Hubby and i took a trip into town today, the last before the big move. (4 days and counting)
We popped into popular game shop for a quick browse and started to pick out some games in the 5 for £10 offer, we were taking up approx 40% of the width of the aisle, people were walking behind us to the checkout counter perfectly easily.
I became aware of a young man in a wheelchair off to one side of us and glanced up in case we were in the way, however the chair was facing away from us and he was looking to the side to examine games on the shelf next to the one we were choosing from.
Every so often i'd be concious of him turning to face forward (relative to his chair) and sighing but couldn't really figure out a reason, i figured it was none of my business.
After about five or ten minutes we were done and stepped back to join the queue, at which point I heard the guy in the wheelchair have the following exchange with a companion who had been looking at games further up.
SG - sucky guy (In the wheelchair)
FSG - Friend of sucky guy.
SG: Finally!
FSG: What's up?
SG: I've been waiting to look at this shelf for ages but SOMEONE was in the way and WOULDN'T move!!!
FSG: God, people are so ignorant, you're in a WHEELCHAIR!
SG: I know, it's pathetic.
*pause to glare ant hubby and me*
SG: After all, god forbid other people might want to have a look or get past them. I can't fit my WHEELCHAIR through there. I'm DISABLED, I NEED more space!
FSG: How can people be so RUDE to a DISABLED person who needs a WHEELCHAIR?!
At this point SG huffs, wheels himself backwards to look at the shelf of games, declares "I don't have this console" and leaves.
It was hilarious in a way, all of the words I've emphasized were said in significantly louder voices than the rest of the sentence, it made them sound like they had a faulty volume button.
Thing is, i had no way of knowing we were in his way, he was facing away from us and most importantly, he never said a word to us, a simple excuse me would have done!!! Also we weren't just standing there for the heck of it, we were actively choosing games to purchase.
So Sucky guy, learn to use your words and stop trying to shame people who did nothing wrong by shouting the word wheelchair over and over again, you just make yourself look stupid.
We popped into popular game shop for a quick browse and started to pick out some games in the 5 for £10 offer, we were taking up approx 40% of the width of the aisle, people were walking behind us to the checkout counter perfectly easily.
I became aware of a young man in a wheelchair off to one side of us and glanced up in case we were in the way, however the chair was facing away from us and he was looking to the side to examine games on the shelf next to the one we were choosing from.
Every so often i'd be concious of him turning to face forward (relative to his chair) and sighing but couldn't really figure out a reason, i figured it was none of my business.
After about five or ten minutes we were done and stepped back to join the queue, at which point I heard the guy in the wheelchair have the following exchange with a companion who had been looking at games further up.
SG - sucky guy (In the wheelchair)
FSG - Friend of sucky guy.
SG: Finally!
FSG: What's up?
SG: I've been waiting to look at this shelf for ages but SOMEONE was in the way and WOULDN'T move!!!
FSG: God, people are so ignorant, you're in a WHEELCHAIR!
SG: I know, it's pathetic.
*pause to glare ant hubby and me*
SG: After all, god forbid other people might want to have a look or get past them. I can't fit my WHEELCHAIR through there. I'm DISABLED, I NEED more space!
FSG: How can people be so RUDE to a DISABLED person who needs a WHEELCHAIR?!
At this point SG huffs, wheels himself backwards to look at the shelf of games, declares "I don't have this console" and leaves.
It was hilarious in a way, all of the words I've emphasized were said in significantly louder voices than the rest of the sentence, it made them sound like they had a faulty volume button.
Thing is, i had no way of knowing we were in his way, he was facing away from us and most importantly, he never said a word to us, a simple excuse me would have done!!! Also we weren't just standing there for the heck of it, we were actively choosing games to purchase.
So Sucky guy, learn to use your words and stop trying to shame people who did nothing wrong by shouting the word wheelchair over and over again, you just make yourself look stupid.
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