Slap of Wisdom

If you had any superpower, what would it be?

I always wanted mine to be the slap of wisdom, I go to stupid people – slap them (think DiNozzo from NCIS, the character played by Michael Weatherly) and instantly “oh yeah I get it now” I naturally think my superpower is bluntness.

I got on a tram today and asked a woman to give me her seat. I’m always careful as you can’t always tell if they have a disability. The woman instantly misunderstood and presumed it as her job to swiftly direct me to another seat down the tram. While the seat she was diverting me to wasn’t far but faced the wrong way. I would have had motion sickness in minutes. I also would have struggled to getup, stay up and negotiate my way back to a door when it was time to get off. All the while – A) not having my bag possibly fall of my shoulder creating a further trip hazard, B) not falling over and breaking every bone in my body. Luckily a woman that got on in front of me politely told the women she could go to that seat (not me). And then she sat next to me (Also, taking up an accessible seat) to support me where she felt the need to explain why that woman should not ever have been sitting there. I shrugged, told her I agree and let it go, because this is what it’s like every day advocacy it never ends.

SHOES

Went to see a shoe guy in the city today. I was already in the city and had to go from there to another area that required my ability to navigate around the city. I have not frequently visited since 1992 to 1993 (not kidding) and I knew I could walk but be hot and knackered by the time I got there, or I could navigate to a short tram ride before walking and maybe get there late. In the end, I took a tram two stops, then walked two blocks. I wasn’t 100%, certain exactly where he was since he was set up on the ground floor of a big car park. Shoe fetish.