Are you being a dick? Honestly, because why would you ask such a thing? 
You’ve been kicked out of a few gyms, no? So I am asking: don’t you think the guy is likely right? If you keep acting the exact same way, there’s a pretty good chance you’ll be kicked out of another.
If you are so mad about illegal parkers, just key the car already and move on, enjoy your workout and join a wheelchair rugby league to fulfill your need for confrontation. You’ll be happier, trust me.
Acting the exact same way? Um, I wasn’t blocking in this car to go get security; I was simply noticing it. If I followed your suggestion and keyed the car, then I absolutely would get kicked out. Rather, I just observed the infraction when on my way to my own car. I can’t believe I’m even responding to this drivel.
Nope. Smash the windshield and flick the sunglasses to the floor, then call 911.
Simply noticing it, huh? How long did you hang out noticing it? “Oh, just curious- is this your car? Not that I want a big confrontation about it or nothing”.
OK, so don’t key it. “Accidentally” scrape your wheelchair along it. Poetic justice.
The thing is, we all see people doing illegal things all the time: red light running, rolling stops, sampling grapes, riding bikes on the sidewalk, buying two beers and taking them in the car for the ride, smoking near entrance ways, not wearing a seat belt, not wearing a life jacket, speeding, parking in fire lanes, making unsafe lane changes, passing on a solid line, wearing white after labour day, and tearing the tags off their mattress.
We don’t all go around and continually point it out and stir up trouble. Some of us are having a hard time understanding your need to continually do this. Yes, one day you may be inconvenienced by one of these dicks and have to park elsewhere. And we get that it’s a shitty thing to do; most of us here would never consider parking in a handicap space, but why can’t you shrug it off and leave them alone?
Because he’s on a mission, don’t you see?
Just start leaving these on their windshields and go about your day. You’re going to worry yourself into an early grave (or piss someone else off enough to send you there!) if you keep pulling this shit.
SMH. Ok. Lesson learned. (Pulling what shit?!?!)
How in the WORLD was I “stirring up trouble”? I’d say the law-breaker was the one doing that. All I did, again, is notice an illegally parked car next to my own as I made my way to my car and ask an approaching man if it was his (and the only reason I asked this man is because he was staring at me and he looked as though he was possibly the owner).
ETA: And most of those “infractions” that you’ve listed as examples don’t have a direct impact on the lives of others in the way that parking illegally in handicap spots does on the lives of the disabled.
I’m not sure why you haven’t thought of this before, but why not shit your pants and then leave the soiled pants on the offending car’s windshield. All of your greatest hits rolled into one.
Perfect!!!
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Oh, bullshit. Lots of people get injured because of someone running a red or rolling through a stop. That’s a hell of a lot more impact than you having to wheel further through the parking lot or even skip going to a store because the last spot was taken by some jerk.
And the reason you asked that guy was because if he WAS the owner, you wanted to give him a dressing down. We all know, OK?
I said most, not all.
And actually, you are completely and totally wrong here. Like I said in my OP, this man was an older man who I frequently said hello to in the gym. When I saw him approaching, I thought he could be the owner of the car and could be a legitimate handicap parker; due to his old-age and somewhat debilitated state. It was more like a “Oh, is this your car” type question. Not an accusatory one whatsoever.
Perhaps you need to take a step back and look at it from the perspective of other people. Other people aren’t going to be privy to the exact details of every single situation you get involved in. What they are going to see are general patterns and form impressions from them.
Taking the general outline of all the stories you have told us on these boards, starting with the “what’s wrong with airlines” issue, it is very easy for a casual observer to conclude that you are a busybody, a nuisance, a troublemaker. They are going to form the conclusion that life is going to be a lot less annoying if you’re not around. And that’s exactly what I think this guy was thinking when he said that to you.
You’ve got a reputation, and it’s not the kind that is going to win you the benefit of the doubt. You should be aware of that now.
Hey, all I ask is that you respond to what I post and not carry over past resentments.
And “going to stores” isn’t the totality of transportation needs for someone in a wheelchair; those needs can be a bit more pressing (such as doctor visits, court appointments, work schedules, etc.).
I’m not sure what you mean by this. Your question what something on the order of “why the hell did this guy act like a jerk to me?” My post was an attempt to examine what this guy might have been thinking. I was talking about your reputation in your real-life community, not here on the board.
Oh. I misunderstood, I apologize.
Well that goes back to what I was saying; I had always had a cordial, polite and respectful relationship with this man, as far as it went. I always said hello to him in passing and made small talk with him in the steam room. I absolutely never had even the slightest uncomfortable, awkward or negative experience with him at all. He wasn’t a member of my old gym, either.