Have you ever used a scooter cart in a store & people are so rude to you ?
I am disabled & when I go to the grocery store I use one of the available battery operated scooter's, people will walk in front of me, stand that ...
I am disabled & when I go to the grocery store I use one of the available battery operated scooter’s, people will walk in front of me, stand that talking to their friend or if they see me trying to reach something up high will grab the same item next to it & walk away. There are very few people that are nice enough to be kind & helpful.
Well gee Chiliswoman, thanks a lot for the understanding, good for you !
What town do you live in ? Some place where all of the people are goodie-2-shoes all of the time ?
To Hoochie, wht all you said is a classic cop-out for being too busy to ask if someone needs help !
The speed of the scooters here are slow, to stop, I couldn’t run over a turtle !
To "John S" Your 22 years old & have no idea or understanding what an older, disabled person is going through. Yes, I see perfectly able "walking" people use the scooters that are just big fat people that are too fat & lazy to walk. Sometimes the scooters are all being used by idiots that don’t need them. I come into a store with a walker & do not have the ability to walk through a huge grocery store without the use of a scooter. I do not run people or kids down ! You were probably the guy that took the last handicapped parking space too WITHOUT a permit ! I feel so sorry for your wife & yes, she has the right to be pissed at you, your an idiot !
I am forced to use an available battery operated scooter whenever I go shopping.
One time I was in a store and I was using a battery operated scooter. I passed by a Non-PWD Lady and she made the comment that I "should feel lucky to be using a shopping scooter." I was offended by the comment but I kept my mouth shut but I did tell the lady that "I would give both of my eye teeth if I did NOT have to use a shopping scooter. The reason why I was offended by the comment of "should feel lucky to be using a shopping scooter." was because I seen the comment as that I should feel lucky enough to be Disabled!
Sorry, but my experience is exactly the reverse. I often have to tell them it is OK I can do it myself when help is offered.
ETA: Did you want me to lie? I really don’t encounter what you have – and I haven’t in the many places I lived. (Syracuse, NYC – NY; Detroit suburbs, Grand Rapids – MI; Berkeley, and rural East Anglia England. I do get comments like you sure know how to steer that thing, how fast can that thing go, and I wish I had one of them. I just smile.
People are confused about how to respond to someone with a visible disability.
Sometimes if you offer to help, you get told off for being patronising. And you’ve given an example of the opposite.
for example, if there’s a person with a visual impairment out and about, and you see them heading towards a curb with a steep step – do you offer to help? Or do you simply assume he has walked this road a thousand times and needs no help? It’s hard, because the last thing you want to do is stand by while someone trips over.
Also, here’s another perspective on scooters in shops – they go so fast, that on several occassions I’ve nearly been run over and I have to jump out of the way. I think there should be road rules for the supermarket! Like speed limits and a little horn to warn people to get out of the way if they need to.
whenever I go shopping (and see somebody that does need help I help them with getting something on a higher self (though many times I see really healthy people use them and expect other people to help them b/c they want to stay sitting) Yes you might think that is mean but when I see you walking in with your friends laughing and standing up straight with no cane then sit in a cart that some else really needs it bothers me especially when you nearly hit me and my children becuase we’re shopping at the spot you want to look. The nerve of healthy stupid people how can we stop them