Yule be glad you read this
- 1 Dec 05, 12:00 AM
Being a crip may not always be a walk in the park, but Lady Bracknell hadn't realised that it meant we needed special advice about . Neither is she particularly amused by the implications of the statement "despite your disability, I know many of you have some people to shop for". Gosh, imagine that. Regardless of our hideous deformities and vile illnesses, some of us have actually managed to con one or two gullible souls into being our friends. Wow. Go us. That's a Christmas miracle in itself, surely?
So, how should the average crip in the street buy presents? Well, there are three choices, apparently. "You may go out and shop, buy through mail order, or shop online." (Go on, admit it: you'd never have thought of these things for yourself, would you? What with the fact that you're tragically crippled taking up your every waking moment, and leaving you without the capacity for independent thought . . .)
Of course, seeing as how us crips can actually manage all of these methods, this does rather beg the question of whether there's a mystery fourth method which would be a bit too much for us, but would be easy peasy for non-disabled people. (Because, if there isn't, this whole article would be completely pointless. Wouldn't it?)
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I couldn't resist flicking through some of this woman's previous columns. This is my favourite line of hers: "Tips on how to find and maintain friendships even if you have a disability." Hmmm, well, that's very heartening, isn't it?
Classic...
hmm... I could sum up the article written in one word. "Patronising" oh, go on Justin, it's Christmas, offer two words. "Patronising and.... pressumptious" yep, that's all I have to offer, lol Happy Christmas shopping folks, no excuse now we've red this "very enlightening" article lol.
It would pretty much be a miracle if someone who needed this advice was actually able to use a computer well enough to find it.
What an enlightening article!
This time last year I was trying to shop in my local Next and finding it hard to manouevre my powerchair around the place when I overheard a woman say to her husband "Don't they have special shopping days for people like that?" I was so shocked that I accidentally clobbered her ankles with the legrests of my chair. Shame!