2009 06 17

I am a sight impaired person. Because of this, over the years, I have had various opportunities to spend time in the vicinity of other impaired persons.

Some of them are angry at the world: the world has done them a disservice, and they are going to attack everyone - including people who had nothing to do with their condition. It's an accident of genetics, like skin colour is (for the racists in the audience). So, while tragic perhaps, you really should just consider sucking it up and getting on with life.

But here's where it gets most nauseating for me: that oh-so-arrogant sense of entitlement, as if the world exists solely to bend over backwards in order to accomodate them. Let me clear something up for you, because clearly you are confused:

The world owes you sweet fuck all.

Clear?

Good.

I realise that there are laws which state that anyone with a seeing eye dog cannot be refused access, even to places that normally refuse dogs, and that these laws exist for good reason. However, it really would take minimal effort on your part to let us know when you call for a car, to tell us that you have a dog with you, so that we can send a driver who is not allergic and will thus refuse to take you.

Now, because you are a mean bitch, this man is going to lose his job. You couldn't just let it go and take a little thought in future. Nope! You're a blind biddy who's going to drag this guy to court simply because you can.

I guess it's obvious what I think of this sort of entitlement abuse, and the sense of entitlement itself? There is a point, my friends, where accomodation and special interest should take a back seat to decent behaviour and common sense. Sure the blind (and others) have rights, but those around you also have them - especially those whose workday could be curtailed by your animal.

Certainly your affliction is awful, but it should not be the centre of everyone else's universe.