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I said “fuck you” to a disabled person yesterday. This woman was on one of those “disability scooter” things, getting on a bus. The bus driver put down the ramp and for some reason, instead of going in forward, the woman decided she had to go in backward. So she goes backward off-course and hits the side of the door. She goes forward and tries again, and hits the side of the door again. All I said was “nope”—just something that came out of my mouth automatically. Didn’t say anything else. She glared at me and started yelling, “I don’t need any advice from you—I don’t tell you how to walk down the sidewalk,” plus some other things. (If I were walking into walls instead of along the sidewalk, I’m not sure I would be insulted if someone noticed.) Anyway, by the third sentence of her rant, the words just came out of my mouth. “Fuck you.” Not real loud, but loud enough that she could hear me. It just came out automatically but boy did it shut her up. I feel guilty for saying “fuck you” to a disabled person, but it just happened.—Anonymous

9 replies on “I, Anonymous”

  1. Don’t feel bad. Assholes can be disabled, too. I once tried to help a blind woman who was trying to find her way down the middle of the street and got screamed at for my consideration. She was then honked at by a car, so she screamed at it, too.

    I think some people have physical disabilities and more people have mental and emotional disabilities.

  2. DUDE! Duuude……… please don’t beat yourself up over this. That lady was being a fucking dumbass and holding everyone up and flipped out on YOU over nothing. I’d have told her to fuck off too, had it been ME she got uppity with!

    I see folks on those motorized wheel chairs boarding the bus all the time, and they all manage to operate their devices with easy (and none of them attempted to get on back-wards, the fuck is that shit?). So fuck her for being both a dummy and a jerk. You’re alright, man.

  4. I was at the Mall last Christmas buying some perfume for my wife when someone in a wheel chair came around the corner bumping into my leg and I said “Why don’t you watch where the fuck you are going, it’s bad enough that you people get all of the good parking spaces.” Then a funny thing happened, the person in the wheel chair started laughing and the person behind the counter started yelling at me “I can’t believe you said that.” You see, everyone has the right to be an asshole, just don’t abuse the privilege.

  5. It might be easier to attempt to go backwards then to wheel on and turn around on the bus and all that. It takes time, learn how to be patient and respect your elders. When you’re old and disabled some brat may just wheel you off of a bridge. Karma

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