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Lobo27

(753 posts)
Thu Mar 19, 2015, 03:15 PM Mar 2015

Sometimes people just suck.

https://www.yahoo.com/health/hey-handicap-neighbor-leaves-horrible-note-on-114052992892.html

The story of what an amputee had to deal with. The note she was given was vile to say the least.

“Hey handicap! First, never place your hands on my car again! Second, honey you ain’t the only one with ‘struggles.’ You want pity go to a one leg support group! You messed with the wrong one! I don’t care what your note said shove it, but you touch my car again I will file a report, I am not playing! I let the office know the cry baby one leg touches my property I will cause trouble so go cry your struggles to someone who cares cause I’m walking away with both mine! -[expletive].”
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Sometimes people just suck. (Original Post) Lobo27 Mar 2015 OP
Where's the Akron Pooper when you need him? sharp_stick Mar 2015 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author trusty elf Mar 2015 #8
lol, indeed! nt daredtowork Mar 2015 #16
Get a 2 pound bag of sugar...then sharp_stick Mar 2015 #2
Sounds like an invitation Sherman A1 Mar 2015 #3
it should be decreed that WALKING is this person's ONLY means of transportation FOREVER. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2015 #4
they certainly do Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #5
I actually know some members of this young woman's family mcar Mar 2015 #6
update. she has filed a complaint w police and apt manager Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #7
Wow...what utter nastiness!!!! I do hope "social media" does some good in this instance... MADem Mar 2015 #11
Scum cwydro Mar 2015 #13
I love it. lpbk2713 Mar 2015 #14
May this scum sucker hifiguy Mar 2015 #9
handicap parking pisses off some of the healthy. the cartman types. pansypoo53219 Mar 2015 #10
Not all hateful, self-entitled narcisists are politicians. LiberalAndProud Mar 2015 #12
We have a word for this: ableism. KamaAina Mar 2015 #15
I believe that this level of extreme nastiness is exceptional. Quantess Mar 2015 #17
More so than you'd like to think. KamaAina Mar 2015 #18
Good gosh. These people get an F- in manners...and compassion. nt raccoon Mar 2015 #25
Sadly, I don't think it is. cwydro Mar 2015 #21
You have a point there with the glorification of "kicking ass", and feeling entitled Quantess Mar 2015 #24
My guess too. cwydro Mar 2015 #26
This is absolutely sickening! smirkymonkey Mar 2015 #19
Reminds me of a quote from the Dark Knight. Lobo27 Mar 2015 #20
Because one never knows how much functional grey matter the owner of the offending car has....... WillowTree Mar 2015 #22
The note I'd leave in response: backscatter712 Mar 2015 #23

Response to sharp_stick (Reply #1)

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)
2. Get a 2 pound bag of sugar...then
Thu Mar 19, 2015, 03:22 PM
Mar 2015

put most of it in a jar, cause you don't want to waste it, and just spill a bit of it on the ground underneath the assholes gas cap, like it spilled while you were doing something nefarious.

Then crumple up the empty bag and toss it on the ground.

Watch with a bunch of cold beer as the jackass freaks out about what "happened".

this was a suggestion I had a couple of years ago to someone else that had a problem with a car obsessed asshole.

mcar

(42,333 posts)
6. I actually know some members of this young woman's family
Thu Mar 19, 2015, 03:31 PM
Mar 2015

What she's been through is horrible. She lost her leg trying to help a motorist. Now this. I hope those vicious people are punished to the full extent of the law. They should also be publicly shamed.

 

Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)
7. update. she has filed a complaint w police and apt manager
Thu Mar 19, 2015, 03:35 PM
Mar 2015

the Facebook post, hundreds of people have given their support to Brady, calling for the writer of the note to be reported to the police or have their car towed.
Brady quipped: 'She told me to cry to someone who cares, so I went to the internet and it turns out a lot of people care.'
After receiving the note, Brady filed a grievance with the Miamisburg police and notified the management of her apartment complex.
The managers said they have not yet decided on a course of action.



