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Some funny stories that have happened to me lately while I've been using my cane. (self.Blind)
submitted 8y ago by matt_may
Everyone who uses a cane has stories like this. I've visually impaired from RP with a very limited field of vision. In the past week a bunch of funny stuff has happened to me. Thought others would enjoy.
I was walking down the sidewalk in downtown Chicago with my cane and a girl, 7 or 8, passed me. She got in front of me, turned around, looked me right in the eye and stopped. I halted and did not hit her with my cane. She smiled to herself and walked on. Thought it was too funny to get mad at.
At the airport it was crowded and I ran into a guy in a wheelchair. The people around us all wanted to help but they weren't sure who to help first. We were just embarrassed and wanted them to go away.
I was at a bar and couldn't find the bathroom. A woman grabbed me and led me to the bathroom. Then straight into the crowded men's room and right up to the urinal.
That's all happened since Thursday. I swear using the cane is like a walking sociology experiment.
I was walking down the sidewalk in downtown Chicago with my cane and a girl, 7 or 8, passed me. She got in front of me, turned around, looked me right in the eye and stopped. I halted and did not hit her with my cane. She smiled to herself and walked on. Thought it was too funny to get mad at.
At the airport it was crowded and I ran into a guy in a wheelchair. The people around us all wanted to help but they weren't sure who to help first. We were just embarrassed and wanted them to go away.
I was at a bar and couldn't find the bathroom. A woman grabbed me and led me to the bathroom. Then straight into the crowded men's room and right up to the urinal.
That's all happened since Thursday. I swear using the cane is like a walking sociology experiment.
Unuhi 4 points
Sometimes not wearing one gets weird reactions too.
I scared a woman last week - by walking to a bus stop, and pressing a button (so I'd know how long until the next bus. The announcement was really loud). She was there for a few seconds, then just walked silently away. Oops. Maybe I looked like an escapee from the other side of the road (the blind rehab services for adults)? Gasp, no "stick", dog, or regularly sighted person following me.
One bus driver doesn't believe I don't have a discount card.
It also feels a bit weird to get compliments from cane users when you aren't wearing one. Like about shades or tattoos or clothes.
And if I got a dollar every time someone asks if I'm legally blind (or tells me "you just have to be legally blind to..."), I'd have some pocket money. :D
I scared a woman last week - by walking to a bus stop, and pressing a button (so I'd know how long until the next bus. The announcement was really loud). She was there for a few seconds, then just walked silently away. Oops. Maybe I looked like an escapee from the other side of the road (the blind rehab services for adults)? Gasp, no "stick", dog, or regularly sighted person following me.
One bus driver doesn't believe I don't have a discount card.
It also feels a bit weird to get compliments from cane users when you aren't wearing one. Like about shades or tattoos or clothes.
And if I got a dollar every time someone asks if I'm legally blind (or tells me "you just have to be legally blind to..."), I'd have some pocket money. :D
BilingualBeatdown 2 points
My favourite story from using a cane was a time back in high school when we were in music class. Me and a group of my classmate had been asked to 'work' outside, to practice for a piano test, and naturally we decided we'd have a better time goofing off. So someone put on a Caribbean preset on the keyboard and we started to limbo, but not having a proper bar, we used my cane as the bar. It was hilarious, even when the teacher got angry at us for slacking off. Sadly they didn't want to join in.
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