Man speechless after being told he isn't 'handicap enough' to use disabled bay

03 January 2024 , 16:42

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Quite often people who are disabled may not look as though they are, and that's often when trouble starts (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

A son has blasted a very "rude" person who put a note on his father's car complaining about him using a disabled parking bay and accusing him of not being disabled. Posting to Reddit with a picture of the hand-written note, he explained to fellow users of the social media site that his dad has a handicapped placard (blue badge holder in the UK) and walks with a limp following him having hip surgery.

To make matters worse, the raging son said: "My dad got this note on his car while visiting my mum (who is a patient) at the USC Norris Cancer Center. He laughed at how ridiculous it is but I think it’s pretty rude. Gotta love the 'you don’t look handicap to us'."

The note read: "You should be ashamed of yourself for using this parking and not leaving it for someone that really needs it. I took video of you and your car and will be reporting to supervisors. You don't look handicap to us, please be more considerate of the elders."

The man's father got a nasty note despite being in possession of a disabled badge (UIG via Getty Images)

Other users of the site were gobsmacked at how entitled the note writer was in putting it on his father's car, with one saying: "I never realised what jerks people could be about this until I was helping a friend out after his heart attack. He already had severe mobility issues and a handicap placard for his car before the heart issues, and while in recovery he wasn't allowed to drive himself anywhere.

"So I was helping him with groceries and other things. I literally could not park and get out of the car anywhere without some busybody asking me if I was disabled. 'No, I'm not but my passenger who can barely get out of the car without my help very clearly is, a*****e'."

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And another said: "My kid has Perthes disease and his hip joint dissolved. He used a wheelchair full-time before surgery and for three months after, and part-time after that while he healed and regained strength. The amount of people who would yell at me for not being disabled when I would get out of my car just to turn tail when I rolled out the tiniest paediatric wheelchair was astronomical. So many a*****es."

While a third said: "This happened to me with my grandparents. My grandma had osteoporosis, so my grandpa would always drive up to the entrance of where ever we were going and grab her walker for her so she could easily get inside while he parked.

"One time I was with them and I hopped out of the car to get my grandma's walker and the car behind us started honking. Then my feeble little grandma stuttered her way out of the car and then the car behind us pulled up and said sorry through the window. I wish people would give others the benefit of the doubt."

Paul Donald