Thursday, February 12, 2015

RANT

Hi Everybody!





So I waited to do my rant until now and I'm really glad because I just was in a situation that really IRKED me. 

One of the things that's drives me absolutely freaking nuts is when people who are overweight use the motorized shopping carts. I am not saying this to be mean or hurtful. It really bothers me because I feel like it's enabling people. Why take the time to lose weight if life is less exhausting being overweight. 

So today, I was walking down the aisle of the grocery store and there was a woman on a motorized shopping cart blocking a part of the aisle so I couldn't get through. After I asked her TWICE politely to move, she gave me a death glare and drove her scooter up. 

Then I got a fire in my stomach. She was mad at ME for me asking her to move the cart when she shouldn't have even been using it!!! She was not disabled, she was only overweight. 

This also bothers me because there was an instance when I went to a store with my grandfather, who has had double knee surgery, twice, with no motorized carts to be found. After 37(I WAS SO MAD I COUNTED) minutes of waiting for someone to return one, come to find someone who was NOT handicapped was using the cart. I really wanted to scream at someone and be like um, HELLO?!?! What about the people that really need them. 

Then this lovely woman proceeded to not hold the door for me so it almost smacked me in the face, what a peach 

2 comments:

  1. oh goodness. i can see your frustration. i wonder if these overweight people maybe suffer conditions that complicate walking. might they be conditions over which these folks have little or no control? i am not trying to shut down your inquiry but instead to give the "liberal arts" response. i LOVE this David Foster Wallace bit about this kind of thinking. See https://vimeo.com/68855377

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  2. oh goodness. i can see your frustration. i wonder if these overweight people maybe suffer conditions that complicate walking. might they be conditions over which these folks have little or no control? i am not trying to shut down your inquiry but instead to give the "liberal arts" response. i LOVE this David Foster Wallace bit about this kind of thinking. See https://vimeo.com/68855377

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