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[quote=Anonymous]I almost strangled a security cop this past winter when I went shopping at an outdoor mall with my dad and mom.  My dad has Parkinsons on his left side and a "dead foot" (has severe nerve damage and cannot feel anything in his foot) on the right side.  Walking can be difficult, tiresome and dangerous if he should trip (he's 6'5" so a long way to fall). Even though he took frequent breaks to sit outside or in a coffee shop, by the time we got down to the other end from where the car was, he was tired, exhausted and rather unsteady on his feet.  (He hadn't been able to do much activity for awhile but was strong enough and really wanted to go on this annual shopping trip with us).  My mom and I left him on a bench and walked back to the other side of the mall (about a 10 min walk) to our car.  Well, the idiot security guard read the handicap permit wrong and read the date wrong and wrote us a ticket for an expired placard (it was expiring Nov of 2012 and he read it as Nov 2011).  The security guy argued with us for about 30 min saying we'd have to bring my dad back on Monday (it was a Saturday and we lived an hour away) because th ey were too busy to handle it now, or my dad would have to walk the 15 min (the security office is further away) to prove that he was with us.  It didn't matter that we could show him he just read the date wrong. Finally when the manager came out and my mom told him that if they made my dad walk all the way there, and he fell, she would sue them, did they decide to tear up the ticket.  The security guard even tried to argue with the manager about this.

Sorry, I know off the topic, but this thread brought up those memories and how POd I was at the guy. [/quote]

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