Hey guys, had an incident recently in the parking lot of the studios I thought I'd share with you.
Firstly I'm from the UK and have a valid handicapped parking badge as my leg plays up occassionally which I always bring with me to the states. Ours are slightly different in that they don't hang from the mirror, but rest on the dashboard once you're parked up. Anyway I showed it the cast member in parking and as usual was directed to the 'medical' parking near the entrance to the studios I'm sure you're all familiar with. Now that's where the fun and games started!
As I pulled into the parking spot the guy in the car already parked next to my slot looked over as I pulled in. At this stage my parking badge was on the seat next to me (to stop it sliding along the dashboard as I turned) waiting to be placed in position once I was parked up. He jumped out of his car like a shot and knocked on my window before I'd even come to a stop and yelled "hey buddy get to your own parking section".
I slowly undid my seatbelt and picked up my badge showing it him and calmly placed it on the dashboard of my vehicle. Now I despise people who park in those spots without a badge and so on the one hand understood his sentiments but thought him a bit quick off the mark. As I got out of my vehicle I smiled and said "it's ok, this is my section just hadn't put my badge on the dashboard yet". Now before I could continue I got.
"Oh you're a limey, what makes you think you can bring yourself over here and take american handicapped parking spaces buddy"?
At first I thought I'd misunderstood him but he continued.
"Probably nothing wrong with you anyway, bought it off the internet to save yourself walking round 'our' parks did ya"?
Now I'm not your stereotypical disabled person and seriously thought about 'kicking his ______' as he would say, but thought better of it. Then when I looked over I noticed HE HAD NO BADGE DISPLAYED IN HIS VEHICLE!
Well I started right back at him and his excuse was that he had forgotten it and what the hell had it got to do with me anyway :hammer: :brick:
At this stage it was rather heated and I thought walking away was the best option as getting arrested over a parking space and explaining that to my wife would be a little embarrassing
Anyhow a security person came over to see what was happening and I pointed out no badge was displayed etc. This crazy guy was still going on about 'limeys' and our contribution to the war on terror and even questioned why I was not in Iraq. At this stage I figured he had mental health problems (or at least sort of hoped he did for his sake) but was amazed that security let him stay parked there! I thought the policy was no badge, get fined or towed? Anyway I let him walk away first as didn't want him damaging my rental car and then went into the park myself.
Does anybody know the policy on handicapped parking? I didn't push it then as was trying to enjoy my day which had already been somewhat disrupted.
Thanks :wave:
Firstly I'm from the UK and have a valid handicapped parking badge as my leg plays up occassionally which I always bring with me to the states. Ours are slightly different in that they don't hang from the mirror, but rest on the dashboard once you're parked up. Anyway I showed it the cast member in parking and as usual was directed to the 'medical' parking near the entrance to the studios I'm sure you're all familiar with. Now that's where the fun and games started!
As I pulled into the parking spot the guy in the car already parked next to my slot looked over as I pulled in. At this stage my parking badge was on the seat next to me (to stop it sliding along the dashboard as I turned) waiting to be placed in position once I was parked up. He jumped out of his car like a shot and knocked on my window before I'd even come to a stop and yelled "hey buddy get to your own parking section".
I slowly undid my seatbelt and picked up my badge showing it him and calmly placed it on the dashboard of my vehicle. Now I despise people who park in those spots without a badge and so on the one hand understood his sentiments but thought him a bit quick off the mark. As I got out of my vehicle I smiled and said "it's ok, this is my section just hadn't put my badge on the dashboard yet". Now before I could continue I got.
"Oh you're a limey, what makes you think you can bring yourself over here and take american handicapped parking spaces buddy"?
At first I thought I'd misunderstood him but he continued.
"Probably nothing wrong with you anyway, bought it off the internet to save yourself walking round 'our' parks did ya"?
Now I'm not your stereotypical disabled person and seriously thought about 'kicking his ______' as he would say, but thought better of it. Then when I looked over I noticed HE HAD NO BADGE DISPLAYED IN HIS VEHICLE!
Well I started right back at him and his excuse was that he had forgotten it and what the hell had it got to do with me anyway :hammer: :brick:
At this stage it was rather heated and I thought walking away was the best option as getting arrested over a parking space and explaining that to my wife would be a little embarrassing
Anyhow a security person came over to see what was happening and I pointed out no badge was displayed etc. This crazy guy was still going on about 'limeys' and our contribution to the war on terror and even questioned why I was not in Iraq. At this stage I figured he had mental health problems (or at least sort of hoped he did for his sake) but was amazed that security let him stay parked there! I thought the policy was no badge, get fined or towed? Anyway I let him walk away first as didn't want him damaging my rental car and then went into the park myself.
Does anybody know the policy on handicapped parking? I didn't push it then as was trying to enjoy my day which had already been somewhat disrupted.
Thanks :wave:
