The weeping wheelchair (long).

[katie kaboom]

Sounds weird to me with her throwing a hissy fit & her companion paying for EVERYTHING. That takes a lot of nerve to do that.

he was probably afraid of her. she sounds like some whack-job.

[JustaCashier]

There's so much I want to say on this story, and may well do so when I have more time.

But, the relationship between the two people is curious.

It doesn't sound like he's an S.O. since he mentioned she could pay him back. (Although I realize there are people in commited relationships that handle their expenses that way)

Rerant, did he appear as if he could be her son?

He apparently isn't holding out for her to croak, if she seemingly has little or no money. Unless she has a mighty dandy life insurance policy!
Perhaps she has something on him that she's holding over his head, and threatens to cause him grief if he tries to dissolve the relationship.


Mike

[ContraCorriente]

The other Ikea doesn't do it that way!

At which point I would've replied, "Then go there and annoy the hell out of them, dammit. "

[allniter]

I hate to say it, but you should have checked the guy to see if he had a hard on. Anyone stupid enough to stay around that woman must do so because he's secretly getting off on it.

On second thought, check that. Don't check him for a hard on, you might throw up. Then she'd have more to complain about.

[Shironu-Akaineko]

Yeah I got an aunt pulling the handicapped card.
Popped a knee a year ago and she's still on disability.
Despite the leg being looooooong healed by now.
Refuses to take SITTING jobs because of her "bad knee".
Excuse me, but my mom who went through a wooden wheelchair ramp and *gross, inhumane explanation of what happened to her leg* was up and walking on it 3 weeks later and she has a STANDING job in a pharmacy.

Note that this Aunt went to my Mamie's funeral with the cast on one leg and a Stilleto in the other on wet, spongy ground.

Nuff Said.

[MystyGlyttyr]

You know, I do sometimes get confused easily by people talking, because I get distracted or the words get mixed up before my brain is done with them, or whatever. But when that happens, I can hold up my hands and say "I'm sorry, I have autism and I can't always understand what's being said to me. Please repeat that a little more slowly?" If it's a really bad day and I just can't understand, I can nicely request that the clerk write it out for me, and I've never had any of them that had an issue with this.

Of course, I don't know if that works so well if you substitute "I'm a moron" for "I have autism", but hey. Point is I can still do that without having to repeat "I DON'T UNDERSTAND" 80 million times within the course of half an hour and sounding like a complete and utter freaking IDIOT.

Also, that fellow with her needs someone to do an intervention.

[volatile]

This post gets my nomination to be a "War Story"

[DesignFox]

I try NOT to let people dictate to me how I will ring up their transaction for that very reason. I am human, I do make mistakes, so I try to prevent myself from getting confused.

Although, I guess I still have delusions about humanity because I never would have thought people do that sort of thing to intentionally cause me to forget something.

That lady was probably a certified whack job. Either that or that guy is extremely whipped. No one in their right mind would put up with her bull unless they had some very good reason.

[MoonChild2007]

This woman must be on PMS or something!

[zzapp the witch]

I couldn't put my finger on what was bothering me about this story yesterday, because my brain was so damn tired, but this morning it came to me....cause I dated (one date) this guy that acted just like this and I ran, but that didn't stop him from trying (to the tune of stalking me for months).

Manipulative personality. One of the mental health websites literally has a checklist (yes I know its not really that simple, but its a guideline) and off the top of my head I think there's about 5 out of 10 that apply to her, could be more if we knew more about her.

And these kinds of people, its like they instictually know who they can prey on. My instance didn't work because I had just gotten out of a manipulative relationship and recognized the behavior immediatly. Its like a guild trip con though, and when they get to you at the right time, and guilt you the right way, you can't figure out how to get out of it. They suck you dry.

[Buglady]

It does sound a bit like a personality disorder. Once you've met it in person, you cannot miss it ever again. (I've met a Borderline and a Narcissistic personality. Holy cats. I don't think I'm going to go into that area of psychology. I'll stick with adolescent mood disorders and learning disabilities, thanks...))

[Noelegy]

It does sound a bit like a personality disorder. Once you've met it in person, you cannot miss it ever again. (I've met a Borderline and a Narcissistic personality. Holy cats. I don't think I'm going to go into that area of psychology. I'll stick with adolescent mood disorders and learning disabilities, thanks...))

My experience with a Borderline/Narcissistic was that she loved me until she wanted to kill me. If I ever meet someone again who says that s/he is Borderline, I will .

[morgana]

My ex-husband is a Narcissistic. We were married for 18 years. I'm not sure I'll ever recover.

And yeah, you get to the point where you literally can't see how to get away. It's horrible.

[thewomaninagreenhat]

You handled this amazingly well! Much better than I could have, for sure! I cant tolerate that sort of person in my face, which is why I work online. Its all I can do sometimes to handle things by email.

This woman certainly has some serious personality problems, and so does the man. I dont feel sorry for him at all, because either he could get out of the situation, or he is there because he likes it.

When I was younger, I had a friend/roomie that has a boyfriend that abused her. You hardly could even call him a boyfriend, since he lived with another woman and only came around when he wanted something from her. Not just sex, but she would buy him stuff. Sometimes he would call and order her to go buy something that he wanted, and then he would send his brother in to get it so that he didnt even have to see her. She was stupid, but the point of this story, is that when I stepped in and told him to leave one night after seeing him throw her around the room, she got mad at ME! She cried and cried, and begged him not to leave. She said that he could beat her if he wanted to, just dont leave. He did leave that night, and she immediately went into the bathroom and took a handful of pills. I had to call for an ambulance for her. I will never ever ever be able to understand how she could possibly feel that way, but she did. Others do too.

Some people are just twisted in their minds, and they need to be treated badly in one way or another.

Im just glad that this womans "handicap" is a broken leg. Can you imagine if she really were physically disabled?? The amount of suckiness that she would cause would be unbelievable! She obviously is mentally disabled.

I dont know how you managed to keep your cool through that nightmare transaction, but way to go for doing it! I wouldnt worry at all about the mix up with the table. You did an outstanding job on that one. Heck, I would even pay for the table if someone had to, just because you had to go through enough as it is!

[rerant]

Rerant, you have the patience of Job. You should be proud of yourself that you never blew your top with her; most people (me included!) wouldn't have kept such calm. So you forgot to charge her for a table? I would have wheeled her right into heavy traffic!!

After the fact the member of HR who was present for the whole ordeal actually sent my manager an email about me, commending me for how well I dealt with the situation.

Me: 1
Crazy lady in wheelchair: 0