The Pet Peeve

[Bageleth]

(09-08-2011 10:44 AM)HardwareGrl Wrote:  

(09-08-2011 10:07 AM)ladijules Wrote:  Ok... my biggest pet peeve is people who are just plain MEAN, especially to people with special needs. It happens frequently when I'm out in public with my clients. I actually had one man walk up to me and say "You should keep those retards at home. No one wants to see them in public!" Well excuse ME!!! They are people just like everyone else. He wasn't even disturbing anyone, just walking down the walkway. REALLY! Just because people are uncomfortable with people with special needs doesn't mean you should be mean to them!
(Getting off my soapbox now.)

You should have told him, "HEY! Don't say such mean things about YOURSELF! I don't even KNOW YOU yet!"
What a moron!
Hugs to you and the work you do, you must be SUPER PATIENT!

Haha! That's a great comeback HardwareGrl!

ladijules, my son is also autistic. When he was little, there was a lot of sudden outbursts of screaming from him. I remember after one incident, a rather judgmental friend, looked at me and said, "Uh, I don't let my child do that!" and I replied that had I have advanced notice that he was going to suddenly scream for no reason, I wouldn't let him do that either! Duh!