Guest guest Posted December 1, 1999 Report Share Posted December 1, 1999 Dont be a shame to ask for help!!! I broke my elbow in 4 places last May and when I went shopping I went to the Manager and told him what happened and they got a stock clerk to help me out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 1999 Report Share Posted December 1, 1999 Climb the shelf. Todd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 1999 Report Share Posted December 1, 1999 Sometimes I go to the aisle where the brooms and mop handles are and 'borrow' one so as to knock the item in my hands, or in my cart. If I remember, I will bring my grabbers with me to the store, which many times I don't remember though. Dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 1999 Report Share Posted December 1, 1999 In a message dated 12/1/99 6:10:03 PM Eastern Standard Time, SauceyKitty@... writes: <<When you are at a store(most likely a supermarket) and its later in the evening and there aren't any people in the store, if you come up on an item you can't reach on the top shelf...do you wait for someone to come, go over to the check-out area and ask an employee for assistance, or do you climb the shelves to go and get it yourself?>> What would YOU do? :-) So, inquiring minds want to know. :-) This won't go in the Inquirer now will it? lol :-) I first try and get it myself. If that doesn't work I see if there is a fellow shopper around. If not, then I grab a store clerk. By the way it's not an odd question. :-) Remember there is no such thing as a silly question. Helen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 1999 Report Share Posted December 1, 1999 Do it your self, and climb the shelves!!! I climb into the freezer section to get something on top, As well as climbing the shelves, Go for it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 1999 Report Share Posted December 1, 1999 For high items, i usually climb. If its a glass item (like spaghetti sauce) i look for a person or a stool. amy morris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 1999 Report Share Posted December 1, 1999 I usually keep a step stool in my car that I take inside(I also use it at gas stations). But a couple of times, I've forgotten to put it back in my car and leave it in the bottom rack of the cart. Sometimes they make me check it at the door when I bring it in the store. Nick Scalan marlin@... Odd Question From: SauceyKitty@... Good Afternoon Everyone, I had just an odd question to ask to any LP who can get me an answer... When you are at a store(most likely a supermarket) and its later in the evening and there aren't any people in the store, if you come up on an item you can't reach on the top shelf...do you wait for someone to come, go over to the check-out area and ask an employee for assistance, or do you climb the shelves to go and get it yourself? What would YOU do? :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 1999 Report Share Posted December 1, 1999 > From: SauceyKitty@... > > Good Afternoon Everyone, > > I had just an odd question to ask to any LP who can get me an answer... > > When you are at a store(most likely a supermarket) and its later in the evening and there aren't any people in the store, if you come up on an item you can't reach on the top shelf...do you wait for someone to come, go over to the check-out area and ask an employee for assistance, or do you climb the shelves to go and get it yourself? > > What would YOU do? :-) > > If I think I can do it safely, you bet I climb! Even worse than grocery stores are the warehouse-type hardware stores. You can wait half an hour at Payless Cashways for " customer (lack of) assistance " and Home Depot isn't any great shakes, either. Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 1999 Report Share Posted December 1, 1999 PROBLEM IS WHEN YOU CLIMB SHELVES THEY FALL. I'VE HEARD IT A GREAT PICKUP LINE FOR DWARF MALES AND FEMALES. JUST KIDDING Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 1999 Report Share Posted December 1, 1999 My question is, WHY is the thing I want always on the top shelf???? :-) Seriously, these days climbing is less do-able (and less safe), so I try to remember my grabbers, or I ask someone. Only once have I ever had a fellow customer refuse to hand me something, and I suspect that she did not speak English and didn't know what I wanted. Also, I am less likely to patronize stores that have failed to impress me with their customer service. I go to the stores where I know from past experience that I can find someone to help. I have found that I am a little higher if I use the store's electric scooter, and can reach some things from it that I couldn't reach otherwise. Gosh, I love those scooters! Imagine - grocery shopping that doesn't wipe you out for the whole day! Alyce :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 1999 Report Share Posted December 2, 1999 From: Todd Deatherage <gentleman42@...