Rou

You know.... being a fat ass is not actually a handicap, at least not in the traditional sense.

Today, I went off to the store to grab some food for the week. Pulled into the parking lot and grabbed a spot about 4 or 5 spots from the front. Being the middle of the afternoon, there were ample other spots, and even a few spots closer then where I parked.

So, as I’m walking toward the store a big ass SUV pulls up and parks in the first spot reserved for handicapped parking. I just happened to notice that the lady driving didn’t seem to be handicapped. Then I noticed she didn’t have any tags for it. Not even one of those temp things for her rearview mirror.

I thought it was innocent enough. Maybe she broke her leg or something. Nope. Turns out she’s just fat. Not even grossly obese. Five foot eight inches tall… call it… 275 lbs? 250?. Something like that.

What possesses people to do that? Especially when there are 4 or 5 open parking spots that are in the first couple rows. You’re not remarkably closer. You’re just taking up the extra space given so REAL handicapped people can get their wheelchairs out. Maybe she's the Queen of the World or something. Just more special then the rest of us. Worst part about it is that she wasn't even just running in to grab something. 45 minutes later when I left, she was still parked there.

And while we’re on the topic of fat bastards, let me pose another question. How does one let oneself get so overweight that one can no longer navigate the supermarket? Because there is a woman I constantly see at the store that is grossly overweight. She has this little scooter thing that drives around with a basket on the front. She can walk. I’ve seen her walking from the store to her car. But she drives this cart around the store because (as she said when I overheard her talking to a store employee about it) it tires her out too much to walk around the entire length of the store.

Why? Why? WHY? If you can’t walk around long enough to get food without getting winded, maybe you need to lay off the food for a while. Because supermarket shopping should never EVER be a cardio workout for you.