Should Be Throne Out
(The theater has four wheelchair spots in the back for those who cannot get out of their wheelchair. A wheelchair patron comes in. The seat listed on the ticket is for row H in the center. I assume that she is able to transfer out of her chair and guide herself to the row.)
Me: “Here we are. When you are seated, I will take–”
Customer: “Why is there a seat there?”
Me: “Excuse me?”
Customer: “I cannot get out of my wheelchair.”
Me: “Oh, well in that case, let me show you to the ADA seating area.”
Customer: “No! I don’t want to sit back there! I won’t be able to see back there!”
Me: “We can sometimes accommodate wheelchairs to the front–”
Customer: “No! That is too close. I want to be in the center of the theater! Remove the chair that is there and let me sit in the seat I purchased!”
Me: “But the seats are attached to the floor permanently. I can’t remove them.”
Customer: “This is discrimination!”
(The patron begins yelling obscenities at me. The House Manager comes to intervene.)
House manager: “Ma’am, I’m sorry. That is the only way to accommodate you.”
Customer: “This is unacceptable.”
(The patron begins to wheel herself back up the aisle, finds it difficult, gets up, and pushes the empty chair back into the lobby.)
Me: “I thought you couldn’t get out of your chair?”
Customer: “I can, but I don’t want to!”
Source: Should Be Throne Out.
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Sadly you right. There isn't a pretender to the throne out there after all, only the one, true, bubbly farting . Thanks for the advice about the Edit Entry tag but I'd have to tag the person a bit more personally than that unless they reread old posts. I'll chew on it - after all it is only a meme and not worth much stress.
Unless you signed something saying you agree to whatever this house manager says they have you, but otherwise if you didn't sign a thing saying this, this person has no business telling you what you can or cannot have due to because they think it is a health risk. I wouldn't put up with that I would contest it, and say if you feel it is some kind of rule I am breaking then take it to court.
p.s. there was NO room in your talk! i came in late bc I woke up late and had to crawl over all the people in the back of the room and beg a seat in an empty chair somewhere in the middle of the room. and i loved the panel--your essay was wonderful and so poignant, all the more so because of its juxtaposition right after the other essay from a birth mother.