Pride Parade, corner of south park and spring garden…To the two self-righteous bitches with their respective wheelchair ridden relatives, get some fucking manners and patience. This was a busy,public event and when someone stepped in your way for even just a split second you would wail and complain “NO NO NO, WHEELCHAIR HERE, GET OUT OF THE WAY!” or some varient of this.
First off, the two or three people “in your way” were only looking to get a quick photo of the parade so they can look back fondly on the day. It’s not like they were trying to stand around and block your view. Even when these people came into your precious space for a few seconds, they were clearly making their best effort to crouch and not to block your view.
Secondly, if your going to be so protective of the view, could you try and be a little more FUCKING polite (irony, i know). Instead of immediately flipping out, try asking people a little nicer. The parade moved at a pretty slow pace, so it was very hard to miss anything that was going by. You didn’t hear people around you who were short or with kids screeching at people to move.
This seems kind of insensitive, but if anyone was in that area, you would know what I’m talkin’ about.
—Don’t rain on my parade
This article appears in Jul 23-29, 2009.
It’s quite possible that these people were as impolite as you say OP. It’s also quite possible that they had been polite to the first dozen prople who blocked their view and were maybe growing a little impatient. I don’t know, I wasn’t there.
Assuming that all this happened as you say though, I’m with you on this. Disabled people deserve to be treated equally, but demanding ‘special’ treatment? I don’t know…
I see that shit everyday. “WHEELCHAIR!, WHEELCHAIR!”
Half the time, it’s some fuck ass fat fuck who ate him/herself into the chair in the first place.
*facepalm*
When I lived in ottawa you’d get these REALLY fat people riding scooters and bringing them on the bus. They’d get off the scooter, walk it onto the bus and demand people move so they could park their scooter in the handicapped spot. Then, they’d ride maybe two stops down and wheel their scooters off the bus, get on and ride away.
TWO STOPS! And it happened all the time. That’s like, bringing a whole new dimension into being fat and lazy.
Yes, I encountered these people as well. We weren’t deliberately trying to block their view – we were just passing through – but they yelled anyway. And some girl told my husband to “fuckin move” or she’d hit him. Thankfully most people had good Pride vibes and made up for the grumpers.
Some people are able to walk but if they walked everywhere it would be very tiring, due to various health conditions (and yes, some health conditions cause inevitable weight gain). I’m not saying that no one ever uses a wheelchair to get sympathy/special treatment, but not everyone is using a scooter only because they can’t walk.
Having said that, these people the OP describe sound like they were being dicks.
During the tall ships I heard a woman commenting on how her husband got such great treatment from people because he was using a wheelchair… that he didn’t really need! She was bragging about this… I was not impressed.
I would agree with nevermind’s first comment since I’ve seen quite a trend of what he/she refers to here in this city. So I would assume that the people in the wheelchairs had their view blocked several times. OP, if you were not blocking their view, they wouldn’t have been impatient with you!
Mind you, I’ve also seen incidents like what Lang described.
7Train, sounds like Ricky’s dad on Trailer Park Boys
While person with disabilities do not get a free pass to being rude it has been my experience working with others with disabilities and being a person with them that the rudeness often starts with the able bodied….. forgive those of us that get sick and tired of the assumed privy of the abled.
If you are confused just go to thread about the light chimes..those who do not need them groan and moan the most= Privy of the abled.
In this scenario described, I don’t think the people being rude in the wheelchairs had any right to act in such a matter.
It was pointed out that the parade was moving slowly, and the only time someone stood infront of said wheelchair-bound-folks it was only for 30 seconds for a photo op.
So really why freak out? Maybe if a spectator stood there blocking the view for five minutes I can see a spaz-reaction; but otherwise take a midol and fuck off
Argh….THAT parade. Eww…