‘Right’ behavior in car park leaves disabled driver speechless: ‘Get a life’

A woman with muscular dystrophy was shocked to find a card printed on the windscreen of her car parked at the local shopping centre.

I parked level for Woolworths and Aldi in a disabled car park because I am DISABLED, the woman posted on the Lake Macquarie Community Notice Board Facebook group to provide context.

I parked between a large stage and the bright yellow pole with the yellow paint sticking out on the floor.

Admittedly I parked at a slight angle, but seeing as no one could park on either side and I wasn’t going to cause a problem with anyone else, I left the car as it was.

“Someone who didn’t have much to do left this”

After she finished her grocery shopping and returned to her car, she found something left by another shopper.

To my surprise and disappointment, someone apparently didn’t have much to do left this [printed] card under my windshield wiper.

A photo accompanying her post is of the professionally printed junk card that reads, HEY YOU SUCK AT PARKING in bold letters even a five-year-old knows how to stay within the lines below.

The woman was not happy and wrote the rest of her post directly to the person who left the note.

It honestly counts for a lifetime. So you have nothing better to do than harass disabled shoppers?

Perhaps you could put your money to better use than printing cards anonymously by donating to a disability charity.

As stated on your card, I am only reserving ONE car space.

“Frustrated by these parking ‘cops'”

The post garnered hundreds of comments, many from drivers who also had experience with unofficial parking reviews and cards like this one.

Annoyed by these parking cops, one user wrote.

“I often have to park in two spaces because there is no disabled parking and you can’t put a pram on the side of the car.

If it doesn’t affect your life, just move on and stop being in people’s business. So I’m sorry it happened to you.

Another group member went a step further: It’s bullying. Don’t think about it.

A third person relates that they had a similar experience with one of these printed cards one day when they were helping their elderly father.

I also got a handicap permit and was parked in a disabled corner parking space on the street.

If someone is thinking of putting these in other people’s cars, they might think about the effect it might have on the other person. You don’t know what they are going through.

One woman who commented was shocked not so much by the postcard, but by the fact that someone spends the day putting them on their windshield for fun.

So someone spends their weekend walking around parking lots looking for cars to put their specially printed cards in (so they hide behind poles to see people’s reactions, maybe to film it?).

So they also have stamped cards for other minor offenses?! Take your mind! Well!

“I love the card!”

Opinion was divided, however, with many commenters finding this type of card, which appears to have been sourced from online store Temu, to be just a bit of fun.

Love the card, one user wrote. Don’t be so offended… you know you parked on a corner… laugh.

Many other members of the group agreed, with some asking where they could get papers like this for their own use.

Another added: How to park I would have a huge collection of those cards! Laugh it off!

But for those who found it funny, one woman had some advice to see the world from a different perspective.

“It shows how ignorant and righteous people are”

It just goes to show how ignorant and entitled some people are, so small minded that they can’t see this from the point of view of someone with a disability doing their best.

Hard to ignore because it’s just one more thing you have to deal with and others don’t.

And the people here who say skip it, it’s just a joke, maybe they should walk in your shoes for a few weeks and see how they feel afterwards.

Finally, one user left a piece of advice that many of us should remember: In a world where you can be anything, be kind.

“It’s the gift you give yourself.