Comments on: Blogger Dad: Friend of the Handicapped

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:40:26 +0000

Dude have some respect.. this is so off..I’m totally joking.
This is hilarious and has happened to me many a time…

Glad you finally got out of the store!

By: Patricia

Patricia — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:09:17 +0000

This seems like a Tim Conway sketch from the Carol Burnett Show….I think you were remarkably calm and what better revenge than to write a blog post and help others see the humor and pathos in this little drama! My last trip to the grocery store a woman kept running her motorized cart into the back of my heel…I finally turned around and said “PASS ME” in a not very nice voice….and I got out of the way….and she said “That is what I wanted in the first place!” I thought of another post of yours and replied rather quickly for me, ” it is time to use your words not your cart”
In hindsight, I should have made her pay for the box of bandages…as my heel was bleeding by the time I got home and I see the cart also ripped a hole in my good slacks…some people are handicapped all the way through.
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By: Kyddryn

Kyddryn — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:24:20 +0000

Providing my behavior would not exacerbate the less able-bodied soul’s troubles, I would treat them as I would anyone else – which, in this case, would likely be a polite “Excuse me, sugar” as I passed by. Unless people are queued up for a purpose, there’s no reason for faster traffic not to pass as needed.

I should think that a line-up of impatient, sighing, foot-shuffling people would be far worse than an offer of assistance or being gone around…but then, if I have to check my receipt or any other thing that may impede the flow of traffic in the slightest, I’ll find a quiet corner to do so.

Bless your heart for your patience!

Shade and Sweetwater,
K (who has also found herself reaching things down from the higher shelves for people…because apparently 5′ 10″ passes for tall around here)
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By: Blogger Dad

Blogger Dad — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:23:33 +0000

Orchid 64 – Thank you. From now on, I’ll cut everyone off equally!

The Bug – Remind me to take you shopping NEXT Black Friday.

Writer Dad – I’ve seen lots of teenagers using them, just to goof around, laughing and bumping into things on purpose. Annoys the crap outta me and makes me feel just a bit more like a grumpy old man even though I’m still in my 30s.

Margaret – LOL.

Brittany – LOL, I’d like to hear the patience song! I could probably use it, myself. As for the cartoon, I am available for hire

By: Writer Dad

Writer Dad — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:23:10 +0000

Madge: You know you don’t have to write “Sean’s Mom” every time you leave a comment! The Autopia comment did make me laugh out loud though, so good job.
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By: Brittany at Mommy Words

Brittany at Mommy Words — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:13:11 +0000

Well this goes into my pile of future posts on Before I had Kids. After having almost the same exact thing happen to me years ago, I started to go around unless there was a problem, like you said. I would just smile and pass by, treating the handicapped like I thought I would want to be treated, capable of getting out of the store.

Now, with my daughter, I am teaching patience and compassion and I am not sure she has the refined skills I do (*chuckle*) in determining when to walk around, when to offer help and when to suck it up and wait. So we just suck it up and wait. But it can get akward because I taught her a song about patience. And she sings it. Loudly and Proudly. Which might make the tortoise uncomfortable.

Crap. Now I don’t know what to do again.

p.s. Wish I could cartoon my life experiences. Priceless! I am trying to draw a circus tent for my blog and it is taking weeks!
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By: margaret (sean's mom)

margaret (sean's mom) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:33:36 +0000

I would have gone around him a while back, but had I toughed it out from compassion/and or embarrassment then seen him walk sprightly out, it would not have been in my nature to keep my mouth shut. I probably would have said something like, “wow, those carts sure save wear and tear on shoes, don’t they? Too bad they aren’t even as fast as the autopia cars in disneyland!”

By: Writer Dad

Writer Dad — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:36:15 +0000

I would probably have gone around him, though it’s hard to say for sure.

Not exactly the same, but one time I was in a store where someone was wheeling around in one of those things until all of a sudden, as if they were bored with the adventure, they just got up, walked off and abandoned the motor cart in the middle of the aisle! Crazy.
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By: The Bug

The Bug — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:04:17 +0000

I would TOTALLY pass him! Unless there wasn’t really room & I’d have to shove him out of my way. I only do that to the folks who are upright – & small children. My husband follows me in the store – excuse her, excuse her, she’s on her period… I’m kind of rude.

That said, my husband sometimes uses a cane & is amazed at the number of people who are rude to the point of almost running him over. Not that many folks out there who are considerate anymore I guess.
The Bug´s last blog ..Miscellanea

By: Orchid64

Orchid64 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:22:36 +0000

I would have walked around him in the first place. I don’t think that handicapped people feel as bad about being cut off as they might about a line forming behind them. Both are reminders of their limited capability, but the line is going to draw more attention as a group of people can’t be missed like one person going around someone’s cart.

I wouldn’t make too much of the getting up and walking to the front of the cart. A lot of back problems are only an issue when you walk for a long period of time. They make activities which require sustained activity impossible, but short actions aren’t really an issue. I should know as I have had this sort of problem for years. Walking around a store for 10 minutes is excruciating by the end, but lifting up a loaded laundry basket and carrying it across the room isn’t a problem. Of course, we don’t have carts in Japan where I’m currently living, so it’s pretty much a grit your teeth and deal with it sort of thing.
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