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luke
try this
I went to 125th st. in Harlem/NYC to
videotape the exterior of the Apollo Theater and some guy who looked to be
living "al fresco" felt he could vent his anger at "the man" by putting 3
pennies by the joystick on my chair. I resisted the natural reaction to brush
them away (after all I was not in the position to return his insult) when I
moved my chair back for a wider angle, the pennies fell to the ground. About a
minute later, a well kept, Sunday-best / hat wearing little 'ol lady stopped to
pick up the money with her clean white gloves. You could almost hear her
thinking;"find a penny, pick it up........" When my eyes met the idiot who left
me the money. There was no need for words. This sent him ranting down the
street and screaming about racial persecution, with no concern that his
foul language might be offending the other "little 'ol ladies" in
ear-shot.
My point is- yeah, the woman at Target was a
dweeb, but her heart was in the right place. It's the false concern that is the
real insult. Use the incident as a chance to share your perspective so she won't
be dweeb again
-Cameron
one day i was sitting outside of Target, minding my own
business, waiting for my mom and some old lady walked up and tried to
give me ten dollars. she looked like she needed it more than me, though.
so i declined.
luke
In a message dated 8/6/2005 12:33:05 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I was in Sams and a kid
about 4 years old told his mother he wanted a
'remote control car like
that one!' His mother was horrified and it was
still pretty soon
after my leaving rehab so I did not say anything, but did
think it was
funny!
Dana and Rocco
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "QuadPirate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]>;
"~LittleQuad~"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 02,
2005 3:14 PM
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Questions People ask us
Quads.
Kids crack me up, when my nephew seen me for the first
time after my
accident he told me "OK get up it's my turn" I was lmao
because it was so
innocent because they just don't know but when kids ask
questions they
usually ask more intelligent questions than adults and
they have a million
of them on your
chair.
Mark
-------Original Message-------
From:
~LittleQuad~
Date: 08/02/05 13:41:03
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED];
[email protected]
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Questions People ask us
Quads.
uniformed for sure, even new docs ask crazy questions...
airline lady once
asked if i was going to walk onto plane so they could
load my chair...my mom
put her hand over my mouth HAHA
I would rather
someone asked about why i'm in chair than think i'm just dumb
and assume
the worst.. i like the suprise look on their faces when they find
out i
wasn't born like this and i can feel things etc.....is priceless
;)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At Least
Once A Month , people in my neighborhood and at church or etc.
will ask
about my injury-------I tell them i'm paralyzed from upper chest
down and
a c-6 Quadriplegic from a car wreck on Aug. 3rd 1997.Then they ask
how
far can I walk on my own without my
powerchair....................Are
most people really this dumb or just
uninformed ?
Dan
http://fly.to/littlequad
Yahoo ID -
littlequad
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