{"id":197,"date":"2006-02-08T23:50:28","date_gmt":"2006-02-08T13:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/machinegunkeyboard.com\/?p=197"},"modified":"2006-02-09T02:19:34","modified_gmt":"2006-02-08T16:19:34","slug":"downward-envy-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/machinegunkeyboard.com\/?p=197","title":{"rendered":"Downward envy part II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Went out to hear some Greenpeace activists who were on the recent <a href=\"http:\/\/machinegunkeyboard.com\/?p=183\" target=\"_self\">Antarctic anti-whaling campaign<\/a> speak at the National Maritime Museum this evening. Fascinating. Incredibly tough, dedicated people. More about them later.    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/machinegunkeyboard.com\/blogimages\/park_in_disabled_space_without_permit_newtown_375_bucks_feb2006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" vspace=\"10\" hspace=\"10\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" title=\"yeah, baby! (click for full size)\" alt=\"yeah, baby! (click for full size)\" src=\"http:\/\/machinegunkeyboard.com\/blogimages\/thumb-park_in_disabled_space_without_permit_newtown_375_bucks_feb2006.jpg\" \/><\/a>Decided to pop in to Newtown for a bite to eat on the way home. As usual, finding disabled access parking in Newtown was difficult, but it was made only worse by able-bodied wankers who decided that their convenience was worth more than the discomfort or difficulty disabled people encounter when doing something so simple as going out for a meal.&nbsp;  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Bad<\/strong> idea.<\/p>\n<p>Disabled access spaces are not 5 minute parking for able-bodied people just because the space is not presently occupied with a disabled person&#8217;s car. Being lazy is not a disability. Running late is not a disability. <\/p>\n<p>If you <strong>can<\/strong> walk the extra 20 paces it would take to use a legal parking space instead of illegally using a disabled access space&#8230; you&#8217;re blessed! People with disabilities <em>need<\/em> these spaces- they are not some grand perk afforded to just any old slob who <a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/machinegunkeyboard.com\/?p=14\">merely claims they have a bad back<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>The Parking Rangers were on top of it. This inconsiderate jerk copped a $375 attitude adjustment fee.<\/p>\n<p>And I smiled all the way home. \ud83d\ude42&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>la la la la la&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>-weez&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Park in a disabled access space without a permit in Sydney- you&#8217;ll part with $375<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/machinegunkeyboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/machinegunkeyboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/machinegunkeyboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/machinegunkeyboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/machinegunkeyboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/machinegunkeyboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/machinegunkeyboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/machinegunkeyboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/machinegunkeyboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}