosecute or take issue with people who park in these spots, why should you?


  • #21
    elperello
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,901 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    OP
    It's just going to go downhill.


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  • #22
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,069 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    The Fake Sheikh wrote: »
    What is the point in parent and child parking? Whatever about disabled spots, nobody even bothers taking notice of parent and child spots.

    I've had a few run-in's with childless drivers parking in parent & child bays. Wish they wouldn't do it, but some do! You might as well talk to the wall as argue with them.
    That type always have an excuse.


  • #23
    Pinch Flat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,779 ✭✭✭Pinch Flat


    Some people are lazy, selfish and self-centered ar$eholes who care nothing more than their own convenience and couldn’t give a toss about others. The “me,me,me” I’m entitled ones who see their cars as some sort of magic carpet to ferry their lazy ar$e around.

    You’re not going to change them OP. Same in our local shop - the fact that the 2 disabled spots are right outside the front door is an open invitation to the kn0bs to park there.

    The only solution would be mandatory on the spot fines and / or clamping. Hitting their pocket would be the only way these people would listen.


  • #24
    DrPhilG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,445 ✭✭✭✭DrPhilG


    People are selfish arseholes. End of story.

    Disabled spaces, parent/child spaces, electric car spaces are all fair game to them. Who cares if someone who really needs it is being inconvenienced, so long as Jonny Arsehole gets into the shops 30 seconds faster.

    My mother used to be in a wheelchair and kept a supply of A4 notices in the car to stick on people's windows. As an electric car driver I do the same now 25 years later.

    The best thing to do would be to attach these notices using fresh shyte but I don't always have some to hand...


  • #25
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,296 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    The Fake Sheikh wrote: »
    What is the point in parent and child parking? Whatever about disabled spots, nobody even bothers taking notice of parent and child spots.

    I'd never use a disabled spot, but parent and child spots are just a joke - took my mother shopping once and used them......it's unclear from the conditions whether the 'child' has to be of non-driving age :D


  • #26
    somesoldiers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,846 ✭✭✭✭somesoldiers


    Jawgap wrote: »
    I'd never use a disabled spot, but parent and child spots are just a joke - took my mother shopping once and used them......it's unclear from the conditions whether the 'child' has to be of non-driving age :D

    Are you a child?


  • #27
    BillyBobBS
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,568 ✭✭✭BillyBobBS


    The Gardai and parking wardens should have a zero tolerance policy when it comes to able bodied people parking in the disability spots. Cars should be seized and lifted and if the person can not prove within 24hrs they have a genuine disability/blue badge then the car should be crushed and left on their driveway. Wouldn't take long for the "i'm only getting a pack of fags or popping in to get my dry cleaning" brigade to alter their ways.


  • #28
    OldMrBrennan83
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    This post has been deleted.


  • #29
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,296 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    somesoldiers wrote: »
    Are you a child?

    ...I am.....on so many levels.....and far too often.....

    The way I understand it - people really don't have much of a choice when it comes to suffering a disability.....they do when it comes to children, they can choose not to have them, they can choose how many to have and they can choose to bring them shopping or not......the parent and child spots aren't a necessity, they're a sop and I don't see why a parent's convenience should trump anyone else's.

    Btw, if you have an elderly parent, who is a bit wobbly on their feet but doesn't have a disability permit, is there anything really wrong with using a parent and child spot to get them a bit closer to the door?


  • #30
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,296 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    BillyBobBS wrote: »
    The Gardai and parking wardens should have a zero tolerance policy when it comes to able bodied people parking in the disability spots. Cars should be seized and lifted and if the person can not prove within 24hrs they have a genuine disability/blue badge then the car should be crushed and left on their driveway. Wouldn't take long for the "i'm only getting a pack of fags or popping in to get my dry cleaning" brigade to alter their ways.

    The Guards have a bit of clampdown going on at the moment - Operation Enable - on the able-bodied or improperly permitted cars using disabled-only bays.

    The troubling bit isn't the number they're catching using the bays, it's the number of fake permits they're finding - people who fake a disabled permit really do deserve to have their car seized, crushed and disposed off.


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  • #31
    dodzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,534 ✭✭✭✭dodzy


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpUb93vTV0o

    Jump to 2:48.


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