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  • #1

    Because prosthetic legs are easy to fake

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    MM (Military Man)- a guy we see at the gym occasionally who has a prosthetic leg (the variety with the curved bottom, not a realistic-looking one). Seems ex-military, thus the nickname, and does incredibly well with his workouts despite having said prosthetic leg. Always wears shorts so his prosthetic is clearly visible.

    OM (Old Man)- grumpy old guy.

    We were at the gym earlier and while I was waiting for Hubs to bring me my purse from his locker (I don't always take my purse so we only have the one lock), I heard yelling inside the men's locker room. Apparently, MM was in the handicapped bathroom stall, and OM was waiting outside the stall so he could use it. OM started getting upset when MM was taking a long time, so he started pounding on the door. MM eventually came out and OM started yelling at him for using the stall when he "doesn't really need it". Hubs tells me he tried to say the guy's prosthetic was fake and that he wasn't disabled at all.

    I watched a manager escort the guy out. The kicker? I saw OM while he was working out, and he was doing better than most people I've seen at the gym. I'm not sure he actually needed that handicapped stall more than MM did.
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    Ugh. The handicapped bathroom. Some people don't understand that they are NOT like handicapped parking. Anyone can use those bathrooms. If there is an open stall, then I will use that, however if the only available stall is a handicapped stall, then I'm going to use it. OM was a jerk for freaking out that someone was using it, and also for degenerating someone else's disability

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    • #3
      Yer right ^_^ Hell, I'm not "officially" handicapped (yet) -- I just have a messed up back due to a prior car accident. If the HC stall is available and nobody is waiting, I'll use it simply because my choices are to either use the railing to sit/stand, or the walls...and I'd prefer to avoid touching those walls >_>

      As for OM -- He's just like any other EW speshul snowflake. He, and only he, matters, and only he is to be believed. Anyone else is a lesser being, born only to kowtow to his greatness
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      • #4
        Quoth Aragarthiel View Post

        MM (Military Man)- a guy we see at the gym occasionally who has a prosthetic leg (the variety with the curved bottom, not a realistic-looking one). Seems ex-military, thus the nickname, and does incredibly well with his workouts despite having said prosthetic leg. Always wears shorts so his prosthetic is clearly visible.
        Now you've got me thinking of the Katt Williams "Tink Tink" routine.

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        • #5
          Quoth dendawg View Post
          Now you've got me thinking of the Katt Williams "Tink Tink" routine.
          ME TOO.

          I love me some Katt Williams!

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          • #6
            Quoth EricKei View Post
            Yer right ^_^ Hell, I'm not "officially" handicapped (yet) -- I just have a messed up back due to a prior car accident.
            Me, too. Well, I was messed up before the accidents, but I digress. I often have my rolling shopping cart with me because I can't carry a lot of stuff. (In fact, I made the mistake of going to work without it, and then shopping today. Now I'm in pain from carrying all the groceries.) So if I need the handicapped stall to be able to keep my things with me, I'm gonna. I'm not leaving that cart with my laptop in it sitting outside the stall. I'm just waiting for someone to complain so I can inform her that not all disabilities--even physical ones--are visible. I'm just waiting for that fight.
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            • #7
              Okay, so you work out hard, get sweaty. Your leg which is attached one of three ways starts to get loose, or slick, or whatever. You go into the BIG stall and fix the issue and then use the facilities. Seriously, OM needs to chill before that guy kicks him with his blade leg. It hurts even if it is an accident.

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              • #8
                Quoth Aislin View Post
                Seriously, OM needs to chill before that guy kicks him with his blade leg.
                Why am I thinking you have seen the young lady with the blade leg in Kingsman?
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                • #9
                  I was in a grocery store restroom once, and a woman in a wheelchair was making caustic comments about people using the handicapped stall when they didn't need it. Then, the door opened, and out came a woman walking haltingly with a quad cane (one with four feet on the bottom). It got very quiet in that bathroom, as the woman washed her hands and left.

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                  • #10
                    Yes, I know that I usually walk normally, use the rolling ladder/stairs all the time, and seem to have no problem getting up from my desk when someone needs me. That doesn't mean I'm not injured. I -can- get up without a bar (or ladder rail, or desk to push off of), but every time I have to do it adds up. Do it too many times and my injury gets a LOT more visible.

                    I'm just glad that the weird way my store is laid out means there's two mens' rooms and two ladies' rooms, and all four have a handicapped stall, so chances are high I can use one.
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                    • #11
                      Quoth Ironclad Alibi View Post
                      Why am I thinking you have seen the young lady with the blade leg in Kingsman?
                      I've often wondered how she walks with those heels.

                      Love that movie, BTW. I hear there's a sequel due out next year sometime.
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