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IceNine

@georgepenney i7

100% correct approach.

Same should happen to people using disability parking without a permit. And yes, not everyone with one of those is wheelchair bound.

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The Doctor

@IceNine @georgepenney One of my ex-cow-orkers comes immediately to mind.

The Doctor

@stripey @IceNine @georgepenney I'm not quite following your meaning there (didn't sleep well, it's early, coffee is still kicking in).

The one who was not in the wrong, and lulz were involved.

The Original Stripey Goodness

@drwho @IceNine @georgepenney sorry for the confusion!
I was calling the construction person "Lunch Vigilante" and the annoying person in the vehicle "temu brand lex luthor"

The Doctor

@stripey @IceNine @georgepenney The lunch vigilante, I suppose. They don't map perfectly, but it was a glorious thing to watch happen.

The Original Stripey Goodness

@drwho @IceNine @georgepenney definitely a better sort of person of whom to be reminded. *nod*

The Doctor

@stripey @IceNine @georgepenney Especially when they can demonstrate why they're using a handicapped parking space.

it's zip!

@IceNine I'd rather people didn't go around writing licences to guess who's legitimately disabled because that's a nuance most people seem to have missed

IceNine

@zip

Ah yes, they do assume though eh. Loudly and opinionatedly - and worn it the last couple of times being in town (passenger is the permit holder, not I).

Some days people never cease to amaze me. *sigh*

it's zip!

@IceNine I'm a huge fan of being challenged on being able to walk and using a wheelchair, like yes I can walk but not far enough to be useful what the heck do they think the point of a mobility aid is

IceNine

@zip

Yeh, wife can only walk short distances. A little while ago we couldn't get a space because a couple had taken a mobility space because they "weren't being used" - they got aggressive when challenged, to put it mildly.

Wish they'd been at the place I know you'll get clamped in under 30 seconds for doing that.

IceNine

@zip

They can be indeed - that said, there's also the awesome workers armed with chicken biryani.

Aileen M

@zip @IceNine

I never know how far I can walk before my legs give up- I certainly don’t want to waste the steps I get that day on walking through a parking lot.

I use a cane for short distance, scooter for long. And people used to give me shit about using a scooter to pick up my kids because they saw me walking with a cane on a rare trip to a grocery store.

MS varies by person, symptoms vary by day. It would nice of people didn’t assume they know how every disability works.

it's zip!

@aintist @IceNine yup. I'm slowly building up range since my last crash -- so I'll do very local errands on foot but need the chair for range.

Tryst

@zip @IceNine Me: able to walk, climb stairs, etc., but unable to take a piss without medical intervention and requiring a clean environment to do so.

Certain colleagues: "You should be using the shit-encrusted stalls in the men's bathroom."

IceNine

@tryst

Some people really need to pull their heads in. Or spend a day in soemeone elses shoes eh.

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