Re: Handicapped parking PS store scooters

[Guest guest]

No store has ever questioned me using their scooters.I have used my own on

occasion, and I have used the store ones. Some stores are more difficult to

manuver with them than others. Some days the other customers are kind about them

and other times- not quite so kind. I have had people step up on it while I am

getting something, they do not ask, just climb up to reach something on a

shelf.LOL.goofy people, I have kids - little kids- come and want to play on them

while I am using one- kids I never met..and (this is terrible and graphic) I

used mine at Country Thunder, Wis a couple years ago- and later in the nite, a

young couple leaned back against the back of mine- with me still in it-

and----um- began to " do it " ACK! I turned it on, moved forward, they fell and

the guy was gonna hit ME! Worse, I had my kids with me! GAG!

Funny thing at OUR mall here- you can get one at the mall, BUT- they are kept

in- the center of the mall- so to use one you have to first send someone in to

get it for you, or make your own way to the center of the mall. I have written

countless letters saying this sort of defeats the purpose to some degree- but-

it remains that way for now. It is nice they have them..just weird to have them

so inaccessible.

- In , " Semalee " <Semalee@s...> wrote:

> You bring up a topic I was just thinking about the other day! I was having a

particularly bad day, (which after working all week is not all that uncommon),

and had to get some groceries for dinner. I thought, I wonder if my rheumy

could get me a temporary handicap card for my car so I don't have to walk as

far, but that I could take down if I was having a good day and could walk. Then

I almost asked for one of those carts, but hesitated afraid they would make me

embarrassed and think I just wanted to ride it! I was wondering how many other

people deal with this and what they do about it. I am planning on talking to my

rheumy about the handicap card when I go in in October. I am probably going to

give the go ahead to find out how much Remicade will cost with my insurance and

start that process too, so I may not even need it for long, but there are days

that are real bad for me, ya know?

> Semalee

> [ ] Handicapped parking

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> Hi everyone, hoope you are all OK?

> Today something weird scary happened. I parked in handicapped parking and

an older man began honking at me, screaming at me and chasing me down in his

car. He was screaming all kinds of horrible things at me and I was afraid he

was going to accidentally hit one of my kids. Store security came out and got

me and the kids safe.

>

> I have some scary things happen to me a lot over my handicapped parking

placard. My car gets keyed. People follow me thru stores taunting me. Once

someone followed me home, honking at me and tailgating me. People glare at me.

> I need handicapped parking because my feet are affected, msostly, sometimes

my knees ankles or hips act up, bot often it is my toes and or feet themself. I

have a scooter on the back of my car, but do not always use it, nor do I always

use the in store scooters - for similar reasons- people glare- and stare and

make rude comments.

> People often say I am too young to be handicapped. I wear bell bottom

jeans quite often and funky hats- sometimes little bitty braids, if my girls

want to braid my waist length hair. I am 45. Other times people say I do not

LOOK handicapped. Do they mean I have 2 legs?

> The parking issue is complicated becuz my husband is a 100% service

connected disabled Nam vet, and we have license plates for him. But I DO have a

blue state issue handicapped placard, and if I forget to bring that, I do not

even try to park in handicapped parking. I also have my Medicare card and a

RTA-CTA handicapped riders pass. (for reduced fares and priority seating)

> When I go to the laundromat, my husband follows me in HIS car and brings the

laundry in and comes back when I am done to carry the laundry back out. On

laundry day I cannot schedule any other physical chore for that day. On grocery

shopping day, I cannot cook that nite nor plan anything else for THAT day. I

have been having to make a 3 hour each way commute to chicago for my kids to see

their doctors quite often the last 3 weeks, and the next day I am immobile.

(lots of walking in UIC and SHriners hospitals, and in Chicago, etc and I do not

have an electric lift for my scooter, so it is hard for me to use it when I am

alone- besides, when people see me walk around to get the scooter, they glare

and wonder why I use it at all if I can walk at all)

>

> I do not know why people do not understand many disabilities are ones that

are not obvious to the casual observer. ALl they really need do is follow me for

2 minutes, watch how I walk, I kind of waddle sort of - watch how I close my car

door- (with my butt, it hurts my fingers) watch how fast I grab a shopping cart

to lean on, but how careufl I am in how I push it with my hands. Watch how I

open doors to places of business, gosh they hurt my writsts and fingers

terribly. Notice, I do not buy gallons of milk or any pop or jugs of juicce,

they are too heavy. I do not buy cat litter or large bags of pet food, they are

also too heavy. Nor do i buy bags of potatos or fruit. If I want to buy those

things, I bring the kids with me..they put those things in the cart, up on the

checker line and into the car. Watch when I write my check to pay. I do not

hold my pen the same as most people, and watch me try to tear my check out of

the checkbook.

> I am starting to be scared of these people who get so nasty becuz they do

not know what a " handicapped " person " looks " like. Truth is many people with no

legs are so incredibly strong they can wheel a wheelchair for miles and not get

worn out, they only need the extra space the handicapped parking gives them.

Others of us need that closeness to the store.

