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If you will read back a bit, Paula, I think you may find that the offending term was used by other posters before John..

BC. I have only just caught up with the thread, so apologies to John, but it still does not make those sort of comments acceptable in my opinion.

Paula+ it was a fellow "cripplie" & me that started it...

I know a lot of people find this "coping mechanism" unacceptable, however some of us survive with it.

Det. I don't believe John mentioned anywhere in his post whether the driver in the car park did or did not have a blue badge on display!!

I will stand to be corrected if he did but as he is no stranger to the edit button wouldn't be surprised to see it appear :-(

MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I am cripple, so is my mate Eeyore and we have special crip clubs :-D

Even my email has the word crip in it ;-)

There really is no other word that we would use!

It's short and to the point :-D and describes us to a T

And what does the T stand for Sis ?.............. :-)

Hang on I am having a think!


errrrrrr.........tripable? trouble? triffic? talented?

Yep, talented that's us ;-)

or maybe twisted lololol

Trouble sounds about right to me ;-)


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> runs

Lolly was right. Didn't say anything about a blue badge. I am not good at spotting these things, but my fellow passengers say he did not have a blue badge.

To be honest, wish I hadn't contribued to this thread. Tried to say things I have seen which I thought had some relevance to this irritation which Michael expressed in OP.

Was not expecting to be reported twice or three times, and get criticism for using a word that had already been used on same thread. :-(

Hi John knowbody has forced you to add to this thread & many people have tryed correcting you but as always you think you know better than everybody on here. Here is a little info for you to think about next time you look at another person & feel you need to judge them, though you probably wont even know half of what I am trying to inform you of. Remember you are not a judge or jury.

Many people living with a hidden physical disability or mental challenge are still able to be active in their hobbies, work and be active in sports. On the other hand, some struggle just to get through their day at work and some cannot work at all. Some can get through the fine some days & on other days can not do the most simple things like get out of bed, make coffee, use a phone, pick up a pen or do anything without help.


List of SOME disabilities considered invisible disabilities:

ADHD
Anxiety disorders
Allergies
Arachnoiditis
Asperger Syndrome
Asthma
Autism
Bipolar disorder
Brain injuries
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Chronic fatigue syndrome
Chronic pain
Circadian rhythm sleep disorders
Coeliac Disease
Crohn's disease
Depression
Diabetes
Epilepsy
Fibromyalgia
Food allergies
Fructose malabsorption
Hereditary Fructose Intolerance
Hyperhidrosis
Hypoglycemia
Inflammatory bowel disease
Interstitial cystitis
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Lactose Intolerance
Lupus
Lyme Disease
Major depression
Metabolic syndrome
Migraines
Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
Narcolepsy
Personality disorders
Primary immunodeficiency
Psychiatric disabilities
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
Repetitive stress injuries
Rheumatoid arthritis
Schizophrenia
Scleroderma
Sjögren's syndrome
Temporomandibular joint disorder
Transverse Myelitis
Ulcerative Colitis.

to name but a few I am sure others on here could add to the list.

With respect to you both Supercrutch and Eeyore, If the word Cripple does not offend you then that is of course fine for you. It is the derogatory way it is used that I consider to be unacccepable.

My Mother had numerous severe medical conditions se veral of which are mentioned on BKs list. For the last years of her life she was in constant pain and was confined to a wheelchair. She was intelligent kind and funny and loved her family . In respect of her memory I objected to the term cripple,, which she hated.

With respect, TheBlackKnight, my posts and OP had nothing to do with a disability thread - except to discuss sefishness and laziness of people in supermarkets and the inconvenience it gave older people and those with disabilities.

Nobody can tell most of those conditions, but they are issued with a blue badge, I presume. We used to be for ever turfing people out of disabled bays who had no right to be there when I was in supermarkets, and we would always ask if they had a reason to park there. Usual answer was "no disabled person was using bay when I arrived, sorry, I will move"

And simply have written what I saw and what my opinion was of what I saw. Sometimes my opinion of somebody is wrong, very often it was wrong when I was younger. But (not to sound too pompous) I am not that often wrong these days. Age does bring wisdom and discretion. And I truthfully do not upset anybody off this thread like I clearly irritate some people on here.

The point is John you judged someone without knowing anything about their situation.

CAT. I think I had a reasonable amount of information. Of course, it could be that they had one of the illnesses listed by BK and their blue badge had fallen from windscreen. But did not have a chance to question them (nor is it my job) as they ran (or waddled quickly as he was rather heavy) into the supermarket.

What would you have done differently? Would you have asked him why he had parked there? Or would you have told people on a relevant genes thread that yoiu had been thinking of what was being discusseed that day and seen something that annoyed you and might be of interest.

At least nobody judges any posters without the full facts. ;-)

Thank you ChAoTicTheory that was just my point I could not have put it better myself.

EDIT
If you see a car park in a disabled bay without a blue badge you inform customer services in the supermarket & they deal with it.

You're welcome BK.

"What would you have done differently?"

I would have minded my own business and assumed he had a right to use the space.

Unbelievable, CAT and BK :-0 :-0 :-0

Presumably this is just an attack on Michael for not wearing blinkers and being concerned about people who appear to make life more difficult because they are lazy.

I am sure Michale and I would have both have written lazy unless we could interview them and find out they were suffering from:-

DHD
Anxiety disorders
Allergies
Arachnoiditis
Asperger Syndrome
Asthma
Autism
Bipolar disorder
Brain injuries
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Chronic fatigue syndrome
Chronic pain
Circadian rhythm sleep disorders
Coeliac Disease
Crohn's disease
Depression
Diabetes
Epilepsy
Fibromyalgia
Food allergies
Fructose malabsorption
Hereditary Fructose Intolerance
Hyperhidrosis
Hypoglycemia
Inflammatory bowel disease
Interstitial cystitis
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Lactose Intolerance
Lupus
Lyme Disease
Major depression
Metabolic syndrome
Migraines
Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
Narcolepsy
Personality disorders
Primary immunodeficiency
Psychiatric disabilities
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
Repetitive stress injuries
Rheumatoid arthritis
Schizophrenia
Scleroderma
Sjögren's syndrome
Temporomandibular joint disorder
Transverse Myelitis
Ulcerative Colitis.

to name but a few

In fact, every time I don't believe people can be so rude and aggressive in future, I shall qualify my comments by excluding the above.

Why unbelievable?
Those are the options-
Ignore
Report

" But did not have a chance to question them (nor is it my job) as they ran (or waddled quickly as he was rather heavy) into the supermarket"

Maybe his health makes him "heavy", you don't know & that's another unecessary judgement by you. Please try & think before you post.

John I see you have edited your post... AGAIN lol

BK. Have added by copying and pasting your lists of disabilities. Intend to now do that in every post I send with my opinion about something. Just so as I do not upset anybody - you in particular. Suggest other posters do the same if they want threads to flow and not be targetted at one particular poster and his or her good or bad opinions. You must be very flattered. :-)