- i vomit kittens
- Apr 25, 2019
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Airline Staff Called Out Disability
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This morning I boarded a flight (omitting to/from and airline, purposefully).
At the boarding gate, I saw passengers lining up and thought I heard my gate number. I knew I was seated in Seat 5 as my husband had reminded me (I was traveling alone) I was listening to a podcast on my semi-noise canceling headphones. I approached the gate, smiled, said good morning politely and as I got ready to walk away as my mobile ticket has scanned green, the check-in agent stopped me, and loudly asked “Excuse me, are you illiterate?” It took me a moment, I may have said “what or excuse me” and he repeated 3 to 4 more times, quite loudly if I was “illiterate.”
People looked at me, I looked at him. He went on to say he did not call my gate, pressing me to read to him what “group number” my pass said. I repeated I was in seat 5, he kept pressing on the group number, I repeated I was in seat 5.
He said I could not board, I took a picture of his badge which made him irate. I immediately contacted the Airlines via phone and twitter to Document my experience.
I have a diagnosed disability called dyscalculia, I also have a neuromotor disorder. I was diagnosed in grade school and have struggled my entire life. I often need help from friends or my husband with numbers, this is why I knew my seat number but not my group number.
To express the embarrassment, deep humiliation I felt, I have no words. I felt violated. I felt the agent (a male) may have also targeted me for this remark because of my gender, I am a female and was traveling alone.
Do I have any recourse I can take? I have already filed a complaint with the Airlines and with the DOT.
Location of incident: District of Columbia - Destination: Florida
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- i vomit kittens
- Apr 25, 2019
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Jury Duty Summons Has My Anxiety At A 15/10
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I'm a 30 y.o recluse that has somehow managed to slip under the radar until now. I'm aware that my situation isn't going to be relatable for most people, but I'm hoping that someone will be able to provide me with logical advice on how to proceed.
I recently received a postcard summons stating, "You have been summoned to appear as a TRIAL JUROR.". "Please respond online within 10 days. If you do not respond, you will receive a paper summons in the mail. You will still be able to respond online to the paper summons if you choose.". "A knowing failure to obey this summons without justifiable excuse is a crime, which is punishable by a fine of not more than $2,000 upon conviction".
I fail to see the logic in how a document can be legally binding with no confirmation that the individual actually received it ( I VERY rarely check my mail), but I suppose that's beside the point.
I'm not completely opposed to the idea of Jury Duty, but my philosophical views alone make it very hard for me to conform to formalities and societal standards. I don't believe in nations or titles, these things are a detriment to our species as far as I'm concerned. I'm of the mindset that division will be our downfall, and I haven't stood for the "Pledge of Allegiance" or considered myself to be an "American" since the 7th grade. As far as I'm concerned, I'm an inhabitant of Earth that generally keeps to himself and doesn't bother anyone. Unfortunately, I had no say in being born and I choose to be loyal only to myself and those that I care about. I pledge fealty to no person or thing unless willingly so.
I have a clean record and my personal interactions with police have ( mostly ) gone well, most likely because I'm willing to bow down to avoid having my "rights" abused. That being said, at age 8 I witnessed a severe act of police brutality that was covered up (including witness tampering and a complete fabrication of events). I've also been threatened (later on in life) on two separate occasions to have a crime pinned on me if I was unwilling to leave an area where I was legally allowed to be. Both times it was along the lines of "Go back to where you came from, or any potential burglaries/vandalism that occurs in the area will be pinned on you". Granted, I have met a few street cops that were genuinely great people, but they are few and far in between. Based on my roughly 24 years of observation, most LEO's are pieces of the stinkiest poo poo you would ever have the displeasure of smelling. I understand that their job is difficult, but people who are put into positions of power and authority NEED to be held to a MUCH higher standard.
The only reason that I'm even willing to appear at the courthouse is because I'm not prepared to deal with the consequence of ignoring the summons. Also, if selected as a Juror, I would be willing to do what is required of me to avoid legal repercussions. My primary concern is that I'll be held in Contempt of Court before even getting to that point.
