#56 she was probably lazy, not handicapped if she walked out like nothing happeded

My husband got out of the hospital last month and was instructed to take it easy, but he needed to go to the store. After 2 weeks in a hospital bed, he had no visible ailments (maybe a bit pale), but his muscles had atrophied and he was weak to the point that he could not walk more than a minute at a time. He used a motor scooter to get around. Someone made a comment to him about how he was just being lazy and to leave the motor scooters to people who "actually need it". Not all disabilities are visible. In fact, most aren't.

But like you said, 59, your husband wasn't able to walk longer than a minute. Op said that the lady seemed to be walking just fine and hastily across the store and the parking lot towards her car. But anyways, if she had, or not, any disability, the least she could do was apologize before leaving.

#59 - I used to wheel around at college in a wheelchair I bought at my old job. I'd have people wheel me around and then get up and walk after I thanked them. It got a lot of laughs because they realized they had just assumed I was disabled, despite having no obvious signs other than the wheelchair. So I think most people realize lots of disabilities aren't visible, but the idiots who don't are just too nosy for their own good.

Not all people who use wheelchairs are paralysed or elderly. I have a condition which means I can't walk too far, meaning I can't walk to the local shops easily, but I can walk around them OK. Not all disabilities are visible!

As OP stated, she got up from the scooter, and hastily walked out and across the parking lot to her car. Maybe her ailment was not visible but based on OP's observation of what happened (with the fact that she just got up and walked out like nothing happened with no apology or acknowledgement of what she did) it sounds like she was just rude and lazy.

#59 If you read his comment he said that she was able to pretty much hustle out of the store no problem at all to her car and leave. Your husband had a valid reason im sure he would not have been able to do that.

Did she leave the scooter behind??

I agree with your point about most disabilities being invisible, but that's not the point. Regardless of her disability or lack thereof, she was incredibly rude and inconsiderate. The very least she could have done was to apologize.

My grandma has Scoliosis, walking is painful for her so now and again she might use a scooter, but if she needs to beget out she can move pretty quickly, however, it will cause her pain. So maybe this woman sacrificed pain to try and save a little face.

Oh yes, I read the part about how she got up and walked to her car with a little bit of speed, which is why I pointed out that my husband could get up and walk fine for a minute. That's when he received the comment from the stranger. The man saw my husband get up from the scooter and walk all the way across the parking lot to the car carrying groceries. He decided that my husband was, in fact, just lazy. Yes, the lady in the story should have stayed. I'm just saying it's not fair for the OP to comment on whether or not she was disabled and even needed the scooter in the first place.

@87: Save face? By being rude and inconsiderate? If you want to save face, apologise.

As someone who uses the motorized carts myself, I will explain. There are some people who use them not because they can't walk, but they can't walk for LONG PERIODS. I have walked into a store just fine but an hour later I'm needing a cart, therefore I started just grabbing one as I walk in because I never know how long it will take me. Please do not judge, anyone of you that read this not just OP, and assume that someone who appears to be fine, is. Disabilities are not always obvious right away. When mine acts you you CAN tell I'm disabled, but it doesn't always at up.

Been wondering this myself.

Just because there are no obvious signs does not mean she does not need it.

Why quit over one incident? Unless OP is secretly filthy rich, (which, since they work at a grocery store, is probably not the case) then it's not worth it. As is with pretty much everything in the history of everything ever, there will be awesome moments and bad moments. So why quit?

I'm thinking it's just because she was able to run away after. probably wasn't physically handicapped and did not need the scooter.