Shopping Cart
Jun 8, 2020 09:53:44 #
maxlieberman wrote:
Why is this political?
Because some people just can't leave political comments out...
They simply can't.
Jun 8, 2020 10:02:26 #
All our stores (not just grocery) employee mentally handicapped folks. In addition to bringing in carts they stock the cashiers with bags and other items as needed, clean the lobbies, empty trash in and outside the store, clean the parking lot of big trash (lately that includes gloves and masks!) and they generally maintain the can & bottle recycling room. BTW- Their attendance and performance records are exemplary!
Jun 8, 2020 10:10:00 #
charlienow wrote:
My pet peeve concerning handicapped parking is seeing someone who has a handicapped placard is as capable or even more so than me parking in a handicapped spot. I am 72 and still have no need for a placard and hopefully not anytime soon...they are there for those that really truly need them...
My rant for the year
Chuck
My rant for the year
Chuck
Hear! Hear!
Me too Charlie. I was badly injured in an aircraft accident... back broken in 2 places,
right leg in 4 places, left ankle smashed to smithereens.
Half the time my left ankle feels like it's on fire.
The other half.. it only feels like it's got a bayonet in it,
instead of the titanium screw that it is held together with.
I have no disabled parking permit and about three months ago
I ran out of pain killers so I was compelled to go to the quack for
my regular dose. All the parking was taken within 500 yards of
the quacks surgery except the 3 empty disabled parking spots
so I parked there and hobbled into the quacks. And while I was at it
I visited my employment agent 3 doors down (for 5 minutes).
Recently I got a parking
ticket for $190.80 in the mail for parking there on that day. Instead of paying it, I'm
taking the matter to court.
What really gets up my nose are the many that are fit and able with a disabled card on their
car.
All it needs to get a disabled card, according to my quack, is to go to the council using a walking stick...
If you don't use a walking stick you won't get one he added.
The only use a walking stick is for me, would be to give the fakes with the disabled cards a darn good licking.
Rant over.
Jun 8, 2020 11:04:05 #
Jun 8, 2020 11:17:10 #
Najataagihe wrote:
Now I know why I feel like a Stranger in a Strange Land! A lot of truth to that. Heinlein postulated that you could tell the overall health of a society by the stated of their public bathrooms. I postulate that Civilized beings build, Barbarians destroy.
Jun 8, 2020 11:29:27 #
kdogg wrote:
As a handicapped senior citizen I am guilty of not returning my cart most times. When paring in a handicapped space I leave my cart there for the next handicapped individual. On the off chance I park in a regular space I will always return the cart.
My wife always appreciates a cart that is available near the "blue" parking spots. If there isn't a cart there, I will go get her one but it's much nicer to have one available.Jun 8, 2020 11:58:59 #
Architect1776 wrote:
How do you stand?
This is a great subject(topic) to chew-on. The shopping behaviors of some in public are a lesson in manners,disciplines and social justice to be ... KIND. What you perceive is what you believe..and I'll leave it at that. People-watching has become a secondary pastime for me lately and a visit to the local Walmart has , at times , left me shaking my head in disbelief.
Thanks man....it was cool the way you opened the door.
Jun 8, 2020 12:08:24 #
From my observations, I think people in the U.K. return the cart 99% of the time. In the U.S. maybe 60%.
Jun 8, 2020 12:12:24 #
Jun 8, 2020 12:42:28 #
ceth512 wrote:
I worked as a "sack boy" during high school back in the mid 1950's. We either carried the sacks out to the customer's car or, if too many to carry, put the groceries in a cart and took them out for the customer. That was just standard procedure. No problem with carts being left outside.
You do realize how many sack boys would be needed for a supermarket or a Walmart?
Jun 8, 2020 13:01:32 #
I find that to keep my blood pressure at healthy levels is it better to assume that people have a non-obvious handicap, like a heart problem. There are those who are barbarians, but it is not worth the aggravation.
Jun 8, 2020 13:09:27 #
Architect1776 wrote:
How do you know they are not handicapped?
Also if you can return the cart if NOT in a handicapped space what makes it different in your handicap if you are in a handicapped space?
Also if you can return the cart if NOT in a handicapped space what makes it different in your handicap if you are in a handicapped space?
As he said, he leaves the cart in a handicapped space for the next handicapped person.
Ed
Jun 8, 2020 14:34:32 #
Architect1776 wrote:
How do you stand?
What a wonderful thought to ponder. I myself am inclined to return the cart, but sometimes I don't. My rationale, when i don't, is that some kid gets paid to do it. But I always feel a little guilty for doing so. It's amazing how a little thing like this can steer your mind onto such a profound path of self reflection.
Jun 8, 2020 15:11:55 #
My fave place to shop has reserved spaces for the disabled, veterans, teachers, active military, nurses, doctors, emt's, etc. I once asked where the reserved spaces for college professors were located. Turns out they were across the street and behind the dumpsters, just past the spaces reserved for dog catchers. </sarcasm>
Jun 8, 2020 15:22:05 #
craigart14 wrote:
My fave place to shop has reserved spaces for the disabled, veterans, teachers, active military, nurses, doctors, emt's, etc. I once asked where the reserved spaces for college professors were located. Turns out they were across the street and behind the dumpsters, just past the spaces reserved for dog catchers. </sarcasm>
And how far away were the spaces reserved for Lawyers?
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