The Age of MAGA is here...

[Cryptoad]

Today I was robbed by Coffee County High School!. I was robbed of the joy of watching my youngest grand daughter play two basketball games. I was robbed when I was informed that I could not watch the games sitting in my little folding chair in a out-of-the way spot. It was sit in wooden bleachers or nothing.

I am 71 yrs old and disabled by a degenerate nerve disease which makes me (among many things) no longer capable of sitting on wooden bleachers for four hours. I am a certified "Handicap", but I am not whining or complaining about that fact, rather the being treated like a sub-human for being old and worn out. I hope the young lady athletic director who made me leave, never has to endure such treatment when she grows old.

I wonder,,,? If I had gone to the game in my wheel chair would she have demand me to sit in the wooden bleachers?

Shame on Coffee County High School...!

"You will know them by the Fruit they bear..."

[RainCaster]

1. You know how wrong that is...

But you took the high road. You have my sympathies.

[Maraya1969]

2. That's crazy. I would have just sat there. I bet they wouldn't have bothered to pick me up

and move me.

[Kurt V.]

3. so sorry you had this happen to you.

[badhair77]

4. Please take this farther, to administration and school board. She may be part of admin

but there are others above her. Don’t be afraid to contact the media. This is just wrong.

[lunatica]

18. I agree

By standing up for oneself, one stand up for everyone. The woman who did this should learn it was wrong and adjust her life to never do anything like that again.

[Silver1]

5. I'm sorry that happened to you.

There are good people out there, but today you ran into one of the cruddy ones. I do hope it's somehow made up to you.

I also think you should call the school and tell them about it. That way the frustration goes where it belongs instead of staying in you.

With all respect...

[Atticus]

6. The inability to empathize is a form of ignorance. The refusal to empathize is a form

of arrogance. Some people have both excuses. (SEE: Donald J. Trump)

As a near-71 year old with rheumatoid arthritis, I can easily empathize with your emotionally painful experience at the gymnasium. Maybe DO return to the next game in a wheel chair, even if you have to borrow one. And, it might be worthwhile to call your state or federal "Americans With Disabilities" enforcement body. Your state Atforney Genaral's Office may be the place to start.

Good luck.

[SWBTATTReg]

7. I'm surprised that they didn't make an spot for you, after all, I thought per the ...

disabilities act, they had to (all public facilities) accommodate the handicapped.

[Miigwech]

8. Nazi's taking over our lives

[Doreen]

9. I am just a bitch.

I would have asked her to explain in detail why a disabled person who is UNABLE to sit there is going to be forced to sit there or leave.

I would then remind her that I will bring this up with the Superintendant and the ADA.

By law they need to have a suitable alternative for disabled people.

[Karadeniz]

10. Nice is hard to find nowadays. How about your doctor authorizes a vehicle handicapped

Card for you to carry?

[spike jones]

11. World protests

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fed-chileans-fill-plazas-weeklong-210527991.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/protests-iraq-find-outlet-world-snapchat-n1072266

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/24/thousands-protest-against-new-criminal-code-across-indonesia


https://www.reddit.com/r/socialism/comments/e0htgt/please_the_world_has_to_know_in_colombia_1_millon/

[aeromanKC]

12. ACLU comes to mind

Definitely needs to be taken to the next level!!

[Ligyron]

13. Why don't you give us their contact info?

I'll be more than happy to give them a piece of my mind as well.

[bucolic_frolic]

14. That is a terrible outcome!

Discrimination if I ever heard it!

[sakabatou]

15. You could sue them for breaking the ADA

[Xolodno]

16. As was mentioned before...take this to the next level.

This is a lawsuit waiting to happen on already scarce public dollars.

[srose58089]

17. Contact Info

This is the only Coffee County High School info I could find on the Web

Located in Manchester Tennessee. I am not sure if this is the same school

http://www.coffeecountyschools.com/Default.asp?L=0&LMID=&PN=Schools2&DivisionID=&DepartmentID=&SubDepartmentID=&SubP=School&SchoolID=4051

[lunatica]

19. Hugs to you Cryptoad for going through that

Now go out and kick ass for all handicapped people!

[littlemissmartypants]

20. I'd definitely send a letter to the powers that be about this confrontation. You were bullied.

You have a right to have your feelings heard. Who knows there may be others who have experienced the same thing that you can help give a voice.

Don't let the bullies win.