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BaxtersMommy · 07-08-2009, 07:05 PM

Some huge people are lazy and want a chair. Others need it, whether they are big or not. My Dad is overweight and last December he was hospitalized for 3 weeks because he had multiple pulmonary embolisms. To this day, he can not breathe. He can't walk 20 feet and not be out of breath. I go to his house 8 hours each day to make sure he has food because he can't stand long enough to make himself dinner. He is a Veteran and goes to the VA for his health treatments. II also take him to ALL of his Doctor appts. 2 months ago I took him to an appointment to see about getting motorized chair. They said, he just needs a wheelchair. I said how in the He// is he supposed to push himself and carry an oxygen tank?!?! I was ticked off! After the guy leaving for a few minutes, he came back and said he had approved him for a chair. He got it a week ago and it is still sitting on the back of his car. It is a mental thing for him that he doesn't want to be seen in it because he is overweight. I told him, who in the he// cares what people think!! If it allows him to get out in public and not be depressed, screw what people think.

There are a lot of people who dont want to be in those chairs. They would rather have working legs or the ability to walk a few feet with a breath. Those kind of RUDE people make me sick--those are the people he is feared he looks like. Breaks my heart to see my Dads health failing.

capt_noonie · 07-08-2009, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by RowdysMom

Then, just this week I had about 50 items in my cart - I mean it was FULL. I had been all over the store in many different areas and picked up LOTS of stuff. I was in the bedding area and trying to pick out a foam mattress pad. I parked my basket in the aisle right behind me. It took me about 5 minutes to pick out my mattress pad. When I turned around MY BASKET WAS GONE! Now, it wasn't unloaded this time, just GONE. I think one of two things happened - someone pushed it away thinking it was their cart because there was a cart there with some things in it and no one was around. OR a Walmart employee might have thought it was a return cart and took it to put all the things away. If that's the case, it would have taken him/her a couple of hours to do that!! (and I hope it did!) All in all, it took me another 45 minutes to run around the store and re-pick up all my things.

I think I just have the WORST luck with Walmart carts!!!

Oh man this has happened to me before, but I saw the employee take my cart away and was able to stop them (I was away from my cart maybe 3 mins, but I was in the next aisle). I guess lots of people go to walmart, fill up their carts, then decide they don't want anything and abandon their carts all the time.

Most likely they just roll the full cart back up to customer service (I use that term loosely) ok fine, the returns counter, and the return counter clerks have to sort them all out and put them back on the shelves.

Oh! The other day me and bf went to walmart and there was the cuuuuutest pom tied up in front by the redbox dvd rental machine! How could anyone leave a cute pup like that in front of a place as ghetto as walmart!!! We petted him and said hello. When we came back out, miraculously he was still there!!!

I was sure someone would have dognapped him! He was so friendly, anyone could have just undone his lead and walked off with him!

capt_noonie · 07-08-2009, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by BaxtersMommy

Some huge people are lazy and want a chair. Others need it, whether they are big or not. My Dad is overweight and last December he was hospitalized for 3 weeks because he had multiple pulmonary embolisms. To this day, he can not breathe. He can't walk 20 feet and not be out of breath. I go to his house 8 hours each day to make sure he has food because he can't stand long enough to make himself dinner. He is a Veteran and goes to the VA for his health treatments. II also take him to ALL of his Doctor appts. 2 months ago I took him to an appointment to see about getting motorized chair. They said, he just needs a wheelchair. I said how in the He// is he supposed to push himself and carry an oxygen tank?!?! I was ticked off! After the guy leaving for a few minutes, he came back and said he had approved him for a chair. He got it a week ago and it is still sitting on the back of his car. It is a mental thing for him that he doesn't want to be seen in it because he is overweight. I told him, who in the he// cares what people think!! If it allows him to get out in public and not be depressed, screw what people think.

There are a lot of people who dont want to be in those chairs. They would rather have working legs or the ability to walk a few feet with a breath. Those kind of RUDE people make me sick--those are the people he is feared he looks like. Breaks my heart to see my Dads health failing.

Sorry to hear about your Pops. Clearly he does not want to be classified in the same category of "human" that OP had to deal with. Hope he will get better. (((hugs)))

FlDebra · 07-09-2009, 12:44 AM

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Originally Posted by BaxtersMommy

Some huge people are lazy and want a chair. Others need it, whether they are big or not. ...There are a lot of people who dont want to be in those chairs. They would rather have working legs or the ability to walk a few feet with a breath. Those kind of RUDE people make me sick--those are the people he is feared he looks like. Breaks my heart to see my Dads health failing.

I know exactly what you mean. It is a shame so many who really need the chairs don't use them because they do not want to be lumped in the same category as some of those rude shirkers, when the carts are their for their use. Large or small, anyone with a need should be able to use the carts without feeling their pride is taken away. Hope your dad will relent and use the chairs. My mom is the same way though. She should use a chair and save her back, hip, and knees. It is hard to see them suffer.

