'An especially egregious occurrence:' Handicap driver reports truck blocking 8 handicap parking spots, truck driver hits a pole mid-complaint while trying to make his getaway

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Apr 4, 2024 12:00 PM EDT

Watching karma in action. 

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  • It's not cool to take up the designated handicap parking spots. Period. That is a really mean move. You're just being spiteful at that point. Taking up one usually won't get you in too much trouble, other than a pricey ticket. But most people would just scoff and walk away. But when you're taking up an entire row of handicaps when there are plenty of other places to park? Well, you can't be surprised when Karma comes for you after that. Which is what went down with this truck driver. He was parked across eight, EIGHT, handicapped parking spots, even though he had plenty of room to park somewhere else. So when a handicapped driver came and had nowhere to park, he decided to report it. However, while he was on the phone with the customer service employee for the truck driver's company, Karma stepped in. Now, the truck driver isn't just in trouble for being a jerk, but also for baking into a pole and knocking it down completely… See the story below! 

    Want more juicy drama? Check out this woman who deals firsthand with a Karen customer over the phone. 

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    Park in handicapped space? Then hit a light pole? You are gonna have a bad day. I use handicap parking and it's annoying when someone takes it up without a placard. Usually, I groan and curse to myself. However, when it's egregious, I usually say something. Today had an especially egregious occurrence.
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    I arrived home this afternoon and there was a transport for a fairly large car sales delivery service truck parked across most of the handicap spaces. We have about 8 in front of the building. This truck took up 5 of them. I was very annoyed, so I snapped a few pictures and proceeded to contact the company. I'm not going to approach this person, but the company should definitely know. Revenge: I report him to the company, since I know that he's gonna have a bad time when that happens.
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    Icing: After I make the report, I'm thanking the customer agent when I hear a bang. The driver has decided to move the truck (he'd been parked there at least 25 minutes) and, while backing up, smashed into a lightpole. This isn't a small tap, the entire lightpole feel onto the fence behind it, totally broken. Thankfully, I'm still on the phone with the agent. I don't think I've ever heard a customer agent sounds so entertainingly shocked. We both had the "Wait... This can't get worse."
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    I give the information to the agent who promised to forward it along and make lots of notes. I forward the pictures of the driver blocking the spots as well as a somewhat distance picture of the truck right in front of the now broken lightpole. Even bigger bonus: I reported this to the office right after it happened, since I had a feeling that the driver wasn't going to. As I was writing this, I just saw the police show up, probably to take an accident report... Definitely having a bad day.
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    Itsmobilelandman . 2h ago Let's hope this persons next job doesn't include driving or parking (because they won't have this one much longer).
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    CPlus902 2h ago • The best kind of revenge: scrupulously legal and 100% by-the-book.
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    Quick-Possession-245 • 1h ago o instant karma is a wonderful thing....
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    dogswelcomenopeo... • 13m ago My (64M) daughter (33) is disabled and we use handicapped parking when we can. Otherwise park way out so she's not blocked. She pushes her own chair, and I won't arm wrestle with her! She doesn't use the electric carts, ... because I don't need one."
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    RLS30076 1h ago • they could probably get a job driving for Fed Ex no problem. They're the absolute worst.
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    Rough Direction8875 43m ago Handicapped parking is not an unloading zone. ○ 11 ⇓ Reply ↑ Share • Il-leto 4m ago Depends if there is even a loading zone. I'm getting downvotes on my comment but he's just unloading a car, getting the paperwork done and leaving. Have a little patience.
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    Spare_Ad1422 OP 29m ago I can empathize with this. Everyone has bad days and I'm usually one who says "I don't know what's going on." It's why I didn't confront him or even want to engage. I called the company because this is (probably) a training issue parking like this isn't just a - move, it could get the parent company in a lot of trouble. I've been on both sides of that type of issue. I don't wish this driver to get into (too much) trouble. It would probably have been a slap on the wrist if
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    Z4-Driver 51m ago • INFO: Out of curiosity, was there a place where he could have parked his truck legally? 3 Reply ↑ Share Spare Ad1422 OP. 43m ago Edited 37m ago Yes. Many spaces. The handicap spaces are directly in the front of the building. About 50 yards away is a much larger area with a lot of empty spaces. There is not a shortage of parking. After they backed into the pole, they moved the truck to that area (which was open at the time).
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    Il-leto 46m ago This is what I was wondering. If he's just delivering a vehicle he'll be out of there in a few. Hitting the pole though is bad but happens.
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