Yeah, I don't mind if people ask me if I need help as long as they understand "no". But people that ask other people who are with me instead or don't acknowledge that I can think for myself really piss me off. It's the legs, not the brain, assholes.
Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.
Andrew ,'Damage'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
sj - Jun 23, 2009 7:42:18 am PDT #13610 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
beekaytee - Jun 23, 2009 7:47:20 am PDT #13611 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Yeah, I don't mind if people ask me if I need help as long as they understand "no". But people that ask other people who are with me instead or don't acknowledge that I can think for myself really piss me off. It's the legs, not the brain, assholes.
Totally.
It's not the same, but when I consulted to the gov't and went to meetings with either peers or subordinates, it ground on me when the ol' boys spoke as if I wasn't in the room. One would literally ask someone ELSE what I thought of something!
Ginger - Jun 23, 2009 7:53:53 am PDT #13612 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm in a class right now where our project is to come up with a person who revolutionized something, and then write an article on him/her
Willis Carrier (air conditioning)
Clarence Birdseye (frozen food)
The guys who started Google
Bill Wilson (AA)
Arthur Fry (Post-It Notes)
Vortex - Jun 23, 2009 7:55:09 am PDT #13613 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Or the guys who started YouTube.
lisah - Jun 23, 2009 7:57:15 am PDT #13614 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
I open/hold the door for everyone, regardless of gender or abledness, so I hope it's okay!
I think that's just polite.
billytea - Jun 23, 2009 7:58:03 am PDT #13615 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
My suggestion would be Charles Darwin.
juliana - Jun 23, 2009 8:02:19 am PDT #13616 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Thespis.
Sean K - Jun 23, 2009 8:06:11 am PDT #13617 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Thespis.
HEARTING juliana right now.
Also,
HAPPY TEPPY DAY!
Scrappy - Jun 23, 2009 8:07:51 am PDT #13618 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Happy birthday, Teppy! Hope your day is as fabulous as you are....if such a thing is even possible!
omnis_audis - Jun 23, 2009 8:32:58 am PDT #13619 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Vortex, some folks are just frosty. It sounds like your approach is good. As mentioned, ask the person not their traveling companion. If there is a group, and you sense help is needed, ask in the plural to all, "can I help y'all with something". If it looks to be a turtleback situation, ask what they need to stand up. For instance, if I slip/fall on ice, wax floor, etc, getting up is difficult because I can't plant the crutch. So often it's just "ya, your foot there so the crutch doesn't slip would be great!". As a kid, I can't tell you how many times my shoulders/arms were ripped out of sockets by folks trying to help me up. It's not just the altitude, it's also about where the center of gravity is.