I will go with my own story. And the title should be
I told them I am hearing impaired. They gave me a wheelchair ride.
I was going to Seoul, Korea from Detroit, Michigan, USA. I was scheduled to fly to Chicago, and transfer to Korean Airline.
When I arrived at Chicago O’Hare airport. I met a young man in uniform at the arriving gate. He had a wheelchair and a name plate with my name. As soon as I identified myself, he took my bag, put me in the wheel chair, and started pushing it.
I screamed him that I walk well, and that I didn’t want the wheel chair ride. He ignored my complaint, and carried me to the gate for the Korean Airline to Seoul.
A few days later, I asked my daughter, who scheduled the trip for me, why she asked for a wheel chair. And she answered.
“Dad, I didn’t ask for a wheelchair. I marked and wrote that you are hearing impaired, and need assistance at the gate because you cannot hear and understand public announcement through the speakers as you told me to do.”
It was the one and the only wheelchair ride of my life besides at the hospitals. I have to say that I actually enjoyed it.