Disabled driver goes PWNZER on ignorant fool

[Kagato]

So, a little background info, I started a new part time job about a month ago now delivery-driving for a pizza company (It has actually been a REALLY good job so far, quite enjoyable with a fairly small driving radius, so I often make a profit on my travel allowance) when I saw this happen as I was coming back from a delivery:

DD: Disabled Driver
EW: You should know by now.

DD: *Climbs slowly out of car, digging around for his walking cane* (from where I was, I could clearly see he had his disability card displayed, guessing EW could see it too but didn't care.)
EW: *runs up and gets in DD's face, completely invading his personal space* What the hell do you think you're doing, you faker?! You don't need to park there, you're just being lazy argablargaehwotay!!1!eleventyone
DD: *leans on his car and removes his artificial leg* You have 5 seconds to shut up and get the [redacted] out of here before I beat you with my own leg.
EW: *promptly shuts up and beats a very hasty retreat*
Me: *walks up and supports the man as he reattaches his leg* I'm guessing from your response to him, that kind of thing happens frequently.
DD: More often than I'd like to admit, sadly. They always shut up after 'seeing' my leg up close though.

DD actually ended up coming into the store as he was there to pick up an order, so I pulled some strings with the manager and we chucked in a couple of free sides. Needless to say, he tried to turn them down, but we insisted.

[mathnerd]

People are idiots. I've told multiple stories here about my adventures in disabled parking with my boys. My favorite is still holding with the woman who berated me for parking in a spot that I obviously didn't need since I clearly had no trouble lifting my son's wheelchair out of the van.

[MoonCat]

parking in a spot that I obviously didn't need since I clearly had no trouble lifting my son's wheelchair out of the van.

Unclear on the concept, was she...?

As for the OP: OMG. That's awesome.

[Limescale]

I guess you could say the EW...



....didn't have a leg to stand on!

YEAAAAAAAAAH!

[Rosco the Iroc]

So much win on your part. I'd hook him up also.

[EricKei]

MC - it sounds like the EW in this case was saying that only DRIVERS with physical difficulties need the special parking spots, maybe...? The EWs in both cases were being dicks, regardless.

Kagato - Feel free to not censor yourself when the situation calls for it....and this one definitely does ^_^ We're mostly grown-ups here. Just as long as you don't go all George Carlin on us, the occasional bit of reasonable foul language for emphasis is cool.

[Minflick]

Mathnerd, I think the most awful episode I've read from you was the time the old man deliberately drove over one son's wheel chair. That had to be about the ugliest thing I'd read about 'adventures with handicapped parking' in a very long time.

[cindybubbles]

In all cases, I think it means that EWs want the spaces to themselves, and are just making up excuses just to free up those spaces.

[Victory Sabre]

I remember when my grandpa was still alive. He was in his 90s, and couldn't walk very far anymore, along with being totally blind. We had the handicap sign and used it when taking him places for those reasons.

He might have tried to use his cane to whack someone who tried to say those type of people if they tried to say anything.

[mathnerd]

Mathnerd, I think the most awful episode I've read from you was the time the old man deliberately drove over one son's wheel chair. That had to be about the ugliest thing I'd read about 'adventures with handicapped parking' in a very long time.

It was a walker (he was using the walker that day to transfer from the chair to the car), but yeah, that was ugly and in a class all on it's own. What I meant by "favorite", was an episode I can laugh about after the fact.

I'm regularly approached by idiots challenging my right to use disabled parking. In my case it's for my kids, but I think I have a pretty fair idea of how the guy in the OP feels. I wish I could be around one day when he waves his leg in front of one of those idiots. It would be really satisfying to see them get put in their place.

[XCashier]

EW: *runs up and gets in DD's face, completely invading his personal space* What the hell do you think you're doing, you faker?! You don't need to park there, you're just being lazy argablargaehwotay!!1!eleventyone
DD: *leans on his car and removes his artificial leg* You have 5 seconds to shut up and get the [redacted] out of here before I beat you with my own leg.

Yeah! DD,

DD actually ended up coming into the store as he was there to pick up an order, so I pulled some strings with the manager and we chucked in a couple of free sides. Needless to say, he tried to turn them down, but we insisted.

A very satisfying ending to the story. I hope DD enjoyed the food and stays a good customer of your store.

[scorpionf]

EW got owned.... But I have come across people like that. My mum is disabled, and has a cane - she would not get far without it.

She has not had any dramas *knock on wood* but once when I was with her, I got out the car first, and went to get her cane from the back seat for her, (disabled parking permit was clearly displayed on my dashboard).

Cue joker who came and told me off for parking there and taking a space away from someone who really needs it and lots of colourful insults. I waited for her to take a breath, and unfortunately for her, I have a really loud scream. I don't think I need to spell out my even more colourful reply and also by then I had my mums cane in my hand so I started waving it around in the air for effect...

Joker ended up walking off without apologising, but she was a nice bright red and looking at the floor as she slank off, and since I have to have the last say, I just yelled out "Nice of you to apologise!" - pace picked up and she ran.

[Shalom]

If you beat someone with an artificial leg that you're holding in your hand, is it considered kicking him?

Oh, and that reminds me of a song:

Well now friends you'll never guess it so I really must confess it --
I just met the sweetest woman of my long dismal life.
But a friend of mine said, "Buddy, just in case your mind is muddy,
Don't you know that girl you're fooling with is Peg-Leg Johnson's wife.
And that man is big and rough and mean and grim,
And he'll brain you with his artificial limb..."

[catcul]

When we went to lunch Sunday, we went to a restaurant that had a small parking lot. The only spot open was the reserved space. My mother has a handicap placard for my grandmother, but she didn't want to use it.

She used to work for two nursing homes.

[MadMike]

MC - it sounds like the EW in this case was saying that only DRIVERS with physical difficulties need the special parking spots, maybe...?

I've never needed a placard myself, but I really should have applied for one when my son broke his ankle. Every time we went somewhere, I had to pull the car up to the door, get his walker out of the trunk, hand it to him, and then find somewhere to park. By the time I thought about actually applying for one, I figured he would be walking again soon.