Just wondering what you all think about this?

[spookycharlotte121]

My sister and I were shopping were shopping today in bristol and witnessed an incident.
Some people were packing up their car, putting their shopping, kids, buggy etc away and another car was waiting for the space.... problem was thta the space was at the side of the road and there is only room for one car to pass.
This is one of the central roads through town especially for busses and so as you can immagine a long line started to form behind the ladys car.
When the busses all started hooting at her and yelling she defended herself by saying she was waiting for a disabled space..... she had the correct badge etc in her window but by the time the other car had vacated the space the line of traffic went so far back that it blocked the whole (very very long) road and had caused mayhem on the connecting roads.
Now whilst I know nothing of this ladys problems or why she needed a disbaled badge I did carry on watching her after she had parked up and noticed she seemed fine to walk etc
I couldnt help think that it was rather selfish of her to cause such disruption when there is a perfectly good car park across the way with loads of spacious disabled parking bays on the same level as the bridge to get across to cabot circus which might I add has lifts.

yes was selfish - she could have driven round again or gone in a different space

She shouldn't have blocked the traffic. However the fact that she seemed to walk fine isn't an indication of whether or not she is disabled enough to need to use disabled parking spaces.

yes it's no indication.

It was daftt of her to wait whilst blocking the road for so long, but agree with others that appearing fine is no indicator of disability.

My uncle appeared fine although he had a blue badge. He was suffering from terminal bowel cancer and unable to walk very far at all.

I think the point was she could have walked from the other disabled spaces?
YANBU, blue badge gets you easier parking, not a license to take the piss. (and before I get flamed for that, yes I do know a lot about it, so ner)

I absolutely hate people watching people with disabilities so that they can make amateur judgements about them.

DH gets really worried that people are watching him, and I always tell him he is being paranoid because what kind of person would watch him? Of course it is a lie because I know from MN that loads of you do are stand about making judgements about other people's limps.

Oh no i didnt mean it like that. I know a few people who have disable badges who look young and fit but need one.
What I was trying to say which i put across badly was that she may have had problems walking so might have wanted that space to perhaps go to the shop she had parked outside for example..... except she had no walking aids etc and was moving fine. And my sister seemed to think she actually went into the shopping centre which makes her not parking in the car paark even more odd. I dont dispute the need for the disabled space. she had the badge and was entitled to it.... wasa just thinking why that one in particular..... i think too much about silly things.

But we don't know if she could have walked from the other spaces, do we?
As itsme says some disabilities are not obvious to onlookers, doesn't mean they don't exist.

She kept the line of traffic waiting for about 10 mins.... it might have been longer.... i was busy eating a sausage roll though so wasnt watching the time.

yabu
she should of asked you first where she was allowed to park.

She must have been desperate for that space. I couldn't have done it - imagine that queue of people all glaring at you and watching you park.
Maybe she'd already driven a few circuits looking for a space so knew her chances were slim of finding another space or this one being free when she got back to it.

Think you're all missing the point, it doesn't matter if she could walk or not, or how badly she is judged with regards to being mobile, its blocking city centre traffic for as long as you feel like it because want/need that space.
Needing a particular space doesn't give you the right to mess with everyone else. And having a disability doesn't mean you're exempt from such notions as common decency and politeness.
At least mine doesn't say I am no longer obliged to follow the rules of the road or law?

Maybe it hurt her to walk too far and that's why she was so desparate for the space and needed to go to a shop that was nearer that side of the shopping centre.

YABU to eat a sausage roll. Very non-MN.

it was a gregs sausage roll