I see lots of fat people using these things
How do they expect to lose any weight if they wont even walk anywhere its not like they cant coz they aint having any trouble getting in and out of the scooter Yes, you are correct in your observations. Most people become immobile because of obesity, lack of exercise, and then arthritis sets in on the joints.
Scooters I believe should only be used by people who have advanced stages of Lupus, Cancer, MS, and serious diseases.
If those people using them went to physical therapy or did water exercises, they may not need the scooters. In addition to losing weight.
I know, because until I lost weight, I was headed for using them, too!
I was determined I didn't want to become obese and immobile, because I have always been an active person.
And for some reason whenever you go into a store, they always think they have the right of way, and will mow you down if you don't move. yes i do. but they get to the point where they can't move without one I think some of them need the scooters but the majority or just plain lazy Do you think that people using poor grammar are simply stupid and lazy also? Yep! I agree! Its only ok if they have problems or difficultiy walking. Otherwise they need to stop bng lazy and loose some weight!! some big woman reversed into me on 1 of those thing at a supermarket she didnt even say sorry she just looked at me funny I think you need to walk a mile in someone elses shoes before you make flippant comments like that I think they're just trying to have fun or their training for an upcoming open space on XGames for electric scooters. think youre a bit cinical, who knows what problems these people have. Im not sure the kind of scooters you mean, but have you seen the movie 'Reign over me' with Adam Sandler and Don Cheadle?
Adam rides this motorised scooter through the streets of New York, as opposed to driving a car, and that thing looks fast/convenient/fun! yes they are but the truth is that they are so unhealthy that they probably couldn't walk around. they can just about get out of their car and walk to a scooter Are you just getting at fat people or is it all users?My Aunt is 80 years old and has difficulty in walking.She is not fat,its just old age creeping up.Her scooter is a godsend to her.Without it she would be housebound.So no my friend i do not agree with you and neither would my Aunt.Have a nice day. my partner is badly disabled with M.S. and cannot walk at all. He comments all the time about overweight people using wheelchairs and scooters.His theory is if he could do something about his illness to prevent him being in a chair he would especially ifit was something as easy as losing some weight. I have to agree with him! Hard call, the world is not all black and white, there is some gray. Some folks need them, some folks are lazy, I have seen it both ways. My father used the mobility scooters at Walmart before he died. We were glad that they were available for him, he was not fat, he had other major medical problems. I guess we could have just left the old boy at home and went to walmart with out him. Yes you see a lot of fat people in the scooters but have you ever thought they are fat because the cant walk anywhere. Most people have to buy them because it's almost impossible to get a scooter on the NHS at 拢2000+ these "lazy people" must of worked hard in their life to have that sort of money in savings. Well I think fat people are lazy that's how they get that way. I have noticed that many people with back problems and health problems in general are fat. I know a few of these people and they quite happily admit that they are lazy. I don't know how they can live with themselves quite frankly, I found myself getting fatter around the middle as I aged an it's bloody uncomfartable, so I did the smart thing and lost weight. So yes I think people who use scooters are not only lazy but stupid as well. Not all fat people are fat because they eat too much. There are others reason as well
I put on over 3 stone in fluid when I had an accident and was in a wheelchair for 3 months because I couldn't walk.
You have no idea what effort it takes to get into a chair or a scooter. I needed the help of my mum and partner to get me into the chair from the car. It took 15 minutes at best before I had enough strength and pain relief to be able to sit down.
Think before you make such stupid comments.
There but for the grace of God. I retired through ill health and cannot walk very far without getting out of breath. I used to have a car but sold it as I didnt need it any more, with not working as my husband has one. So I opted for an electric powered bike which is fab, and I use it all the time to get me from a-b.
It is called a fold-eze and it can be folded to go in a car and we can take it away with us when we go in our caravan touring.
But if I did'nt have this I would certainly think of buying a scooter. (Just one of the small ones that can be folded in the car)
I am not lazy, but I am also not skinny, so make your own mind up about that. My mother has one to get around and be a bit independent, she is not fat or lazy, you may need one yourself one day?? What Ho.
