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This is Have The Nerve Shorts – the short episodes between the long ones where we talk about things From The Internet, you can Get To Know Your Body and there might be even Something To Think About.

In this episode Laura Burling, Heidi Haydon and Susan Wood discuss @uksecrettravel_’s TikTok where they recall an anonymous post made by someone on the Ultimate World Cruise forum sharing their experience waiting for lift with someone in a wheelchair and as the doors were opening they witnessed four people rushing in front of the person in a wheelchair, turning around and then laughing at the person with a disability.

Information in this episode:

You can watch @uksecrettravel_’s TikTok video here: Ultimate world cruise tea time https://www.tiktok.com/@uksecrettravel_/video/7316479399925271841

Credits: Susan Wood has written, produced and edited this episode. Logo art by Cobie Ann Moore.

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