The Lippy Paraplegic
Paralysed people are normally pretty nice people. I suppose they have to be because using their personality is the only way their can make friends. But this one paraplegic I met the other day was a real fucking cunt to me for no reason. I don’t think he even knew it either, but he was a real smart arse.
I first saw him on the train station waiting to catch a train. He was waiting there and I suggested that perhaps he build a ramp or something to board the train, since he would no doubt plunge to his death in the gap without said structure.
He said that he’ll be fine and he can manage with gaps like that in his “chair”.
So then the train came and obviously he was struggling massively to get on. So I give him a pull into the carriage so he doesn’t die (or get further crippled) and he starts having a sook about how he can do it himself.
Whatever.
And then, being the nice guy I am, offer to tie him off against a pole or something so he doesn’t slide away heaps.
He laughs at me (can you believe it) and says that the “chairs” don’t just roll away like that.
I tell him that they obviously do since they are based on wheels.
He points to something and says that they have a break function.
It just got me really riled up...
I first saw him on the train station waiting to catch a train. He was waiting there and I suggested that perhaps he build a ramp or something to board the train, since he would no doubt plunge to his death in the gap without said structure.
He said that he’ll be fine and he can manage with gaps like that in his “chair”.
So then the train came and obviously he was struggling massively to get on. So I give him a pull into the carriage so he doesn’t die (or get further crippled) and he starts having a sook about how he can do it himself.
Whatever.
And then, being the nice guy I am, offer to tie him off against a pole or something so he doesn’t slide away heaps.
He laughs at me (can you believe it) and says that the “chairs” don’t just roll away like that.
I tell him that they obviously do since they are based on wheels.
He points to something and says that they have a break function.
It just got me really riled up...
posted by Ben at 11:10 PM
5 Comments:
LOL - I would have chained him up for being a prick. Whats he going to do to you? Chase you?? LOLOLOL
Aha!
Or I could put a lock on one wheel so he only went around in circles when he tried to get me.
Or, I could run away and go up a set of stairs to escape him.
Or you could steal his ticket (under the guise of validating it for him) then call the authorities.
That'd fix him!
He'd just give em some sob story about not being tall enough to reach the ticket machine.
You're being really unfair. Think about it:
He could have had an accident, and lost all of his independence and be trying to regain it.
He could be learning to board a train in his chair (It is completely possible, watch what people do at the paralympics!)
He could be scared that if someone helped him they may pull him out of his chair, injuring him further.
I think we have to understand that a wheelchair does not change a person: it does not make them automatically nice, it's just an alternative to legs.
People in chairs do not need help to do stuff unless they ask. If someone touched your legs youd be angry at them, so isn't touching their chair the same thing?
I'm not an expert on this stuff, but surely someone in a chair is no different to other people. They don't have to be nice. Maybe he was in a bad mood. Maybe he's just a horrible person. It's just that being in a chair doesn't mean he needs help to do everything, or even anything.
from PurpleRose (sorry, have to be anonymous as my account is broken)
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