I know what you mean. We have a local Co-Op supermarket, and it os awash with mobility scooters.
May I mention a few examples ?
The bloke in the store, getting a staff member to fill his basket from shelves, then reversed into me. "Didn't you hear the beep-beep?" he spake.
"I was six inches behind you, don't you look where you are going"
Then there is the gathering of ladies on scooters, circled covered wagon style having a conflab.
No-one could get in or out of the car-park/
There were teo heading towards each other on the pavement the other day, and not knowing what was the protocol or road sense, could not decide on left or right. Minor chaos !
Also the bloke I spotted last month travelling down the middle of the left hand lane of the local town High Street.
It had one of those rain cover arrangements, so he couldn't see where he was going, and totally oblivious to the fact that a bus and a queue of traffic had stacked up behind him.
Gods, what about the bloke at Morrisons?
He made a great show of barging folks out of the way to park the thing, then jumped off to walk in sprightly fashion into the shop.
I despair. And in agreement with you, consider a lot of these people are just lazy.
Fair play if really needed - but !
Bob YIKES! That is a LOADED question- Do you know how healthy people get fat without over-eating? They have Necessary Medications that cause 60-100 pounds of weight gain. There are severe bone conditions such as Anklyolsing Spondelosis to name one- where All the bones in the spine and BODY hit at the PRIME of Life age around 30. It is known as B-127 Positive on a BLOOD test. This disease at it's worst causes the bones in the spine to fuse- If that person bends over the fused parts crack and leave behind
spinal spurrs- Despite excercise, this is one of many that bring down an otherwise healthy person. Often dozens of drugs tried, fail. This disease fuses bones to muscles and to ligamnets- You may See a FAT person on a scooter because they are not as Fortunate as you are to have healthy genes- This is a Genetic condition and there are many worse.Before you point a finger at FAT person on a scooter- Go read some medical books. A person can have a Giant Hernia weighing 100 pounds or more and the whole body swells- some can't get the weight off no matter what they do. Read the Merck Drug book for side effects. Sometimes a person has to choose stay in bed and get even fatter or get out on a scooter- which keeps their spirits up- Losing ones abilities is not fun by any means.
As a Paramedic- Captain of a Unit, I met many FAT people-
they were thin and fit before their car accident- sometimes people in an accident are fed with foods direct into their stomach while they are in a coma and they gain weight. They wake up and it takes sometimes years before they can even walk with a walker. Sharon and Ozzy Osborne own scooters as do their children- They do so for recreational use- If one excercises at home- Going to the mall for a ride is fun for them. Are you a MOM? Do you know what happens to a woman's body during menopause? Do you know every disease that makes a person FAT? And all the pills that CAUSE weight gain that will not go away no matter how hard a person works out? Many people are not treated as needed for pain. Doctors undermedicate people who really have pain that keeps them awake at night,because of the addicts who screwed up the system. You should be very careful of the Karmic Implicatoins of such ignorance. Before you judge one Lazy- walk in their shoes. Maybe you couldn't either. Ever hear of EDEMA? Many conditions cause a persons body to swell- OVERNIGHT two cases I know of directly- A man bought a size 32 waist jeans. 6'2 and not over weight. He wore them for a day, tossed them over a chair and woke up the next day and went to put the jeans on.
He could not get the jeans past his knees. Only a size 42 Jeans would fit. That happens OVERNIGHT- Don't damn yourself with this personality. Change it before it changes you. What goes around DOES come around. You should continue with free speech- It provokes Ideas and Thoughts. It just is not good to look at others and JUDGE THEM. sounds to me like someone has Judged you in some way in the past. Putting someone else down is because you feel down.
Are there LAZY people on scooters? Yes I am sure there are- But don't post a loaded question aimed at everyone-
I bet if you won a free scooter like the Osborne's have- with flames on them and they can fly through the mall having a blast YOU would be on it too. Maybe if people were more aware of others,
people with bone problems who can't walk well would be able to walk in mall without some IDIOT in a hurry who bumps into them just because he or she needs to pick up something. I can't count how many times people in stores, malls, parks, were injured because those who could walk faster bumped into them. The injuries were serious and the BUMP INTO YOU person was sued losing near everything they owned. Go read a MERCKbook or Volunteer in a hospital and listen to the diseases.
