Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : For years, I have been going to a small local rock climbing gym.  Because of government regulations based on the size of business, they had no choice but to provide two handicapped parking spaces right by the front door in the small main lot of about 12 cars.  There was also an excess lot for about 40 cars behind the building, which people were occasionally forced to use and walk around to the front because the back entrance was a fire door only.   Please note: this is a **rock climbing gym**, if you aren't at least able-bodied (and don't work behind the register) there really isn't much chance you will have a reason to want to park here.   I knew all the employees and there was no one with a handicapped plate who worked there. 

One day, after about 6 months of never seeing a single person park there, I decided to use the second best of the handicapped spots instead of being forced to use the back lot because we had been getting freezing rain for a few hours and the sun was going down, and I didn't feel like falling on my ass coming down or going up an icy slope because I was saving a spot for someone who is NEVER going to need it.   There was no problem that day.    

This became a habit.  Any time (rain or shine) that I couldn't park in a free space up front, I'd take the handicapped spot.  Eventually, I started doing it on "on principle" because I figured that if I used one of these two spots that always went to waste, that's one less other person who gets stuck driving around to the back if the lot filled up later.

One day, one of the other climbers found out it was me who'd been doing it and told me I was the worst piece of privileged shit in the world.  (He was a little extra outraged because he had a friend who was recently paralyzed in a climbing accident outdoors.)   I told him I was sorry, that I thought the likelihood of anyone wanting to use the spot legitimately was so remote it was wasted, and pointed out the that best handicapped spot remains open.  He said I was a selfish piece of shit, and I have to admit, former climbers who are now injured wanting to come to the gym was not something I had thought of.  So I stopped parking there.

TL;DR Was certain no one would ever need a government mandated handicapped space and used it.  Got chastised for it even though no one actually ever needed it.   Was my rationalization really that wrong?