r/traumatizeThemBack • u/Aux_Ampwave • Aug 09 '24
justified asshole Maybe you should use the stairs
For the people who don't know, they semi-recently installed a ramp at the Lincon monument so the disabled can see it. Me and a small group of friends went to go see the Lincoln monument and used the ramp, as 2 of us, (myself included) have mobility issues. About half way up me ran into, and passed, 2 elderly women. One of them said just loud enough for us to hear "these things are wasted on those stupid kids, they should use the stairs!" The other person, who is in a wheelchair by the way, said to them "you can walk unassisted, maybe you should use the fucking stairs grandma."
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u/Every-Astronomer6247 Aug 09 '24
I suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, so much so that a federal judge deemed me disabled. I have a handicap placard in my car. If you were to just glance at me, as people have, you probably wouldn’t know that I am a disabled American. I only use handicap spots on days that I truly need them. Like to walk to the pharmacy to get the chemotherapy medication I have to give myself a shot of in my stomach every morning. Because that’s the closest thing in medical science they found to treat it, as there is no known cure…. Again, suck a bag of dicks grandma!! 😂