If you were handicapped......

[MuddyREX]

At work yesterday, I see this really tall old guy walk into my store with a white and red cane. He was obviously blind. He was walking with his "helper" and she stuck with him every where he went. She read box labels to him, and shuffled him around to the areas he needed to go. As I got closer to him, I read his hat. It said "THAT BLIND GUY" in big letters. I almost crapped myself, because I thought it was so funny.



Later in the day, another customer comes in. This guy was in his early 30s or so, and was in a wheel chair. As he was wheeling himself around, he picked up an item and placed it on his lap to carry it to the register. I walked over and offered to help him, which he graciously accepted. I then noticed his shirt. It said "Gimpin' ain't easy".


So, the question I have is:
If you had a major handicap would you become bitter and mean to the world, or would you be like the two guys I met yesterday?

[poisonivory]

well i think it's hard to answer this. People can say they would joke about it and be light-hearted, but once it really happens to them, they could be bitter. I know handicap people of all ages and they are all pretty cool people, don't feel sorry for themselves or anything like that. My 7 yr old son even has a kid in his CCD class that only has 1 arm, his other arms is amputated above the elbow... and he seems like the happiest kid ever.

If I had a serious handicap, I would honestly probably be depressed at first. I love playing sports and doing physical activities so it would hit me hard. But I am a thankful person and I'd eventually come to terms with it and keep on keepin on.

[Kerplunk105]

I'd have to agree. I think at first I would be very depressed..I hope I would get over it though. I know I couldnt take having complete mental abilities and being paralyzed or something. That would drive me insane.

I have dealt with tons of people with handicaps-from physical to mental. I think a person would be much happier coming to terms with the handicap/disability then holding a grudge about it.

[DropTopChevy]

I would be like the two people you met, but I wouldn't let the handicap stop me from doing anything.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_Z7rV7kKnI

[87fierogt]

being handicapped myself im gonna say at times it sucks yea but at least im not slow/retarded and i can still have sex if it was worse then not walkin longer then around the house/short distances i would be a little more upset but we gotta live the life we were givin ya kno. also like said above me you cant let it stop ya from doing anything you wanna do most people like me would settle for auto, im keepin my car 5 speed ill figure something out

[Eclipse GSX 61]

lol I would have crapped myself if I read those two things.

[DPancoast]

i would be bitter and mean at first.... but then i'd be chill for sure like the guys you met

[DC2.2GSR]

Originally Posted by poisonivory

If I had a serious handicap, I would honestly probably be depressed at first. I love playing sports and doing physical activities so it would hit me hard. But I am a thankful person and I'd eventually come to terms with it and keep on keepin on.

i have to say i agree with you there, but you say 'at first' and 'it would hit me hard'. that makes me think about the other group of handicapped people... the ones who have had a handicap since birth. i think about what i would do and how it would impact me and i honestly can't even imagine what it would be like.

i've lived my life to this point without any serious disability of any kind so that's what i know. any injury or handicap would be devistating to me and my lifestyle. joking about a recent injury or handicap would NOT be easy for me. but, those people who have had a disability since birth would also only know the world with thier disability. that would make you think that they might develop a sense of humor about their disability just as i would make a joke about my receding hair line for example.

it may not be as straight forward as that, but it's something to think about anyway. i can say that i'm glad to see anyone (handicapped or not) making the best of thier own situation. those guys you met seem to be doing just that.

[den9]

if i had like a fake foot id run marathons and be arrogant to fat 2 legged humans

[lownslow95]

Originally Posted by DropTopChevy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_Z7rV7kKnI

that was pretty cool. if i were handicapped, i don't think i would be mean and bitter to any one.

[den9]

it would be greedy to be bitter, you got the best parking everywhere.

[97TurboDSM]

depends for me. if i were born handicapped and didnt know any different then I think it would be much easier to rock a Gimpin' aint easy shirt, which had me rollin btw. If I became handicapped because of an accident or sickness, i'd be pretty pissed and bitter at the world.

[Honduh]

If I was a handicap I'd milk it for all its worth.

[mrchariybrown]

if I were blind, I wouldn't really mind too much..

if I were physically disabled, it would suck, but my amazingness would still surpass everyone else's..

if I ever go deaf, I'd commit suicide..

[Scapegoat]

if i was disabled... i'd work the pity sex angle on all the bitties i could

[Got Insulin?]

I'm a diabetic, and although I wouldn't classify my condition as a diability, my friends joke that I'm "pancreaqtically disabled." I try to make it into a big joke, whether it be by my screen name, or making jokes about being a pincushion. I know I'm not technically disabled, and I'm not assuming to know what these people go through, but I think I'm on the same wavelength.

Gimpin' ain't easy is too friggin' funny.

[MuddyREX]

The blind guy was in my store again today, and was wearing that same hat that says "THAT BLIND GUY".

Someone I work with said "What if someone gave him the hat as a joke, and the blind guy thinks it's like a Phillies hat or something. He wouldn't be able to tell what it says anyway."

Best prank ever, if it's the case.

[Oakes]

LOL if that was the case, still funny either way. I'm not handicapped, but I'm hearing impaired, used to wear big ass radar dish hearing aids when I was younger. Used to get made fun of, hated my life for a brief time, but I still got mad bitches so I got over it. Now all I do is make fun of it, all I can do really. Now I have small digital aids, I can hear BETTER than most and most people dont even notice them or that I am hearing impaired.

In short, I've discovered that there is no use being depressed about something you cant change. I feel that a good amount of handicapped people discover this, and a good amount dont and remain depressed. You got one life, live it right?

[GHost240SX]

Originally Posted by MuddyREX

At work yesterday, I see this really tall old guy walk into my store with a white and red cane. He was obviously blind. He was walking with his "helper" and she stuck with him every where he went. She read box labels to him, and shuffled him around to the areas he needed to go. As I got closer to him, I read his hat. It said "THAT BLIND GUY" in big letters. I almost crapped myself, because I thought it was so funny.



Later in the day, another customer comes in. This guy was in his early 30s or so, and was in a wheel chair. As he was wheeling himself around, he picked up an item and placed it on his lap to carry it to the register. I walked over and offered to help him, which he graciously accepted. I then noticed his shirt. It said "Gimpin' ain't easy".


So, the question I have is:
If you had a major handicap would you become bitter and mean to the world, or would you be like the two guys I met yesterday?

**** it, why be bitter? Usually a deficiency or a lack of ability in one area greatly increases another.