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3001912/Ohio-woman-prosthetic-leg-fights-rude-note.html#ixzz3UrV0H9uK

MADem

(135,425 posts)
11. Wow...what utter nastiness!!!! I do hope "social media" does some good in this instance...
Thu Mar 19, 2015, 04:41 PM
Mar 2015


This is insane! I mean, really, WTF??
 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
9. May this scum sucker
Thu Mar 19, 2015, 03:39 PM
Mar 2015

be stricken with hourly attacks of explosive diarrhea for about, um, six months.

Has to be a teabag shitstain to say something that vicious and cruel. Makes ya ashamed to be human some days.

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
15. We have a word for this: ableism.
Thu Mar 19, 2015, 06:59 PM
Mar 2015

It's just as real as racism, sexism, homophobia, ageism, etc., and perhaps even more pernicious because it is far more socially acceptable (e.g. this thread would presumably explode if the note had said "Hey n****r!&quot

edit: I have a saying that America is breaking out in a RAASH: racism, ableism, ageism, sexism, homophobia. Someone suggested I incorporate transphobia and take out the TRAASH.)

Quantess

(27,630 posts)
17. I believe that this level of extreme nastiness is exceptional.
Thu Mar 19, 2015, 07:15 PM
Mar 2015

This goes beyond garden-variety-jerk level, and I do not believe this level of assholery is common.

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
18. More so than you'd like to think.
Thu Mar 19, 2015, 07:17 PM
Mar 2015

Many if not most wheelchair users get told, to their faces, "I'd rather be dead than be like you"!

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
21. Sadly, I don't think it is.
Thu Mar 19, 2015, 09:13 PM
Mar 2015

This is very similar to some videos etc...that I've seen lately.

People who feel entitled and think "kicking ass" is an acceptable behavior.

Quantess

(27,630 posts)
24. You have a point there with the glorification of "kicking ass", and feeling entitled
Fri Mar 20, 2015, 09:17 AM
Mar 2015

especially among younger people, as this glorification of I'm such a bad ass mofo has gotten worse in recent years. Judging by the handwriting, I'm guessing the letter writer is a 20 to 25 year old female.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
19. This is absolutely sickening!
Thu Mar 19, 2015, 08:39 PM
Mar 2015

It's hard to believe that there are people out there that are actually that cruel. What is wrong with people like that? How can you have so little empathy and compassion?

WillowTree

(5,325 posts)
22. Because one never knows how much functional grey matter the owner of the offending car has.......
Thu Mar 19, 2015, 09:30 PM
Mar 2015

......when this happens to me, I just call the police and let them deal with it. Then the moron can't be sure who was behind the cop call and if they guess and do something stupid, there's a record of the original incident on record.

No criticism of this girl meant whatsoever, but my thinking is that if the person is sufficiently insensitive to park there in the first place, the chances are as likely as not that they won't respond well to any kind of confrontation from me. I let the fine do the talking. It's now $250 around here, which suits me just fine.

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)
23. The note I'd leave in response:
Thu Mar 19, 2015, 10:12 PM
Mar 2015

"Dear Asshole:

Hey, look, it's me, touching your car to leave another letter under your windshield wiper blade. Don't worry, as much as I was tempted to, I did not damage your precious automobile.

But the next time you park in this handicapped spot, it will not be me touching your car. It will be the tow truck driver, as he hauls your car to the impound lot, and you'll be paying hundreds of dollars in fines and fees to get it back. Continue with your bullshit, and I'll make you explain yourself to a judge. And I will be there, in that courtroom, handing that judge the last letter you left for me, as evidence.

If you want a war, you'll get one. Every time you park illegally anywhere in this lot, I'm calling the apartment manager, I'm calling the police, and I'm calling the tow company. If you want to continue this stupid fight, I will break you.

Any questions?"

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