Excuses

By NotAnExcuse - 07/11/2012 05:58 - United States

Today, a woman on the train demanded I give up my seat for her, claiming it was for people with disabilities. Tired from a long day at work, and seeing she had nothing wrong with her, I asked what her disability was. Apparently, obesity is one. FML
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Fuhkyoo 17

if she can walk back and forth to her fridge all damn day she doesnt need a handicap seat

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DocBastard 38

As you just found out, stupidity is also a disability. A VERY common disability.

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padajuan 11

As someone with an unseen disability, I cannot stress how upsetting it is when someone makes rude comments or mutters how "able bodied" I am. No one with a disability of any kind should be made to defend themselves - OP had no place whatsoever to demand knowledge of what this womans disability was. Priority seats are priority seats. Don't argue with someone requesting to sit in them just because you're too lazy to move back a seat.

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DeathBunny218 37

I'm guessing there were no other seats so OP wasn't "too lazy to move back a seat." If I had been working hard all day I would want to sit down and relax, and if someone demanded that I give up my seat and stand up for the entire train journey I would want a reason. I'm betting there are more than a few people who would claim to be disabled just to get a seat on the train. I can see how having to explain yourself would be upsetting and I can sympathize, but I feel OP was justified in how she acted.

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kalbrek009 20

128, nowhere in the post did OP say they were sitting in a seat reserved for disabled persons when they were griped @ by a stupid jackass who just wanted a seat.

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Jadylady 9

Obesity isn't a disability... People get fat theirselves, they're not born with it, they don't develop it. They get obese cause they can't control their eating habits.

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DivaDemona 6

Thyroid problems, certain medications, and yes, sometimes genetics can cause weight problems. People can be born with thyroid issues and have weight problems before they're even old enough to know what an eating disorder is.

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Pinwheel 10

But no matter what genes you have they don´t produce fat out of thin air. Someone with a predisposition for obesity probably has to be more careful about eating to keep a a healthy weight but it´s not impossible. It might feel unfair that someone else can eat more and doesn´t gain weight but that´s life.

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katiecherrie 4

Have you heard of Prader-Willi syndrome?

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hopef33110 7

ug I don't like it when ppl do that it's not fair to those ppl who really have a disability I do am disabled and I don't ask for a seat ever

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hopef33110 7

my problem is also unseen I am legally blind but unless I use my cane which I don't always no body knows

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danaavery 5

If you're legally blind you should probably always use a cane while in public settings.

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Plasmalaser 11

She basically said im fat so gimme that chair lol

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MrsAlexander83 10

One of the many things wrong with American societies today...it's a give me, give me, give me attitude.

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thassel8 7

These kind of people annoy me, My wife has 3 bulging disks in her back and 2 metal rods in her right leg. She would never consider asking anyone to move for her. She is considered disabled but doesn't feel that she has the right to demand a seat from anyone, as they might be in that seat for a reason too.

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KirstenZ 6

Hahaha. Obesity is a disability? She must've been kidding. Annoying. Just being lazy.

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doglover100 28

I hate when people act like they have disabilities and are entitled to things.

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