What’s your ‘red flag’? I found mine in a parking lot

The Globe and Mail · Jane Macdougall ·

Humans are always looking for clues to someone’s character, Jane Macdougall writes. What counts as a deal-breaker is different for everyone

Extra wide and right next to the theatre entrance, it was the best spot in the parking lot. Heaven sent, given that it was getting close to when the movie was to start. There was only one thing wrong: It was clearly marked for someone with a disability.

From the back seat I stated the obvious.

No problem, the husband said, as he reached over to the glove compartment and took out an accessible parking tag. As he hung it on the rear-view mirror, I spluttered an objection but his wife – my friend – had already unhitched her seat belt and was on the pavement.

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