Sword's Tavern

I was watching a TV show earlier this evening, that was discussing various things about handicapped people, the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), and many various things that affect and effect the folk that need the help, like handicap parking.  OK, to get to the point, there was this one town (and I am sure there’s lots more like it) where people without the blue placard or handicap plates were parking in handicap spaces and no one was doing anything about it.  Not the police, or business owners, concerned citizens, etc.  With the exception of one brave lady, everyone pretty much ignored it and didn’t give a damn.  So it went, and this lady would confront people or take a picture of the car and license plate, etc.  But what got me was how the people who were parking illegally acted.  I mean they shouted obscenities, shoved this poor woman, grabbed her at times, verbally assaulted her and on and on.  I couldn’t help but think about what HUGE assholes these people were.  All this over a f***ing parking space, and one they shouldn’t be in anyways.  It is really sad that so many people were so lazy that they can’t be bothered to park a few extra feet away to ensure that someone who really needed to park close actually could.  Then, on top of that, when this lady politely called them out about it,  they act like such jerks.  I am still having trouble wrapping my head around the way they were acting.  This has always been a pet peeve of mine anyway, but on top of that, the lady doing this had a legitimate need for those parking places which is what drove her to try and police them herself since no one else would.  Her daughter is 21 years old, is autistic, blind and non-verbal.  I would think she deserves to NOT have to cross the damn street, you know?  Step up and be a real human being for once, leave the blue spaces for the handicapped people.  I know, I know, no one reading this would do such a thing, but maybe you can stop someone else from being a jerk.