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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 453150" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I find the stick useful in so many ways. Shopping trolleys - I angle the stick diagonally across the trolley so the tip is on the front opposite corner to the handle. Then when pushing the trolley, a push on the stick moves the front corner of the trolley far more easily.</p><p></p><p>Using ATMs - nobody messes with a woman carrying a metre of aluminium tube!</p><p></p><p>Misbehaving kids - my kids would get a tap on the legs, it only needed to be a nudge. They knew I could hit a lot harder but chose not to. It kept them in line.</p><p></p><p>Tailgating truckers - I also have a powerful voice, but using the voice plus brandishing the stick at a trucker who had been tailgating me in thick city traffic worked very effectively. I thoroughly embarrassed the guy, he was being publicly chastised by a cripple with a walking stick! My car was tiny, his truck was big. He had perhaps thought it funny to try to intimidate me. It backfired on him very publicly, and he had to endure the grins of all the other drivers. Thick traffic means you're stuck in the same lanes with the same cars all around you, for the next half hour or more. They had all heard and seen me (I piled out of my car at the traffic lights and made a loud scene, then got back in before the lights changed).</p><p></p><p>Opening doors/propping doors open - I use my stick to hold doors open for people, or even for myself. I jam the ferrule of the stick close to the door hinge (if it's not too strong a door) or the edge of the door if it's a heavier door. It holds the door open while I walk through (leaning on the stick but not needing to move it) or while I stand to one side and wait for others to walk through. </p><p></p><p>Leg rest/foot rest - when sitting for any length of time, I put the stick in front of me a little, then rest my legs on it. Much more comfortable. </p><p></p><p>Security - in a supermarket mall when eating lunch or having coffee, I put the stick through the straps of my bag. Any bag-snatcher will find himself suddenly tangled in a metre of aluminium, with a very angry woman attached via the arm cuff. Funny, nobody has ever tried to snatch my bag.</p><p></p><p>I could go on.</p><p></p><p>What I am trying to say here - whether you need to lean on a stick all the time is immaterial. A stick has many uses. And needing to lean on it some of the time is enough. Crowded places - a stick is safer, it gives you more stability. People tend to be more careful about jostling you. But the most important - it gives you credibility. You shouldn't need it, but there are idiots. Plus, a stick has more uses than you can realise.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 453150, member: 1991"] I find the stick useful in so many ways. Shopping trolleys - I angle the stick diagonally across the trolley so the tip is on the front opposite corner to the handle. Then when pushing the trolley, a push on the stick moves the front corner of the trolley far more easily. Using ATMs - nobody messes with a woman carrying a metre of aluminium tube! Misbehaving kids - my kids would get a tap on the legs, it only needed to be a nudge. They knew I could hit a lot harder but chose not to. It kept them in line. Tailgating truckers - I also have a powerful voice, but using the voice plus brandishing the stick at a trucker who had been tailgating me in thick city traffic worked very effectively. I thoroughly embarrassed the guy, he was being publicly chastised by a cripple with a walking stick! My car was tiny, his truck was big. He had perhaps thought it funny to try to intimidate me. It backfired on him very publicly, and he had to endure the grins of all the other drivers. Thick traffic means you're stuck in the same lanes with the same cars all around you, for the next half hour or more. They had all heard and seen me (I piled out of my car at the traffic lights and made a loud scene, then got back in before the lights changed). Opening doors/propping doors open - I use my stick to hold doors open for people, or even for myself. I jam the ferrule of the stick close to the door hinge (if it's not too strong a door) or the edge of the door if it's a heavier door. It holds the door open while I walk through (leaning on the stick but not needing to move it) or while I stand to one side and wait for others to walk through. Leg rest/foot rest - when sitting for any length of time, I put the stick in front of me a little, then rest my legs on it. Much more comfortable. Security - in a supermarket mall when eating lunch or having coffee, I put the stick through the straps of my bag. Any bag-snatcher will find himself suddenly tangled in a metre of aluminium, with a very angry woman attached via the arm cuff. Funny, nobody has ever tried to snatch my bag. I could go on. What I am trying to say here - whether you need to lean on a stick all the time is immaterial. A stick has many uses. And needing to lean on it some of the time is enough. Crowded places - a stick is safer, it gives you more stability. People tend to be more careful about jostling you. But the most important - it gives you credibility. You shouldn't need it, but there are idiots. Plus, a stick has more uses than you can realise. Marg [/QUOTE]
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