Blind Tiktoker Shares Sad Story Of How He Was Kicked Out Of Gym For Staring At Woman Working Out
- A blind man named Toby Addison has recalled the day he was accused by a woman of staring while in a gym he had visited for the first time
- The 21-year-old revealed that given his impairment, he has no control over the direction of his eyes, so he had no idea they were directed at a woman who was working out
- She concluded he was staring at her and called the management to eject him from the gym
- Efforts to plead innocence fell on deaf ears as the woman insisted that his foldable walking stick was a gadget he was using to peep
Toby Addison, a blind TikToker, has shared about a heartbreaking incident that occurred when he was 17 years old.
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According to him, he was branded a creep and kicked out for staring at a woman who was working in the same gym he was.
Addison became blind during his teenage years
Daily Star reports that those who threw him did not know that Addison had been born sighted but started losing his vision at the age of 11.
By the time he got into his teenage years, the now-21-year-old footballer had lost 80% of his sight, and he currently only has about 4% remaining.
He recalled how the incident happened when, at 17, he went to a new gym for the first time, and a woman furiously accused him of staring at her.
According to him, he tried to explain to both the woman and staff members that he was blind, but they branded him a creep and proceeded to throw him out.
Has no control over where his eyes look
Addison disclosed that he usually doesn’t know where he is looking unless he is talking to someone, so he looks in their direction.
“So I was just staring straight ahead and unfortunately there was a woman doing some exercises. I don’t know what she was doing, whether it was some squats or whatever, where you may be in a more vulnerable position maybe and don’t want to be stared at," he remembered.
When the woman first approached him, he didn't even know it was him she was talking to because he had not done anything wrong.
Upon learning that he had been accused falsely, he opened up about being blind and that his walking cane had been folded in his lap, but she refused to believe him.
“She said something along the lines of ‘Why do you keep staring at me? Stop. Don’t be so creepy," he explained.
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