One of my all time favorite shows is The "IT Crowd" and one of its best-ever episodes contains the following scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDZzl9AyXeg
A few weeks back I was on a long cross-country flight. By the time I got off, I needed some "IPhone time" in the nearest bathroom quite badly. This particular airport bathroom was unusually small with only three stalls and a single urinal. Everything was in use except for the disabled stall. My need for relief was high, and having used the disabled stall in similar situations before, I simply went for it. I didn't think too much of it, though, admittedly Roy's "I'm disabled!" did pass through my mind for a moment. A few minutes went by and I was well on my way to alleviating my distress when, all of a sudden, wheelchair wheels rolled up under the stall door. There was a knock, and I then heard the following exchange:
A guy: I think someone's in there.
Wheelchair Guy: Yeah. I don't think he's disabled, though.
It took so much self-control not to yell out "I'm disabled...legs!" There was nothing I could do, I was at a point of no return on this adventure. I could only hope that he left and went to one of the 6,000 other bathrooms in this major international airport. Instead, he rolled his way into the non-disabled stall next to mine and attempted to use it with apparent great difficulty. Somewhat horrified, I finished, I washed my hands and got the hell out of there and didn't look back. Time to get the rental car.
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