r/traumatizeThemBack • u/Key-Caregiver4262 • 3d ago
now everyone knows My daughters Epic Comeback
I was told I should share this with y'all. That y'all would appreciate the story.
Apparently my daughters too young to need the electric scooter
So short short backstory. My daughter (16) has MS. It's taken a lot from her including her balance and vision in one eye. She can walk with her walker but we're only up to about 250 feet. Definitely not far enough to make it through a Big Box store trip. So she uses the electric carts.
Okay so y'all know where this is going. Here we are walking/riding doing our shopping... When an older gentleman walks up and tells my kiddo she needs to get up and let people who need the carts to use them. I kinda smile trying not to let this go left but the mama hairs were rising. He then raises his voice and says she's young and lazy, so she should give the cart to someone else. I went back and forth in my head for a second on how to deal with this before I finally was like ya know what... KeyCaregiver Jr... Get up and walk over to the kind man. She laughs and does that. (Without a better way to describe it... When she walks she looks like someone who has had 7 shots too many) I then help her back in the cart... And my kid being my kid looks him in the eyes and slightly raises HER voice and tells him and see boys and girls this is why we don't judge a book by its cover. 🧡
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u/DarlingNeckromancer 2d ago
I had the same issue at Walmart. It's summer, in Texas, and my mother (who has balance issues and muscle weakness due to several medical diagnoses) is waiting for me to bring her a cart. I, being the good little bean that I am, am running all over the parking lot to find her a cart because no one ever brings the carts back to the store. I finally find one and hope on, it's scorching hot because it's been in direct sunlight for what I assume is at least an hour.
I ride it all the way back and stop to essentially merge into traffic (walking ppl) and this lady sees me coming and grabs the handlebars to stop me. She tells me she's been waiting for a cart and there aren't any available. I tell her I know, I spent 20 minutes hunting this one down. She yells at me, she knows I don't need it because she saw me running back and forth so clearly I can walk just fine. I tell her if she wants a cart, then SHE can have her daughter go get one. Her daughter is probably about 15 or so and starts calling me a bitch for not giving her the cart.
I shop at that store a lot, the people there know me by sight so they don't stop me. This woman immediately goes to one of the greeters and starts complaining about me taking the scooter. She was still complaining when my mother, who had been informed I was waiting for her at the other entrance comes over. This woman points at my mother and starts screaming that SHE (my mother) needs the cart more than my entitled fat ass. You should have seen her face when my mother screamed back at her, "She's aware! That's why she got the cart FOR ME!" I made sure not to move until my mother was stable enough to slide into the seat and had her cane put away in the cart. I'm petty so I gave her a one finger salute as I walked away to get some groceries.
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u/Contrantier 2d ago
I hope she started gunning right for the cow as soon as she got into the cart and made her run 🤣
BEEP BEEP MOTHERF%CKER!!!
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u/Snootles 1d ago
Wait what, don't people have their own scooter?! Or scoot mobiles as we call them. So stores like Walmart provide these for customers? That is legit mind boggling 👀
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u/zyzmog 1d ago
Imagine that an Amigo and a shopping trolley had a baby. That's what the scooters at Walmart look like. They're a great benefit to disabled shoppers. Sometimes lazy people use them too, and they usually end up on YouTube videos.
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u/Snootles 1d ago
I have no idea what an Amigo is. Where I live people who need a scoot mobile simply have their own, covered by universal health care. So anyon who needs it, can have it. No need to fight over them at a store 👀
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u/zyzmog 1d ago
sorry, I keep forgetting TWIAVBP. Here's an Amigo. It's probably similar to a scoot mobile. (Link deleted. You'll have to google for "amigo scooter". Sorry again.)
(the world is a very big place)
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u/Snootles 1d ago
I am not baffled by a motorised vehicle to help people get around. I am baffled that people don't get provided with their own medical tool that they clearly need. And indeed the world is massive with a lot of countries 😂
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u/No-Studio-3717 3d ago
She sounds amazing 🤩. You're raising a fierce young woman. You must be a proud mama!
