lhrpete

Unless you know the circumstances of the person in the chair don't condemn or even presume to judge.

I was the (totally innocent) victim of a big RTA five years ago and had major hip and pelvic surgery as a consequence and a year of physiotherapy just to learn to walk again. I can walk slowly over a distance of up to 1km but what I cannot do without it causing me major pain is stand still.

I never travel to the US but if I was faced with a guaranteed wait in immigration of the sort that is the norm there I would seriously consider asking for a wheelchair because the alternative would cause me serious pain which would then last me for up to a week.

Anyone who doesn't like that just hope you never suffer the same injuries as I have - in other words get over yourselves and stop worrying about your little first world problems you selfish self obsessed little people.