Barbara McNay wrote to Cindy Haglund, "TGF Shopping Carts!" on
06-04-05 21:02

 > 0n (21 May 05) Barbara McNay wrote to All...

 >  BM> I am happy that some of the larger stores, especially the grocery
 >  BM> store I patronize, have electric shopping carts available for their
 >  BM> customers' use.  I do have to park by a (regular) cart corral, and
 >  BM> push one of those to get in the store, but after that, I can sit down
 >  BM> and drive in a fair degree of comfort around the store to collect
 >  BM> items I want to buy.  If I go to a store without electric carts, I
 >  BM> either use one of the store's push carts or my walker, and only buy an
 >  BM> item or two, since I haven't the endurance to do leisurely shopping.

 >  I'm five three. How do you get things from those top
 > shelves? Do you
 > have someone help? What I do is make room on the
 > bottom shelf and step
 > up to get to the top. The top is where they put the
 > mandarin oranges
 > canned in Orange juice.

 BM> I always take my cane with me, since occasionally I have to go a foot
 BM> or three farther than I can reach to get from my car to a push
 BM> cart, or from a non-working electric cart to a working one.
 BM>  When I want something lightweight or soft, such as toilet
 BM> paper or a bottle of vitamins, I reach up and snag it with
 BM> my cane handle.  If it's heavy or breakable, like things in

You too! The sticks sure comes in handy, don't they? When someone is politely
holding the door for me, little do they know I have my stick wedged into the
ground, and they are doing nothing but holding up progress. Come to think about
it, it's mostly my family that haven't figured that one out. I'd hate to become
that cratchity old stereotype, but I sure identify with the mindset. 

In ice-hockey, there is something called "spearing." It's not as bad as it
sounds. The trailing player encourages the leading players knee to bend with
his stick. Next time one of the family hinders my progress yet *again*, I just
might accidentally encourage their progress. 

 BM> cans or glass jars, I ask the next person coming by to get
 BM> it for me, or I go round looking for a clerk, if necessary.
 BM>  Most people are very agreeable about helping, and many
 BM> people ask if I need help if I'm sitting there trying to
 BM> locate what it is I want.

Good luck waiting for a clerk up here. I've notice management is starting to
stare at the ground, mumbling to themselves something about staffing levels.
Someone mentioned some stores will send an employee down the isles with you.

... James
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