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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/disdatsteven10 on 2023-08-02 13:32:14.
Around a couple of years ago, my friend Jackson(fake name for privacy, of course) was involved in a terrible accident, despite being somewhat fine from the waist up besides bruised ribs and a dislocated shoulder, he lost his usage of a leg. So he uses a wheelchair. Despite this, he doesn’t take shit from anyone at all. He’s like an iron wall. You can hurt him emotionally, and he can serve up a rebuttal on you.
He does need help with stuff, so I do help him out. Even though he is progressing with therapy , he can stand for a tiny bit before needing to sit back in his wheelchair.
Today, we had to go to CVS so he can get medication (not for what the situation was, basic meds he takes). I told him I was going to get us something to drink for us and scream if he needed me (it’s a running joke, if you know the “Holler if you need anything” one). After 5 minutes, I hear a scream from him, so I run over.
What happened next pissed me off. He was holding onto a shelf without his wheelchair. Looking, I saw a woman pushing her son, ON HIS WHEELCHAIR.
Jackson told me what happened, since I saw red and it was a blur. I basically acted on instinct and rushing over, I yelled and yanked the wheelchair. What Jackson said was that the kid hopped off, and it seemed like he purposely fell onto a cardboard display. His mother cried that I had shoved her kid off, but thankfully, Jackson gave his side since it was his chair. The CVS had cameras , and they were escorted out.
After me and Jackson told a friend about this, she said that “the kid was tired and needed the seat more.” We know that she is in the wrong, but I am starting to think maybe I reacted the wrong way…
AITA?