Segway rider's rant

[Skunkle]

Correct - for MOST a Segway is a toy, because of the high cost. And when they first appeared, they were around $3,000 new. Now they're $5100 - the company keeps coming out with new models and driving up the prices. I PREFERRED the older model's design, so I bought one used and paid half of retail or so.

I don't technically have what most people would call an impairment. Can't ride a bike? Yes you fucking can! Just do it, it's easy!! Uh, no, not for me... Oh, quit whining, it's easy for ME, it MUST be easy for YOU. I tried riding a bike when I was a kid - and would you believe, I managed to fall over while using training wheels.

Saw the biker again, though, out on the trail. He waited 'till he flew past before yelling "That's not exercise!!" I'll give him this much - this time he was at least making an honest statement (even if it was visibly intended as a jeer) so I'll agree - though if he ever stops when I'm stopped, I won't hesitate to say "I'm sorry, I just can't handle one of those things" and walk with a strong limp. No, I don't really have a limp at all, but I'll enjoy taking the wind out of his sails...

[Boozy]

Saw the biker again, though, out on the trail. He waited 'till he flew past before yelling "That's not exercise!!"

Well, duh. I can shout out obvious statements too: "Hey! There's a douchebag on a bicycle!"

[Flyndaran]

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I don't technically have what most people would call an impairment. Can't ride a bike? Yes you fucking can! Just do it, it's easy!! Uh, no, not for me... Oh, quit whining, it's easy for ME, it MUST be easy for YOU. I tried riding a bike when I was a kid - and would you believe, I managed to fall over while using training wheels.
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I would call a balance issue bad enough to make riding a bike impossible a serious impairment. I don't think anyone here has made the argument that easy for me is easy for you.
I'm sorry that you have jerks making your day harder.

[Skunkle]

Thankfully, 90% of the people who talk to me or call out from cars are nice. But like the horrible few who make Customers Suck what it is, the few who flip me shit do drive me nuts at times.

Anyone know any good, and fairly safe, ways to react to the guys who're walking by with their babes and try to impress them by leaping into my way and screaming at me while waving their hands? I have a feeling that if I crashed into them, they'd beat the tar out of me. Same for the guys (always gangsta-dressed ones, regardless of skin color) who jump at me and go "I'm gonna steal yer rich bitch toy, boy! Yeah, you BETTER jump, motherfucker!"

[Flyndaran]

Thankfully, 90% of the people who talk to me or call out from cars are nice. But like the horrible few who make Customers Suck what it is, the few who flip me shit do drive me nuts at times.

Anyone know any good, and fairly safe, ways to react to the guys who're walking by with their babes and try to impress them by leaping into my way and screaming at me while waving their hands? I have a feeling that if I crashed into them, they'd beat the tar out of me. Same for the guys (always gangsta-dressed ones, regardless of skin color) who jump at me and go "I'm gonna steal yer rich bitch toy, boy! Yeah, you BETTER jump, motherfucker!"

If you ever find out how to deal with a-holes while simultaneiously keeping your dignity and not getting beaten up, then please tell me.
As pedestrian, I deal with drivers pretending that I'm some kind of alien annoyance rather than a human using my evolved mode of transportation.
Jerks abound no matter what how you get around.

[violetyoshi]

Some guy jumped out at me while I was on one of those scooters at Disneyworld, and did that waving arms screaming thing. Your right, it's very difficult to resist the temptation to want to roll over their foot or hit them.

Note: I was one of those jerks who used the scooter because I was fat. I have resolved to exercise and diet, so when I go to Disneyworld I won't have to use one. It's not worth the trouble of the self-righteous a**holes who believe part of a vacation, is pointing out people who are different, and teaching their children the great American past time of discrimination.