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Me: *rolls into supermarket* 
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🦽" title="Manual wheelchair" aria-label="Emoji: Manual wheelchair">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎒" title="School satchel" aria-label="Emoji: School satchel"> (with backpack in back)
Employee at counter: “Hey, you’re not allowed to bring a backpack into the shop!”
Me: “okay, how do you suggest I carry my things then? My hands are kinda occupied, can’t carry a messenger-bag.”
Employee at counter: “Hey, you’re not allowed to bring a backpack into the shop!”
Me: “okay, how do you suggest I carry my things then? My hands are kinda occupied, can’t carry a messenger-bag.”
Employee: “you need to hand over your backpack at the counter, you can get it back when you leave.”
*other person with shopping bag and purse walks in*
Me: “but THEY can just carry their things?! Why can’t I? I don’t have another bag-style choice with the wheelchair!”
*other person with shopping bag and purse walks in*
Me: “but THEY can just carry their things?! Why can’t I? I don’t have another bag-style choice with the wheelchair!”
Employee: “rules are rules. They also apply to the wheelchair-bound -.”
Me: “you mean wheelchair-users?”
Employee: “... do you need help getting the bag off?”
Me: “you’re not getting my bag!”
Them: “then you’re not allowed into the shopping area!”
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😑" title="Expressionless face" aria-label="Emoji: Expressionless face"> #ableism
Me: “you mean wheelchair-users?”
Employee: “... do you need help getting the bag off?”
Me: “you’re not getting my bag!”
Them: “then you’re not allowed into the shopping area!”
Me: “get your manager.”
Employee: *rings manager*
*manager arrives*
Me: *explains my point of view on their rule being ableist*
*manager agrees and apologizes*
And that’s the story of how I went shopping with the wheelchair & backpack anywayhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙄" title="Face with rolling eyes" aria-label="Emoji: Face with rolling eyes">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👌🏼" title="Ok hand sign (medium light skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Ok hand sign (medium light skin tone)">
Employee: *rings manager*
*manager arrives*
Me: *explains my point of view on their rule being ableist*
*manager agrees and apologizes*
And that’s the story of how I went shopping with the wheelchair & backpack anyway
Extra info:
You can’t bring a backpack into ANY supermarket around here because of thieves. They fill their bags up and walk out without payinghttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙄" title="Face with rolling eyes" aria-label="Emoji: Face with rolling eyes">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤷🏻♀️" title="Woman shrugging (light skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Woman shrugging (light skin tone)">
Supermarkets think *backpacks* are used most to steal, so now everyone’s not allowed to bring them in. *sigh*
You can’t bring a backpack into ANY supermarket around here because of thieves. They fill their bags up and walk out without paying
Supermarkets think *backpacks* are used most to steal, so now everyone’s not allowed to bring them in. *sigh*
