Can I just say, and I'm just being honest...

[Regina]

Can I just say - You are not disabled.

This old woman was on my trip to Catalonia. By coincidence, she was on the same plane going, stayed in the same hotel, went on the same daytrip to Girona and was on the same plane going home.

So she rocks up to the airport going, in a wheelchair, and because I didn't know her at this point I didn't think anything of it.

Until we get to Catalonia.

This old... person, goes racing around the hotel on her feet, not even a walking stick needed to support her, when she wants to be first in the queue to get her food in the canteen. She has no problem going on a daytrip to Girona and walking around the town all afternoon.

But then go back to the airport to come home, suddenly she's "disabled" again and has to be pushed around and helped by a (absolutely gorgeous) worker from the airport.

You serious?

I wouldn't care much, but just remember old lady, next time a genuinely disabled person who really can't walk comes along, someone will think of you when they look at them.

[KevinM1]

Can I just say - You are not disabled.

This old woman was on my trip to Catalonia. By coincidence, she was on the same plane going, stayed in the same hotel, went on the same daytrip to Girona and was on the same plane going home.

So she rocks up to the airport going, in a wheelchair, and because I didn't know her at this point I didn't think anything of it.

Until we get to Catalonia.

This old... person, goes racing around the hotel on her feet, not even a walking stick needed to support her, when she wants to be first in the queue to get her food in the canteen. She has no problem going on a daytrip to Girona and walking around the town all afternoon.

But then go back to the airport to come home, suddenly she's "disabled" again and has to be pushed around and helped by a (absolutely gorgeous) worker from the airport.

You serious?

I wouldn't care much, but just remember old lady, next time a genuinely disabled person who really can't walk comes along, someone will think of you when they look at them.

That kind of shit pisses me right off.

I almost got into a pissing match at Walmart because of something like that. SUV parked in one of the van accessible spaces. The vehicle has a temporary placard. The family comes out of the store. No one has anything noticeably wrong with them. No wheelchairs, canes, oxygen, noticeable difficulty walking, nothing. My mom and I make a couple comments we thought were under our breath, but the wife heard us.

"Not all disabilities are visible!"

Well, duh. But if your disability doesn't affect your movement (apparently it was the husband and he was easily putting bags in the back of the SUV), then don't fucking take the spaces for people like me, who need the van accessible spaces so we can enter/exit our vehicles safely without playing in traffic. You can park a couple spaces down without it being a hassle. I can't.

[Silver]

A fetus is not a person.

Customers need to be told "No".

Your reality sucks.

[account_inactive]

The SNP can go fuck themselves.

[Thumpalumpacus]

That kind of shit pisses me right off.

I almost got into a pissing match at Walmart because of something like that.  SUV parked in one of the van accessible spaces.  The vehicle has a temporary placard.  The family comes out of the store. No one has anything noticeably wrong with them.  No wheelchairs, canes, oxygen, noticeable difficulty walking, nothing.  My mom and I make a couple comments we thought were under our breath, but the wife heard us.

"Not all disabilities are visible!"

Well, duh.  But if your disability doesn't affect your movement (apparently it was the husband and he was easily putting bags in the back of the SUV), then don't fucking take the spaces for people like me, who need the van accessible spaces so we can enter/exit our vehicles safely without playing in traffic.  You can park a couple spaces down without it being a hassle.  I can't.

I have a bum hip, and when not at work I use a cane. I refuse to get a placard for this sort of reason, though I easily could. I can good and goddamned well walk thirty or forty more feet, because I know that the van-spaces are there for a reason.

Makes me want to take my cane to assholes like this.

[Joods]

Can I just say...

My son's boyfriend is as cute as a button and his family are fun people to hang with. I enjoyed last night so much that I invited them over for the day today.

[Jesster]

CIJS I'm tired of being your venting wall. I'm happy to listen to someone when they need to vent, but this is getting to be a bit too one-sided. What am I getting out of this arrangement? Do I get to say anything? Nope. Let's just hear your complaints all day long while I nod and repeat "uh huh" again and again. How about you repeat the same damn complaints that you had the last few weeks a few more times?

I'm tired of finding excuses to get away from you. I'm not your toy. This needs to end.

CIJS this again? FUCK!

[ukatheist]

CIJS...Seriously? No-one? There are at least a dozen of you, doing that trip every day, and not one of you can find it within yourselves to help out a neighbour? Even though it means exactly zero effort on your part? Not you, S, even though when your son was locked out I took him in, fed and watered him and made sure he was safe until you got home? Or you, S, when your car wouldn't start? Or you, H, when your kid practically lived here over the summer? You know, the app shows that you've seen my message so you can't pretend you didn't.

Fuck you all, you are horrible people. Next time you need my help you can swivel on it.

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[ukatheist]

CIJS, I spoke too soon, and a couple of people have restored my faith that not all of my neighbours are complete twats.

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[J a c k]

CIJS, I spoke too soon, and a couple of people have restored my faith that not all of my neighbours are complete twats.

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I absolutely loved this.