I punched a guy's car this afternoon
 

Yes, you read that right. Me. When (if) I tell me kids, they'll never believe it.

I had just left work. I was exhausted, my legs were buzzing, my ankle was swollen like a sausage, and it looked like a long way home pushing my brand new rollator (Speed Buggy).

Bob and I crossed the street to pick up a jug of milk at the country store. Here was a station wagon parked right smack across the ramp that is the entrance to the store. There was about 18" of space if you went around the back of the car, and going around the front there was just enough room to juggle and wiggle the walker around to get onto the ramp.

The hatch was open, so I figured, "Well, somebody quickly grabbing a sack of feed or something, no biggie." But when I got in the store, it was a YOUNG guy, a salesman or something. He couldn't help but see I was pushing a piece of durable medical equipment, for pete's sake, but he never apologized or even acknowledged that I had to maneuver around his stupid car.

When we were leaving, he was still parked there, and I had to jostle my buggy around his car again.

Now, I could have stepped off the other end of the porch, or even picked up my buggy. But my daughter-in-law, who is in a wheelchair, couldn't have. Nor could my late sister-in-law, who had muscular dystrophy.

I don't know what came over me, but just as I was squeezing past the front of his car, I kind of slugged his fender with the side of my fist. CLONK! I thought my husband was going to have a stroke. I felt a lot better afterward, and I hope he saw me. So there.

I hope he saw you too! I saw some young kid do the same thing. All he did was run in to Walgreen's for a 12 pack but he blocked the ramp! If it were them that had difficulty walking or in a wheelchair, they'd do the same as you if not raise Holy Heck to the driver.

here here!
i'm raising my glass in a toast to you :eek:

Good for you B2~ People irritate the heck outta me when they do things like that. I would have liked to have seen you punch that car! The cyber visual jsut isn't doing it for me.

Way to go ROCKY!!! :D

I applaud you and thank goodness hubby was there in case this shmuck decided to come after you. Why did hubby almost have a stroke? Jim usually has to calm me down before I take off after someone. lol

A key down the car works nicely :p

I think there are still many MANY people who don't know about the ADA and access. That guy probably thought the curb cut was for him to unload his sales stuff!

Awareness should be taught in schools and in driving school. There should be regular public service announcements on television during NORMAL hours...NOT at 3:00 a.m., and the existing laws should be enforced AND enforceable.

The fines should be bigger and there should be more curb cuts and parking spaces and accessible toilets.

We are further along than we were twenty years ago, but there's still a LONG way to go.

The receptionist at my doctors office was parked in the only remaining handicapped parking place when I went for my appt this week using it to load boxes she was taking home....she didn't look a bit remorseful as I had to go park across the street!

I don't know- wouldn't it have embarrassed him more to go in and complain loudly about "someones" car is blocking the handicap access??

From watching many of the court TV shows -
you don't want to have to pay for damages if the person sees you hit their vehicle & they have a witness too!:eek:

much better to verbally complain about it and cause embarrassment to the perpetrator :D

I for sure would complain about a employee blocking access- especially at a drs office!

Now its a sad day when Jules is the voice of reason,lol, but gals please be careful. This kind of thing worries me even though he was totally wrong, just please be careful.

Although this man was COMPLETELY wrong, I think keying is a bit
extreme. I hope you were joking.:confused:

If you have a cell phone with a camera you could take a picture of the way the car is parked and blocking the way and get one of the plate too.

Then report it to the police:D with the photos

Well, first of all, the reason Bob almost had a stroke is that it was so uncharacteristic of me. I'm the one who says "Leave it alone, just drop it, don't make a scene, maybe there's a good reason". And I don't punch ANYTHING, except black flies.

I would NEVER have done anything to cause damage to the car! And for all I know, the salesman could have had MS, too, and parked close for that reason. But he could have pulled forward, or backward, a few feet so that people could get by.

I guess I was mostly just frustrated because there is no real solution to people being obtuse. There is a woman that comes in the Post Office now and then who drives a big old pick-up truck, and she ALWAYS parks so that she blocks the sidewalk and customers have to walk around the truck, on the grass (or in the snow). She HAS to know that she's doing it. Maybe it's a power thing, who knows.

