Nothing prepares you for the moment a stranger demands your mobility aid. I learned this the hard way during what should’ve been a routine Walmart run.
The man blocking my path had the demeanor of someone used to getting his way. “My wife needs that chair more than you,” he stated, as if this were a reasonable request.
When I refused, he accused me of faking my disability. That’s when Walmart employee Miguel arrived, delivering the golden line: “Sir, we can’t ask customers to give up medical equipment.”
Cue the universe’s perfect timing.
In his outrage, the man stumbled into a vegetable display, becoming the star of his own viral fail video. Cans bounced off his head as he flailed. His wife looked ready to divorce him on the spot.
As staff cleaned up the mess, Miguel slipped me free cereal – the Walmart equivalent of a Purple Heart. Meanwhile, a curious child reminded me that innocent questions (“How fast does your chair go?”) heal more wounds than any canned apology.
