*Bestowing official Smart Aleck's honors upon fair Marion*

A+

My usual response is

"im sorry officer, I didnt realize they had you patroling this lot today. Tomorrow I will drag a leg and act the part better."


My husband once said "what do you think this is?!" as he smacks on the front pants leg of his jeans. as if he was missing a limb or had a fake leg. I almost spit out my gum!

LOL, I am soo shocked you said that Marian but you go girl - i'm so glad you stood up for yourself as it isn't right that people should walk all over you!!!!!!

Me and my mum once went to the Supermarket and I couldn't walk so I stayed in the car as my mum wasn't going to be a long time. We were parked in the Handicapped bit and had the badge out when all of a sudden, an old man opened our car door and said "Why are you parked here? I bet there is nothing wrong with you! You look too young to be parked in here!! I have severe arthritis and can hardly walk at all and you are just abusing this facility! It's wrong!!"! I was SO shocked and didn't know what to say!! I said to him "Would you like me to try and stand up and see what happens? I fall straight to the fall and it is pretty obvious I have crutches at the side of me and my mum has a wheelchair in the trunk of the car!!" The man didn't know what to say and just slammed the door and walked off!! I was SO annoyed that someone could say that - I would dare say anything like that to someone, even if I felt like saying something!! It's sort of like some older people think that because you're a child, you can't be disabled!!

I'm so proud of you for sticking up for yourself!! You GO girl!!!

You know there are days when my walking is much better and I get afraid to park in the HC spot because of people like that. So I end up hoofing it which leads to overdoing and then I end up hobbling and dragging limbs all the way back to the non-HC spot.

That was me yesterday. Except all the HC spots were taken when we got to the store.

Marion - I don't think speaking up is a bad thing. I think people need to do it more often. I am sorry this man was so rude to you.

Marion, you GO girl!

I do understand what Aarcyn is saying as well but sometimes they really ARE just idiots and it's apparent that they have absolutely no interest in becoming educated.

Sometimes we just have to say what we are thinking. I do know what I am planning to say if someone says something (so far I have only gotten dirty looks) but I think when it happens I won't remember what I was going to say. Then something like what you said will come out!

Go to the head of the class, Marion. Here's a gold star for your forehead.