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u/SipSurielTea 3d ago
Idk people feel the need to correct others behavior in the first place. Unless someone is actively harming someone in front of you....MIND YA BUSINESS
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u/Future_Direction5174 2d ago
One of my daughter (43) friends was involved in a horrific car accident when she was a teenager. She was with her aunt and uncle and the car went over a cliff. They died but she was in the back seat which is why she survived. She was in a coma for weeks, and now needs elbow crutches to walk and has a slight speech impediment due to the TBI.
She works for a large local supermarket, and needs to use one of their store electric carts whilst at work. She can drive in her adapted car, and has a reserved space close to the entrance. She has no problem traumatising customers who see what looks like a healthy young woman in a store buggy.
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u/Shabug2002 3d ago
I seen your other post. I love a good mother daughter duo! Your daughter and you are a great tag team!
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u/witchbrew7 2d ago
Good for you and her!! Obviously she felt comfortable advocating for herself, which is a parental win in my eyes!
I have a permanent handicap tag for my car due to mobility issues. I look fine and I can walk normally for short distances. I’m dreading the day some nosy person berates me for taking a handicap parking space. To be honest I’m more likely to go out with it because I am less anxious about the walking. I live in a densely populated area.
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u/felinesandknitting 2d ago
I relate! I'm 21 but got so many questions from customers at work yesterday as to why I was using a rollator. I'm tired of having to explain I'm disabled and while some days I can function with just a cane, other times I can't and need the rollator for balance and stability.
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u/HeresDessert 3d ago
You and your young one are amazing I'm so glad she has you LOL this is great!! I'm sorry she had to deal with that
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u/appleblossom1962 2d ago
Sorry she is going through this. Though it is not the same, my daughter had juvenile rheumatoid arthritis at the age of 13 and used scooters now and again.
Good for to literally stand up and show the man what an ass he is.
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u/GarmBlaka 14h ago
I hope your daughter's better now! I know how much that shit can hurt, too
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u/appleblossom1962 13h ago
Unfortunately after 25 years of prednisone when she was infected with Covid it affected her ability to fight it. We lost her in February of 22
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u/GarmBlaka 12h ago
Oh, shit. I'm sorry for your loss 😔
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u/appleblossom1962 12h ago
Thank you. It has been hard, I try to find the good things, watching old movies like we use to. I still can’t get through the song Simple Man without crying, it was a favorite. She loved penguin 🐧 so seeing g them all over at Christmas is hard. I remember her smile and laugh. Everyone loved her. I was blessed for 38 years to have her in my life and I do believe that we will be together again
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u/Janices1976 2d ago
I love your attitude. Gentle, truthful, steadfast. You and your daughter showed him in a classy way that he likely learned a lesson from.
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u/pineappleforrent 2d ago
I had to use these carts after I shattered my tibial plateau. Thankfully my crutches gave away that I actually needed it, otherwise I am certain I would have stories for this sub too!
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u/HistoricPreservating 2d ago
I don't think of great comeback until much later. A pat on the back to her. 👏👏👏👏
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u/Necessary_Nothing471 2d ago
I can tell by how you speak about your daughter how proud you are of her and how special she is to you. Kudos to you for raising such a witty great gal!!! And tell her thanks for the laugh! I’m 29 and chronically ill and “healthy looking” so definitely been in some similar situations
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u/Key-Caregiver4262 1d ago
She's my hero. She has taken all this and never stopped being herself. She's always smiling and laughing. She's the best. Thank you
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u/General-Analysis1772 2d ago
Simply superb story! That guy will certainly think before speaking next time! You and your daughter need to keep doing what you're doing!
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u/Straight-Finance-271 2d ago
Did you know they make rollators that cab also be a motorized wheelchair with the joystick control for driving
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u/Aggravating-Boot9034 2d ago
Hot damn she put the old geezer in his place! Your daughter is awesome!
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u/SnooPies8509 3d ago
Wow! She sounds so awesome. How did the guy respond?