I will show the same base level of respect that I would show to any other human. I'm not willing to stand for any reason other than physically moving from one place to another, I will NOT refer to the judge as "Your Honor", or any other title for that matter. I will abstain from answering any questions regarding my personal life or opinions. I will NOT take the Hippocratic Oath unless it's the alternate version without the fairy tale ending. The only thing that I am willing to do is show up, identify myself, and act as a Juror. I am willing to look at the evidence with objectivity and come to a logical conclusion about whether or not the prosecution proved their case beyond all reasonable doubt. That. Is. All. My decision will be my own and will not be influenced by anyone or anything.
These things are absolute in my mind and I will not waiver, how likely are these actions place me in a Contempt of Court situation?
TLDR ; I'm a reclusive, nihilistic, cynic who believes that our species is doomed and wants no part of this charade. Send help. Also, see last two paragraphs, thanks.
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- i vomit kittens
- Apr 25, 2019
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Man from Texas with an amputee fetish impersonated a Dr and had me in a cast for almost a year. I believe his intent was to permanently disable me.
quote:This really is so complex and I don't know where to start or how to explain. But let me try.
I have a pretty solid following on Instagram that follow me because of my injuries. I'm a type one diabetic with Osteopenia and I'm often in a cast because of it. The cast fetish community has really taken a liking to me. I broke my ankle originally 3 years ago. My original Dr had me start walking on it a month or two into treatment When I came back in, he x-rayed me and told me that he made a mistake and that I needed to see a different Dr. That my ankle was worse. Because of my medical history the Drs did not feel comfortable with me having surgery and instead kept me in a cast for 9 months. I had to go in every few weeks and each time was several hundred dollars.
In December of 2018 my x-rays were still abnormal and they wanted to do a MRI but when it came down to it they wanted $2,500 and I simply could not afford it. At the time I was in a walking cast and the Dr allowed me to switch over to a boot.
So I went into a boot for several months after that and just stopped going to the Dr.
At the end of 2019 I fell and rebroke it. I posted online upset about my situation and worried I would not be able to afford treatment.
A girl reached out to me. And explained that she knew this Dr in El Paso who helped her when no one else would. He worked on both sides of the border both in Juarez and in El Paso. She gave me his number. When I called he mentioned his name and that he was with a medical group in his voicemail.
I left him a message and sent him a text. He was very straight and to the point a way a Dr would be. Asked me my medical situation and my history. And he explained to me that surgery was our of the question and that I would need to be in a cast for some time. He offered to take me over the border for imaging to save money on both the MRIs and the X-rays.
This seemed like a great solution as it was cheaper to travel to El Paso then to even stay in Vegas and see a Dr here locally.
So I made a trip down there. I travel for work so it wasn't a big deal to do so. He offered to meet me at my hotel in-between surgeries at the hospital. He told me at first that he was an orthopedic surgeon. I thought this was so very kind of him. We met and he reviewed the last x-rays that I took in Vegas and explained to me that it was going to be another long breaking process like I had before. He told me the best thing we could do was to put me in a long leg cast for 6 months. He said that we needed to completely immobilize my knee so that my ankle would not move at all and disturb any healing process. This also with the way he explained it, made sense.
He showed up to the room in scrubs with a Dr bag. Nothing seemed weird or out of place at the time.
He had to get back to work and told me he would come back the next day with the materials to apply the cast. Told me he would be willing to help me probon because of my situation. He explained to me that I was a high risk for needing an amputation. Again, something drs have told me in the past.
He came back the next day, again " in between surgeries" to apply the cast. The first interaction was very Dr/patient like. But this time seemed a bit more intimate. But I admit, it felt good to have a Dr seen into me. And a surgeon none the less who was so kind to offer to help me for free. This should have been my first red flag but it seemed innocent enough.
