Sometimes You've Just Gotta Laugh
#1
Posted 14 February 2010 - 03:01 PM
The lady behind the information desk asks "Will you be walking up there?", to which I replied "Do you have the hands of Jesus?"
She looked at me blankly for a moment, so I thought I'd clarify "Unless you have healing hands, I don't think he'll be walking anytime soon", and she went a bright, bright shade of red and stammered out an apology about how she wasn't thinking. My client and I got a great laugh out of it, I wasn't trying to be mean, but it was clearly a very stupid question.
To top it off, at our restaurant that night, the waiter came around while my client was quite clearly feeding himself very efficiently to ask "Do you need a spoon?" My client replies "No thank you" and continues eating, but the guy won't let up. "Are you sure?" he asks again. "He's not retarded," say I.
My client is the ultimate duck, these things are forever rolling off his back like water. But it gets to me after a while! I can't stop the sarcasm sometimes because people can be so goddamn ignorant!
Anyone else care to share their favourites?
#2
Posted 16 February 2010 - 04:01 AM
I have to remind my kids that I'm not blind when I'm walking with my Canadian crutches, as they want to point out curbs, un-even pavement/cement, etc..
The one that made me shake my head was one day at the gym when a regular noticed that I was getting around with a cane (at that time), and asked what happened....
It was only a few days after a neuro had misdiagnosed me with ALS, so I told him what had happened and we didn't know for sure.
.....at which he grimaced and said....."oh...God....that's a horrible disease to die from".
#3
Posted 16 February 2010 - 03:19 PM
#4
Posted 16 February 2010 - 03:37 PM
#5
Posted 16 February 2010 - 04:15 PM
#6
Posted 18 February 2010 - 11:12 PM
Failure is not getting back up.
#7
Posted 19 February 2010 - 03:38 PM
but, yes, i could see why it would be annoying to have people creating a wide path... i'll remember that when my sister gets her power chair ;)
#8
Posted 19 February 2010 - 10:50 PM
He nodded, paused, then said,"OK. So where on your back are you having this problem?"
WTF?
#9
Posted 19 February 2010 - 11:34 PM
One time in a waiting room somewhere, a 2-3 year old little kid comes up and says "hi", so i says "hi, how are you?" then the kids mother yanks her away by the arm and goes "don't talk to those people, you might catch something"
#10
Posted 20 February 2010 - 12:29 AM
#11
Posted 21 February 2010 - 01:49 PM
#12
Posted 25 February 2010 - 09:41 PM
And, my gripe is when I call a place to make sure they are wheelchair accessible and I get the ....... Uh , yea I think so.... to which I reply....do you think you could check with someone who "knows" so?
I am new to this and it surprises me how many places are not accessible and how many are "accessible" if you want to risk your LIFE getting in! All I can say is THANK GOD for wheelchairs that don't FLIP over!

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