'She tried to push me out of my chair and take it': Elderly woman tries ejecting young man from wheelchair in supermarket after he refuses to give it to her

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Eleonora Bader
Dec 11, 2023 10:00 AM EST

Public spaces always give me the ick. 

There are too many people strutting about, scanning the busy streets for strangers to tell their woes to. This would not bother me so much if I didn't always end up the target of a long, drawn-out conversation about how much someone hates their boss, how their kids are acting up in school, or how their cat ran away (again). Maybe I have a wholesome, 'Please approach me and tell me your life story' face, or maybe these people just take a random pick from the crowd, but the result for me personally – is to avoid human interaction when I'm outside at all costs.

This poor man was rolling his way around in his wheelchair at a supermarket when a complete Karen approached him and demanded he give her his chair. These are the kinds of stories you can't make up… I have got to hand it to this dude, because his reaction led to a literal chase. Karen was following him around, trying to knock him out of the chair, and he was whizzing away, making sure she didn't catch him. Scroll down to read the rest…

Then, next up, check out this story about a senior employee who quit after being written up for coming to help out on his day off, leaving his boss to deal with the holiday rush all alone.

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    I buzzed over to the service desk, cut the line, and said, "I'm sorry, but there's a woman following me, trying to push me out of my chair and take it."
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    A woman in a supermarket tried to eject me from and take my wheelchair. L So there I (39N) was in a rural Shaws. For those not in an area with a Shaws, it's a standard supermarket
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    with a "club" that makes things "cheaper" which is their way of hiding their markup. Stuff is just cheaper a few miles down the road. Unfortunately there were a few things I could only get there like my flavor of lifeblood caffeine and food for the dogs.
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    I was using my power chair, which back then I needed more often. It's an Eagle HD foldable deal, and it works great. I had been hit pretty hard by land was very sedentary at that time in my life, along with a preexisting joint problem.
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    So I'm leaning forward to get a flat of Monster and stick it under my seat on the rack when a woman pushes on my back and says, "I need that, you don't, you're younger." As I was belted in, nothing happened. It was only luck that I was belted in, usually I would've undone it to pick up something heavy.
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    I sat up and pushed her hands off of me saying, "what the ?!" And she shakes the back of my chair like it's a dinner chair or something, and goes, "You can use the scooter, the chair is better and I'm old." and she points at the supermarket scooter she's using. I stare at her in total shock for a moment and say,
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    "...this is my wheelchair. Get away from me." "You can't use personal stuff in supermarkets! Give. Me. The chair!" She started like, shaking it with each statement. So at that point I just hit the maximum speed on my power chair and took off, ripping it out of
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    her hands. It was either let go or be dragged on her face because she clearly wasn't super steady and needed a scooter herself. And we're off on the dumbest chase in creation mostly because supermarket scooters go slower than any other mobility device. I
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    buzzed over to the service desk and cut the line and said, "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry but there's a woman following me trying to push me out of my chair and take it." And from behind me they can hear, "GIIIIIT BAAAACK HEEEEEERRE" and the most wheezy buzzzzzz of the slow
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    scooter. In the moment it was really enraging that she was being so entitled and frustrating and I just wanted to get my dog food and leave. But in memory it was the funniest thing I've ever seen. They let me in to the little back office
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    area, and they and the whole line of people waiting just sort of watched as she came over. And it took SO LONG. The scooter was SO SLOW and she's yelling about how I don't need the chair and how she should get it because she's older and more disabled. It
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    takes like a full 20 seconds for her to get from one end of the store to the other and everyone is just staring as she rides full of glory at .00001 mi per hour with her face red and her glasses hanging off one ear.
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    So she finally gets to the desk, and they calmly explain that the wheelchair isn't store property, and if she tries to steal from another customer they'll have to call the police. She starts shouting at the employees that she knows full well you can't bring personal equipment into the supermarket, so they're
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    lying. And the other woman behind the counter says with a bit more attitude, "Lady, why do you think we care if you bring a wheelchair into the supermarket?" At this point I think like... Something either clicked, or she just realized that an entire line of people were
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    staring at her, and not kindly. She suddenly asked where to find the artichokes. I almost coughed on my own spit. The worker just stared back and pointed back where the woman had come and said, "...produce?" And the woman left. I
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    admit that for the rest of my visit I avoided any aisle she was in because I didn't want her close enough to grab me again. Now I can laugh about it for the absurdist comedy moment it was. In retrospect I feel there's a reason here - like her husband told her they
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    shouldn't buy a thing like I had because they're not allowed to be in the supermarket. That's the best answer I can possibly come up with for that wild nonsense. Wherever you are, crazy lady, I hope you bought your own Eagle HD.
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    Maximum-Dealer-6208 · 14 hr. ago I was picturing Monty Python Holy Grail where one of the knights is racing toward a castle to save the "bride" from marrying someone. The two guards at the entrance are just watching as it takes him forever to reach them. 429 Reply Share
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    OregonWoodsChainman · 15 hr. ago There is probably a surveillance video of the whole thing. Now someone needs to dub in the Benny Hill Show theme. OP, you're a better person than I. I would have set ramming speed at her. Reply Share 444
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    Vispartofmyname. 15 hr. ago. edited 13 hr. ago OMG! Your description of her attempt to catch up is hilarious! I snort giggled. I hope she learned her lesson. 73 ↓ Reply Share
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    AHOY Sprinkles Difficult33 · 15 hr. ago I'm so sorry that happened to you! Unfortunately I can't help but cackle at the mental image of her driving slowly across the store, yelling, while everyone watches her. Hope karma somehow caught up with her! Reply Share 65
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    Otherwise Drama5374 OP- 14 hr. ago It's so mortifying to me. When I'm using a mobility thing I feel weirdly on display and self-conscious like everyone is staring. The idea of drawing attention to myself or even speaking loudly from my chair is horrifying to me. 32 Reply Share
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    Affectionate Poet4586 - 15 hr. ago This is an awful, awful story, but I admit I let out an inappropriately noisy guffaw at the "GIIIIIT BAAAACK HEEEERE!" And I laughed until the last line. In the last couple of years, my health has taken a nosedive, and I'm now
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    using a wheelchair (pushed by my husband) much of the time, and a cane for short distances. It's been quite the learning curve for both of us, so thanks for your well-told anecdote! 50 Reply Share
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