Posted 1:09 PM by Bonnie

Shopping Carts! Okay, I can understand maybe being in a hurry and not having a half a minute to return a shopping cart to the little "return carts here" place. I can even understand being too lazy to take the cart a few extra steps to one of the "return carts here" places. But, what I can't understand is what someone gets by sitting a cart in the middle of a handicapped parking spot! This to me is the epitomy of meanness. If you don't want to return it to the store or one of the conveniently placed "return cart here" spots, then at least put it out of the way! It's aggravating enough to try to enter a regular spot and find a cart in the way, but it's just really low to block off the handicapped spaces.

Okay, okay, so yes, I agree that most of the people who use those handicapped spaces aren't really handicapped, and are just taking advantage of having the card to hang on their rearview mirror. But, there really are people out there who need those spaces, so just because you parked next to one and don't want to have to walk a few more spaces to store the cart courteously, at least move it out of the handicapped space!

Thank you for listening. End of tirade! Oh, and for those who don't know what a handicapped parking spot looks like, it's anything with a wheelchair either painted on the spot, or it has a pole with a picture of a wheelchair on the pole. See examples: