Wednesday, 1 May 2013

#BADD Growing Up Beside You

This is Imperial Place, Borehamwood.













  1. Brilliant and how very true, I had a similar sort of event - a woman in Debenhams atempted to get me to try thier perfume. I didnt but my husband said, Oooohh get her she spoke to you and everythink.

  2. Excellent post, Margo.

    I remember once my sheer joy when shopping with my ex-husband in a DIY store, that the shop assistant addressed me. I had asked the question (something about replacing kitchen tiles, I can't remember) and frankly, I wouldn't have been surprised if he'd address the man, even if I had been on my feet, because I've been in that scenario too. But no, he addressed the woman in the wheelchair and explained the necessary process to me as if I was the expert at whatever it was.

    Incidentally, because of my poor reading, I read "Imperial Palace" as opposed to "Imperial Place". They so ought to change the name to that!

    Thank you for participating in BADD again!

    1. I, too, read it as Imperial Palace! Ah well, such are the vagaries of Spooniedom.

  3. This is the kind of thing that is surprising to me as well: in a good way, of course, but when somebody treats me as just... a normal part of wherever I am, it's still novel enough to be startling, unfortunately. So I get what you're saying, for sure.

  4. Took a mobility scooter to Glastonbury Festival once and loads of people talked to me....unfortunately only because they thought it was a great idea to get around the site and where could they get one, not once considering I might actually need it!