Miracle In The Alcohol Aisle

JunCTionS · 10 months

people can be in wheelchairs for a variety of reasons other than being paralysed at the legs, some of them just having difficulty moving (with a sprained/fractured ankle for example, walking long distances or standing on crutches can be damaging to the hip or the good leg).

buttlorde · 10 months

My mother has Multiple Sclerosis. She can walk and stand, but it is very, very hard for her and extremely exhausting. Wheelchair does not equal completely incapable of walking.

Notice that this woman is bracing herself against the shelf with her left hand. Also notice that her feet are unnaturally close together (indicating that lifting them to adjust their position on the floor is hard for her) and that she seems to be leaning heavily on the shelf. This is exactly the posture that my mother has in similar situations.

Don't judge people.

WreckerCrew · 10 months

As someone that has had to use a wheelchair in the pass due to extreme lower back pain, I can say that you can stand with pain, but that doesn't mean you can stand for long or walk around.

SelfHelpForBastards · 10 months

Mock a lady in a wheelchair for not being handicapped enough vs. help a lady in a wheelchair reach something on a high shelf. Good call Reddit!

madcatlady · 10 months

I have a friend who can walk fully unaided. She looks a bit unhealthy, but otherwise you wouldn't know that she has a chronic illness. She is a very pretty girl, with a crippling pride. She will never use a wheelchair in public, because she doesn't want to be judged when she is seen walking into her car.

Truth is, though, walking for 10 minutes will wipe her out for half a day.

Edit: Spelling.

effieokay · 10 months

My mom can walk but it hurts her so much that she needs a wheelchair to get around.

That said, when she does stand up in public I like to grab my hair and go OMG IT'S A MIRACLE because she enjoys trolling people

Cristal1337 · 10 months

True story:

On long distances I usually sit in a wheelchair. When we were in Turkey my sister was pushing me at the airport. Arriving at an escalator she tipped the wheelchair to the front signalling that I have to get out (so she could get the wheelchair up the escalator). People around us looked shocked xD

Maybe because I shouted: "I...I CAN WALK!"

DerpingItUp · 10 months

No. I have Cerebral Palsy and use crutches, a motorised scooter and sometimes a manual wheelchair. I can still stand and reach if I need to - my balance is just a bit fucked if I do so. Downvoted for your ignorance. ಠ_ಠ

DrBobert · 10 months

Again with this?

1htaehn · 10 months

It would've been a miracle if the person next to her offered to help.

jfatuf · 10 months

you should have helped her instead of taking a pic

platipress · 10 months

Reminds me of Ray from Trailer Park Boys.

dirkramrod · 10 months

The real miracle here is not the woman standing but what a colossal tool you are, snapping a picture instead of being a considerate human being and helping the woman.

CanTouchMe · 10 months

reddit gets more embarassing every day

T-REXEXEX · 10 months

Knew a guy in high school who got a hairline stress fracture in his pelvis from running track, he was in a wheelchair for a few months while it healed. Didn't prevent him from standing or walking if he had to.

corbie · 10 months

I was in a wheelchair for awhile, but could stand up if needed for a second. Good thing as it was awful even with those handicapped bathroom stalls. Could not walk, the leg was broken, the tendons torn etc. They did not put a cast on it, just a brace.

And yes, if people thought you were faking in any way it was brutal.

So, Inky, hope you never end up like that!

Though people in wheelchairs also can be assholes too. My husband took me to a movie, we put coats on the handicapped seat and he wheeled me to the bathroom. There was more than one handicapped seat for wheelchairs. When we got back, some asshole in a wheelchair had thrown our coats across the theater and was sitting in that one. We said nothing, husband picked up the coats and we sat in the other one that was vacant. I hope he felt bad. He never said a word.

bad-tempered · 10 months

News flash: not everyone with limited mobility is completely limited in there mobility

Narroo · 10 months

To be fair, not all people who need wheelchairs are paraplegic. Some people just have bad legs or injuries that makes walking incredibly difficult or worse. So they can stand, and move short distances, but it's impracticable to walk everywhere.

Mackinstyle · 10 months

My girlfriend lives every day of her life in a wheelchair but can do some basic standing and walking if she can hold on to things.

tongpoe · 10 months

How do you people get your phone out so fast? It takes me no less than 20 seconds to capture a picture on my phone... from pocket 2 pic. Was this poor lady struggling for 20 seconds and you stood there like a dick rather than helping her get her life-juice? Dick. Shes buying top shelf, means her disability is serious and she doesnt have much time left in this world- burn the savings on some fine liquer.

hautegauche · 10 months

Yeah, this pretty much pisses me off whenever I see it. My roommate uses a wheelchair because he has a prosthetic leg, and his other leg is fucked and requires a big crazy plastic brace. He can walk, but it causes him a lot of pain.

In this picture, you can't really see from the thighs down. Considering her possible ailments or afflictions, you bet your sweet little ass I'd be standing up to reach the top-shelf shit if I were her.

