History Main / StealingTheHandicappedSpot

* ''Series/CanadasWorstDriver'': In the "Canada's Worst Parking Lot" challenge, there's normally a handicapped parking space available, but any driver who tries parking there gets told off and has to find a different spot. Except, that is, for Season 14's Karlene, who ''has'' a handicapped-parking permit. She just had to drive around the lot until someone brought it back from the hotel. In Season 15, not only did someone get told off for parking there, they actually ''knocked over'' the sign indicating its being a handicapped parking space.

* ''Series/CanadasWorstDriver'': In the "Canada's Worst Parking Lot" challenge, there's normally a handicapped parking space available, but any driver who tries parking there gets told off and has to find a different spot. Except, that is, for Season 14's Karlene, who ''has'' a handicapped-parking permit. She just had to drive around the lot until someone brought it back from the hotel.

* One particular example: A British Conservative Party MP once saw an apparently not-disabled man parking his car in a disabled spot and walking away; the MP confronted the man and loudly berated him for taking a space intended for a disabled person when he himself had no visible disabilities; the man said nothing, but bent down and hitched up his trousers, exposing his two artificial legs. A witness to the incident told the press that he thought that an MP for the Party that claims a monopoly on patriotism should have recognised...Group Captain Douglas Bader, RAF (retired), Britain's most famous disabled war hero!

->''Sometimes I'll park in handicapped spaces\\
While handicapped people make handicapped faces''

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* ''LetsPlay/GameGrumps'': While playing ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' and talking about wanting to say "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8QW2-TawxQ Do you know who I am?]]" for something stupid, Danny mentions wanting to say that at a Starbucks after not getting ketchup and then waiting for the staff to deliver it to his car.

* In season four of ''{{WesternAnimation/Archer}}'', Ray, having been paralysed in the previous season's finale, arrives at the ISIS underground parking lot, only to find the two handicap spots blocked by Archer's El Camino. Ray complains to Archer, but Archer quickly misdirects him by claiming his El Camino "is not a car[...] Nor is it a truck."

-->Don't care if you're handicapped/I'll still park in your space.

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* In an unfortunate Real Life inversion, people with a genuine need/right to use such spaces have to deal with being accused of this (especially if they suffer from an invisible disability), with consequences ranging from being publicly embarrassed by someone demanding they "prove" their disability to misguided ParkingPayback. This is why it's sometimes best to mind your own business.
* Andy Rooney devoted a ''Series/SixtyMinutes'' segment to the issue. He pointed out people using handicapped spaces whom he contended, based on their appearance, were not handicapped.

** Andy Rooney devoted a ''Series/SixtyMinutes'' segment to the issue. He pointed out people using handicapped spaces whom he contended, based on their appearance, were not handicapped.

** Andy Rooney devoted a ''Series/60Minutes'' segment to the issue. He pointed out people using handicapped spaces whom he contended, based on their appearance, were not handicapped.

* In ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'', the first time Max see's Chloe's truck, it's parked in the handicapped spot for no apparent reason. What's more, it's not the last time we see her screw over the differently abled, as later on she tries to steal money from the Blackwell Handicap Fund.

* In season four of ''{{WesternAnimation/Archer}}'', Ray, having been paralysed in the previous season's finale, arrives at the ISIS underground parking lot, only to find the two handicap spots blocked by Archer's El Camino.

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* ''Film/OfficeSpace'' has [[PointyHairedBoss Bill Lumbergh]] nonchalantly taking up a handicapped space after his specially reserved parking space was taken by one of his employees. Since this is against company rules, he gets towed for it, and the tow truck driver [[LaserGuidedKarma accidentally rips his bumper off.]]

* ''Series/{{Crownies}}'': In the first episode, an able-surer parks in the disable parking space at the beach, and is then rude to Ben's grandfather (who is entitled to the space) when he asks him to move. Ben's grandfather then extracts some ParkingPayback by parking the surfer in. This has tragic consequences as Ben's grandfather later receives a beating that results in his death.

* In season four of ''WesternAnimation/Archer'', Ray, having been paralysed in the previous season's finale, arrives at the ISIS underground parking lot, only to find the two handicap spots blocked by Archer's El Camino.

->''Sometimes I'll park in handicapped spaces''
->''While handicapped people make handicapped faces''

* In ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'', the first time Max see's Chloe's truck, it's parked in the handicapped spot for no apparent reason. What's more, it's not the last time he sees her screw over the differently abled, as later on she tries to steal money from the Blackwell Handicap Fund.