RE: [QUAD-L] Ask For Help

[greg]

Yeah, I do think most people like to help. If they looked frustrated I might not ask. Just yesterday I was sitting in front of my house. Facing my house with the sun on my back, using my tablet. A car pulled up and a guy rolled down his window. He yelled to see if I was OK. He said he saw me there when he drove by and I was still there on his way back. He just wanted to be sure I was OK. I get that a lot. Greg > Hey Greg, > > The first 15 years I avoided and dreaded asking for help, private > or public. I, too, ask all the time now. I wish I’d have figured > that out a lot sooner, I would have saved myself a lot of wasted > time and energy! Luckily, people are much less scared of us these > days and feel good about reaching the cereal on the highest shelf > for someone so low to the ground! And I definitely ask for people > to feed me samples! Rule of life: NEVER pass up a sample or > appetizer opportunity. Fast, easy, harmless. It’s not like you’re > attempting a plate of spaghetti LOL. But the public is also more > exposed to our needs nowadays and are more than willing to help. > Just make sure you’re fairly clean and kempt, or in the future, the > individual on the other end of that shrimp will run as far away > from disabled people as possible! As for strangers and leg bags? > I’m sure most of us avoid that scenario as much as possible in the > first place, but if it can’t be avoided, ask. It’s not worth > dragging 911 into the picture just to have your leg bag emptied. I > look for women for sensitive things because they’re more, well, > sensitive. If they have a kid or two with them, even better! Most > of the time she will tell you straight up that what I (we) need is > nothing compared to her dealing with her kids’ bodily fluids daily!! > > > I always find that if I stop someone and he or she is visibly > uncomfortable or just too busy to help (listening to you, but > eyeing their train pulling away!), I let them off the hook by > saying, “Never mind. I can wait, I’m in no hurry.” (Even if that’s > a major falsehood!) But if it’s dire, I say, “I hate to do this to > you, but I gotta say, I’m so grateful you came along. It could have > been bad news had you not turned onto my corner!” > > > Just my opinions. It sounds like you have your priorities under > control! > > > From: greg [mailto:g...@eskimo.com] > Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2017 10:47 AM > To: quad-list@eskimo.com > Subject: [QUAD-L] Ask For Help > > > Hey guys, > > > How do you feel about asking strangers for help? And how far would > you go > > > I use to HATE asking strangers for help. Now I do all the time. > Usually just simple things like: Asking if they can hand me > something, or pick up something I dropped, etc. Yesterday I was at > the store and they were giving out samples of shrimp. They asked if > I wanted one. It looked so good, I had to try it. So I asked if hey > could scoop it in my mouth for me. I did that once before with   > stuffed mushroom. > > > Have you, or would you ask a stranger to empty your legbag? If not, > what if you were so full, you are going through AD? > > > Adjust you in your chair? > > > Greg