DAILY RAMBLINGS....Day Three

January 17th....‘DAILY RAMBLINGS’

        Day Three

Yesterday I rambled about laundromat visits. I had no idea what today’s ramble would be.  Sometimes I think ahead on my rambles. It wasn’t until later last evening before I called it a day I decided on today’s post.  Shopping experiences I’ve encountered.  I know everyone has them. I have a few but my favorite deals with the handicapped shopping carts at the stores.  These carts are for those who are handicapped and not the lazy.  A few years ago my husband and I were going into a grocery store. We noticed a woman pushing a walker slowly walking behind us. She had to park at spot not for handicapped as all those were already taken. As we made our way across the parking lot I was almost run down by boy who’d I say was twelve years old. He pushed past me with no sorry for his actions. His mother nonchalantly walked behind us. As I walked into the store I saw the kid sitting in the handicapped cart waiting for his mother. She walks inside behind me and away they go with him as the driver. The poor woman with the walker came inside the store to find NO handicapped shopping carts. I went over to the woman with the boy in the cart and mention the carts are for handicapped only. She tells me the following.  “My poor son is tired. He was up late last night and had ball practice this morning. He needs this cart.”  I get all up in her face and say “well you kid sure didn’t seem tired when he almost knocked me over.  Just because he’s tired does not give him the right for that cart. That woman over there is using a walker to get around and deserves the cart as she is legitimately handicapped not tired from playing all day.” The mother said “well it’s first come for the carts.”  I went to store management but they did not do anything.  The handicapped woman thanked me for trying to help. She said she’d be okay as long as she can push on the shopping cart.  I told her that’s not the point.  A few minutes later a store employee came over to her with a handicapped cart that became available.  I was informed by the cashier they cannot regulate the usage of the handicapped carts. Well perhaps they should.  This is one of my many peeves with shoppers.  What ticked me next was the mother and son.  They checked out before I did. He rode the cart to their car, packed away their items in the trunk and left the cart in the middle of the parking lot.  My husband, being a nice guy, drove it back into the store. That’s where I again followed him inside and complained about how that cart was abuse. A few weeks after this incident a friend told me a similar story.  I’m happy to see stores offering these conveniences to those who need them, but please be in need and not just too lazy to walk around the store.  Perhaps you’ve noticed a similar situation.  I think I wanted to bring this to the notice of others. A few days ago my husband had been asked by a woman if he could get a store employee to bring a handicapped cart to her car.  Instead of bothering the employee he did it himself.  This was quite a selfish act as my husband has a bad back and knee himself but wanted to help a stranger in need.  I am under the impression that the stores offering these carts need to regulate their use better.  I notice many only offer two at the least.  Yes they are costly, but why can’t there be a few more available?  

Thanks for letting me ramble about this.  

Until tomorrow....it’s Friday so enjoy.