>

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[Guest guest]

No store has ever questioned me using their scooters.I have used my own on

occasion, and I have used the store ones. Some stores are more difficult to

manuver with them than others. Some days the other customers are kind about them

and other times- not quite so kind. I have had people step up on it while I am

getting something, they do not ask, just climb up to reach something on a

shelf.LOL.goofy people, I have kids - little kids- come and want to play on them

while I am using one- kids I never met..and (this is terrible and graphic) I

used mine at Country Thunder, Wis a couple years ago- and later in the nite, a

young couple leaned back against the back of mine- with me still in it-

and----um- began to " do it " ACK! I turned it on, moved forward, they fell and

the guy was gonna hit ME! Worse, I had my kids with me! GAG!

Funny thing at OUR mall here- you can get one at the mall, BUT- they are kept

in- the center of the mall- so to use one you have to first send someone in to

get it for you, or make your own way to the center of the mall. I have written

countless letters saying this sort of defeats the purpose to some degree- but-

it remains that way for now. It is nice they have them..just weird to have them

so inaccessible.

- In , " Semalee " <Semalee@s...> wrote:

> You bring up a topic I was just thinking about the other day! I was having a

particularly bad day, (which after working all week is not all that uncommon),

and had to get some groceries for dinner. I thought, I wonder if my rheumy

could get me a temporary handicap card for my car so I don't have to walk as

far, but that I could take down if I was having a good day and could walk. Then

I almost asked for one of those carts, but hesitated afraid they would make me

embarrassed and think I just wanted to ride it! I was wondering how many other

people deal with this and what they do about it. I am planning on talking to my

rheumy about the handicap card when I go in in October. I am probably going to

give the go ahead to find out how much Remicade will cost with my insurance and

start that process too, so I may not even need it for long, but there are days

that are real bad for me, ya know?

> Semalee

> [ ] Handicapped parking

>

>

> Hi everyone, hoope you are all OK?

> Today something weird scary happened. I parked in handicapped parking and

an older man began honking at me, screaming at me and chasing me down in his

car. He was screaming all kinds of horrible things at me and I was afraid he

was going to accidentally hit one of my kids. Store security came out and got

me and the kids safe.

>

> I have some scary things happen to me a lot over my handicapped parking

placard. My car gets keyed. People follow me thru stores taunting me. Once

someone followed me home, honking at me and tailgating me. People glare at me.

> I need handicapped parking because my feet are affected, msostly, sometimes

my knees ankles or hips act up, bot often it is my toes and or feet themself. I

have a scooter on the back of my car, but do not always use it, nor do I always

use the in store scooters - for similar reasons- people glare- and stare and

make rude comments.

> People often say I am too young to be handicapped. I wear bell bottom

jeans quite often and funky hats- sometimes little bitty braids, if my girls

want to braid my waist length hair. I am 45. Other times people say I do not

LOOK handicapped. Do they mean I have 2 legs?

> The parking issue is complicated becuz my husband is a 100% service

connected disabled Nam vet, and we have license plates for him. But I DO have a

blue state issue handicapped placard, and if I forget to bring that, I do not

even try to park in handicapped parking. I also have my Medicare card and a

RTA-CTA handicapped riders pass. (for reduced fares and priority seating)

> When I go to the laundromat, my husband follows me in HIS car and brings the

laundry in and comes back when I am done to carry the laundry back out. On

laundry day I cannot schedule any other physical chore for that day. On grocery

shopping day, I cannot cook that nite nor plan anything else for THAT day. I

have been having to make a 3 hour each way commute to chicago for my kids to see

their doctors quite often the last 3 weeks, and the next day I am immobile.

(lots of walking in UIC and SHriners hospitals, and in Chicago, etc and I do not

have an electric lift for my scooter, so it is hard for me to use it when I am

alone- besides, when people see me walk around to get the scooter, they glare

and wonder why I use it at all if I can walk at all)

>

> I do not know why people do not understand many disabilities are ones that

are not obvious to the casual observer. ALl they really need do is follow me for

2 minutes, watch how I walk, I kind of waddle sort of - watch how I close my car

door- (with my butt, it hurts my fingers) watch how fast I grab a shopping cart

to lean on, but how careufl I am in how I push it with my hands. Watch how I

open doors to places of business, gosh they hurt my writsts and fingers

terribly. Notice, I do not buy gallons of milk or any pop or jugs of juicce,

they are too heavy. I do not buy cat litter or large bags of pet food, they are

also too heavy. Nor do i buy bags of potatos or fruit. If I want to buy those

things, I bring the kids with me..they put those things in the cart, up on the

checker line and into the car. Watch when I write my check to pay. I do not

hold my pen the same as most people, and watch me try to tear my check out of

the checkbook.

> I am starting to be scared of these people who get so nasty becuz they do

not know what a " handicapped " person " looks " like. Truth is many people with no

legs are so incredibly strong they can wheel a wheelchair for miles and not get

worn out, they only need the extra space the handicapped parking gives them.

Others of us need that closeness to the store.

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