WARNING! DANGER OF ILLEGAL PARKING IN A HANDICAPPED PLACE

I guess we all feel annoyed when we see a non-handicapped person parked illegally in a handicapped space.  Since my husband IS handicapped, it’s especially irritating to find the only available  spot taken by an able bodied person.

But, let’s face it.  Most of us who aren’t handicapped have been guilty of it once or twice.  As an example, you go to the post office on a rainy day and all the spots are empty.  Realistically speaking, you probably aren’t depriving someone of their rightful parking place if you’re just popping in to mail a letter.   On the other hand, parking in that space at a busy supermarket on a hot day shows selfishness and a lack of caring for disabled people.  It also could be hazardous to your health, if someone who has  never heard of anger management decides to take you out.

The parking lot shooting in Florida last week was an alarming explosion of road rage, but not surprising, in this era of volatile emotions gone wild.  The media and POTUS routinely participate in ugly name calling contests.  Civility is an old fashioned word that younger people can’t even understand.  Comedians and celebrities use four letter words to describe the president’s family on national television.  Peter Fonda called for someone to murder the young Trump boy.  The president himself calls a woman a dog if she criticizes him.  Where will it all end?  What has happened to our core values of respect, responsibility, honesty and caring?