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Disabled people are those who, for the unfortunate loss of a limb or limited mechanical use, cannot complete simple chores as quickly or efficiently as other “able bodied” members of society.
Cripples are the idiots who have low-tech brains that tell them they can do as they like, regardless of other members of society.
Disabled people are those who struggle twice as hard to overcome daily obstacles while moving around.
Cripples are the morons who place the obstacles in the way of disabled people in the first place.
One could add a new category to suggest that those people who allow the abovementioned cripples to get away with parking in a disabled spot should be called “socially impaired” or “educationally disabled”.
Next time you’re at a supermarket, or stop at a shop with disabled access (or not) and see people without the “disabled” sticker on the windscreen parking in the designated area, you should tell the store manager that by law they should have that car removed. And if they don’t, you can say you will be taking your business elsewhere and report them to the authorities. However, the authorities in this case comprise the local police station or the municipality that relies on taxes earned from that store and would probably do nothing about it. Are there any statistics to show how many fines were imposed on non-disabled motorists, or is such data so insignificant that it would expose Cyprus as being unfriendly to disabled people?
If, on the other hand, you have a physical disability and plan to visit church more frequently these days due to the Easter celebrations, perhaps it would be best you stayed at home and watched it all on the telly, as there is no way you will be able to park near a church, and if you do, you will have one of the socially impaired morons screaming at you.
That only leaves you with a final option – travel abroad. But in this case, too, you have to use the airports of Larnaca or Paphos, which have clearly designated spaces for disabled drivers, but nine of the ten cars parked there use the facility as a quick drop off or pick-up point, regardless if there is huge blue sign painted on the ground. Does anyone at the airport care or is the management more interested in collecting the exorbitant airport fees and passenger taxes?