> >Climb the shelf. > >Todd Er, I did that once, and the whole display began leaning towards me. It wasn't a fixed display as I usually encounter:-) Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 1999 Report Share Posted December 2, 1999 Hey thanks everyone for your answers, looks like a lot of you want to be comedians! The info was not personally for me, I just wanted to see how everyone reacts to " un-reachable " situations. And, Yes, I am an LP. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 1999 Report Share Posted December 2, 1999 I find a store flunkie. >>> <SauceyKitty@...> 12/01/99 06:09PM >>> From: SauceyKitty@... Good Afternoon Everyone, I had just an odd question to ask to any LP who can get me an answer... When you are at a store(most likely a supermarket) and its later in the evening and there aren't any people in the store, if you come up on an item you can't reach on the top shelf...do you wait for someone to come, go over to the check-out area and ask an employee for assistance, or do you climb the shelves to go and get it yourself? What would YOU do? :-) --------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 1999 Report Share Posted December 2, 1999 Hmm, Now that I am in a wheelchair, the arms come off and I can use one of them to poke something off the shelf and catch it. A large pizza box works to help get stuff in the frozen food section, although store employees fail to see the ingenuity of it. When I was mobil I used to climb. I also have one of those reacher things that works fairly well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 1999 Report Share Posted December 2, 1999 I LOVED the person who said they take their own step stool, I think I will try that. My answer to this question is: That is why I had an average sized son. He is 9 years old, and cannot reach everything, however, he is also the one who scampers off to find a store employee to help with things we can't manage between the 2 of us. Being a 9 year old boy, he has no qualms about interrupting whatever task the store employee is busy with, and dragging them over to " reach this for my mom please " . Mc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 1999 Report Share Posted December 2, 1999 On 12/02/99 07:58:11 you wrote: > >From: Samwil@... > >My question is, WHY is the thing I want always on the top shelf???? :-) > >Seriously, these days climbing is less do-able (and less safe), so I try to >remember my grabbers, or I ask someone. Only once have I ever had a fellow >customer refuse to hand me something, and I suspect that she did not speak >English and didn't know what I wanted. Also, I am less likely to patronize >stores that have failed to impress me with their customer service. I go to >the stores where I know from past experience that I can find someone to help. > I have found that I am a little higher if I use the store's electric >scooter, and can reach some things from it that I couldn't reach otherwise. >Gosh, I love those scooters! Imagine - grocery shopping that doesn't wipe >you out for the whole day! > >Alyce :-) > >> Lyuda and I don't have a problem at the grocery store. First, we look down the aisle for Vasquez (I speak Spanish too!). If he's not there I just hop up on his burro and I can reach the top shelf. If is helping another customer with a coffee selection, we just look for the Pine Sol Lady. She's very helpful too. Once in a while we don't have much luck with either so we just go round the corner and ole Mr. Whipple is glad to assist, especially with the toliet paper. Bill and Lyuda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 1999 Report Share Posted December 2, 1999 Now THAT is ingenius! See, you have all the answers > Wuvs the Hoggan Clan (thats from me, Mandy Re: Odd Question > From: Wwoland@... > > On 12/02/99 07:58:11 you wrote: > > > >From: Samwil@... > > > >My question is, WHY is the thing I want always on the top shelf???? :-) > > > >Seriously, these days climbing is less do-able (and less safe), so I try to > >remember my grabbers, or I ask someone. Only once have I ever had a fellow > >customer refuse to hand me something, and I suspect that she did not speak > >English and didn't know what I wanted. Also, I am less likely to patronize > >stores that have failed to impress me with their customer service. I go to > >the stores where I know from past experience that I can find someone to > help. > > I have found that I am a little higher if I use the store's electric > >scooter, and can reach some things from it that I couldn't reach otherwise. > >Gosh, I love those scooters! Imagine - grocery shopping that doesn't wipe > >you out for the whole day! > > > >Alyce :-) > > > >> > Lyuda and I don't have a problem at the grocery store. > > First, we look down the aisle for Vasquez (I speak Spanish too!). If > he's not there I just hop up on his burro and I can reach the top shelf. > > If is helping another customer with a coffee selection, we just look > for the Pine Sol Lady. She's very helpful