Re: Re: Need Fibro Help ASAP!: shopping motorized carts

[Guest guest]

If not for my daughter helping me at the store, I would never get the

shopping done. I usually push a cart, as to have something to hang on to.

She pushes the full one. I have thought of using the electric carts , but

feel others need then more than I do. Stubborn thinking. I know.

Hugs,

On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 7:14 AM, jeribelle2000 girlsaylor@...>

wrote:

> Amen on the motorized carts! I finally had to resort to one

> recently at a local Publix and it mad shopping possible for me. Not

> easy, as it takes much longer to shop, maneuvering the cart around a

> crowded store, but it's doable.

>

> The next time I had to shop, I was at a different Publix, and it was

> so sad. This is so not the norm for the Publix chain. I went to sit

> on a motorized cart and it had a dead battery. Tried the only other

> one, right next to it, and that battery was dead also! (this slopppy

> management of this particular Publix is an ongoing and well-known

> problem in the community). I ended up driving to another Publix in

> the neighboring town where the manager runs a proper grocery store,

> Got on a cart and got my groceries without a hitch. At that store,

> the employees are trained to always have someone go along for carry

> out for persons using a cart regardless of the amount of groceries.

> They load your car and ride the cart straight back for the next

> customer. What a wonderful service!

>

> girlsaylor

>

>

> >

> > > There are many times that I get to the grocery store only to be

> > > barely making it to the cashier and then to the car. I've called

> my

> > > hubby a couple of times to come rescue me, because I was in so

> much

> > > pain and exhausted. It's like I just need to sit and can't

> continue.

> >

> > Debra,

> >

> > Others have mentioned Peapod and other grocery delivery services.

> > They're well worth checking into. The prices tend to be a bit

> > higher, and there's a minimum order that you have to place, but if

> > you can manage it, it's definitely a good idea. I used them a lot

> > when I was severely mobility impaired, and recovering from various

> > surgeries.

> >

> > Another is the carts that stores have. Don't be afraid or ashamed

> to

> > use them, and ask store personnel for help to get you stuff that

> you

> > can't reach, and to help you out with your bags. You can even

> ride

> > the cart out to your car at a lot of places, and the store

> attendant

> > will take it back to the store for you. I think you'll find them

> > very helpful. At the height of my mobility problems, it was the

> only

> > way I could go to the grocery store.

> >

> > There's been some discussion on this list over the past week or so

> > about being humiliated by measures that we take to cope with the

> > disabilities. I hope that you don't fall victim to that sort of

> > thinking. As far as I'm concerned, use what you can find to help

> > you to do daily tasks and improve your quality of life. It would

> be

> > like being humiliated because you can't hammer a nail with your

> fist,

> > but have to use a hammer. Things like riding carts in grocery

> stores

> > are just tools that don't make life easier, just possible for us.

> >

> > Good luck and happy shopping!

> >

> > Z

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

> The next time I had to shop, I was at a different Publix, and it was

> so sad. This is so not the norm for the Publix chain. I went to sit

> on a motorized cart and it had a dead battery. Tried the only other

> one, right next to it, and that battery was dead also! (this slopppy

> management of this particular Publix is an ongoing and well-known

> problem in the community). I ended up driving to another Publix in

> the neighboring town where the manager runs a proper grocery store,

Oh, this drives me nuts when they do this. I was always careful to

park the cart when I was through, and make sure it was plugged in.

" My " grocery store was really good about that. I couldn't always

trust carts at other stores. When I've been at other stores, I've

fussed at management when I've found carts dead or unplugged.

Another trick is to go early in the day, before too many customers

have used them.

The funniest one was when I tried a new, international grocery store,

and the cart moved so slowly it barely moved. I finally had to go

tell the mgt and leave; I didn't think I'd finish my shopping in one

day. ;D

Z