Now a lot of people pretend to respect mothers, but Kaiser Permanente Hospital really puts that into action. No time for grocery shopping? Well, Kaiser brings the store to the office. Every Wednesday, there is a farmer's market right there on campus from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. so you can buy a week's worth of fresh fruits and vegetables for your family without ever leaving the workplace. How cool is that? (It is open to the public and vendor space for farmers is free, so if you're in the neighborhood or have things to sell, by all means check it out.)
Not only that, but right alongside the reserved parking spaces for physicians in the parking lot is a label for "Stork Parking," for mothers and mothers-to-be. When motherhood is urgently imminent, there is another space just for mothers in labor.
I will purposely park in those spots if they are available. I am entitled to park as close to the store as anyone else. Also, the reason for handicapped parking has become so perverted that you can retain a sticker for little to no reason. Now the parking choices become more limited due to pregnancy or having children in the car? We all make choices in life and being pregnant is not a handicap. If it is that difficult to get around, then maybe you should not be driving. If the children are too much to handle, then maybe you shouldn't have had them. Where is the backbone that made this such a great country??