THE people you see able to get up and back to the scooter
sometimes can only walk 10 feet on a good day.
sometimes they do better- The scooter to those with medical problems is a way to have a life. Be thankful you can walk.
Other people's bodies and medical conditions are not about you. Focus on making yourself a better person. Then you will have a better life. John Lennon was correct. INSTANT KARMA IS GOING TO GET YOU. Beee careful!I have seen a lot happen like a man who said something mean to a woman and made her cry and then he stepped out on the curb laughing and because he was too busy being mean
he got hit with a car and died.
The woman who was crying, cried twice. Once for what he said to her, and once for what happened to him. She blamed herself for being FAT.
That had she not been there that day he would be alive.
She was a diabetic and had 5 children but could never lose weight-
As she cried,he died.
We arrived very fast but his skull was smashed leaving his brain on the pavement- Our crew cried too. You see, his mother and sisters were in the store- the last thing she said to him was stop calling people names, I raised you better than That! She cried because she wished she said I love you.
KARMA- Please for your own sake treat people the way you want to be treated. I hope you are very young. In youth we all commit acts of Folly. If you are an adult I would really dig down deep into why you care if other people are fat or lazy. Your job is to tend to your Body and spirit. Go to college make something out of yourself. Find the Love you are lacking. Take up a hobby. Believe me, I know some very obese people. There is a man about 400 pounds- he is a volunteer fire chief. He is active. He has medical problems- childhood diabetes- conjestive heart failure- he eats 6 small meals a day- and he gains weight- IT IS CALLED FLUID
EDEMA- I think zipping around the malls in a scooter aisle would be fun- I would build a mall like that. One where people could rollerblade, ride bikes, skateboard, HAVE FUN-
Like climb a rock wall to get the ITEM on sale that one wants-
I dunno- I do know a lot of lazy skinny people. They won't work, pay bills, or clean the house. They are called TEENAGE BOYS (KIDDING) 8-) not lazy but they are illegal for road use and pavement,those who are obese aren't helping themselves but it gets them out and about. if they cant walk..what do you expect them to crawl? I agree - it's not cut & dried like you suggest. I had surgery last year where I was not allowed to walk much. I am not obese any more, but at the time I would have been considered overweight. I had to use a mobility scooter in the grocery store so that I could get the things I needed. I wasn't being lazy, I mostly didn't even want to use it, but at the same time I knew I couldn't get through the aisles at a normal rate without it, so I used it. I hope I will be as forgiving of others as I suspect they were of me. Yeah, I think a lot (not all) of them are just lazy and they need to get up and do some exercise.
But on that same note, are you lazy because of your bad grammar? Who's to say? Maybe you (and they) just don't know better. I think they're being conned. If someone truly can't get around, the doctor will prescribe an electric wheelchair. Usually the people getting the scooters have heart problems and the doctor wants them to walk. Yes and some of them are too lazy even to breathe properly, they just do really little breaths and get the taxpayer to pay for little oxygen bottles so they can sit watching telly all day. When they get really lazy they get into a heart lung machine at hospital and then they don't have to breathe at all. They get free food and their bums wiped - they've really got it made!! Too Right they are, if you steal one watch them "run after you" !
anyways i see alot of old men playing golf in them it really annoys me how they walk up to their putt and jump up and down when they sink a 30+ footer then get on the scooter to drive it 20 yards :s
i think mobility scooters are like a status symbol for the oap's Goodness, Gracious......why in the world would you care?
Because we answer you, will it make any difference?
Some, are overweight, some not, some frail........
Don't judge a person because they use the mobility scooters.
My twin brother can not walk, using a electric wheelchair....
I am sure he would rather have a scooters.
Hope you never have to depend on in your lifetime. | 