Do you think people who use mobility scooters are just being lazy?

Question

I see lots of fat people using these things
How do they expect to lose any weight if they wont even walk anywhere its not like they cant coz they aint having any trouble getting in and out of the scooter

Answer 1

Yes, you are correct in your observations. Most people become immobile because of obesity, lack of exercise, and then arthritis sets in on the joints.
Scooters I believe should only be used by people who have advanced stages of Lupus, Cancer, MS, and serious diseases.
If those people using them went to physical therapy or did water exercises, they may not need the scooters. In addition to losing weight.
I know, because until I lost weight, I was headed for using them, too!
I was determined I didn't want to become obese and immobile, because I have always been an active person.
And for some reason whenever you go into a store, they always think they have the right of way, and will mow you down if you don't move.

Answer 2

What Ho.
I know what you mean. We have a local Co-Op supermarket, and it os awash with mobility scooters.
May I mention a few examples ?
The bloke in the store, getting a staff member to fill his basket from shelves, then reversed into me. "Didn't you hear the beep-beep?" he spake.
"I was six inches behind you, don't you look where you are going"

Then there is the gathering of ladies on scooters, circled covered wagon style having a conflab.
No-one could get in or out of the car-park/

There were teo heading towards each other on the pavement the other day, and not knowing what was the protocol or road sense, could not decide on left or right. Minor chaos !

Also the bloke I spotted last month travelling down the middle of the left hand lane of the local town High Street.
It had one of those rain cover arrangements, so he couldn't see where he was going, and totally oblivious to the fact that a bus and a queue of traffic had stacked up behind him.

Gods, what about the bloke at Morrisons?
He made a great show of barging folks out of the way to park the thing, then jumped off to walk in sprightly fashion into the shop.

I despair. And in agreement with you, consider a lot of these people are just lazy.

Fair play if really needed - but !

Bob

Answer 3

I agree - it's not cut & dried like you suggest. I had surgery last year where I was not allowed to walk much. I am not obese any more, but at the time I would have been considered overweight. I had to use a mobility scooter in the grocery store so that I could get the things I needed. I wasn't being lazy, I mostly didn't even want to use it, but at the same time I knew I couldn't get through the aisles at a normal rate without it, so I used it. I hope I will be as forgiving of others as I suspect they were of me.

Answer 4

Yes you see a lot of fat people in the scooters but have you ever thought they are fat because the cant walk anywhere. Most people have to buy them because it's almost impossible to get a scooter on the NHS at £2000+ these "lazy people" must of worked hard in their life to have that sort of money in savings.

Answer 5

I retired through ill health and cannot walk very far without getting out of breath. I used to have a car but sold it as I didnt need it any more, with not working as my husband has one. So I opted for an electric powered bike which is fab, and I use it all the time to get me from a-b.
It is called a fold-eze and it can be folded to go in a car and we can take it away with us when we go in our caravan touring.
But if I did'nt have this I would certainly think of buying a scooter. (Just one of the small ones that can be folded in the car)
I am not lazy, but I am also not skinny, so make your own mind up about that.

Answer 6

Not all fat people are fat because they eat too much. There are others reason as well

I put on over 3 stone in fluid when I had an accident and was in a wheelchair for 3 months because I couldn't walk.

You have no idea what effort it takes to get into a chair or a scooter. I needed the help of my mum and partner to get me into the chair from the car. It took 15 minutes at best before I had enough strength and pain relief to be able to sit down.

Think before you make such stupid comments.

There but for the grace of God.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Hard call, the world is not all black and white, there is some gray. Some folks need them, some folks are lazy, I have seen it both ways. My father used the mobility scooters at Walmart before he died. We were glad that they were available for him, he was not fat, he had other major medical problems. I guess we could have just left the old boy at home and went to walmart with out him.

Answer 9

I think they're being conned. If someone truly can't get around, the doctor will prescribe an electric wheelchair. Usually the people getting the scooters have heart problems and the doctor wants them to walk.

Answer 10

Im not sure the kind of scooters you mean, but have you seen the movie 'Reign over me' with Adam Sandler and Don Cheadle?
Adam rides this motorised scooter through the streets of New York, as opposed to driving a car, and that thing looks fast/convenient/fun!