I know we all joke about how bad the scooters are, but after 10 days in WDW recently, I will just outright say they are out of control. Did the ADA declare that obesity is a handicap and that anyone obese should just "enjoy" anything that has a handicap placard on it? And flame away if you don't think I'm being PC. I'd be the first person to stand up for someone's right to do whatever they want with themselves: smoke, drink, be fat, etc. I believe in personal freedoms and all that, but in this case, YOUR ailment is effecting me now! I defend your right to smoke, but don't blow it in my face or expect me to walk through YOUR cloud with a smile on my face. Same goes for obesity. If you are afflicted by it, I wish you the best and hope you overcome it! But why do I have to be inconvenienced because of your self induced problems, too? :shrug:
I'm not talking legit handicaps where you need a wheelchair or have an obvious ailment, I'm talking about people that have only one affliction: obesity. Why do you get to board a bus before me simply because you are on a scooter and obese? To compound this, I saw one guy actually DRAG his scooter around on the bus to reposition it so he could drive it off!! And after I was slack jawed by that, he got walked back onto the bus and DRAGGED his wife's scooter around and then drove that off. Then hopped back on his scooter and they both drove off!! :hammer: It was POURING rain that day and we waited 45 minutes for a bus and seconds before it pulled up, these bozos got to get on first with their 15 person entourage. They were also so obese they take up 2 seats on the bus. The rest of the able bodied people on the bus just gasped and chuckled over the whole thing.
A friend of mine ended up pulling a muscle in his back the first day of his trip. A woman could not stop her scooter and it was going at full speed. :hammer: Him and another guy jumped on it and had it doing a wheelie as they tried to stop it. Another guy jumped in and pulled the key out. Great!!! Someone not even smart enough to turn the key and instead almost runs over people if it wasn't for good Samaritans!
For anyone that thinks I'm being extreme or mean, I beg you to look at every scooter rider the next time you are there and then cast your opinion. EVERY one will be an American and at LEAST 90% of them will be obese. I'm not talking a few pounds, I mean obese. And you will be doing a lot of checking for there are a lot of scooters everywhere. Disney has to make people hang their handicap placards from their state or something on the scooter to show they are really handicap. People with legit handicaps, like my nephew with CP and in a wheelchair, end up waiting longer for buses simply because the "handicapped" scooter riders take up valuable resources.
I'm not talking legit handicaps where you need a wheelchair or have an obvious ailment, I'm talking about people that have only one affliction: obesity. Why do you get to board a bus before me simply because you are on a scooter and obese? To compound this, I saw one guy actually DRAG his scooter around on the bus to reposition it so he could drive it off!! And after I was slack jawed by that, he got walked back onto the bus and DRAGGED his wife's scooter around and then drove that off. Then hopped back on his scooter and they both drove off!! :hammer: It was POURING rain that day and we waited 45 minutes for a bus and seconds before it pulled up, these bozos got to get on first with their 15 person entourage. They were also so obese they take up 2 seats on the bus. The rest of the able bodied people on the bus just gasped and chuckled over the whole thing.
A friend of mine ended up pulling a muscle in his back the first day of his trip. A woman could not stop her scooter and it was going at full speed. :hammer: Him and another guy jumped on it and had it doing a wheelie as they tried to stop it. Another guy jumped in and pulled the key out. Great!!! Someone not even smart enough to turn the key and instead almost runs over people if it wasn't for good Samaritans!
For anyone that thinks I'm being extreme or mean, I beg you to look at every scooter rider the next time you are there and then cast your opinion. EVERY one will be an American and at LEAST 90% of them will be obese. I'm not talking a few pounds, I mean obese. And you will be doing a lot of checking for there are a lot of scooters everywhere. Disney has to make people hang their handicap placards from their state or something on the scooter to show they are really handicap. People with legit handicaps, like my nephew with CP and in a wheelchair, end up waiting longer for buses simply because the "handicapped" scooter riders take up valuable resources.