I got this from Denise..thanks...Ticked Off Tuesday "TOT" for short. I am always a day late and a dollar short...so of course it is Wednesday for me, but if nobody looked at the date they wouldnt know what day I wrote it. But for this week I will call it Wonder Way on Wednesday!
Why are there so few Handicap parking? I was so aggravated yesterday (Tuesday). I had to go down town Greenville to the tax office to redo my handicap parking sticker. For those of you know how downtown is, well need I say more..but anyways. the tax office is on the corner of Lee and Johnson..no where in sight of this place is there a handicap parking spot. All spots within a short walking distance was marked as 2-4 hour parking limit. I drove around twice with every hope in the world someone would leave. No luck..so I park in a designated handicap spot on the corner of Lee and Washington..a complete block away.
I park, climb down out of my handicapped can, get my walker out and prepare to listen to the dragging (right I know, need tennis balls) of this walker for the next block. I make my way, stopping at the stop light, waiting for it to tell me I could walk. We all know these lights give you no time, so really it means "RUN". I finally made my way in the tax office, Thank God there was no line...but I definatly got the either the dumbest person or the newest person..Yah me!
Once there I was told...well we need the window hangers, the tag off my windshield and my license plate number...SIRIOUSLY! This took her 25 minutes to tell me this. So here I go again, heading back to my van to get all the things they needed...hurry at the light, dragging walker, angry..attempting to be very patient and smile at other people as they walked past. I get to the van, I wrote the license plate number on a Walmart receipt (had nothing else)...trying to pull the sticker off the window...Sorry it was not as easy as the lady said it would be! Now headed back..drag, drag...now in serious pain..I get back to her counter...Lord have Mercy on her..slower than slow..asking me questions I either did not know or that she had already asked me..PLEASE!
Finally got my new tags for my van and the window..pulling away it had all taken an hour..this was crazy!
One nice thing that came out of, as crossing the road (one of the 4 times) a young man, 30ish walked next to me, stating he was walking beside me because people dont pay attention and I might get hit..I told him how much I apprecited it and Thanked him...that was so considerate. I was definately reminded that there are still good people in this world that care about others..Treat others as you would want to be treated.
I can never get a parking spoke at Walmart or Tamolies...for 500 parking spots they have 5 handicap..That is CRAZY!
I am Wondering Why there cant be more, Why aren't handicapped travelers considered?
The best for me..go shopping with the family and have them drop me off at the door..
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