Chicago woman melts down after parking monitor put boot on her car for using handicapped spot

Published: 00:38, 14 August 2026 | Updated: 00:38, 14 August 2026 A Chicago woman accused of improperly parking in a handicapped spot flew into a blind rage after a parking monitor put a boot on her car. Footage showed the woman, wearing a turquoise top, screaming in the face of the attendant after she came out of a shop on Lincoln Ave in the Budlong Woods neighborhood. The two got into a shouting match before he tried to deescalate the situation by walking away and saying that he would wait until she calmed down to reengage with her. 'I'm calm. I'm calm. I'm calm. I need my s***,' the frustrated woman shrieked. As she continued ranting, the woman complained that she could not see the sign and insisted that she would not have parked in the spot if she had known it was a handicapped space. 'How am I supposed to see that?' yelled the driver. 'Please tell me how I'm supposed to see that. 'Anywhere that I go, I don't park in no f****** handicap spot knowing I ain't handicapped.' A different angle of the meltdown showed the busy parking lot, with a disabled parking sign clearly posted in front of her red Chevrolet sedan. A Chicago woman was caught on camera exploding at a parking attendant who clamped her car after she allegedly improperly parked in a handicapped spot  The parking attendant tried to reason with the woman as she screamed in his face As the woman continued barking into the air about the sign's visibility, the parking monitor stood patiently by, holding a clipboard and waiting for her to pay the fee to have the boot removed. A boot issued by the City of Chicago costs $100 to remove from passenger vehicles. However, it appears the parking attendant was with a private entity. The Daily Mail has reached out to Chicago Department of Finance Parking Enforcement/Citation Administration for comment. The footage, which was uploaded to X on Thursday, has racked up nearly 100,000 views and hundreds of comments. Users online were shocked by the woman's childlike response to having to pay the fee for her alleged mistake. One user on X wrote: 'Why argue?? The boot's on, period. Walk away. Your job's done. You're not her eye doctor. 'If she couldn't see the yellow handicap outline, then it's on her.' The woman claimed she was unable to see the sign and argued that she would have never parked her red Chevrolet sedan if she had known  A different angle of the meltdown showed the busy parking lot, with a disabled parking sign clearly posted in front of her sedan Another added: 'She knew damn well she parked in a handicapped spot. She didn't care until she got caught.' A third wrote: 'Tow her car. Can’t stand people who get mad when they are caught. Also can’t stand people who take advantage of handicap parking spots.'