Things That Piss Me Off

Handicapped parking spots:
Handicapped spots are largely illogical, unless of course they’re oversized. Some handicapped drivers need extra space to disembark their wheelchairs. I can deal with that, but it doesn’t make sense if the spots are the same damn size, though. It doesn’t make sense to have these spots directly in front of the store in all cases either, especially if the store has over 10,000 square feet of floor space. The handicapped person is expected to traverse 40+ aisles of store, but they can’t go an extra 10 feet to their parking space? What’s the hell up with that? Plus they give those handicapped sticker to anyone. If you’re over 40, you basically qualify for a handicapped sticker.
That’s not what really pisses me off, though. It’s people with handicapped stickers who don’t park in handicapped parking spots. WTF is up with that? I can’t park in the handicapped parking spot, why can they park in the “normal” parking spots? It’s a double standard. If there’s no parking spots left, but one empty handicapped parking space, I’m still now allowed to park there, so fuck them and their vans.
Some day, I’m going to park in the handicapped spot, and I’ll refuse to move. I’ll be like the Rosa Parks of my generation. “No sir, I will not go to the back of the bus.”
Paid Parking:
You know how much it costs to park to see my local hockey team, the Abbotsford Heat? $10. $10 to park to see a substandard rookie NHL seeder team. It’s not even covered parking. During a recession.
Street Dates:
Street dates for books, DVDs, and games and kind of ridiculous. I use to work at the Superstore, and because of an incident at another store, they had a 24 hour security guard on duty to protect a shipment of Harry Potter books from breaking the street date. We went on to sell 10 of the 100 copies we were given. To be honest, they protect some retailers from having to deal with an unfair advantage with other retailers, but otherwise there’s no point but to build excitement for a bland product.