disabled parking
 

Please don't sit in a car in the driver's seat waiting for someone in the store
in a disabled parking spot.

You can wait somewhere else and pick them up in front of the store or nearer than that parking spot. Someone with a disabled parking permit who intends to actually get out of the car and go in may have to park further away than they should have to because you are sitting in that spot when you could have waited somewhere near enough to see the store entrance and pick up the person you are waiting for. To me, it's the courteous thing to do.

I have noticed some with handicap tag, sit in their car for awhile before finally getting out of the car. Might be a motility issue and needs a rest before exiting the car

Not the situation today. I went into the store and came out 10 minutes later. Person was still sitting in the car. I've seen this a few times and it just seems to be inconsiderate to me. I actually suggested the idea and he was able to exit the car pretty quickly to threaten me. In this day and age better to just not say anything.

This just sounds strange to me. You mean a perfectly able person is sitting in the car while they had sent the HANDICAPPED person shopping?

He did say his wife was handicapped, but he may have been as well. Just didn't have any trouble getting out of the vehicle.

Way too many people have handi cap parking stickers in the Villages!

I agree. And, almost anyone can get a doctor to issue a handicap permit, and there is no enforcement on the issuing of permits.

really can't say on that. I knew a guy with 1 arm and an arm that was deformed so he had a partial arm to the elbow, no legs. He got around on a skateboard like nobody would believe. Once went under a police horse while in a crazy mood. He refused to use handicap parking for many years. That's where I get my sensitivity to people "abusing" handicap parking.

IMHO,the only vehicle that should be in a handicap spot is one driven by a handicapped person. A handicapped person being chauffeured should be let off at the loading zone. The driver can park elsewhere and then be called to pickup the handicapped person at the loading zone.

If a spouse wants to wait up close for an ailing loved one, it's fine with me.

My daughter in law is in a wheelchair and my son has been noticing it's harder and harder to fine help with their luggage when traveling, airport claims there isn't enough staff people.

He was told by the airport people perfectly healthy people are buying wheelchairs when traveling to get through the TSA check at the airports.

Some people may have a legitimate need for handicapped parking. But, it is mostly used by entitled people who just want a reserved parking space wherever they go. And medical doctors cannot be trusted to properly screen for those who really deserve a handicapped parking permit.

My wife has advanced COPD, severe rheumatoid arthritis that keeps her in pain and mobility issues due to a back injury. She has a disabled placard. Sometimes I drive her to do her shopping and park in a disabled spot and she will walk to the store. She tries to do as much as she can physically and will walk back to the car, where I'm waiting, when she finishes shopping. Some days after walking around in the store her pain level and inability to breathe gets the best of her and she will call me on the phone and ask me to pick her up.
I advise any busy bodies to mind their own business and not approach me with their righteous attitude.

Maybe you should mind your own business, sometimes I come back to the car because of breathing issues. My wife continues to shop with out me. Everyone tends to eyeball someone with handicap card. I would be upset if they came and quizzed me.

Just a different point of view, if I may.
You are simply acting as your wife's chauffeur in your scenario. You could drop your wife at the door. It would be closer than handicapped parking. You could wait anywhere in the parking area since you are not accompanying her. You don't need that handicap spot. Let someone who really needs it have it. When your wife is done shopping she can call you and you can pick her up at the door. That way everyone wins.
By the way, your last sentence is threatening In a manner that indicates you recognize that you know you don't need or deserve the handicap spot. You seem also to recognize that it is yourself who has an indignant and self-righteous attitude that makes you so defensive about your abuse of handicap parking needs. You are are essentially an Uber, on call, driver. Handicap parking is not waiting stalls for Uber or taxies.