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populistdriven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 12:29 AM Original message |
People Who Sit In The Disability Seats When I知 Standing On My Crutches Dot Com |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
1. Okay, this will make me a bad person, but |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 12:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I'm with you--or, would you mind pushing over so I can sit down? |
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47of74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 01:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Obvious disability?? |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 06:10 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. maybe it should be like a car, where you have to have a sticker or a placard or |
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47of74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 10:26 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I wouldn't be comfortable with that |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. i see what you are saying. besides, how hard would it be for non disabled to |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
29. agreed., both my parents had disabilities but not obvious. they |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 01:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Should you be yanking around a person who might have a bad heart? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 01:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. My ex had an invisible one that he couldn't even describe. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
24. Okay, that does make you a bad person. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
25. if you did that to me, you'd likely end up in jail for assault. |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
37. If I had a disability that wasn't apparent |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
3. ok . . . so what happens when the disabled person says, excuse me, i'd like to sit down? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 12:48 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Having been there, done that, though temporary |
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populistdriven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 12:52 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. thats a good transit cop! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 01:01 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Yep, he was |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 01:06 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I agree the scant help is appalling -- |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 01:46 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. And the signs say "priority" which seems to imply that non-disabled can |
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silverojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 02:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
17. As a disabled person, here's what I do |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
8. Wait a second... |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 01:31 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. agree. Those seats are avaible if no disabled need them. n/t |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
14. While we're on this topic, one situation that makes me uncomfortable |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
15. Question I would like to ask the young guy on crutches: |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
33. i witnessed a situation where a pregnant woman got on a BART train |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 06:32 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. It's terrible that the only one with some empathy was the one |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 02:30 AM Response to Original message |
16. The guy is an asshole... |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 03:00 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Good point. i would think people with disabilities would be more sympathetic ... |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #19 |
36. are you kidding? it's completely normal |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 02:48 AM Response to Original message |
18. Some of these people may be jerks |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 05:54 AM Response to Original message |
20. When I broke my leg............. |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 10:34 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Is it perhaps possible to be both obese AND disabled? |
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mentalsolstice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Sometimes the disabling condition leads to obesity |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
26. That's...remarkably passive-aggressive. |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. I never said you were |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I didn't say you said I was. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
38. you shouldn't be in those seats if disabled or elderly are standing |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
30. Ayn Rand woudn't get up |
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dem629 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
34. Where's the proof these people are not disabled? |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. people who walked onto the train just fine sit and look away when |
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