Mean or not?

[littleone85]

Yesterday I was in Somerfields buying my tea and i joined a queue for one of those stupid self service machines that pretend they're quicker but are constantly breaking down so aren't really, anyway i thought i had joined the queue but I hadn't seen the real queue so had stood behind the person at the machine, she told me of my mistake and i made my apologies and joined the real queue.... fast forward twenty minutes and i'm at the self service machine scanning my stuff and i notice someone behind me, to be helpful as the previous woman had been to me i turned to her and told her very politely where the real queue was, as im saying this i notice she's in a wheelchair, she says to me in a very snotty way 'Yes, I have seen the queue' and does this hand gesture as if to say 'hello.. haven't you noticed i'm in a wheelchair?' like because she was in a wheelchair she had the right to push in in front of a very long queue. i didn't say anything to her but it really wound me up. when i got on the bus after leaving I spotted a friend on the bus who completely agreed with my indignation, the conversation spread to indignation about people generally pushing in and assuming they have certain rights and we agreed that if we chose to let a disabled/elderly/pregnant etc person go in front of us in a queue/have our seat on the bus (which I always do) then thats our choice but they shouldn't assume its their right, when I got home I told my boyfriend and he said i was being mean. What do you think? I must emphasise of course that i know that all disabled/elderly/ pregnant people aren't like that, it just seems that people in these groups are the worst culprits in my experience.

[wiggal]

I wouldnt say at all you were mean, but i would say more like the person at the shop was rude!
Yes, like you say it is a persons choice to let someone in the queue infront of them, and i suppose for pregnant, elderly people it is expected for a person to do that these days, but not for a person to expect it of others to let them queue jump because they think they have the right!

(hope that makes sense!)

[sickofhome]

No your not mean, as you and wiggal stated it's your choice wether to let them jump the queue, not for them to expect it.
The person in the wheelchair in this case was rude. At the end of the day she wasn't heavily pregnant and couldn't stand for the length of time it'd take the queue to go down or a really old person that needed to sit before their legs gave in. she was definately rude and most people would have told her where to get off.

[ludwig]

Ideally the conversation should have gone like this..

you: (politely) You probably didn't notice but there's a queue over there.
her: (snottily) Yes, I have seen the queue.
you: Oh good, then get to the f*kin back of it you dozy tart.

[Gromit]

Something I have started to notice on holiday jet flights is the number of people on crutches. There are usually 3, 4 or more which seems to be a high proportion. Every time I go to the cinema or shopping I do not see 5 people on crutches. If they have a cast or bandage then fair enough, but I saw one woman supposedly needing crutches who had 5 inch high heel shoes on!? It was then I realised that they get to board first.

[B00]

lol, I can't stop laughing at ludwig's reply...I'd pay to hear him (her?) say that......

[Whickerman]

you should've wheeled the old cretin back yourself. My daughter's grandad has been in a wheelchair for the past few years, and I'm sick of having to make allowances. We can't use this or that restaurant, pub etc. My indignation is based on the fact that the old fart can actually walk, but gets a huge amount of benefits because he chooses to sit down. And I promise, I'm not being unkind, he chooses to.

[littleone85]

Ha, thank god there are people who think like me!

[christina81]

no i totally agree that you were not in the wrong here.Its just like those old gits on the mobility scooters who seem to think its ok to run people off the pavement.I dont mind but some of them have nothing wrong with em they are just too fat and lazy to walk

[lankeela]

Sits back and waits for the reply saying 'I just hope you are never disabled........'


They usually come out of the woodwork at threads like this.

While we are on the subject, why should disabled people not have to pay to park in car parks? I have nothing against them parking closer to where they want to be but surely they should have to pay the same as us.

[Babz]

i just hope you are never disabled! Hahahahahahahaha you didn't have long to wait lankeela

And why should the parent and child parking places be nearer to the store entrance than the disabled places? Should children not be taught to WALK these days?

[christina81]

babz ur right about that.I have kids but I wouldn't expect Privileges because of it! some people are just far too lazy.I see some people taking their 5 yr olds to school in a buggy.It makes me so angry I could scream.