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I am afraid that I would have said something and made a huge scene in the store! My dad is disabled and has been since he was in his twenties. He has had to fight for every benefit he has ever gotten and for some jerk to take advantage of that just burns my butt! I have complained in stores when I see a perfectly healthy person with no disabled tag park in the disabled spot. I don't stand for that kind of behavior out of anyone.

That is horrible. I can't .. well I can believe it. People are just so lazy. When I was pregnant there were close parking spaces for expectant moms and I never used it unless I was really tired and just needed to run in and out. I think people who abuse things like this and pretend are the reason why people are skeptical about if they should help or not.

Thats terrible. People should have to show there handi cap stickers to use those chairs. Just like you need for the parking spots. I probably wouldnt have said anything either. I'm pretty shy.

This is horrible. I had a disabled wife and we couldnt shop in stores without her being able to use the carts. I would have to run inside and ensure one was available for her. This is the kind of abuse that hurts the disabled. The store should have been made aware of it. He should have been denied service and he should have been chastised. I agree with you. I also think the fines should be raised for those who abuse the disabled parking spaces. I believe they should suspend the license of such frauds. They are perpetrating fraud upon society.

That really is disgusting.I think it's actually more offensive to people who are stuck in wheelchairs and would give anything to be able to shop without help.

I don't think I could have resisted venting my spleen and drawing attention to him vie a stream of obscenity.
I need to chill a little though, so I'm off for a cup of tea and a rest in a shaded room!

I am a very upfront person and probably would have confronted him.
I broke nine vertebrea on my spine and have FOUGHT to stay out of a wheelchair!
This discussion in itself infuriates me, I wished I had have been there.
Sometimes when I am shoppong I will be too sore to actually walk through the entire store so will use a chair, but I don't ask for others help, I get in and out of the darn thing.
People offer a hand and I always thank them and let them know that I appreciate the hand, I would not dream to insult them, but I usually rise and get it myself to let them know I am not stuck there and am only using it as an aid.
I don't know if I am stateing this very well but I hope you can follow what I mean.
That guy let you and others believe he was stuck in a chair and you felt you were doing a good deed helping him in a way he could not manage.
When you got to the till and watched him BOUNCE on his toes it must have felt like a personal 'slap in the face'.
I hope that in the same situation you offer your help again because the next person may need your help.
I like best the people who ask if I need a hand before they just get it.
It allows me the opportunity to let them know that I still have use of my legs, I am just too sore to do it today, most people understand and I will notice them kind of keeping an eye on me in case I do need a hand.
Those people are really appreciated.
Oooo, it looks like I rambled, sorry. Susan

I don't think I could have kept my mouth shut in this instance. I would have had to say something. How dare he do this? I know many disabled people, truly disabled people and for him to use these carts just because he is lazy just angers me to no end! Your right, people like him make it more difficult for others to be helped when they truly need the help. We become more hesitant to help someone because "what if they are faking?" Oh, that just makes me so mad!

I probrally would have asked the guy what his problem was. No one should take advantage of a situation like this. There are many people out there that truly need help but don't recieve it because of people like him who abuse such matters. It wouldn't cause me to stop helping others because you never really know who needs your help but it does make me look at a person twice before I do help them.

I would have kept silent for one reason. I don't know why he was using the chair. There are some diseases, such as MS, where the person can walk, but for various reasons (fatigue, balance issues) chooses to save their energy, avoid falls and embarasment or whatever. They make look fine, but that may not be the case at all, even if he did bounce on his toes.

It did sound like he was milking it a bit, and trying to get people to fawn over him. I would have given him the benefit of the doubt, though.

Although I really get irate when folks fake an illness or use services that they do not qualify for, I am reluctant to act in haste in a situation such as the one you saw. He was either just being a lazy good-for-nothing bum, OR perhaps he has a problem whereby although he can walk and move, he has to limit the amount of each that he does.For instance, my hubby had a total hip. He could walk after a bit, but it was quite tiring for him and he was limited in the number of steps he could do per day for a while. He used a motorized cart when shopping at Wally, but after paying, was able to walk to the car. Although, if this dude was bouncing on his toes etc, that sure sounds odd for someone with a disorder that fatigues them. They ususally take measures to conserve energy!