trouble: Poll of Passive Aggressive Complaining

trouble (

trouble) wrote,
@ 2010-06-10 02:47 pm UTC

Current location:	the coffee shop that used to be a tea shop
Current mood:	annoyed
Entry tags:	disability: disabled people don't exist, halifax isn't accessible, ticky boxes are love

Poll of Passive Aggressive Complaining

So, a coffee shop moved in to my beloved tea shop. I miss my tea shop, deeply, but I also like having a place to drink hot drinks that's air conditioned and has tables and stuff, and thus, here I am.

And I got used to being around people who though "Accessibility matters!". I'm really missing that especially right now.

Noting that I've already asked people to stop putting the table out front so it blocks the only way for a wheelchair to get into this building (both this store and the one next door) twice, and both times people have said "Oh, yeah, that's important" and then not moved it until I've said "Look, my husband will be here soon, and he'd like to get in your shop, kk?", I ask this question:

Poll #3406 Wheelchair Accessibility: Is it optional?

Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 60

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How many times will I need to ask the coffee shop to stop putting a table in front of the accessible entrance?

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3
1 (1.7%)

4
1 (1.7%)

5
2 (3.3%)

6-10
1 (1.7%)

11-15
7 (11.7%)

You will stop going before they stop doing that
48 (80.0%)

*sigh*

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	no subject littlemousling 2010-06-10 05:51 pm UTC (link)
	Is it wrong that my first thought is "get your husband or someone else to come along and intentionally ram right into said table"? That probably wouldn't help, but it might feel reeeeally good. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 6 comments) (Show 6 comments)

	no subject trouble 2010-06-10 06:12 pm UTC (link)
	Perhaps right before we get the foot pedals replaced on the chair. :) (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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telophase
2010-06-10 06:25 pm UTC (link)

If you want vicarious feel-good: my boyfriend had a college friend who was in a wheelchair. When on campus, every time the friend would find someone without the proper tag parking in a handicapped spot, he'd park his chair right behind them and call the campus cops. More than once the car owner would come out of the building and yell at him, but he'd hold his ground and give them what-for right back until the cop got there and ticketed them.

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trouble
2010-06-10 06:29 pm UTC (link)

That actually doesn't seem to happen much here!

I mean, I don't drive, but I do walk past a lot of designated parking stalls, and since people started talking about it, I've been paying attention, and in almost every single case someone parked in a designated stall has had either a placard or a license plate indicating accessibility needs. YAY! :D

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telophase
2010-06-10 06:36 pm UTC (link)

Yay! I don't see it much around here, and because of that friend, I think, my boyfriend is always scrutinizing cars for placards/plates. He gets quite angry when someone's in the spot without one ... and then gets even more angry when he goes into the store and reports it, and the usual response is a shrug. *twitch*

He also tends to be suspicious of someone not visibly disabled who's using a tag, since so many people abuse them when a family member has one temporarily, but I poke him and remind him to give them the benefit of the doubt because we have two friends with rheumatoid arthritis whose primary outward symptoms for those who don't know them are slow walking and blogging.

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	no subject lea_hazel 2010-06-11 08:42 am UTC (link)
	Hey, those are my primary symptoms. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject trouble 2010-06-11 06:21 pm UTC (link)
	nodnod Yeah, that's why I mostly watch out for the tags. And also never judge people on the bus. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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