Oh, I am so glad someone started the "handicapped spot" vent! Two Christmas's ago, on the morning of Christmas eve, I had to pick up a few items at the grocery store (usually I avoid doing this, but it couldn't be helped. Well we saw this big black truck with plates from another province waiting for someone to pull out of handicapped spot near the store entrance. when the van in the spot left, the truck, displaying no plackard moved forward and we thought he was waiting to turn out of the lane. I had put my plackard on the rear view mirror as we entered the parking lot. My DH stopped for a few minutes waiting for him to leave, and then realized he could swing behind him into the spot. As he did this, the guy started backing up and put a huge dent in the driver's side. The guy all of a sudden takes off! I ask some people to stop him (having stupidly jumped out of the car without my cane and ran about ten feet (two things I can't do) because he hit us. He waived that he was coming back and went down the next row and parked. He was ranting and raving at DH that he had marked the spot (by being in front of it I guess) and thought that we had left finally. He said "you can't put your plackard up until you have parked", which is not true - you aren't supposed to drive on the streets with it but you have to have it up to mark that you need the spot. He finally calmed down and admitted it was his fault and gave us a few hundred dollars to get it fixed. Not enough, but we were both in shock at the time.
Well, to add to this, we go into the store to get the stuff and I am visibly shaken and sore. This guy behind me said "get out of my way" and I move over and say I am really sorry I can't walk any faster, and he turns around, gives me a certain hand jesture and tells me to shut the ------ up. DH smiles and says "Merry Christmas to you too sir." By this time I am in tears so I go back to the car and wait for DH to pay for everything.