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[quote=Anonymous]I totally agree that it is not worth engaging with these type of people.  And FWIW being in a wheelchair doesn't always stop them.  Last summer we took my daughter who has severe disabilities and uses a wheelchair to her first movie.  We were in a partially covered lot that had maybe 15 handicapped spots and we took the last one available.  It also happened to be the farthest from the entrance to the retail/movie area.  As I was unloading my daughter's chair, a car pulled alongside me and the passenger rudely asked if I knew I was in a handicapped spot.  I indicated that I did and pointed to our hanging tag.  They sped off in a huff.  Then as we were walking through the breezeway to the theater, the passenger, who happened to be an old morbidly obese woman, was standing there smoking a cigarette with her walker.  She then proceeded to make all sorts of rude comments about how able bodied people shouldn't be allowed to use handicapped spots and a bunch of stuff about the entitlement of younger generations.  I just bit my tongue and walked on by (while pushing my daughter in her wheelchair surrounded by all sorts of medical equipment such as a feeding pump and suction machine).  I'm still bitter that what should have been a happy family experience started off with so much negativity.  And trust me all sorts of retorts including my daughter was born this way and didn't make a bunch of shitty lifestyle choices that led to her disability you old hag!  Even now, I'm glad that I took the high road because there wasn't any good to come of engaging with such people.  OP - I hope something great happens for you today to balance out a crappy start![/quote]

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