tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post1625507973694605891..comments2024-03-29T03:43:45.977-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: Why is the Window not Open?Dave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-76156911609520788802020-11-20T18:53:39.056-05:002020-11-20T18:53:39.056-05:0099% of the time this happens to me as well. I'...99% of the time this happens to me as well. I've asked, point blank, "Do you think that you could staff that window first?" and they just ignore me. <br /><br />Here in the U.S., as well as this normate bigotry, there's the additional stink of our doctoring serving to line someone else's pockets.Messy Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08609488927044405831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-4946841702760476272020-11-18T09:09:30.453-05:002020-11-18T09:09:30.453-05:00I'm glad your test had a good result.
You'...I'm glad your test had a good result.<br />You've written before on how you struggle with speaking up on another's behalf vs letting them remain in control of the situation, and I wonder, did Joe handle the situation in the way you would have liked him to handle it?<br />I hope he did. Judging by how you speak of him and your relationship, I think he did.<br /><br />-<br />My local pharmacy has a central waiting area and a few windows, one of which is accessible - you pull a number, and when your number is called and the tech sees you're in a wheelchair of scooter, the tech will move to the accessible window. Very handy.<br /><br />I've been in a lot of hospitals, very few of which have waiting rooms that are wheelchair-accessible; usually you're stuck blocking chairs or waiting in the hallway. Now with covid, there are usually markings on the floor to indicate where chairs should stay put in order to ensure social distancing.. but rarely is there an empty marked space where a wheelchair user can sit.<br /><br />It's weird. As you say, you would think they are used to the rolling classes!<br /><br />But my biggest pet peeve with hospitals in my country is their wheelchairs: all hospitals I've been to, their provided wheelchairs are literal pushchairs. The chair is braked automatically unless someone is holding the push handle - and there are no big wheels to self-propel.<br />I don't know whoever came up with that. I hate using those chairs. I don't like to be locked in place wherever someone leaves me. Even a push-only chair without automatic brakes would be a big improvement: that way when someone puts you at a table, most people can at least leverage the table to get you a little closer or farther away from the table, or adjust your angle so that you're looking straight at the doctor instead of needing to turn your head. That small inch of chair movement goes a long distance in the way of agency.Myrthehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11301763543771931860noreply@blogger.com