Disability Snobbery

When I was coming back from the Huffty's football on Saturday morning, I was struggling to put one foot in front of the other.

I had elected to go back to the car ahead of Kitten and the kids as I knew that the short walk would be tough.

I was only yards from the car when a lady, in her sixties, went passed me on here disability scooter.  As she went passed me she said something that wasn't very nice.  I didn't know what she had said but could tell roughly want the contents were by her tone.

I asked her what she had said and she didn't stop but, as she moved on she said "Why don't you take your time, you couldn't walk any slower if you wanted to.  I'll just wait forever to get past".

I hadn't even seen or heard her as she was behind me.  Not even a polite "excuse me please".

At that point karma took control of my tongue.  I won't repeat what I said, but I will say that I didn't swear and I didn't say anything that wasn't fact.  Did she even stop?  No.

It's amazing that such people exist. Disabled themselves but full of assumptions.

Suffice to say I feel no remorse for venting my spleen, though I wouldn't have if I wasn't struggling so much.  I would have just let it go.  I am quicker with the spoken word than the written, so I hope that I left her something to think over.