Handicapped Spaces

I teach in a private school, where the tuition is more than many people make annually. A common occurrence at this school is parents, or I should say scoff-law parents, parking in  spaces reserved for those with handicapped tags or devices that hang from the rear view mirror when they are not handicapped. One of my colleagues is handicapped, and has handicapped tags. He came to work one day, and couldn't get a handicapped space, so he pulled behind the scoff-law in the space, and blocked her in. When she came out to move her car, she was livid. How dares someone block her in. The fact that she was parked illegally, and should have been issued a $250.00 citation and had her car towed, was irrelevant. She had been inconvenienced, and was late for her yoga class.

This is a perfect example of the class warfare that is permeating this country. You now have a class of meritocratic wealthy people that have no class. It's all about them. Like Marie Antoinette said, "Let them eat cake." Remember what happened to Marie Antoinette.

While I don't advocate the guillotine for selfish jerks parking in a handicapped space, because they feel that because of their wealth they are above the law, I do feel that that individual should have been more than just "inconvenienced." She should have had her car towed, and she should have had to retrieve it in some impound lot that is only open on Tuesdays, while storage charges continue to rack up during the week and the weekend.

This shows the mindset between old money and new money. Old money would never have considered parking in a handicapped spot. New money doesn't care. They are special, and everyone else is a peasant.It's a strange world that we live in.