Pat Kern passes time in an Oakville duplex by scanning the newspaper, flipping channels on her television and spoiling rotten a dog named Cuddles.
Durand used to do more. But in August, Metro cut off Kern’s access to Call-A-Ride Plus, the agency’s door-to-door bus service for the disabled.
Kern is fat. She’ll say it openly. At a combined 640 pounds, she and her wheelchair weigh 40 pounds more than Metro’s limit.
“I think this is discrimination, and I think it’s because I’m fat,” Kern said.
I think you’re right, lady. I’ve seen your picture.
All joking aside, before I started working in ‘the trash industry’ I worked in ‘the white trash industry’. I mapped, scheduled and dispatched rides for a local charity that had the county contract for both the Americans With Disabilities rides and the Dept of Social and Health Services.
More than likely, her county’s metro contract vans have a weight limit on their wheelchair lifts. Most of ours were 800lbs, but depending on the manufacturer 600lbs sounds like it could be a reasonable limit.
If this broad would lose 40 pounds she could get her rides back. That is not even 10% of her total weight. But nooooo, it isn’t her fault, its the county’s fault.
What a lazy wench. And no, I don’t care if she has a ‘medical circumstance’ and you think I’m being mean. I have a medical condition called “Anti-Bullshititis” and things like this are the reason I went back to private industry.