Apparently some people manage to reach middle age without the experience of pushing an injured or ill friend or relative in a wheelchair. We were at an event last night and the woman behind us said peevishly to her friend, "Why are those people being allowed to take a shortcut?"
To his credit, my companion turned around and said, "Because they're in wheelchairs, and wheelchairs have a hard time on gravel."
"Oh," she said, possibly aware of how insensitive she was being. "Oh. Well then that makes sense, I guess."
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