The exogenously obese take the handi spots because they're usually closer to the entry. They get handi tags then drop someone off at the door then go park in a handi spot and listen to the radio or play phone tag while their passenger shops.
MY consolation is that because I have to roll me in this thing further because of these 'disabled', I'm a whole lot healthier and stronger than them and will likely out live them by a few decades. The issues are more complicated than you might imagine. The very elderly who just want to remain self-sufficient as long as possible and not be a burden to society are also effected by these faux disabled.
I’m not ragging on legitimately disabled needs. However, there is rampant abuse of the amenities reserved for them. I broke my foot badly in March. Largely bedbound except for a wheel chair. On the times when my daughter would take me to WM, I had to hand-wheel my chair because the electric carts were being used by lazy fat asses. I saw more than one of them blithely saunter up to the carts inside the door of the store to plop their fat ass down in a cart they didn’t really need, getting the last one.
My guess is, really, that fully half of all seniors find some reason to cajole their doctor into giving them the necessary paperwork for them to be able to get a handicapped card for their car. That, coupled with spouses taking advantage of the ‘card’ and taking up a space they’re not entitled to is why all the spaces for parking are usually filled.
I’m older, and my lower extremity circulation is poor. It took nearly 5 months for the break in my foot to heal. Never once did I ask the doctor to give me the excuse for a handicapped card.