I also try to remind myself that many have invisible illnesses but sometimes .... well, today, you just had to be there!

crystalsmom · 07-09-2009, 03:13 AM

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Originally Posted by JenniferLeigh

Thats why I stay away from walmart! I always end up leaving angry because of the amount of stupid and rude people that seem to gather there.

If they gave the food away free, I wouldn't shop at WalMart

red98vett · 08-18-2009, 03:10 AM

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Originally Posted by crystalsmom

If they gave the food away free, I wouldn't shop at WalMart

haha ! I'm with you there - I just made my first trip to WallyWorld in 2 years only because I have my son living with me and $$ is very tight - I didn't have a bad experience at all but that is only because I was there at the buttcrack of dawn - Anytime after noon... I think all the wally weirdos and their cousins are there....

Debra - I would have been fuming too.....it amazes me how many truly rude people are out there

Symph2001 · 08-18-2009, 04:23 AM

My mother should actualy be using one of those carts but she refuses because she says she would be ashamed to use it while she's still capable of using the 2 good legs God gave her. She's exhausted by the time we get ready to leave but she still refuses.

No offense to anyone BUT we live in a society where lazier and lazier people are taking over. The foul mouthed, dirty, sponges on society. And it really seems that the squeaky wheel has become the foul mouthed wheel. And they are breeding the next generation JUST LIKE THEM! Spoiled Bratty children who climb on tables, throw food and scream to the top of their lungs in restaurants when they don't get their way. Kids who will punch other children in the toy aisle to get the thing they want. 5 year olds who don't know what milk is but can cuss in foulest terms. And God forbid you should say anything! It's getting worse and doesn't look like it'll get better anytime soon.

Mom2TwoYorkies · 08-18-2009, 05:15 AM

As someone who travels to WDW a lot . . .I know exactly where you are coming from!

There are people who really need them . . .then there are people who just want to be first on rides, buses, etc . . .

There has been a huge increase in the use of ECV's since our first trip in 1999 . . .I cannot believe the amount of people who are using them . . .

romeos mommy · 08-18-2009, 06:01 AM

i boycott walmart. their practices irritate me. i'd rather spend a few bucks more at target.

i wander why they didn't make an announcement that someone was waiting for a scooter? maybe the people abusing them would realize someone was waiting and return one.

dogbert · 08-18-2009, 07:14 AM

I went to Wally World the other day for the first time in forever. I was looking for a shower curtain that I couldn't find anywhere else and yep it was there and at a decent price. So I bought it but man their parking lot was crazy with people driving across the lot instead of down the lanes. Now I know how my friend was hit broadside in one of their parking lots, she was hit hard enough it totaled her car! Her and her kids were ok but I no longer think that was a fluke I can see where it could happen alot! As for food, a friend in WI swore awhile back they had a cheap steak that was really good. Our stores are not Super Wally's so I never tried it. As for the carts...just because a person is overweight or doesn't have a limp or crutches or is young doesn't mean they don't need the cart. Alot of illness or handicaps are not visable. Our daughter and I both had to use the carts and both hated it! When it was my turn she reminded me of everything I said to her when she had to use it. Nothing like a kid with a great memory to put you in your place! lol

chattiesmom · 08-18-2009, 08:12 AM

Debra, I can feel your aggravation at the rude people in the electric shopping carts. I feel much the same about rude shoppers in general. What I have come to realize is that people, in general, are so focused on what they are trying to accomplish that often they don't "see" the people around them. The super-sized lady sounded like a very rude individual that felt like she was "entitled" and you were not.

I was injured in 11/07. A horrific accident that left me semi-crippled, but with very few outward signs of impairment. Because of the injury it is very difficult for me to complete a weeks worth of shopping "on the hoof". When I am able, I walk, but other times I ride. What I have found is that the stores are not really handicap friendly. The isles aren't quite wide enough and the endcaps make it almost impossible to see at the end of an isle. Granted, it is hard for a cart pusher to see as well, but the carts are harder to manipulate.

Personally, I try to be a very polite cart driver/shopper giving way to walking shoppers, but I have found that many cart pushers will hurry up to get in front of me and then stop to look at products and WILL NOT move over or push their carts a bit ahead so I can go around. Kids who are allowed to push carts by their unthinking/uncaring parents are the worst. People make rude remarks when I get up out of the cart to reach an item on the top shelf, rather than offer to help. The store employees are the worst. With their motorized skids of merchandise, they will NOT yeild to shoppers, walking and/or riding.

Since I know both sides of the issue, I go out of my way to try to assist carted shoppers. If I see someone struggling to reach something I ask if I can assist. Sometimes I am rebuffed, but most of the time the driver is very appreciative.

On the ligher side: I will also say that it takes some practice learning to manipulate the carts. When I first started driving one, I was visiting Patty58 in Texas. We were shopping in a Target store, a whole rolling rack of bras got hung up on my cart and I drug them around until they finally came unhooked. It was absolutely hilarious.

dogbert · 08-18-2009, 08:21 AM

I helped a lady at Target pick out photo frames once because she couldn't reach more than a few. She was very happy she didn't have to settle for what she could reach but actually got one she wanted.

