People assume I have notihng to do but wait

Don't give them bad impression about you. Prove to them that even you are in a wheelchair you are not being heavy on them. They don't have the right to judge you physically. But that is how people judge nowadays. Do something to prove them wrong.

I know the feeling to say the very least. There was one time in recent memory where I had an appointment for someone to show up to get estimates for basement repair. They did two hours after the fact. And what was worse, they seemed to think that it is amusing that I had to wait. Well, you know what else is amusing. The fact that I'm not going to use your services for this job and thus you're not getting my money. So that's funny! Still people who show up rather late anger me. 10-15 late, fine, traffic happens, delays happen. Of course, those who do have the consideration to phone when they are going to be late really are good. But sadly most people do not. That is really going to be something that agitates me to say the very least. Some people think that you don't have a life. Well when you show up at a certain time, you better show up at a certain time.

Many actually think that if you are in a wheelchair that you do Nothing all day! But you know what they say about assuming!

Dear Martina, How right you are. I am a freelance writer as well. I am also very active in my community. Just because we have disabilities doesn't mean we sit around. As a matter of fact, I bet we are more active than some able-bodied people!

It's really annoying waiting for someone you're expecting to come. Sometimes I have to give a lot of calls just for them to be reminded that I was waiting for hours. Some can be annoying when they actually commit a time but then takes hours or days for them to arrive.

this is all about the lack of professionalism of the people that do this kind of jobs.i remember that every each time i did something in my house i had to wait alot for the workers to come.when installed my cable and internet i had to wait 3 days.i had to stay at home each day because they were saing that this is the day when they will sure come.also when i moved the guys were supposed to come at 8 am and thay camed at 2 pm.

Oh isn't it awful waiting for tradesmen or deliveries, I got to the stage when I was buying small furniture, I would say if it fits in my hatchback I will buy it if it doesn't I won't, I just got so sick of waiting for deliveries, I reckon I was always last on the delivery mans list everytime..waiting is horrible.

I can understand your frustration. Granted, I'm not in a wheelchair, but it can be frustrating to wait around. It can also be annoying when people make assumptions about others. It's not something that I like.

While I am not in a wheelchair I do understand your frustration. I remember when my husband & I moved into our new home the cable man was supposed to come by such & such time. We couldn't hook up our TV or place our wall unit in it's spot until he came, which means we couldn't unpack any of the things we normally put on those shelves. We purposed unpacked everything else so all we would have to unpack were these last few things, but instead of him coming in the morning like we hoped he didn't come until almost five that evening. I was furious because to me that was a whole day wasted just waiting for the cable man.