Disabled and disagreeable

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

As I'm heading up to the service desk to hand in my scanner and get the hell out of dodge, some woman calls to me from one of the checkouts 'Hey! Can You plug me in? I'm running out of juice!"

Damn, I had to go run that cart of clearance out to electronics before I left, didn't I? I turn to see I'm being summoned from the checkouts by a woman on a mobility scooter. I tell her okay, does she know where she wants me to plug her scooter in?

(big gusty sigh) "Over there! I've been plugged in there before!" and she pilots her wheezing scooter over to the nearest wall with an outlet. Okay, fine, do you have a cord for me to plug into the wall outlet?

(Even bigger gusty sigh) "It's right on the back of my seat!" and I go digging in a pocket on the seat back and dig out an electrical cord. Now where to plug it into the scooter?

(Really really big "Were you born stupid or have you just dedicated your life to it?" sigh) "IT'S RIGHT ON THE BACK OF THE SCOOTER! GEEZ" and a little investigation turns up a receptacle for the cord under a little rubber flap. End of plug goes in receptacle on scooter, other end of plug goes in wall outlet and she's good to go. So she gets up and walks off without a thank you.

Next time she can haul her ass out of that scooter and plug the damn thing in herself. I'm sick of my good deeds being punished all the time.

[Sheldonrs]

... Now where to plug it into the scooter?

(Really really big "Were you born stupid or have you just dedicated your life to it?" sigh) "IT'S RIGHT ON THE BACK OF THE SCOOTER! GEEZ"....

If only you could have pretended she said "ON MY" instead of "ON THE".

An opportunity missed.

[LillFilly]

You went above and beyond helping her with what sounds like her personal scooter. Next time, you could pretend not to hear

Hmm, wonder how it gets plugged-in at home if she can't do it herself...

[dalesys]

Be grateful. Be very grateful that she wanted the charge for the scooter...

...and not herself!

[Exaspera]

Just be glad that you are NOT her.

[georgie]

Geez
rudeness is universal

maybe next time it happens (fingers crossed it doesnt) put the cord back and say to her that you dont get paid enough for people to be rude to you and then walk away.

[MergedLoki]

I'm always amazed at the prevalance of those lil 'mobility scooters' in store's in the states (up in canada i dont think i've ever seen a store that offers them).

simply because if you REALLY can't walk odds are you have a scooter/wheel chair/some method of getting around for when you aren't at a walmart/ a super market etc. lol


but yea. OP thats just well.. rude. if she could walk then A. she did'nt need a damn scooter and B. she definently didn't need your help. ah well EW's what can you do.

[Ree]

This thread has required extensive editing and moderating.

If anyone has an opinion about who should be allowed the use of scooters, take it to fratching.

Otherwise, please confine discussion to the rudeness of the customer in the OP.

[tollbaby]

Wow... totally rude. I'd have been tempted to yell "you're welcome!" to her as she walked away LOL

Irv, just goes to prove you are a prince among men because you keep going back

[AyreBiskits]

no good deed goes unpunished

[yomiko]

Is it wrong that I hope that someone mistakes it for one of the swamp's scooters and blithely drive off in it?

[Midnight_Angel]

Be grateful. Be very grateful that she wanted the charge for the scooter...

...and not herself!

*innocently* Why? In Irv's place, I'd've loved to place one end of the cord into the wall outlet, then shoving her the other connector down a body orifice of choice.

[dalesys]

*innocently* Why? In Irv's place, I'd've loved to place one end of the cord into the wall outlet, then shoving her the other connector down a body orifice of choice.

Because she'd start singing flip-flop bangstchair rap.

[Darkforge]

Some people are too entitled for their own good.

To demand that someone do all that without any help and then to stand up and walk away when they could have gone through the whole process themselves... that takes the proverbial.

Admittedly the EW could have had issues with gripping things or fine manipulation (I have no idea what kind of handicap, if any the EW had) and so might not have been able to plug in power cables herself, but if so you'd mention it surely?

Man, the entitlement is strong with this one

[Magpie]

I thought that those scooters were supposed to have enough juice for running errands. The fact that this isn't the first time she's needed it recharged worries me. Does it still count as a lack of planning if you know where you can get someone else to plug it in for you?