Now I am with everybody on this when people are not handicap park in a handicap space. It is just wrong on so many levels. Lately where I am at the cops have been cracking down on it. Fines have tripled for it when people park in those spaces. Which I agree with.
Anyways one day we got this call on our radio saying a constable was seen driving around our parking lot. Which sometimes happen when they have to serve papers and things like that. Then we get another call on the radio from one of the guards saying that he needed the address to the building, because the cop was writing a ticket.
At this time I got up to go see what all the hub bub was about. I got out there and this constable was just finishing writing a ticket for someone parked in the handicap space. It was a new car so no LP on it, but it didn't have any stickers on it either. Well all these people were standing around applauding what the cop was doing and they were talking about why people do that.
They had the name for the individual who was about to receive this ticket. And they told me the name and I couldn't help but laugh. And had to tell them that the individual that was getting the ticket for parking in the handicap space was actually in a wheel chair. That his sign was on his plates and since it was a new car and didn't have any plates on it that would be why it he didn't have any stickers.
I deflated the entire crowd and the cop was nice enough though to take away the ticket. And we actually ran into the guy as soon as we walked into the building and they went and talked to him. I think it was funny that they were going to give a ticket to someone in a wheelchair for parking in the handicap space. But I do have to say again that the cop was very nice about it and took the ticket away.





good story...I always look for handicap stickers when cars park there...not that I can do anything, but it gives me an excuse to be grumpy.
Matt said...
January 16, 2009 11:35 AM