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January 2011 Moms
What do you think of this?
Tonight I ran to the local grocery store to pick up some groceries. There are 5-6 handicap parking spots up front and 2 new or expecting mom ones next to those. There were 2 empty handicap spots, but someone with a handicap sticker was parked in one of the new/expecting mom spots. As I was going in I saw a man with a walker get in the car. So obviously handicapped, but definitely not a new or expecting mother. I know that those handicapped spots were possibly full when he got to the store. I guess I'm wondering what you all think of this.
I'm torn I think he definitely deserved a close spot, but had a 39 week pregnant woman or mom with a newborn been there she deserves it too. Maybe he thought it was a handicapped spot too.
To clarify I'm not upset by any means by this. I just thought about it a lot, wondering if he was right to park there. Interesting ethical question I guess.
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Re: What do you think of this?
I vote no. If a pg woman can't park in the handicapped than the handicapped can't park in the expecting/newborn spot. My grandmother has a handicapped sticker and many times all of the spots are taken and she parks in a regular spot. It happens.
Side note - when are you no longer a parent of a newborn (to qualify for that spot)?
I've wondered that too about the newborn thing. I guess I qualify it as when you no longer are hauling them into the store in their carrier. But I feel like I have more to organize and get in the store with two now, even without the carrier. I haven't parked in that spot since Em was about 2 months old.
Was he an older man? If so, maybe he thought he was in a handicap spot.
I've only used those Expectant/New Baby spots a handful of times. When I was whalishly huge and when the girls were newborns and I didn't want them to get cold (both winter babies).
I would have put him in his 50's. In my head I made lots of excuses for him. Because no it's not a huge deal. The spots are nice. I used them, but I never bought into the "I'm pregnant and handicap, debilitated" thing.
In general, I agree with MrsLynnyD though. If a mom can't park in the handicap spots for those reasons, then a handicapped person shouldn't be parking in her spot.
I agree with the bolded. Those spots are merely a suggestion and not lawful at all. Technically anyone who wants to can park there without penalty (not saying that it's ok, just that they can).
That being said, I love those spots. We have them on base at the PX and they are actually enforced there. They sure have helped when I had to pee real bad and didn't have time to drive circles around the parking lot. They have a million spots reserved for the higher ups, so unless you're the Col., you're not parking in the front half of the parking lot.
Honey, you have got to learn to form an opinion.
I found it way more convenient to park far away enough that I can swing the door wide without worrying about door dinging someone else.
I agree. But I also agree as an expectant mother I was willing to walk (if accompanied) from the back of the parking lot, because let's face it, minus a disability walking is good for you.