My friend's initial reaction, "What the f*ck!?! When did being pregnant become a handicap?"
As these were the only empty spots in the lot, my friend said, "I'm taking this spot. Screw those bitches!"
I couldn't resist adding, "They've all ready been screwed. That's why they're knocked up!"
And we laughed out loud and pulled in the empty spot and parked the car.
Sorry, ladies...but being pregnant doesn't make you handicapped. And if you're having complications, then you really shouldn't be driving. That's just dangerous and reckless, for you, the baby, and everyone else around you.
Take a cab or a lift. Have your partner drop you off to do what you need to do, and then pick you up when you're done. It's the least he can do. After all, he ain't the one whose body is being stretched and wrecked. And it's not his lady parts that are about to be rearranged permanently when that baby tears and bursts its way out!
I agree that pregnancy isn't an illness, or handicap, though not all pregnant women have partners...and sometimes when you are on the skids it's nice to have a little extra help.... even if it's just a parking space closer to a loo... and not so far to walk with heavy bags of shopping.
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Scarlet, Excellent points! I, too, would like to be closer to the loo and not trek so far with heavy shopping bags.
DeleteSpeaking of shopping, my grocery store now offers a pick up option: You order online, schedule when you'll pick up your order, you're given an assigned parking space marked for pick up, show up at determined time, and the store worker beings you all the groceries you ordered to your car!
And now, they'll deliver in a five mile radius! Yes! Like ordering a pizza! You order groceries, and they deliver to your door for a delivery fee!
Am I the only one who enjoys wandering around aimlessly in the grocery store, just browsing all the different items?
We have online grocery shopping in the UK as well.
ReplyDeletePerhaps pregnant women should just stay indoors until they drop and not cause any inconvenience for the rest of society?
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As long as they don't take up any more parking spaces, they can do they want. The indoors solution would certainly mean they are at least closest to the restroom!
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Just a little ;)
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Tsk. It's 3:00 in the morning in Texas - you should be in bed!
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And I'm heading to bed after a nice shower! See y'all later!
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I must admit, once upon a time, I would have thought the same as you (and, in fact, a little bit of me still does - how pregnant does one have to be to use one of those spaces? And if one isn't showing yet, does one have to prove pregnancy to the parking inspector?). But, since my sisters' have been pregnant - both were absolutely enormous and quite unwieldy - I think these parking spaces are a good idea. I don't know how big parking spaces are in the US, but here in the UK they're on the small size (the dimensions still set for the now tiny cars of the 50s and 60s) so a wider space is just right for allowing a (heavily) pregnant driver or passenger to open the car door wide enough to get in or out easily and comfortably :)
ReplyDeleteIDV, Most parking spaces used to be big, until people started buying bigger SUVs! In Texas, it's huge work trucks--meant for heavy duty towing and industrial/agricultural work--driven mostly by city folk, who've never worked a day on the farm or in any industry!
DeleteI didn't know about parking spaces for preggers until yesterday. What was disturbing was that there were only four spaces for handicapped drivers, but ten spaces for preggers! And yesterday, those ten pregger spaces were the only ones open in the full lot. So we just took one.
Today, I discovered a new parking designation called "Family Parking", meant for shoppers with at least one child with them. Yes, because there's nothing more fun and exciting than shopping with a tired, screaming, crying child who doesn't want to do errands.
It's like the stores are splitting people up by breeders versus single/childless people! I haven't seen this kind of targeted division since my uncle's dairy farm: When the milking cows were rounded up and the heifer and bulls and steers were split into different pastures!
The parking inspectors would like a word with you...
ReplyDeleteLX, If I hear banjos, I'm running the other way!
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