Rant about old men who BODILY LIFT YOU UP FROM YOUR SEAT so they can sit on the bus!

[glowing_dragon]

(I've fleshed out the "My Past" memory section, and added a new one for rants / nonsense / reposts... I could have added more entries with the volume of rants here, but don't have time as I have to get up at 7:30... ugh

Comments

[whimsicalzephyr]

Holy CRAP! This is why I take my cane on the bus with me. I don't always needs it, but if people see it, they won't pull shit like this, or won't give me dirty looks when I sit in the courtesy seats.

I would have threatened him with arrest. That's assault, and it's not cool at al.

[glowing_dragon]

Y'know, I think I have a cane somewhere from an operation.. not sure where it is, though.
(I have a mild form of cerebral palsy, and so I limp noticeably)

[whimsicalzephyr]

*sigh* I'm still trying to figure out how to ask for a seat on good days when I don't need the cane. It boils my blood that there are so many liars and tools out there that people might not believe me. At least on bad days, people give up their seat because they see the cane. Still, there needs to be more education for invisible or hidden disabilities, dammit.

PS. I've had juvenile idiopathic arthritis for 22 years....2 hip replacements, babee.

[glowing_dragon]

I'm not saying that I *should* have a seat, and everyone else be darned... but sometimes there are days when I really do need a seat! Y'know?

Yeah, that's a difficult situation. Usually when I ask for a seat (note: no invasion of personal space), people seem willing to give me one. But then sometimes they don't... eh well.

True. More education would be a good thing. Some people would say I'm not that disabled compared to people in wheelchairs and such, and I'd agree. But sometimes I don't feel like comparing mine to other people's.. I know, it makes me sound unselfish. However, I'm not faking it, and I don't feel like going into a lengthy explanation for your average person on the bus.

[whimsicalzephyr]

Well, most of the time I *DO* need the seat, and I'm only willing to give mine up for someone who needs it even worse than I do.

I think people *should* be able to have a seat when they need that seat, whether they're disabled or not. Even healthy people have bad days. My ex-girlfriend had severe nausea very frequently, and it made me mad when people wouldn't let her sit, even when she was clutching her stomach with one hand and clutching the pole with the other.

I've only ever had someone refuse to give me a seat once. It makes me mad when people get refused because their disability is invisible, or they're healthy people having a bad day.

[glowing_dragon]

That's terrible!

I swear, there have been times that I've wanted to get my cane (from an operation) and a doctor's note of some sort so people on the bus wouldn't bug me about it!

[surrey_sucks]

And if anyone bothers you, you can whack them with the cane!

On good days, I wonder if talking to the bus driver would help. Probably not.

[whimsicalzephyr]

Well, bus drivers are supposed to call the cops when an assault is being committed.

[glowing_dragon]

Yeah, but you never know with some bus drivers these days...

[surrey_sucks]

I can understand why bus drivers might be reluctant to help though. You hear so many terrible stories about people trying to do the right thing and help someone or tell thugs to knock it off, and they get beaten.

[glowing_dragon]

Yeah, that's true...

[glowing_dragon]

Haha, nice suggestion... but I dunno.
Nah, maybe not.

[surrey_sucks]

I so would whack someone with a cane if they were grabbing me!

[glowing_dragon]

That does have its appeal...