RenegadeGypsy · 10 months

Guided by holy spirits

18-24-61-B-17-17-4 · 10 months

Her body posture makes me think that she may have MS. She may not be paralyzed, but she sure as hell may need that wheelchair. Way to be a dick, OP.

gallagh9 · 10 months

My roommate has cerebral palsy, and he can walk/stand with the aid of his crutches, but it is a lot easier for him to get around on a daily basis with a wheel chair. One time in class he stood up and my other roommate shouted "It's a miracle!" and the entire class just turned and stared in complete shock/disbelief.

edit: misspelling.

Shinma · 10 months

Assfucks like the OP are the same do-gooder nitwits that harass the handicapped because they "don't look crippled enough" in their parking spots.

One of these days I want to see one of these people harass a war vet who lost a leg in the desert, only to have them pull off their prosthetic and beat them to death with it.

If I was on that jury I'd let 'em go.

sbluerock · 10 months

Maybe this should be moved to /r/lightenup

rokstar66 · 10 months

Ay carumba, reddit. This is embarasing. My mom sent me this pic in e-mail a month ago.

madcatlady · 10 months

When we're done showing you up as a tool, we're all going to downvote you for being a reposting tool.

Fair warning I think.

fani · 10 months

This isn't miracle. Its just physics.

The person may have an affliction that necessitates a wheelchair, but the person isn't entirely bound by it. So they can stand for brief periods of time.

jmrsplatt · 10 months

"That's the fucken way she goes buddy..."

Pantz_Party · 10 months

Why were you following someone in a wheelchair with your camera?

Lots42 · 10 months

Fuck you, I rode a wheelchair for about a week but could still walk for short distances. In fact, the doctor said I -had- to.

ur_killing_me_smalls · 10 months

Fuck you, you ignorant prick. Live a day in her shoes before you judge. You have no idea what she may be afflicted with.

And Fuck you for reposting.

ObeseSnake · 10 months

I knew someone who walked around with crutches under her arms for two years because she was afraid that she would break her ankle again.

She seems oddly aware that people were looking at her as she floated by with those crutches tucked into her pits and just hovering a few mere inches off the ground.

[deleted] · 10 months

Or maybe, just maybe, she has some other condition which isn't paralysis.

Alex-the-3217th · 10 months

Can't help but think of this.

nonameidea · 10 months

Instead of taking a picture why didn't you offer to help?

Snuhmeh · 10 months

Top shelf kind of lady.

b_blizzy · 10 months

Behold! The power of Jesus juice!

its_been_done · 10 months

O Lord Calvert make her walk again!

PeterMus · 10 months

My dad uses a wheelchair when in stores due to severe foot problems. He can stand and walk but is in extreme pain.

TrustRedHerrings · 10 months

You would stand up out of your seat as well if you saw Spec's low prices.

EntinludeX · 10 months

Praise Jebuz. Water into wine.

daversa · 10 months

Really reddit?

bank2600 · 10 months

That chair needs a cupholder

Hobo-With-A-Shotgun · 10 months

This has been said already, but you can be in a wheelchair while also having the use of your legs. I broke my back and ankles a while ago and had to use one if I wanted to move anywhere. I technically could stand but, at that point, I had been in a hospital bed for so long it was very difficult to hold my balance standing up without help.

turnleftdale · 10 months

Miracle in the repost isle.

Mecha-Dave · 10 months

I keep seeing the same goddamn picture with the same goddamn griping with the same goddamn rebuttal. Getting a little stale up in here...

KennyLog-in · 10 months

Uncrippling alcoholism.

Vee_Vee · 10 months

No, standing by taking pictures of a woman who obviously could use your help isn't a miracle, you're just a worthless human being.

driveling · 10 months

Because of a foot injury I was able to walk short distances, but there was no way I would be able to walk the distance from the airport check-in counter to the plane.

I needed to take a plane trip, but I decided I could not because people would think I was faking it if I took a wheel chair to the gate and then walked to my seat in the plane.

[deleted] · 10 months

How did this crap make it to the top post? WTF Reddit. This is a repost and a stupid one, you guys suck.

WhatDaDuce · 10 months

I don't always stand up and walk from my wheelchair

But when I do I'm grabbing some Dos Equis

un775886 · 10 months

www.davetiyex.com

SOVIET_GUY · 10 months

In soviet russia alcohol makes you walk!

stonemetodeath · 10 months

There's a bottle in her shorts. :|

kid_ska · 10 months

HALLELUJAH!

675675TEN · 10 months

I'm reminded of this

tptwomey · 10 months

Do you just walk around with your phone's camera turned on?

jigby61 · 10 months

"it was a miracle ocifer I swear"

madhatter703 · 10 months

Reminds me of this....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K_v8qQb3og

Gredelston · 10 months

For whatever reason, I read the title to the tune of Video Killed the Radio Star.

ICasual · 10 months

Where was this taken? I think that's my mom...

admiraawesome · 10 months

i sometime do this cuz im lazy i dont want to walk

Whompa · 10 months

*cue Chariots of Fire

LeonProfessional · 10 months

I wanted to make a joke about "quick, pull it out before she finishes!"

But reddit had to ruin it by pointing out the obvious "being in a wheelchair =/= being unable to walk" remarks.

:/

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