luckylady wrote:Please don't think that all people who ride the scooters are like that. I know that you all see the worst of people,but there are a lot of us out there who are nice and polite when on one. On the other side of that everytime we have been to Disney in the last few years I have had no choice but to get one due to arthritis in the spine and knees. If I could I would love to walk Disney again as would a lot of others on scooters. I have experienced the other end of this with peple walking. It's like they think we can stop on a dime when people cut in front of us. I try my best to but towards the end of the night after having to jerk to a stop and killing my back a few ankels get hit. When they look at me and start to say something I say a nice as I can you shouldn't have cut in front of me when there wasn't time for you to do it safely. If I can wait in line I will, but if it's to long or in Splash Mt with all those steps my legs and feet go numb and lots of pain so only then will I go another entrence. I love lines it's a great time to meet and talk to people from all over the states and world..I do have to agree with stroller parents tho. Some of the worst. Merry Christmas everyone and thanks for letting me tell the other side.
I don't know if that was directed at me or not, but if it was, I guess that is my fault. I didn't mean to imply that all scooter users are entitled or rude. I was commenting on the ones that are and may be using those devises to get "extras".
I hurt my leg about a year ago and it is tempting to get one. I probably could traverse the area with a great deal more comfort, but, since I am also a tad on the overweight side, I know that I would be looked at like I was just a lazy slob, to fat to walk. So I keep walking. By the end of the day my leg hurts like hell, but I can still hold myself up and keep on trucking. I hope that I never have to use one, but if I do, I don't think I would be as awful as some of those people are. When I see the video of the lady continuously laying on the horn, as if the whole crowd should just part like the red sea and let her through...I actually, for a second, want to do her bodily harm. The very least I want to do is rip the horn off the scooter and stomp on it.
The lengths that people will go through to save a minuscule amount of time, the tricks that they try to pull, either by trying for sympathy, or whatever they do is pathetic.
If anyone from the ADA office is reading this...this is what came from the don't ask...don't tell provision in the law. The vast majority of people with handicaps are easily recognizable and the rest could alleviate outsider suspicion by a simple certificate showing their need. It is far less "humiliating" to do a one time private proof session than to be constantly looked at like a person that is just lazy and without morals. Think about that when you are setting your...all is equal...regulations.
