I can't think of a mobility device rental company in the Disney area that isn't customer focused and wouldn't work with each customer to deliver the device directly to the customer at the time the customer needs. IMO, "disaster" is exaggeration (in a way "inconvenient" is not.)
You should call them.
Have you ever been completely dependent on a device for your mobility? It certainly would have been a disaster for me to be without that scooter. I would have had no way to get anywhere other than the hotel lobby. We arrived very late that trip. I would have had to wait until the next morning for delivery. I have no idea how I would have gotten to my room.
Then you rent from
My point is that if this transition had happened while I was in the process of scrambling to figure out Disney with an ECV, what to do, how to do it, ect, and wasn't as well versed as I am now then I might have missed this and ended up stuck. Not everyone is on the disboards or even knows where to look for this stuff, and I went from never having to think about mobility to totally dependent in an instant literally days before a trip. We thought it wasn't going to be that bad, turns out it was and I was 100% dependent on the scooter for my mobility outside of a few steps across the room. It was a lot to deal with and I very well may not have caught this until it was too late. It WOULD have been a disaster if I hadn't been able to secure a rental from a preferred provider at the last minute, not a minor inconvenience, regardless of how you perceive it. You weren't in my shoes at the time.
Ideally, the rental company would have informed you when you made the reservation - whether online or on the phone. I haven't checked any of the websites to see if they're updated.
you have an answer for everything, and what we "should be" doing. All I am trying to say is that this transition happened pretty rapidly, and not everyone is as on top of things as you. I know YOU wouldn't have messed up because YOU ALWAYS stay perfectly on top of everything, but those of us who are imperfect make mistakes, or don't have all the information instantly. The rapidness of this transition could have very well left people in a lurch who are less prepared than you. I very well could have been one of them given how overwhelmed I was at the time, and yes, it would have been very, very bad. I get that you seem to think that there is no excuse for that, but its the reality of the situation i found myself in at the time.
Being suddenly injured in a way that completely robs you of mobility is overwhelming. It's not a fun situation to be in. If you haven't been there, you don't get how much it effects EVERY aspect of your life. Literally everything you do becomes exponentially harded overnight with no warning. You are not prepared for the new reality of being dependent on people and devices for even basic needs. THAT is what I was overwhelmed dealing with. Having to deal with being stranded would have just been fuel for the fire. Call me whatever you want, but unless and until you have been there, wondering if and how you are going to get around, you don't get it. I sincerely hope it never happens to you, but perhaps you shouldn't paint people in situations you have never had to deal with as overly dramatic. Comments like that are one reason people end up not speaking out about being overwhelmed, depressed, anxious, ect and end up in a bad way.
I am sorry, I was totally not trying to offend anyone. I do get that being wheelchair bound is completely different. I am truly sorry if I offended you. I was dependent on the device to get anywhere outside my room, and dependent on mobility aids within the room. I could get in some cars, but no way could I board a bus.
You did not offend me at ALL. I know the state you are in and how helpless you can feel as that was me until I got worse a year ago. I wanted to kill my husband when he left me stranded at a table while he disappeared with the key to ECV and the ECV parked across the room.
I am a science nerd, so I know what CIDP is. I sincerely hope that IVIG works for you!
You would be wrong.
Maybe you need to have a little compassion for others who aren’t as perfect as you. It’s attitudes like this that lead to people going down dark roads. I am worked up because this attitude is why people don’t ask for help when they need it, often to disastrous outcomes. It angers me when needing help is stigmatized. I couldn’t “do what needed to be done” I couldn’t do much of anything. I needed help to shower because I couldn’t transfer myself. I could barely get to a toilet on my own. You could forget driving myself anywhere, cooking a meal, or any other simple task. It was 6 months before I could stand up in the shower. That is a whole different ballgame than being off work for a little while. It was overwhelming to thing that I might never be independent again. The pain and exhaustion just getting through the day was overwhelming, with no end in sight. It was rough, period. I did. NOT whine and expect anyone to feel sorry for me or cater to me. far from it. I hated asking for help. Attitudes like yours led to me not asking for it, falling, and setting back my recovery.
Not when it is an acute injury that is expected to be temporary. Scooters cost thousands and insurance won’t provide one for a temporary injury. Think about all the elderly people you know who use a walker to get around and don’t have scooters as well.
I actually know too.
lanejudy beat me to it.
Oh, rats! And I had all kinds of lucid, intellectual, impressive responses ready to post!
