It's Friday, and I had to run to the grocery store to get a few things for the weekend. This particular grocery store happens to have half a dozen or so of these signs at prime parking spots in the lot.

Being the fair minded, non-discriminatory person that I am, I promptly parked in one of these vacant spots. As I am getting out of my car and heading into the store, this hag looks at me and shouts "congratulations!!". Her point, I'm sure, meaning to embarrass me and shame me for parking in a preferred spot like this. I just smiled at her with a warm and genuine smile, didn't break my stride, and said "thank you!".

Allow me give a little more background.

I actually had a difficult time pulling into this parking space, because there was a monstrous Mercedes Benz SUV parked over my side of the line. It's engine was running full boar, nobody was inside. Apparently the driver, too caught up in their own pathetic, self-absorbed life, couldn't be bothered not to park like the fucking asshole she is.

You guessed it, the very same hag who tried to shame me from parking in the "women with a functioning reproductive system" spot was the very same person who parked so horribly and was killing the environment while her v8 powered SUV chugged along pumping out bushels of toxic fumes.

I could go on and on about this, but I bet you understand where I'm going with it.

Am I bothered? Hell no. The signs on these spaces carry no legal authority whatsoever. I merely pretend they don't exist. I should note however, that I do NOT have the same opinion in regards to handicap parking. Anyone who parks in a "tart cart" space without proper authority should be slapped until they cry.

P.S. I was at Fry's Electronics last Sunday picking up some lovely goodies. For those that don't know, Fry's is like Home Depot for nerds and geeks. Anyway, I had ridden the Harley that day, and decided to park in the "Electric Vehicle Only" parking. These spots are never used and since my motorcycle gets 42+ MPG (well within the range of hybrids and electrics) I deemed it authorized to park there.