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IMOHO..,,,  Maybe that official didn't see you walking with your crutches back to the chair., they only saw you sitting there, and presumed you were a fit individual.., Plus they are overwhelmed with so many personal responsibilities to the public, he just didn't use good judgment in analysing the situation...

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Quoting Lord Of The Sith:

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It is funny, my wife and I were discussing this just a few minutes ago.  An obese, older man, came roaring up next to us in a sports car.  As he passed I noticed he had disabled plates.  He pulled into the dry cleaners and popped out of his car like he was healthy but very over weight.  He could have had something wrong and I didn't see it.  Personally though I think he used his weight to get those plates (because in AZ obesity is a disability according to MVD) and now someone who really needed that space won't get it.  In my opinion most people who are truly disabled do not crush down into a sports cars.

You don't have any idea what his disability may be.  Not everyone who needs a handicap spot drives a van with hand controls...

[soapbox] My wife and I get it all the time. She is 48 and looks fine yet cannot stand for more than a minute or two without her heart racing to over 150bpm. The looks we get are disgraceful when we use a handicap spot.

People make judgments against us constantly. She is also treated very rudely by people who are asked to get her motorized carts in the stores. And then, after she gets one, she has to deal with the looks from people. You can see it in their faces "she doesn't look disabled" Typically we ignore it and go about our business but many times it really gets to us (mostly her - like she enjoys having to use the freggin cart at Target or something).

Just keep in mind there are all types of disabilities that could require someone to need special treatment, whether that is a close parking space, a chair to sit in, or even something as simple as them having a bottle of water with them all the time (guilty). Some of these disabilities have very few outside signs. I suggest next time pretend it's you mother, father, sister, etc. and treat them with some respect, someday it could be you. [/soapbox]

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I find it sad that you needed to get on a soapbox and that you only took one sentence from a paragraph. And the angry face what the heck is that all about?  I admitted that I did not know the man or his condition.  I do know in AZ since there is really no oversight, people CONSTANTLY abuse the privilege. I knew a girl at the UofA who drove her moms car to school.  It had disabled plates and she used them, there was zero wrong with her.  I am sorry you have had bad experiences, that is no reason to point your frustrations at me.  In the future maybe you should think of others as your mother, father, sister, etc. before you climb on a soapbox and pass judgments.