Ayb! Ayb!* Parking Hall of Shame
I am not outraged just because I passed up these two spots, both empty, once I saw the sign, which you will notice is in Arabic, English and just in case you can’t read, also in sign language. NO PARKING!
I am not outraged just because only about 20 feet from these two spots are also parking spots, it just means walking a few more feet in the hot sun, no, not rock star parking, but not like walking a couple hundred meters, either.
I am outraged because these were WOMEN. WOMEN! We know better! We have aging mothers and children, we sometimes NEED special treatment, but these women who parked here were both ample and able. Actually, in the first photo, I was so angry, I had the women as they got out of their cars, but I took a deep breath, and decided that would NOT be a good idea in case I ever want to go here again. They might beat me up! They might arrest me for insulting them!
But I am insulted. This is Ramadan, people are fasting, and it is hot hot hot, even though it is cooling down a little. Women faint, men get electrolyte imbalances, and people need ambulances. THIS is AMBULANCE PARKING.
There is something in each of us that believes in variations of Locard’s Exchange Principal where anytime two people come into contact they exchange some physical matter, no matter how small. On some level, when we say “what goes around comes around” we are applying the same physical properties to the spiritual world, and why not? Are we not taught that we are to treat our neighbors as we would want to be treated?
So my fear for these women who would park in an ambulance spot is that one day they would need an ambulance, and find that the ambulance cannot park because someone is parked in the ambulance spot. I wouldn’t wish that on anyone.
*Shame! Shame!
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LOL! Ayb 🙂 that came out right … these people are idiots – some park in the handicapped spots too… plain idiots
No use arguing with these morons. Even a cop driving past won’t do a thing.
I’m quite like the Grinch in Ramadan & I rant at any tiny error.
Maybe at the time there werent any.
and they had an emergency.
never the less that RUDE! ;p
I understand your frustration xpat, I hate seeing ppl park in the handykap spots but oh well.. it is Ramadan, just feel the spirituality
Maybe they’re handicapped in the head! !!! Sheeeesh!
They will never learn.
i’ll wish it on them then 😛
the only problem is that after they do get an ambulance, they’ll then think theyre entitled to the handicapped parking in the future 😛
maybe they ARE handicapped in the head, but in a way that makes them paranoid and think that their cars are ambulances..
Chikapappi – And they never get tickets or fines?
Я – I agree about arguing with a moron – people seem to get the angriest when they are in the wrong!
Blue Dress – there were many parking spaces, just a few steps further away.
Kaos – I’m not sure what you mean, whether you mean cut them some slack because it’s Ramadan, or that they are violating the spirit of Ramadan?
Vixenfatale – LLLOOOOLLLLLLLL
Mac – I think they WILL learn. I hope so. It is just a slow process. . . sometimes I get frustrated.
SKUNK – LLLOOOOOOOLLLLLLLL
Swair – Has anyone ever told you that you have a kinky mind??? LLLOOOLLLL
I was walking with my friend in a shopping/restaurant district a few nights ago. We noticed a couple of Bentleys and motorcycles parked right in front of the restaurant on the yellow and black curb. All, I could say to my friends was, “Your car, is your license to park anywhere you want.”
There’s those who think they’re high and mighty and can park anywhere they want, and there are those who think their emergency situation is more the most important matter in the world. 🙂
N., I know, I know, it happens. If it WERE an emergency, we could cut them some slack, but it’s just not civilized not to obey the laws of your own country! I like rock star parking as well as the next guy, but I’d rather walk than take up an ambulance spot or a handicapped spot.