Why oh why aren't people more courteous? How hard is it to use your turn signal, hold the door open for someone else coming through the door right after you, not double parking in a fire lane, use the handicapped spaces when you're not handicapped? Recognize yourself? Recognize your family members? Where'd you all learn these behaviors? If you're on the receiving end, instead of the giving end, are you mad? Damn right you are!
Recently, while going to the supermarket, I saw a car-load of kids pile out of what was probably grandma's car. I say grandma's car because there was a handicapped tag hanging from the mirror. Was grandma in there, or driving? Nope! But these able-bodied, healthy appearing teens parked in the handicapped spot, and sauntered into the store.
Why couldn't they park further away? Obviously they weren't taught the concept of courtesy. What if a truly handicapped person came by and there were no spaces left to park. I'm sure that has happened. But to find out someone was skirting the legality and being solidly discourteous, what can they do? Park further away so they can inconvenience someone who is NOT handicapped?
On a side note, a friend of mine, who really needed and had one of those tags, got it ripped off while he was in the store, and had inadvertently left his window open. He said he forgot and knew better; that people will take those tags if given a chance. Another friend who had a similar experience said he had to chase some woman away who was reaching into his car for his tag! Is there a monetary value to these tags that I'm not aware of?
But getting back to today's theme, bottom line is: be more courteous. Give someone a hand. Hold that door open. Use that turn signal so the person behind you knows exactly where you're going and when. FIND a parking space, don't make one! Start first thing in the morning and you'll feel better from this day forward.
So I bid you all a good night on Day 21!
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