This is what I was NOT looking forward to...

[tigger2002]

The only part that drives me crazy is when I get on a bus where everyone is standing in the front and I can see open seats in the back. I don't understand that.

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Preach on!!
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[krissynina]

I was hoping the no standing on busses would stay. I guess its back to getting dirty looks and listening to people complain about people not giving up seats when I waited for the next bus so I can get a seat. Having a messed up knee sucks.

 

[Tim215]

The only part that drives me crazy is when I get on a bus where everyone is standing in the front and I can see open seats in the back. I don't understand that.

That's been happening for ever. I would at times after asking people to move back several times and they wouldn't I would set the parking brake (icc brake) when the air dumped all of a sudden they would move back

 

[scrapquitler]

I have no problem standing. I don’t really see what the issue is.

I dislike standing on the bus because my balance is not great and I feel like I’m going to fall over, even when holding on to something. And it often makes me feel dizzy.

 

[Randy Miller]

But they don’t always do. Before I got my powerchair, I solely used a cane (my parents were VERY AGAINST the idea of letting me get a mobility device for my disability, no matter how much I told them it would benefit me.) between the bus and the scooter rental.

After 20 minutes of standing at the bus stop to go back to the hotel (again, my mom wouldn’t even let me sit in a “loaner wheelchair” from the scooter drop off to the bus stop, which added another 10 minutes of agonizing walking time.), my heart sank every time there was a long line for the bus. My mom just told me to just be thankful that the bus was even coming and if there wasn’t any seats, that I wasn’t even allowed to ask someone to give up theirs, even though my one bad leg was about to collapse on me.

When the bus came and everyone before me got on, all of the seats were taken and no one offered their seat to me and I had to stand holding onto a bar for the ride home.

I’m not sure of your age, but we work with a fantastic pediatric rehab doctor that believes we should encourage our boys ( both with spastic quad CP and global developmental delays, other medical complexities) to be as free from mobility devices as they are able, however, when his patients turn 18 and are exhausted from years of “trying” and need the help of either a manual or power wheelchair he listens to them. I’m sorry that you were unable to get the mobility help you needed if you desired it, only you know your body and how much pain/exhaustion you can handle

 

[Blondie58]

I say stack em, pack em, and rack em. And this is coming from someone who has decided to wait it out for the next bus in the past.

OMG! I needed a laugh after reading some of these posts. Thank you!!

 

[Blondie58]

I will happily stand on a crowded bus. I say, stuff as many people you can on the buses and let's go!
Let's get transportation wait times to and from the parks back to normal.

Amen.

 

[tigger2002]

The only part that drives me crazy is when I get on a bus where everyone is standing in the front and I can see open seats in the back. I don't understand that.

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They are obviously more important than you.
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[Piglet843]

Yea I don't like being elbow-to-a**hole with everyone all day long - I too am going to miss the distancing - on buses, in lines, or anywhere else. I like my 3ft bubble!

 

[Groot]

I’m not sure of your age, but we work with a fantastic pediatric rehab doctor that believes we should encourage our boys ( both with spastic quad CP and global developmental delays, other medical complexities) to be as free from mobility devices as they are able, however, when his patients turn 18 and are exhausted from years of “trying” and need the help of either a manual or power wheelchair he listens to them. I’m sorry that you were unable to get the mobility help you needed if you desired it, only you know your body and how much pain/exhaustion you can handle

My mom was like that when I was a kid, but as soon as I turned 21 and had the courage to talk to her about letting me get a mobility device (after all the research I’ve done.)