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How are they going to determine whether or not someone is disabled, or do they only mean certain types of physical disabilities?
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That wasn't clear by the sign or my brief conversation with a Portuguese person.How are they going to determine whether or not someone is disabled, or do they only mean certain types of physical disabilities?
What the OP does mention, is that those who are elderly, disabled, pregnant or have a child under two years old with them get to move to the front of the line (in retail establishments, I presume). I likewise question why people in these categories are in a particular hurry that I'm not in.
Yes, we should certainly do as Christ says. Hopefully, as Christians, we don't need the government to reiterate what we should already know.Christ tells us that whatsoever we do to the least among the brothers, that we do to Him,
This is interesting. You start by asking if I really want to know (which seems unnecessary; I wouldn't have asked if I didn't), then, you don't let me know, you don't answer but instead proceed to rant against something you apparently think that I think. What's all that about fires and emergencies?Do you really want to know?
That wasn't clear by the sign or my brief conversation with a Portuguese person.
In Portugal, they recently passed a law giving "priority" to those who are elderly, disabled, pregnant or have a child under two years old with them. give priority to these people, and merchants who fail to give priority get fined. .
This is interesting. You start by asking if I really want to know (which seems unnecessary; I wouldn't have asked if I didn't), then, you don't let me know, you don't answer but instead proceed to rant against something you apparently think that I think. What's all that about fires and emergencies?
How are they going to determine whether or not someone is disabled, or do they only mean certain types of physical disabilities?
You didn't answer my question. According to the OP, these are the people who go ahead of everyone else:You asked why people in those conditions would be in a hurry that you are not in. I answered with an example of why -- because the alternative is worse than you giving up your place in line for someone who needs to get in and out quicker than you do for health reasons. That's precisely why. I did answer your question.
And my 'rant', as you put it, is due to the dehumanizing attitudes expressed in several posts in this thread, including yours.
I should hope not. That's just decency.The restauranteur left specific instructions to give them absolute priority even if it meant asking other diners to change tables. No one ever objected.
4. have a child under two years old with them
What are the health reasons they need to get in and out quicker?
You didn't answer my question. According to the OP, these are the people who go ahead of everyone else:
1. elderly
2. disabled
3. pregnant or
4. have a child under two years old with them
What are the health reasons they need to get in and out quicker?
Yeah, it will vary from person to person. It's just that in my parish there are "very" pregnant ladies, and people with small children who manage to stand for an 1 1/2 hour liturgy, which is a lot longer than is usually spent waiting to make a retail purchase, so I wouldn't have thought that was a big problem.The elderly may have the same problems as the disabled with standing and walking or waiting (depending), as may the pregnant (again, depending). I don't know about those with children under two other than the obvious fact that they can be a hassle and slow down any line, as can any of these other types of people.
That's a good point. As with handicapped parking tags on the car that require a doctor's approval, people who can't wait could also get a little badge or something to wear on their shirt.As to specific diagnoses, these of course will vary from person to person, and if you're not their doctor they're unlikely to come up in everyday conversation.
Yeah, it will vary from person to person. It's just that in my parish there are "very" pregnant ladies, and people with small children who manage to stand for an 1 1/2 hour liturgy, which is a lot longer than is usually spent waiting to make a retail purchase, so I wouldn't have thought that was a big problem.
That's a good point. As with handicapped parking tags on the car that require a doctor's approval, people who can't wait could also get a little badge or something to wear on their shirt.
But more seriously, the OP doesn't mention seating priority, but I wonder what difference a seat location would make for women in different stages of pregnancy?
Yeah, it will vary from person to person. It's just that in my parish there are "very" pregnant ladies, and people with small children who manage to stand for an 1 1/2 hour liturgy, which is a lot longer than is usually spent waiting to make a retail purchase, so I wouldn't have thought that was a big problem.