ABC is running a segment of their show What Would You Do tonight that features a store clerk with Down Syndrome.
A hard-working supermarket clerk is bagging groceries at the end of the express checkout lane. He's doing a good job, but an impatient customer checks her watch and starts to criticize. "Hurry up," the customer harps. "I don't have all day."
Rude customers are nothing new, especially in a grocery store located on a busy street in New York. What makes this scenario so objectionable is that the person bagging groceries has Down syndrome, and the customer starts to use indefensible language.
"Can you not understand me?" she yells, "You're absolutely retarded!"
Would you stand up and say something if you witnessed this cruelty?
One of the people who comments in the video clip that what was said was horrible but she didn't want to risk a confrontation. I'm sorry but if you witness something like this and don't say anything then your silence is condoning the cruelty.
I won't miss tonight's episode and I'm sure it will leave me in tears. The clip did. It's so very easy to see Kayleigh in a situation like that in the future.
I've said it before and I'll continue saying it...Everyone deserves to be treated with respect.
Oh I wish I'd read this earlier because I've probably missed it but I just turned it on.... I enjoy this show anyways but didn't realize it was coming on tonight.
ReplyDeleteI think I'd speak up in that sort of situation. Recently I contacted a manager of a restaurant I had dined at because the waiter had said the "r" word.
Yes, everyone deserves respect.
Keep an eye on http://www.hulu.com/search?query=what+would+you+do&st=0
ReplyDeleteThey should have the latest episode in the next day or two
I agree, everyone should be treated with respect. However, I still have hope that our children will not be in a similar situation in the future. Isn't that why we fight for them with everything we got now?
ReplyDeleteRespect, yes, so lacking, so needed!
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