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this is ridiculous. the employees are walking back and forth all day, why should they have to walk all the way back to the lot? yes, its excessive and dangerous. it is also not a very efficient use of resources if the employees are wasting a lot of time in the walk to and from cars.
im fine with expecting mother, parents with small children, etc. etc. it just may be an issue of wasted space if they arent fully utilized. but i wont complain. i am happy to walk a little further if women or anyone wants a better spot. except those military employees, they should have special parking spots on the farthest end of the parking lot.
Because they are paid to do it?
They have to walk out there to round up the carts anyway.
They have to walk out there to round up the carts anyway.
yes, they are paid to do it so why would the store want to pay them to spend a lot of time walking across the whole parking lot? its extremely inefficient just because you have an opinion that doesnt make any sense.
yes, they are paid to do it so why would the store want to pay them to spend a lot of time walking across the whole parking lot? its extremely inefficient just because you have an opinion that doesnt make any sense.
Because stores are in the business of CUSTOMER SERVICE something you seem incapable of understanding.
By your feeble logic, why would there be Clicklist shopping and they PAY employees to bring your groceries to your car when they could just have you walk into the store and get them?
Anyone can claim to be a veteran, too. You see lots of cardboard signs proclaiming "homeless veteran" on the sidewalks of New York. They know that gets them sympathy.
I saw a guy in the North Jersey Record some years ago. Long hair, skinny, about the right age, playing his piccolo on a park bench on Veteran's Day. Caption said he was a Vietnam Vet.
But I knew he was Phil the schizophrenic from the bar in Fair Lawn. He was never in the service. They wouldn't have taken him. His father was quite wealthy and had left him a house and enough funds to live on for the rest of his life with someone overseeing the funds and checking in on him. He once told me he was Commander in Chief of the Army of God, and that everyone in Washington, DC knew. That's as close to veteran as he ever got.
At least he had something to do. Commanding the Army of God is a full time job.
Just because you were awarded a Purple Heart, that doesn't make you disabled.
I was in the military and rated 100% disabled because of several physical ailments. I never received a Purple Heart. (thank God). Even though I am rated 100% disabled by the VA I cannot get a Handicapped Parking sticker.
Mr. My Mother Didn't Love Me Enough will have quite a bit to say about this.
so then they shouldnt get any special parking privileges. that is for people who actually have a need. to give it to people as some kind of participation trophy for killing other people seems ridiculous.
There is no need for reserved parking spaces Purple Heart veterans or for pregnant women.
When I was pregnant, I frequently walked home to our apartment in West Paterson from the Great Notch train station (which no longer exists) after work. It was about a mile and a quarter and included climbing a steep hill at the end. Didn't need no stinkin' parking space at the supermarket.
Just some observations over a few days, counted a Wawa with 8 handicap parking spots, Shoprite had 16 and a small 7/11 in Paramus with 2 spaces has 1 handicap.
Im all for having REASONABLE handicap parking for those who need it, but its getting to the point there is just as many handicap spots as regular spots at some places and its taking away parking from everyone else, especially in a state where alot of the elderly move away from.
It's because more and more people who aren't handicapped are getting handicapped plates, or more commonly, using the handicapped placard that is supposed to be for driving their elderly parent around. The diner where my family used to get together for family birthdays had an entire front that was only handicapped spots, but still at least half the time I'd get there with my mom and they'd all be taken. Id have to let her out and walk her in from the middle of the parking lot, leave my car there till she was seated (it took a very long time cause she walks like a turtle, with a walker) then leave her there and go back out and park my car.
So people complain, and the stores. restaurants build more spots. There are also a lot more people who qualify for handicapped tags now, too, as our overall health has declined over the years. It used to be mainly the elderly who needed them, now you have a lot of younger people (50's, 60's) disabled a lot sooner than they used to be.
That said, years ago when I worked a 4-midnight shift, I once parked in one of about 15 available handicapped spots at Pathmark at 1am, because those were the spots under lights....and when I came out I had a ticket. I thought that was ridiculous, as the chances of 15 handicapped drivers all going to Pathmark at once at 1am was slim to none. I just didn't want to park in a dark spot at that time of night. I thought that cop was a jerk for giving me that ticket.
It's because more and more people who aren't handicapped are getting handicapped plates, or more commonly, using the handicapped placard that is supposed to be for driving their elderly parent around. The diner where my family used to get together for family birthdays had an entire front that was only handicapped spots, but still at least half the time I'd get there with my mom and they'd all be taken. Id have to let her out and walk her in from the middle of the parking lot, leave my car there till she was seated (it took a very long time cause she walks like a turtle, with a walker) then leave her there and go back out and park my car.
So people complain, and the stores. restaurants build more spots. There are also a lot more people who qualify for handicapped tags now, too, as our overall health has declined over the years. It used to be mainly the elderly who needed them, now you have a lot of younger people (50's, 60's) disabled a lot sooner than they used to be.
That said, years ago when I worked a 4-midnight shift, I once parked in one of about 15 available handicapped spots at Pathmark at 1am, because those were the spots under lights....and when I came out I had a ticket. I thought that was ridiculous, as the chances of 15 handicapped drivers all going to Pathmark at once at 1am was slim to none. I just didn't want to park in a dark spot at that time of night. I thought that cop was a jerk for giving me that ticket.
Yeah, that was kind of low.
I had a friend who had a severely handicapped son. She had a placard, but she merrily used it even when her son was not with her, which was most of the time. My daughter was friends with the daughter in the family and so was with them a lot, and as a little girl she got mad about this because she had a disabled Grandpa and knew that what her friend's mom did was wrong.
On the other hand, I don't mind driving my older friend with the COPD when we're going somewhere and need to park and she's got her handicapped placard...
I had a friend who had a severely handicapped son. She had a placard, but she merrily used it even when her son was not with her, which was most of the time. My daughter was friends with the daughter in the family and so was with them a lot, and as a little girl she got mad about this because she had a disabled Grandpa and knew that what her friend's mom did was wrong.
On the other hand, I don't mind driving my older friend with the COPD when we're going somewhere and need to park and she's got her handicapped placard...
I never used my grandmothers or my moms on my own, although I was sorely tempted to once in the snow at the train station. To me it’s bad Karma, telling the Universe you want to be handicapped.
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