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[Homer]

So today I'm going through town on a bunch of errands. I want to go through the drive-thru at In n Out to get a drink. The employee in the parking lot suggests i go inside if im just going to get a drink. I begin to back up and see its labelled handicapped. I turn the car around and go closer to the building and find a regular parking spot. I walk inside. The employee who had suggested I walk inside was already at the register with the soda ready and smiling (holy mackerel I gave him kudos for that, it was awesome service).

 

However, that's not what this thread is about. While walking past the closest row of vehicles to the building I saw a Garda armored car parked in front of the building. It was parked and blocking 3 handicapped parking spots. Two had vehicles in them. One driver was actively trying to back his car out of the spot and had to maneuver the car nearly sideways to get it out of the parking spot which held a lot of traffic up in the lot. It was weird because the traffic wasn't there when i got out of my car. I don't know maybe just because it was lunch hour. So anyway, as I'm walking in I see the armed guard (the driver) standing near the soda fountain with a drink in hand and waiting on his order. I stopped and looked behind me. I looked straight at the guy and said, your guard vehicle is blocking a handicapped person from leaving his parking spot. 

 

He tossed his chin up at me in acknowledgement  said nothing and slurped his soda out of his straw. Everyone in the restaurant around me stared at him. One couple started speaking angrily and pointed at the car trying to get out of the parking spot. I shook my head, thanked the guy at the register as I passed the change over to them, and walked out. I was so mad I wrote down his plates and vehicle number before leaving the lot.

 

Very poor form. If he's going to abandon his vehicle he should have just parked in a parking spot at the end of the lot so that he wouldn't have an issue leaving, or he should have chosen a different place to eat. I really think he left me with the idea that armed guards working for Garda don't respect old people. I find it insulting and arrogant. Obnoxious and self-entitled. 

They should of moved and let the car back out, You should call the company and file a complaint.

[Homer]

This reminds me of this video that has gone viral. 

If my kid did this he would be sent away to a military boarding school.

[supermom]

Let the guards grab their lunch.     I am not convinced that was the only reason the guards were there but it still should not matter.    They are still vulnerable to heist and need to park the armored vehicle closest to the door.    There is a  second guard which is required to stay at the wheel at all times.      

 

Let it go.

There was no person at the wheel or in the passenger seat. The driver was the person in the restaurant. I saw him pass a burger to the people in the back before leaving the restaruant as I was pulling out of the lot

[Revolutionist]

it doesn't matter if he is making a money transfer or not.  As long as that truck is on the road, it is a target.  It is going to be parked where it has multiple avenues of exit.   And we can all slow down a little once in awhile and a few minutes wait to get out of the lot isn't going to hurt... I'm for giving him some slack.

And on a positive note: In-n-Out sure knows how to take care of their customers