Rant Get rid of pregnant women handicap sign parking

I suspect somehow that translates to: "Sorry - didn't think I'd get caught."

Perhaps women should start up a campaign so that all able-bodied, whiney young males will have to do without sex from said women who can get pregnant until such time as they see the light...

 

Wow people, wow... It's a F***ing parking spot.

If your arguement is that they have one spot for pregnant women and no disabled spots, then fuss at the property owners.

My X needed a spot like that from time to time while pregnant. She used it when she needed it, and didn't when she didn't need it.

If you have not had a child, or been with a woman who has, shut your whining a** mouth. You have no idea what it's all about.

Yes, people abuse these spots, as well as disabled spots. They are all needed.

(Of course, several of you made good logical points in the favor I see, this is not aimed at you...)

 

Well, I looked around me and from where I was I saw no handicap spots or anything, just this one preggo zone right next to the entrance, so unless they put handicap spots elsewhere I dunno but that was the entrance... I didn't make a journey of looking but none were readily visible.

 

Wow I hate to add to a rant but the ranting and attacking here is being done by people who love the spots. The fact is its another way for people to abuse ****, if your going to offer this spot how about enforcing it. I work at blockbuster part time and well the handicap spot people use to drop off there movies, lets just say when i catch them they get some ****. Nothing makes me more upset than seeing handicap spots abused, this is just too easy to abuse. Good idea yeah Im all for it but all its accomplishing is letting people abuse the slot... but due to the fact its not "law" who really gives a ****.... So I think theres a misunderstanding in this thread people are upset about the abuse not the prego's.... and the people preaching about being an "adult" seem to be attacking people more than the "kids"

 

This is a mighty interesting view on society as a whole.

 

I missed this entire argument because I was in France, and flicking back over it, I'm glad. The words "pregnant women" seem to be a magnet for misogynists.
Being pregnant is like having a bowling ball in your stomach, and unlike a hiking pack, it pulls on your body in all the wrong ways, straining your posture where you have the least ability to support it. It's at least as debilitating as hip arthritis and old age. Heavily pregnant women often don't walk at all, and if you call that lazy, you'd better not own a car or play video games.
Of course, there's an interesting technical line to draw - how far pregnant does a woman have to be to qualify for the parking spot? If a two-month pregnant lady stole a disabled parking space, I'd hit her. With a cricket bat.

 

atleast you dont have a Handicapped parking spot infront of your store. Thats illegal because the slope is too steep. Besides, the only handicapped car i saw park in that spot was a old man. And he was eating his lunch. This city is going to hell...

 

For all the guys picking on Spec and me, it's NOT about the parking spot, it's about the principle...

 

The principle of making life slightly easier for people who aren't as able as usual?

 

Pregnant women are *not* handicapped gents, as for helping them out if they need help? of course, that's a given one IMHO, but...handicapped they bloody well aren’t.

 

Life easier... Walk 30m less outdoor, while you'll walk hundreds indoor...

 

And how exactly does that mean that it's wrong to have parking spaces for pregnant women?? Why should the fact that they may have to walk further inside than they do in the car park mean shops shouldn't have these sorts of spaces?

 

So, walking is a burden, but only when it's outdoor?

 

No, i'm sure it will be a burden for them indoors as well, but what does that have to do with having reserved spaces outside?? I'm simply not understanding what principle it is you're arguing for, so far it appears to be that because they have to walk indoors anyway we shouldn't show any consideration and make things slightly easier outdoors.

 

I wonder if some of the recent posters bothered to read the whole thread. For pregnant women (as well as some disabled), it isn't so much a shorter distance to the door but rather allotting more than the usual bay width in the special spaces. For the most part, I think the point of special parking spaces is that "common courtesy" isn't so common as we all know. If people cared enough to help others on a regular basis, I doubt the designated spots would actually be needed... in the alternative, the whiney people here wouldn't care they existed.

 

Courtesy is something you have to give, not something that has to be forced upon you... I read the thread, if you bothered to read my posts you would have read that I don't have any problem letting someone cut in front of me and the likes. If someone is in need of help I try to do my best to aid them... I just don't think pregnancy is such a big 'disability' as everyone claims it is (and I witnessed quite a lot of pregnancies in my family, at every stage).

 

I think you are being deliberately obtuse now. At home you can "furniture walk", take your time, sit down when you need to.

Disability is relative, when you really think about it. Blind guy just finished seven marathons in a week. Is he disabled? Does he deserve access to a disabled parking spot (someone else driving him, of course)? How about the Deaf? They are often fully functional, hold down good jobs, raise families.

I'm writing this on my tablet PC lying sick in bed (working in hospitals lays you open to all sorts of viral infections, even when you're careful). Everything along my spine hurts, radiating out to the limbs. for the last few days I've been reduced to a slow, shuffling (and rather painful) gait, and have not been able to leave the house. Am I disabled? Technically, no. Do I feel it? Sure do.

At least I'm getting better: like pregnancy, it passes. Unlike late stage pregnancy, I'm not stuck with it for the next three months (hopefully) and I can take all the painkillers I want without worrying about the baby. But right now you don't see me going for a shop at ASDA.

Disability is tricky to define and measure. This is why assessment for disability benefits is such a poor joke. Conditions like MS for instance, can fluctuate on a daily basis. One day you're functioning, next day a cripple, the day after you're managing again. And how do you measure: "Can walk 50 yards"? 50 yards, and you carry on with your day? 50 yards and you are gasping for breath for the next 30 minutes? 50 yards and you are in abject agony for the rest of the day?

Two legs in a plaster cast is a more obvious disability, but like with pregnancy, it is also transient. And like with pregnancy it may be an unanticipated consequence of free choice. Hey, the guy didn't have to go skiing, did he? Don't see you expect him to walk an extra 50 yards though.

So excuse me if I think all people's arguments about "pregnant women can walk the distance" are so much bullcrap. The very fact that whether they deserve some measure of courtesy is even debated is disconcerting, in my opinion.

 

I agree with your post and add this as someone who always has supported/helped anyone who needed it! I don't think society has become less caring/helpful & as my ability to help others has declined, peoples willingness to help me is abundant - I think societys move towards more consideration towards people less able (more wider disabled spaces - M & T & Pregnancy spaces etc) has just made such self centred people more obvious. But I do think most of the people on this thread coming across as anti-pregnancy will change their viewpoint in due time.

BTW walle No one thinks pregnancy equates to disability - merely that like disabled & mothers with toddlers, Pregant ladies are due a little consideration is all. Whether they chose pregnancy is 100% irrelevant. As a society we should look after our members when they need help be it temp or long term.

 

I'm glad to see how many people here are aware of what it means for women to become pregnant.

I'm reminded of when i was a kid (damn.. i just realised what i just wrote am i that f@#$ing old already ) ok, back on track now, when i was a kid, i used to think that all being pregnant meant, was having a little delicate baby in front of you, which doesn't way that much, and can't kick or punch that hard! Well now i know better, being all old & wise & $#it, so in summary, for those that obviously don't know any better, i'll quote BigPoppaJNutZ:

"If you have not had a child, or been with a woman who has, shut your whining a** mouth. You have no idea what it's all about."

 

Have you ever seen a heavily pregnant woman trying to get out of a car?
Not just about the walking. I'd rather people that had to open doors out totally had a bit more room to do so. hopefully they won't park next to my car