He told me that I needed to be non-weight bearing for 6 months in the long leg cast. I asked him if we would have imaging done in between and be told me he would take me to his clinic in juarez during our next visit. But that with my history of slow healing that it would be best to avoid the radiation. That he knew from so many past patients that it was going to take time.
After he applied the cast, he mentioned how tired he was and he wasn't looking forward to going back to surgery. I decided to shoot my shot a bit and asked him if he wanted to just lie with me for a bit.
We didn't do anything sexual. Just laid there, but there was a major spark. And at some point, he accidently said I live you. He made up some excuse for it... But that thought stuck with me.
I trusted him.
Before our next visit we started messaging more. But as friends with very flirty vibes. He asked me if I felt the same spark he did. And I must admit I did. It felt naughty talking to my Dr like that, but I liked it. And he said that because he was seeing me for free and that I was technically not a patient on record that he wasn't violating any rules.
Not only did I have a Dr willing to help save my leg for free, but he was into me. He gave off very nerdy virgin vibes and so I was a bit more forward with the flirting from that point forward.
My next trip out he had very little time. The plan was to take me to Juarez for an x-ray that visit but it didn't work out with his schedule. He was always talking about how many hours he had to work and how crazy the hospital got.
Again, I was thankful for his time and help and didn't complain.
We had plans to meet up again before I left but then this is where things get really weird. He told me that he had an abuse case come up. There was a one year old baby who came in, with several broken bones. He himself had a baby and so this was very upsetting for him. The father of the baby was there, and the abuse was clearly from him. My Dr was giving him a lot of attitude and the father shoulder checked him. At that point, the Dr saw red and started beating the poo poo out of him.
According to the Dr, no changes were going to be pressed against him. He explained El Paso is pretty flexible on rules compared to most places and that the hospital team and the military police wouldnt cause trouble for him as the father was clearly the bad guy.
He was so disappointment in himself and hated himself for what he did. But I saw him as a hero and told him the guy deserved it. It was then that he really started to manipulate me and my feelings toward him.
But because of this we didn't meet up again that trip.
Then Corona happened.
He didn't want me traveling as I was a higher risk with my diabetes. So I came up with a solution to have him just ship me the materials for the cast changes. He told me that I should avoid as much radiation as possible anyways and that it was going to be a slow process. And the thing is... I knew how to cast. I had been in so many medical and recreational casts before.
So I was confident in myself. But he didn't trust the idea at first. Then I applied one with material that I had already and showed him. From then on out he let me do the cast changes as it was better then me risking COVID.
In this time, he lost his job. And it turned out he wasn't actually a Dr. He was a resident. He told me that he was a big shot surgeon in the UK but came back to the US to be with his family. In the UK he said you only needed a bachelor to become a Dr. So he had to do his residency again. But it was worth it to him.
So many times I questioned things, but he always had answers ready and his stories just made sense to me in a very odd way.
So at this point it turned out he wasn't actually a Dr but a medical professional who would perform surgeries in Juarez still at his clinic.
Not sure if this changes anything. Add at first he claimed to be a Dr. And I have text messages of him doing so. But as things continued he was just a medical professional.
But I still trusted him and at this point was falling for him.
Once Corona died down he had me go for local x-rays and then meet him in Beaumont. He told me he was working there evaluating patients who had been injured during a blast of sorts at a factory.
At this point he was my boyfriend first, Dr second.
Fast forward we had two more trips together. He was sending me cast supplies and other medical supplies at I started having other medical problems.
Turns out he legit owned some sort of medical supply company and had access to these things. But I think that they were things only a Dr should be able to get. Like IV Zofran, and the kinda of pill bottles they have at the pharmacy. He sent me wellbutrin, zofran, gabapentin and other medications and became my Dr for not only my leg but other medical issues aa well.
During this time I was hospitalized several times for cyclic vomiting syndrome. But the medication he sent me actually helped me.
