Quinn Brett Instagram – A paralyzed girl walks into a bar……
#riddlemethis
And after parking her wheelchair in a booth in the middle of a series of booths, transfers to sit her bum into the cushy bench seat. Empty wheelchair in still navigable aisle. There are 8-10 patrons sitting at the bar proper. The 6-8 booths are now all full and the 4 high top bar tables in between the bar and booths all unoccupied with 3 bar stools per table strewn around the tables disorganized. A waitress approached, “this can’t stay here (pointing to my legs aka wheelchair), it’s a fire hazard”.
“Huh” I said taken off guard. “Then this establishment should be more accessible”. I mumbled. She retorted, clearly in a heightened state. #notlistening
I reflect now and could have communicated more clearly, not matching her defensiveness.
Today, The sassy part of me arrived and wishing to say…. “Okay, so your going to remove the paralyzed girls ‘legs’ to a back nook of the bar. And when the ‘raging 🔥 fire’ hits, as everyone rushes out of the building the two options for me are 1.) sit and pray? 🤭
2.) my date fights his way upstream to find my chair— ??— then flows seamlessly back to me and we both escape unscathed. 🧚♀️
Neither option makes reasonable sense.
This is my first encounter with this type of miseducation and “rule” following in a pub. Of course I have experienced this shit on airlines and on trail. It’s maddening because it happens to my community over and over again. This is small potatoes but an example of the day-to-day constant 💩
We left the bar. It was easier. But I am tired of leaving the bar, shrugging as the TSA agent takes 40 minutes to get to me and pat me down —-#areyougoingtoinsertthatcatheter. ??
More so it’s demoralizing to feel like I am in the wrong for requesting simple dignity, respect and credibility.
The joke #thework is unfortunately left to the minority to motivate to speak up, to fight. A helpful solution would Be if the majority could do better to educate ourselves and try harder to close the gap between responsibility and complacency.
#tired #respect #IllBeYourFireHazard
Image- brunette woman looks enthused, eyes open and mouth open as she sits. | Posted on 12/Sep/2022 08:24:47
