leonnib
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that is funny. i just ask them to move the bag. i always get a look of horror when i do.. like they cant belive you've asked them
Should wheelchair users get priority over a baby in a pushchair?
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that is funny. i just ask them to move the bag. i always get a look of horror when i do.. like they cant belive you've asked them
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You could just not look in the Chit Chat (way off topic) threads....I know some geeks just look at the Hair / Nails / Skin forums....you could always do that and then you wouldn't need to see anything non-salon related...
HTH xxxx
Ruth Mills
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that is funny. i just ask them to move the bag. i always get a look of horror when i do.. like they cant belive you've asked them
Good on you! If they want to have their bag on a seat, then at the very least, they should pay for a ticket for it!!! :green:
After all, what are the luggage racks for :lol:
Teebster
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I have not been on salon geek for a while since I last posted on this thread and I have now read most of it which I confess to not having done in the first place. To the origianal poster I don't think she came across as selfish or inappropriate in anyway she was simple asking for an opinion which I guess she feels apprehensive about considering she is expecting her second child and with that happy event will of course come a change of circumstances for her. However, neither is anyone else who has put their opinion forward wrong-everyones point IS valid as that is their experience of life todate probably. No subject should be off limits in life if dealt with sensitively and appropriately and everyone is entitled to thier opinion otherwise how can we possible understand other peoples situations.
If you have not been disabled or looked after someone with a disability how can you possible know what it is like to be in that situation and there are of course different degrees of disability requiring different needs which goes without saying. I can see it must be absolutly impossible for the person who quoted that they had twins and a three year old to fold down a buggy, carry both twins and safely look after another young child and anyone expecting someone to do that is being totally unreasonable and wrong. However put another way, and I can only go by my situation, circumstances and my son's degree of disability. When I last did try to get on a park and ride buss two years ago at Christmas time before my son's illness deteriorated to the point we are at now, he could not stand unaided let alone walk and suffered nurological problems and severe muscle weakness. He was at the time 5 feet 8 inches tall so not small. I got on a park and ride bus after waiting my turn to find that there was a mum with a double buggy in the only large bay at the front of the buss occupying both seats with her and another middle aged lady. A baby of about 9 months was asleep in one side of the pushchair and a child of about 2 was awake in the older side. She looked up and said to the woman next to her "I'm not moving". I said to the bus driver I have no where to go and I cannot take my son out of his wheelchair. He looked round and the two women and shrugged at me. I had no choice but to get off and wait for the next buss, admitidly only about 10 to 15 minutes but on a cold winter's afternoon not great.
As Ruth said you cannot always see a disability so to asume someone is putting anything on is wrong. There were times when my son could walk, but did not look particularly ill. There where times when he could not walk any great distance or stand for long but did not look that unwell, but without alot of care and planning he would very quickly become seriously unwell. There were times when he would just colapse without notice. He is profoundly deaf in one ear and severly deaf in his other ear and has severe balance problems, none of this can be seen as he cannot wear a hearing aid, but he is a very intelligent boy and obviously very sensitive to people reactions to him as well as being able to lip read very well. I can see why people make an asumption that sometimes people don't need the help/prioritories that they have been awarded and I guess there is no clear answer to any of this other than a bit of trust and tolerance.
If you have not been disabled or looked after someone with a disability how can you possible know what it is like to be in that situation and there are of course different degrees of disability requiring different needs which goes without saying. I can see it must be absolutly impossible for the person who quoted that they had twins and a three year old to fold down a buggy, carry both twins and safely look after another young child and anyone expecting someone to do that is being totally unreasonable and wrong. However put another way, and I can only go by my situation, circumstances and my son's degree of disability. When I last did try to get on a park and ride buss two years ago at Christmas time before my son's illness deteriorated to the point we are at now, he could not stand unaided let alone walk and suffered nurological problems and severe muscle weakness. He was at the time 5 feet 8 inches tall so not small. I got on a park and ride bus after waiting my turn to find that there was a mum with a double buggy in the only large bay at the front of the buss occupying both seats with her and another middle aged lady. A baby of about 9 months was asleep in one side of the pushchair and a child of about 2 was awake in the older side. She looked up and said to the woman next to her "I'm not moving". I said to the bus driver I have no where to go and I cannot take my son out of his wheelchair. He looked round and the two women and shrugged at me. I had no choice but to get off and wait for the next buss, admitidly only about 10 to 15 minutes but on a cold winter's afternoon not great.
As Ruth said you cannot always see a disability so to asume someone is putting anything on is wrong. There were times when my son could walk, but did not look particularly ill. There where times when he could not walk any great distance or stand for long but did not look that unwell, but without alot of care and planning he would very quickly become seriously unwell. There were times when he would just colapse without notice. He is profoundly deaf in one ear and severly deaf in his other ear and has severe balance problems, none of this can be seen as he cannot wear a hearing aid, but he is a very intelligent boy and obviously very sensitive to people reactions to him as well as being able to lip read very well. I can see why people make an asumption that sometimes people don't need the help/prioritories that they have been awarded and I guess there is no clear answer to any of this other than a bit of trust and tolerance.
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thank goodness i live within 20 mins walk off town centre, i walk everywhere its just so much easier than traveling on a bus or going in my car, by the time i have strapped them in or waited for bus i could be there kids love it too. haven't been on a bus in about 5 years although i was thinking the other day, when one went passed me. i ought to take kids on 1 day. i used to love a ride on a bus when i was younger. p.s i would have to fold buggy up for someone in a wheelchair it just wouldn't seem right not to. although would be a pain with a baby and a toddler. my oldest daughter often gets the bus even when i am with her, i walk with little ones and she gets bus, i am always home before lol x
