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Which is why I've tempered my former "if I - and, once, the woman parked next to me who also had to maneuver her wheelchair in and out of the back seat of her car, and herself between the driver's seat and the wheelchair - can return our carts to a designated location, everyone can" to "... most people can".wonderlanne said:
You have an odd sense of humor.
You've "joked" about someone assassinating President Obama, now this.
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THAT right there is more than enough! I think it's nice of you to secure it.
this seems off topic.
are you following me again?
I have chronic pain as well. It's horrible! For me, one day may be great and I can return my cart, and others I'm only in the store for emergency purchases.
On bad days, I use my handicapped placard and take a cart from a person who is done with it or has left it near my spot. I need the cart to hold on to and lean over to take the pressure off my discs and take the pain from my legs. When I'm done, I unload and kick the front wheels up over the curb and hold onto the side of the car to make it back to the seat. NO I CAN'T WALK WITHOUT SUPPORT, so taking it into the store or a corral isn't an option. In addition, I choose not to have a bagger help me out because I don't want to waste the time explaining that I need to push the cart rather than him/her because I need to lean on it.
Rather than sitting there judging me, why don't you take a moment to say a little prayer of thanks for not having to deal with issues that might cause you to need to leave a cart?!
The lady in the wheelchair might not be dealing with excrutiating pain. Handicapped, certainly, but maybe not exhausted by pain due to walkiing the aisles of the store. So you can't say that if someone in a wheelchair can return the cart, then everyone should be able to do the same.
I am not stupid, lazy or low class. I am a highly educated, employed and tax paying christian who on the worst days has wondered if paralysis would be better than this horrible pain that medicine sometimes cannot touch.
I am not excusing my actions, as I see nothing wrong with them. Simply hoping that some of the cart nazi's posting here might see that some of us are barely making it through the day and you should thank your lucky stars you don't have to deal with it. I wouldn't wish this pain on my worst enemy
No, actually, if you reread my post, it used to be my stance that if I - partly disabled - and a stranger unable to walk at all, can return carts to designated areas, everyone can. After reading Magic Mom's posts, I have relaxed that stance somewhat; and no, it is not my business to judge who is in pain and who is just being a pain. I'm not a great judge of things, but if someone can run through the parking lot, and lift heavy stuff out of the bottom of the cart into the back seat or the trunk, odds are they're just being lazy and inconsiderate when they leave the cart in a parking space, or - oh, this one REALLY irks me - BEHIND another car!MK2thcleaner said:
you didn't EVEN need to answer that person's question. there are people lucky enough to never, ever have had a dibilitating injury who don't or won't understand, but people who live with chronic illness or pain are entitled to exceptions.
ETA: i wanted to add that pregnant women sometimes seem to have real trouble getting around and in a parking lot it can get a little dangerous...i'd like to suggest a pass for them too!
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you didn't EVEN need to answer that person's question. there are people lucky enough to never, ever have had a dibilitating injury who don't or won't understand, but people who live with chronic illness or pain are entitled to exceptions.
ETA: i wanted to add that pregnant women sometimes seem to have real trouble getting around and in a parking lot it can get a little dangerous...i'd like to suggest a pass for them too!
Thanks. You're right I didn't need to answer, but it was a dense question so I felt the need to spell it out slowly. Before I injured my back, I had no idea what real pain was. Even the smallest movement was excruciating. DH was deployed and we don't live near family so I was on my own. I'm very fortunate, my back issues are now managed well with physical therapy and exercise (knock on wood). I am not in pain now
, and can put my carts away neatly like all these perfect model citizens of the Dis. I can only hope that one day when I reach the pearly gates of heaven, God will forgive me for causing so much mayhem and chaos in the Walmart parking lot the day my back hurt.
Nobody is entitled to an exception when that exception causes damage to another person's property
How about asking a store employee to follow you out and assist you?
