There’s this lady I know. She was born without a hand. A good old-fashioned birth defect.

Aside from the hand, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with her. She’s a tank. And since she’s lived with it her whole life, the missing hand isn’t much of a handicap for her. She can do pretty much everything anyone else can do.

So I’m wondering why she has a handicapped parking tag for her car. She says she got it because she can. But why can she? There’s no reason for her to be parked closer to buildings than people with two hands. Her missing hand doesn’t stop her from walking as well as or better than anyone. She’s not on crutches or in a wheelchair. Hell, she doesn’t even have a limp. Her missing hand has affected her ability to walk in absolutely no way. Hell, except for her one arm she’s not even handicapped.

I have no problem with handicapped parking, and even less problem with walking an extra 20 feet in a parking lot to find an open spot, but I do have a problem with just about anyone being classified as qualifying for a handicapped parking tag for just about any reason.

What’s next, handicapped parking for people with migraines? When does it end that we don’t give people preferential treatment for no reason? This handless lady may be taking the spot of someone confined to a wheelchair who might actually benefit from a roomier parking spot closer to a building.

This is what we get in our society where everyone is conditioned to look for an angle and get over, I guess.