Grey Matter, not all of us old farts are idiots. I'm with the person who suggested charging the person who took your cane with assualt. Might habe been a woman, but she had some big balls! Disability strikes people of all ages. Sadly, some folks seem to believe that just because they have lived a bunch of years that a) they should get special treatment and b) are better than anyone younger than them. I'm sorry that you have run into so many people like this.
Trav, I love your friend's daughter's comment!