Limited mobility | Unlimited stories: About escalators and assuming young people can walk the stairs
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ASSUMPTIONS BASED ON APPEARANCE SUCK.
this is a common issue, not just with stairs but with all things. i have carpal tunnel, and while people hear this in their head they cannot conceive of the issue because they have not experienced the reality.
the assumption is i am making things up so i can avoid work or have an excuse for my slowness or laziness. these same people will excuse someone from another country by telling me that they don't know how to work hard, because they "dont understand english as well" or they "try their best".
it's a bit of reverse discrimination where white privilege turns into white discrimination. because i am white i am expected to work harder, be a better leader, understand more about how business works and be supportive of what i believe are convoluted expectations in the work place.
I am also expected to love jesus, believe capitalism, television, marriage, babies, houses, cell phones and nationalism are the best things in the world, and understand that coworkers with family needs will come before my own needs, because I am single and therefore unimportant.
people who are poor, uneducated, marginally handicapped (but not eligible to be called handicapped), or have mental challenges, etc, are expected to be willing to work harder, faster and longer for less money because we have no choice. the excuse from the boss is, "well i can hire someone else", for the minimum wage slavery. this is unseen discrimination. you can't SEE the problem, therefore there is none.
once you are marginalized by any of these factors, you LOSE VALUE as a worker - and eventually as a human being. and if someone like trump is in office, any type of social service that aids marginalized people has been cut.
when it comes down to it, i feel the escalator is a common courtesy issue that could be easily resolved along with a reminder to wait one's turn. but the insensitivity of the me generation is so prevalent, i wonder if courtesy is a value anymore.
Nice post.✌💗
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I must say that trying to get the visual of the escalator that can go both ways is hard to do but I do know you cannot judge the health of a person by his age or outside appearance. Hopefully, the older man at the top of the escalator left the house as you did with a plan to get do his business with pain as you did. Limited mobility people have more of a plan when heading out to get through a day while in the outside world. Maybe it's just best to take your turn even if you think the other person is worse than you. They probably have a plan too and are on top of their situation.
Ugh. This sucks all around. It sucks that you were in pain. It sucks that your attempt to be kind to another person was foiled. It sucks that the girl didn’t follow your lead and it sucks that the old fellow got so angry.
The world would be such a better place if more people led with grace, patience and compassion.
I understand you perfectly, I've been there, sometimes tiredness, anger and frustration make us identify with the elders.
Although they are not wiser because they are older, that is what most people believe. That wisdom comes with false years.
One feels a sudden shock when one goes from sympathy to rejection.
Thank you for your post, it reminds us that we are human, full of virtues and defects.
For some reason I thought you were learning how to skateboard so you can grind down the rails. Felt your conflict in this story. If you used your foot more with targeted resistance/stretching, does it get looser, stronger and less painful... or the pain is chronic regardless?
I remember reading a story about a young woman with incontinence. She talked about how bad she felt when she rushed to disabled loos and people looked at her as if she was taking advantage of something that was by rights not hers. It really struck me and changed the way I saw disability.
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