The amount of stuff he sent me, I thought only a Dr could have access to. I never really questioned that he was lying to me because every time I did for a moment, he did something that would click in my head to be real.
Fast forward, it's been 8 months so far that he had me in a cast, not walking at all. My leg has completely shriveled up and is extremely weak at this point.
During our last trip I found out that nor only is he married but he was not and never has been a Dr. That he has an amputee/stump fetish and according to his wife he has tricked 8 other girls into thinking he was a Dr. He has been hospitalized several times in the pysch ward. Which I knew, but he told me it was just for depression. But I'm not sure if he actually thought he was a Dr and was trying to help me while getting off with his sick fetish. Or if he intended to hurt me in the end.
During our time he often told me that if I was amputated that he would love me the same. He told me he would take me to juarez to do the surgery himself so that it was done right and that he would take care of me.
He even had me do an arm cast for fun to pretend I was amputated for a night. Something I knew my online fans would love so I agreed.
Because of this, I now feel like his entire intention for casting me for so long was to either permanently disable me or cause me to need an amputation. I've known a few guys with amp fetishes/ devotees and some have some very twisted fantasied. I believe if things continued and if Corona never happened and the border wasnt shut down that he would have taken me for a MRI and would have convinced me to have the surgery. As this was mentioned several times.
The proof that I have is screenshots of him claiming to be a Dr over text. Pictures of him in his scrubs. The message his wife sent me saying that he's done this 8 other girls. And a video of us with another Dr doing a live virtual training as he claimed to be a Dr with a clinic.
I am going in to see a real Dr to see if I have any damage done to my ankle other than it being stick skinny and weak.
I live in Vegas, most of our interactions happened in Texas but one time he came to Vegas.
Can I sue him for damages? Would it be a criminal case as he was impersonating a Dr at first, and then later on a medical professional. Do I have to go after him in Texas?
Tl;Dr I fell in love with a man who claimed to be a Dr helping me probono. He turned out to be a pysch patient with a Stump fetish. He kept me in a cast for 9 months. I believe he had intentions of permanently disabling me or causing me to need an amputation. Can I sue him?
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- i vomit kittens
- Apr 25, 2019
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Expelled from Texas public school for my afterschool milsim activities/nazi soviet cosplay
quote:Originally from AITA want advice on it
I am 100% sure i am not the rear end in a top hat here but i have lost my girlfriend, and many other friends over this and its loving pissing me off so much. I am active in my local milsim group. Incase you're unfamiliar, milsim is airsoft but take a lot further, often trying to replicate or reenact battles from history. We had an event where we were reenacting the battle of Kiev, 1943 which was fought between the 1st Ukrainian front and the 4th Panzer army. We all wore either Soviet or Nazi uniforms, and we had airsoft guns that looked exactly like Mosin Nagats, Kar 98s, Gewehr 43s, mp40s, lugers and others. Our uniforms looked identical too and we had soviet and nazi flags on both sides of our fields.
Now clearly, none of us are nazis or communists, we've done many other ww2 events before, involving soviets and nazis, as well as Vietnam war, Rhodesian bushwar, and other conflicts. Someone did take pictures of us though and blasted us on social media and our school found out. They expelled us instantly. they didn't care what we had to say, they said we were with nazi flags and unfirosm which waas therefore offensive, so we had to go. loving poo poo. My parents are fuckign pissed, my dad took out all my milsim poo poo and locked it up. He says im going to be grounded for a long rear end time. They're pissed and they don't care what i say.
gently caress this and gently caress my girlfriend and friends who all decided to unfriend me and disassociate with me, you all are a bunch of loving pathetic cowards and gently caress my school and everyone else who won't hear me out or makes bullshit assumptions.
Now on to the advice, can the public schools actually expell me for this? we did this in a different city an hour away. Soemoene who just didn't like us found these pics and spread it around school saying we're nazis. I explained to the school admin that we're not nazis, and that this was just a military reenactment. They said they didn't care, we dressed up as nazis and we're getting expelled.
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