I know they have it rough(er) than most of us but this is one bone of contention with me. I don't think just because there is a stall designed to accommodate a wheelchair that doesn't mean it is specifically reserved for someone in a wheel chair.I had a couple of runins with handicapped people who feel they are "entitled". I went to a public washroom and all the cubicles were taken except for the big one. When I left, there was a handicapped person and his handler giving me dirty looks.
I think one day, the Human Rights Commission will force banks to designate one ATM "for handicapped only" even if they have no handicapped clients. BTW If you see an elderly person standing in line, please let them go ahead of you. That could be someone's grandmother (maybe yours). I hate seeing 85- 120 year old folks standing in line.
What if 2 people in wheelchairs wanted to use it? Does the one more handicapped get it over the other?
Anyhow, yeah, the guy was a total dick and I wouldn't have had a problem facing up to him.......
Now with all that being said, we should accommodate the wheelchair bound to some extent. I mean, hold the door for them, get something off a shelf if they can't reach it etc. (but then again, I do that for us regular folks too).
One thing I DO not do is give preference to those in those little george castanza motor scooter car things. It is getting ridiculous these days. I almost ran one over who was bombing down the curb lane. Now if they have to travel a bit on the lane to get to a driveway ramp, sure, but this one passed about 5......