No, Diane, it’s easy! See, fat people do not need wheelchairs because they are healthy. And thin people do not need wheelchairs because they are healthy. So the only people who need wheelchairs are . . .
Uh, let me get back to you on this.
There probably were jackasses there passing judgement. When my husband had to go back on canadian crutches some assholes said that he should not be using them, that they were only for people with real disabilities.
I get comments quite often when i take the elevator one or 2 flights or when i do climb stairs because i do so slowly and with a lot of pain. I have knee problems, doc said it was some long word that starts with my. The doctor said not to take the stairs. It hurts and apparently it hurts because it is damaging to them. It has since i was in junior high. This often nets me a lecture about my weight.
If I were using it as my username and had used it as the title of a magazine (so, so clever), I would make it my business to know a little bit about Quisling; at least enough to know that he was Norwegian, rather than Polish.
Otherwise, I would be worried about being caught out in a sophomoric attempt to appear clever.
Hooboy.
First off, let me applaud those who have spoken before me, and heartily agree with the “Fuck You” that has been echoing though the thread.
I’m not grossly obese, just overweight. I appear to be your average “mom”… most would assume me to be healthy, etc.
But I have really bad knees. Really bad. They’re prone to giving out entirely with no warning, or just hurting like a bitch for days at a time so that just getting up to use the bathroom takes effort. The rest of the time they merely hurt.
I use a wheelchair at the grocery store sometimes, when they are particularly bad. I’ve used wheelchairs at airports and once at Disneyland.
I sure don’t appreciate the condescending looks I get from people like you who have no idea why I’m in that chair.