too. > > Once in a while we don't have much luck with either so we just go round the > corner and ole Mr. Whipple is glad to assist, especially with the toliet > paper. > > Bill and Lyuda > > --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- > > The Mental Health Practitioner's Instant Resource Library for $5.99! > This concise 4-book set is a time-saving aid for basic clinical tasks. > (a $139.35 value) Order NOW at Behavioral Science Book Service. > <a href= " http://clickme.onelist.com/ad/dblselect1 " >Click Here</a> > > --------------------------------------------------------------- --------- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 26, 2008 Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 In a message dated 8/26/2008 4:04:29 P.M. Central Daylight Time, woody10@... writes: Does that help? Thank you. I occasionally have shooting pain through one of my ears and also have some hearing loss. Interesting. Thanks so much. Dianne **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 26, 2008 Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 In a message dated 8/26/2008 4:04:29 P.M. Central Daylight Time, woody10@... writes: Does that help? Thank you. I occasionally have shooting pain through one of my ears and also have some hearing loss. Interesting. Thanks so much. Dianne **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 26, 2008 Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 This may be a crazy question but I want to throw it out there. Does anyone experience ringing in the ears and think that it might be associated with a problem with the disks in the neck?? Obviously I ask because I have the ringing and DDD so I'm wondering if the two have anything in common. Dianne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 26, 2008 Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 This may be a crazy question but I want to throw it out there. Does anyone experience ringing in the ears and think that it might be associated with a problem with the disks in the neck?? Obviously I ask because I have the ringing and DDD so I'm wondering if the two have anything in common. Dianne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 26, 2008 Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 I have had ringing in the ears since my first C2-C7 fusion and it has driving me insane since that time, so about 10 years or so. Rex Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry odd question This may be a crazy question but I want to throw it out there. Does anyone experience ringing in the ears and think that it might be associated with a problem with the disks in the neck?? Obviously I ask because I have the ringing and DDD so I'm wondering if the two have anything in common. Dianne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 26, 2008 Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 I have had ringing in the ears since my first C2-C7 fusion and it has driving me insane since that time, so about 10 years or so. Rex Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry odd question This may be a crazy question but I want to throw it out there. Does anyone experience ringing in the ears and think that it might be associated with a problem with the disks in the neck?? Obviously I ask because I have the ringing and DDD so I'm wondering if the two have anything in common. Dianne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 26, 2008 Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 driving me insane since that time, so about 10 years or so. Good grief.? Sorry to hear that.? I've had it for about a year and a half.? Some days it either subsides or is so low that I forget.? Other days, it's like a boom box.? Ten years is a long time... You mentioned 'after' your fusion; did your ears not ring before that?? odd question This may be a crazy question but I want to throw it out there. Does anyone experience ringing in the ears and think that it might be associated with a problem with the disks in the neck?? Obviously I ask because I have the ringing and DDD so I'm wondering if the two have anything in common. Dianne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 26, 2008 Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 driving me insane since that time, so about 10 years or so. Good grief.? Sorry to hear that.? I've had it for about a year and a half.? Some days it either subsides or is so low that I forget.? Other days, it's like a boom box.? Ten years is a long time... You mentioned 'after' your fusion; did your ears not ring before that?? odd question This may be a crazy question but I want to throw it out there. Does anyone experience ringing in the ears and think that it might be associated with a problem with the disks in the neck?? Obviously I ask because I have the ringing and DDD so I'm wondering if the two have anything in common. Dianne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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