When Traci was driving to the supermarket, she got a little lazy. There were plenty of free, empty parking spots, but they were just too far from the entrance. Traci drove past all the free spots and right up to the closest empty one: a handicap parking spot. Traci does not have a disability. Still feeling sluggish, Traci hopped on a motorized scooter reserved for those with physical disabilities. Then she continued to ride throughout the store, asking able-bodied folks to get her items. Believing she was disabled, they happily obliged. That was until one shopper realized the shocking truth.
The hidden-camera scenario and social experiment comes from What Would You Do? While it is typically no one's business to try and determine if someone is "really disabled" — something we've seen blow in people's faces before — one customer saw Traci's scheme in action. The woman was helping Traci get something high up, then she saw Traci hop out of the wheelchair to grab something, then run back into the seat. The woman didn't expose Traci until she saw her running the same scheme on another woman.
The lesson here? Not only is faking a disability a very sleazy way to get special treatment from good people (who probably deserve a break themselves), but it takes away parking spot or scooter from those who really need it, while totally undermining the difficulties of their experiences.
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