If I was having a bad day (which seems to happen often, touching his car would be scarey for me (liability, etc,) I'd probably walk my walker in front of his car painfully, get eye-contact with him and collapse in front of him and his car. (gracefully and making sure I didn't hurt myself. I am a good faller,knock wood.) Then it's his problem. Obviously I fear the legal system more than potenially embarrassing myself.

Good for you B2..:D
I agree with Jo, though....EMBARRASSMENT, at the top of your lungs, works for me. :D

OF COURSE!!! Thats why I stuck my tounge out.....sorry if I offended you! :(

I don't blame you one bit for hitting his car. As a matter of fact, I only look sweet and innocent. I believe I would've gone back inside and given him a piece of my mind in front of everyone. I normally don't do something like that but on a bad day and dealing with this sort of stuff, I probably would've done it! :winky:

I guess my purpose (if I had one...) wasn't to embarrass the person or exact revenge, but just to vent my frustration. It's really not a philosophy to which I ascribe, because you can very easily lose control and either say or do something you wish you could take back.

By and large, I'd rather have someone say, 'Wow, she has MS but she has such a sweet and forgiving attitude", than "Wow, MS must make people psycho."

LOL GJ I didn't take you seriously but I sure thought it was funny. One of those things you would think about but never do - but it makes you feel better just to think about it.

I would have said something to him if I was sure he was the perp. You don't have to get loud or obnoxious (I'm sure you wouldn't!), but I would ask him to please move the car for people who need that curb cut, including ME (you did need it!)

Then I'd thank him after did it. :). You get the photos and the police involved for a fine if he refuses to do it!!

another idea for places that don't have enough HA slots.

stores and businesses could make a pick up & drop off spot right in front of their building.
- those with a partner/driver could be dropped off right near the main door, then the driver could find a parking place & meet up inside do shopping and then go retrieve the car and load everything back at the pick up/drop off area.

Some of the stores here have a safely lane in front of the store - so that would work as long as you can load up quickly.

The Target store that's a few blocks from my house has a great drive up/pick up for people who dont want to carry their stuff outside.

If you've got a lot of stuff, you can ask for the drive up. You get a card from the cashier, they put another card with a number that corresponds to the card the cashier gives you. You go out to your car, drive up to the front of the store, and someone brings out your stuff to you and loads it in the car.

I'm going to be having my dad use that more often, since he just hurt his back a few weeks ago, and keeps re-injuring it by picking up heavy stuff. (we have neighbors that will help carry heavy stuff once we get home)

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B2Y punched a car!

and all this time i thought you were chicken. :p

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He didn't look like he could run very fast...

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BRAVO!

I can understand the punch. After struggling to get in and to get out...:(

It had just built up inside you...:mad:

And in a flash, you reacted...:D

I have to give you Mucifer's number if it ever happens again.
(That's the not-so-polite alter ego of mine. Straining on the leash for some time now.):o

He would not deny you the punch, but he would make sure the skinny little jackass remembered why the angry 6'4'', 350lb., unhinged gorrilla with a cane got in his face and made him move his car.

Thanks for the offer, but I'm more of a Mouse than a Moose! I'm more into being pitiful and making them feel ashamed of themselves.

Oh, I get it (finally) Mucifer - Moose/Lucifer. At first I thought it was something about Mucinex...bleaaahhh! Duh!

Do you think he was ashamed of himself?

I have no clue. That's God's department! :D

;) then I am sure he did!

What goes around comes around.......all in due time. You may never know when his "came around" but you just have to trust that it will. He's the one that has to live with himself - thank goodness none of us do!!

well, maybe someone who has ever done that without thinking, will read this and watch where they park. :wink:

Did you dent it?

Dent it? Good heavens, no! I'm so weak, I can hardly dent jello!

Funny, I mentioned it to my daughter, and she said that while she is militant about not parking in HC spaces, it may not have occurred to her that she might be blocking a walk or entrance. She said she will pay more attention from now on. (Of course she said all of this after she finished having hysterics over the idea of me punching anything.)

LOL, B2, you animal. You remind me of an old Discount Tire commercial in which the voiceover says, "If you're ever dissatisfied with one of our tires, please feel free to return it." The footage that accompanies it is of a tiny, old granny pitching a tire through a plate glass window. LOL, I loved it!

hehehe..i found it cindy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QjTIm-vSKg

LOL, now that I've seen it again, she looks more like a he in drag!

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