Wheelchair Syndrome

nannytone_2

debbiedeboo wrote: »

I do think it's a little unfair to blame you if you can't see where you are going but my point about the ease of manoeuverability of scooters and wheelchairs is pertinent here. I'm sure the huge majority of us don't mean to run into people but they are bloomin' awkward to swerve or move to the side without much notice!

i totally accept what youre saying, and very few scooter users see running down pedestrians as sport lol
ALL people regardless of disability deserve consideration. oscar seems to think i have something against scooter users (which i dont) in fact my MIL uses one , and she guides me round the shops twice a week!
all i can say is.....dont assu,e people can see you coming and expect them to get out of the way, we're not all rude, some of us just cant see you!

nannytone_2

i have a white stick, but it's even worse if i use it!

i have very limited eyesight but obviously i try to look where i'm going.

when people see that you are 'looking' the fact you have a stick tends to annoy them as they think youre a fraud!

serenity79

In a slightly more light-hearted tale, I did have an experience during a Christmas Parade when a couple of kids thought that standing on my feet would give them a better view over the gates of Santa Claus :rotfl: I had to explain to them that just because I was in a wheelchair didn't mean I couldn't feel my feet, and even if that was the case, it still wasn't polite to stand on me.

Savvy_Sue

serenity79 wrote: »

In a slightly more light-hearted tale, I did have an experience during a Christmas Parade when a couple of kids thought that standing on my feet would give them a better view over the gates of Santa Claus :rotfl: I had to explain to them that just because I was in a wheelchair didn't mean I couldn't feel my feet, and even if that was the case, it still wasn't polite to stand on me.

especially not without asking first ...

debbiedeboo

There is one advantage of being in a wheelchair though, those people who hand out leaflets for any old rubbish. They're busy handing them out, notice me in a wheelchair, their eyes kind of slide away and they give the leaflet to the next person. Means I don't have to bother politely refusing their rubbish!!! I guess I should be offended they're pretending not to notice me but I'm too grateful not to be handed a leaflet! lol

Molly41

nannytone wrote: »

i have a white stick, but it's even worse if i use it!

i have very limited eyesight but obviously i try to look where i'm going.

when people see that you are 'looking' the fact you have a stick tends to annoy them as they think youre a fraud!

From the comments on here people seem to think you are a fraud if you use a scooter too.

Oscar_The_Grouch

debbiedeboo wrote: »

There is one advantage of being in a wheelchair though, those people who hand out leaflets for any old rubbish. They're busy handing them out, notice me in a wheelchair, their eyes kind of slide away and they give the leaflet to the next person. Means I don't have to bother politely refusing their rubbish!!! I guess I should be offended they're pretending not to notice me but I'm too grateful not to be handed a leaflet! lol

That's true!! I always want to stop and shout "Oi!! Why don't I get a leaflet? I want one! Gimme gimme gimme", but Mrs Grouch wouldn't approve!!

tiamai_d

I think it's more to do with people just being rude. DS2 has CP (5 years old) and the amount of times he has been knocked to the floor by people barging past him. But it's ok, he's only a child and in the way and must be a right little wimp if he fell after that, tsk!

At college on day, a student in a wheelchair knocked into the back of my legs while I was standing in the canteen queue. I fell into/through a group of builder types. Only got an apology because someone else commented on the fact that I was pretty far pregnant at the time and managed to fall against the counter right on my bump. The excuse? Usually folk walk backwards into him, so he gives them a nudge to let them know he's there!

That happened at asda too, able bodied person shoved me against the till so she could get past, the bump doesn't compress.

My DH's Aunt got a cigarette in the eye a few years ago, she's in a wheelchair.

Few weeks ago I went to spar, bit of a crowd at the door which was strange, turned out there were 4 or 5 folk waiting to get in staring at the older guy with a stick who was trying to get a trolley back through the door. Hello? Nobody think to give him a hand? I barged my way to the front and helped him in with it. He was very grateful (he said he was and he smiled so I'll assume he was telling the truth:) )

It does go both ways, but it is down to mostly folk just being rude gits.

Emmylou_2

debbiedeboo wrote: »

There is one advantage of being in a wheelchair though, those people who hand out leaflets for any old rubbish. They're busy handing them out, notice me in a wheelchair, their eyes kind of slide away and they give the leaflet to the next person. Means I don't have to bother politely refusing their rubbish!!! I guess I should be offended they're pretending not to notice me but I'm too grateful not to be handed a leaflet! lol

Unless of course the leaflet is telling you that Jesus can heal you. In which case they'll run across the precinct/shopping centre/street just to thrust it into your hand.

My reaction "I'm about to be Godded"...and then, once I've got the leaflet, I'll stand up and run around for a couple of paces going "I'm cured I'm cured" :rotfl: