I have a pet peeve!!!!!!!

[SueM in MN]

Just when I think I can't be shocked I read another of these posts and I have to think "OMG"

You said just what I was thinking.
Glad to see you back, Lisa. next time you go you'll need 2 signs on your wheelchair:
This is a wheelchair
Do I look like I have eyes in the back of my head?

 

[faeflora]

Ok I so needed this thread right now...I have a rare genetic disease which requires me to use a wheelchair but I can also stand and walk a whole whopping 20 steps before I need the chair again...I also dance....so I am a bit confusing so here are my daily pet peeves..


1. People who say things like won't you be glad you won't need the wheelchair soon....(ok no chair no regular day...nope don't want the chair to go away)

2. People who think I am not disabled enough....(by what standard I do not know)

3. People who think I am just experimenting with the chair.

4. People who get upset that I use handicap parking because they see me get out of my car on my feet before I get the chair out....this happens alot.

Wow...that feels better thanks for listening...

 

[SueM in MN]

4. People who get upset that I use handicap parking because they see me get out of my car on my feet before I get the chair out....this happens alot.

I get those kind of looks a lot too. They see me get out of the van and I can tell they want to say something nasty to me. Then I get DD and her wheelchair out and you can almost hear their jaws drop.
Since when was it a requirement of the handicapped parking permits that the driver had to be the one who was disabled or the person who is disabled couldn't walk a step?

 

[mamajoan]

Oh lordy, can I relate faeflora.. Yes people really stare when I pull the powerchair up to the van, slowly climb out, then attach it to the lift to put it in the back of the van... then I hobble to the driver's side where I drive with hand controls..... It's ok, I am getting used to it.. most of the time I just wave and tell them
" I am the poster child for not using the cell phone while driving"
They then nod their heads and wish me luck.....

addenum.. 95% of the time dh or kids load the w/c for me.. it has been a true Godsend for me. Independence is a dire need for good self esteem