Re: Need Fibro Help ASAP!: shopping motorized carts

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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