If there's one thing we can't stand, it's seeing big corporations trample on the little guy. Or in this case, the little lady on a motorized scooter. Ariel Wade, who suffers from degenerative dystrophy, is taking on White Castle after they denied her drive-thru access. Like Wade, this makes us "madder than fish grease." Check out the video after the jump.From the Web:
What It's Really Like Being a Hooters GirlThe dark side and the good stuff. (Lemondrop)
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Monday 15 June
By Chris Moore
They didn't have a handicap entrance to either place?
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Wednesday 17 June
By FultzPens@aol.com
It appears unlikely you have ever spent much time in a wheelchair. Many commercial establishments and nearly all homes lack wheelchair access. Many street crossings, too, lack ramps. So, to get around, one needs not only a wheelchair but an attendant. The problems are not so much deliberate discrimination as lack of forethought and, I imagine, lack of profit. Wheelchair bound customers cannot buy enough burgers (or whatever) to make a difference in the bottom line, so their needs are ignored as are the laws which were intended to protect them.
Have a nice day!
Fultz
Wednesday 17 June
By Otis
It was after hours and the drive thru was the only access.
Wednesday 17 June
By DONNA ISAACS
AS AN INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENT FOR 40 YEARS I SPEAK WITH KNOWLEDGE AND EXPIERENCE. MOST POWER SCOOTER OPERATORS DO NOT HAVE A HIGH POST OF FLAG TO SIGNAL MOTORIZED VEHICLES THAT THEY ARE IN THE AREA. TWO OF MY CLIENTS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN ACCIDENTS WITH THESE SCOOTERS BECAUSE THEY SIT SO LOW THE DRIVER COULD NOT SEE THEM. THIS WOMAN AND ALL SCOOTER OPERATORS NEED TO CREATE ADDED VISABILITY AND NOT ACT LIKE THEY ARE A MOTORIZED VEHICLE.
Wednesday 17 June
By Edith
She looks too friggin fat to get through the door. I don't think it's the wheelchair at all.
Too fat and too lazy.
Wednesday 17 June
By B
It was CLOSED... only the drive through was opened.
Wednesday 17 June
By John Stange
Her motorized scooter is not street legal, so she should not be using a vehicle entrance. She had to walk and get on the scooter (I doubt she sleep in it) so she can get off and walk in. Now being that it was after closing the lobby, she should not be scooting around late at night. She is just trying to make money off a law suit. People like her are a drain on the economy and legal system. Life is not fair. Get over with it.
Wednesday 17 June
By Kelly
I hope that woman doesn't get a dime. White Castle would not allow someone to walk through the drive thru even after hours when the lobby is closed. Does she think that because she is handicap that she should get special privileges?
Wednesday 17 June
By julia
Dining room was closed. It said so in the first 10 seconds of the video.
Wednesday 17 June
By Mr. C
The handicap entrance is for the inside. At night the drive through is for cars. If she got hit by a car she would sue because it should have been expected they keep the drive thru safe.
Wednesday 17 June
By Steve Childers
Sounds like the burger chains need to understand that when they say drive thru that means a motorize vechicle,which includes motor scooters,wheelchairs,and almost anything that is powered by anytype of motor and is driveable.as long as the customer can drive thru then they are with in their wrights to use a drive thru.they just open a can of worms and the lady is wright to proceed in this matter,If I,m on my bike i go thru the drive thru to get a sandwich.
Wednesday 17 June
By phil
They would be discriminating against walkers or bikers if they let her go through on her scooter! She was insulted, not discriminated against, and it was because of safety policy, not because she was handicapped.
Wednesday 17 June
By LINDA
THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ENTRANCES, MOBILITY, OR EVEN DISCRIMINATION. HERE IS SOMEONE WHO FELT BECAUSE OF A POSSIBLE DISABILITY (OR JUST BIG) THEY COULD MAKE A BUSINESS MAKE CHANGES TO A LAW THAT HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE DRIVE THRU WINDOWS HAVE BEEN AND THAT IS NO WALK UPS, BICYCLES OR ANY OTHER MEANS OF OTHER THAN AUTOMOBILES/MOTORCYCLES. IM IN INSURANCE THIS IS A HUGE LIABILITY FOR THEM IF SHE WERE TO BE SITTING WAITING FOR SERVICE AND GOT HIT.
Wednesday 17 June
By tom
so smrpup or whatever your name is do you go through drive thrus in your wheelchair
Wednesday 17 June
By ron griffin
Well, the one thing I cannot stand besides a fat person who is too fat and/or lazy to walk, to be denied drive through to a fast food drive through. A big(excuse the pun) deal about nothing.
Wednesday 17 June
By mike m
this is a woman in a SCOOTER not a wheelchair..she is NOT handicapped..just too fat and lazy to walk. i deal with scooters and wheelchairs all day and theres a huge difference between the two. itll be a sad day if she gets a dime from them! and what time does the dining area close?? what 11 maybe?? maybe if she quit eatin burgers so late she wouldnt need the damn scooter!!
Wednesday 17 June
By matt
That woman needs to get walking and stop eating at White Castle. Big old moo cow.
Wednesday 08 July
By jerry
you know there is a sticker on those chairs that say it is to be treated as motorized vech. so sorta dont see the point coulda just showed the employee it.
Wednesday 17 June
By Lynn
I agree with White Castle! A power Scooter is not a vehicle it's a wheel chair therefore it's to dangerous to be used at a drive thru. She can not "drive" her wheel chair on the road so what makes her think she can go through a drive thru. If they served her and she was bumped by a car then she would have sued them and won.
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Thursday 18 June
By Lena
I have read all the comments about this lady and her scooter and calling her fat and lazy from some of these post is so uncalled for. All these folks that choose to redicule her because she is in a scooter and calling her fat and lazy should be included in her law suit. That is so defamation of character. I trully hope that all the people that chose to ridcule this lady never becomes disabled. I became disable @ the early age of 40. It is like my life is over. I too have a scooter and if need be it can be driven anywhere I need to go. we need to focus on the people that ride mopeds because they lost their privilige to drive a car. They are blocking the road and daring you to hit them.If this lady was hungry and it seems she was. Why not serve her? Where is the sign posted that says scooter's are not allowed @ the drive through? Come on people, think about this. If you were hungry regardless what you weighed and you lived within a scooter's drive to a fasst food joint, wouldn't you do the same thing. Yes, we have to walk to get on our scooter's. I live in a 2000 sq ft home and there are days I can't walk from one end to the other. I pray that all you folks that are "unhappy" with her choice of transportation. But for one second, put yourself in her shoes. Just what would you have done?