This isn't as funny as the rolling rack of bras, but our daughter was 12 when she had to use "the cart" as we called it. She went down a narrow isle to look at books and magazines and was afraid to back up. So I watched her try to turn around and she just keep bumping the front and back over and over as she kept trying. I know it was mean to laugh and not help her but God it was funny to watch! I finally told her there wasn't enough room she'd have to back out, I thought she was going to cry. I couldn't do it for her as she couldn't stand or walk without crutches and we left them at the service desk. So I had to keep everyone out of the isle till I talked her through backing out. She NEVER went down that isle again.

Wylie's Mom · 08-18-2009, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by chattiesmom

Debra, I can feel your aggravation at the rude people in the electric shopping carts. I feel much the same about rude shoppers in general. What I have come to realize is that people, in general, are so focused on what they are trying to accomplish that often they don't "see" the people around them. The super-sized lady sounded like a very rude individual that felt like she was "entitled" and you were not.

I was injured in 11/07. A horrific accident that left me semi-crippled, but with very few outward signs of impairment. Because of the injury it is very difficult for me to complete a weeks worth of shopping "on the hoof". When I am able, I walk, but other times I ride. What I have found is that the stores are not really handicap friendly. The isles aren't quite wide enough and the endcaps make it almost impossible to see at the end of an isle. Granted, it is hard for a cart pusher to see as well, but the carts are harder to manipulate.

Personally, I try to be a very polite cart driver/shopper giving way to walking shoppers, but I have found that many cart pushers will hurry up to get in front of me and then stop to look at products and WILL NOT move over or push their carts a bit ahead so I can go around. Kids who are allowed to push carts by their unthinking/uncaring parents are the worst. People make rude remarks when I get up out of the cart to reach an item on the top shelf, rather than offer to help. The store employees are the worst. With their motorized skids of merchandise, they will NOT yeild to shoppers, walking and/or riding.

Since I know both sides of the issue, I go out of my way to try to assist carted shoppers. If I see someone struggling to reach something I ask if I can assist. Sometimes I am rebuffed, but most of the time the driver is very appreciative.

On the ligher side: I will also say that it takes some practice learning to manipulate the carts. When I first started driving one, I was visiting Patty58 in Texas. We were shopping in a Target store, a whole rolling rack of bras got hung up on my cart and I drug them around until they finally came unhooked. It was absolutely hilarious.

It really saddens me to read some of the ways in which people have treated you when you're in an electric cart.

I don't know...I believe that anyone in an electric cart, or w/ kids, or in a wheelchair, or on crutches, or w/ a walker etc. has right-of-way over me, period.

Maybe there are people who use those carts and we wonder if they really should be using them...but unless we've read their medical history, I feel they deserve the benefit of the doubt (unless they park their cart at the door, and then jog to their car while carrying groceries...then maybe not

, but you know what I'm sayin').

chattiesmom · 08-18-2009, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom

It really saddens me to read some of the ways in which people have treated you when you're in an electric cart.

I don't know...I believe that anyone in an electric cart, or w/ kids, or in a wheelchair, or on crutches, or w/ a walker etc. has right-of-way over me, period.

Maybe there are people who use those carts and we wonder if they really should be using them...but unless we've read their medical history, I feel they deserve the benefit of the doubt (unless they park their cart at the door, and then jog to their car while carrying groceries...then maybe not

, but you know what I'm sayin').

Ann, thank you for your insight. I agree with you 100%. It is hard to understand unless you have seen both sides of the issue, and have walked in their shoes. When stores are really crowded, I am AFRAID to walk because I am not very stable..... if I get jostled, then I stumble, if someone bumps my bum leg, I hit the floor.

Robin Lodal · 08-18-2009, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by chattiesmom

On the ligher side: I will also say that it takes some practice learning to manipulate the carts. When I first started driving one, I was visiting Patty58 in Texas. We were shopping in a Target store, a whole rolling rack of bras got hung up on my cart and I drug them around until they finally came unhooked. It was absolutely hilarious.

Oh wow Cindy, I just got this image... and it was a pretty good one!

You are hilarious. Thank you for sharing your side!

08-18-2009, 05:15 AM	#23
Mom2TwoYorkies YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,306	As someone who travels to WDW a lot . . .I know exactly where you are coming from! There are people who really need them . . .then there are people who just want to be first on rides, buses, etc . . . There has been a huge increase in the use of ECV's since our first trip in 1999 . . .I cannot believe the amount of people who are using them . . . __________________ Deb, Mommy to: Brody & Rhianna Belle

08-18-2009, 06:01 AM	#24
romeos mommy YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Pennsauken , NJ Posts: 4,068	i boycott walmart. their practices irritate me. i'd rather spend a few bucks more at target. i wander why they didn't make an announcement that someone was waiting for a scooter? maybe the people abusing them would realize someone was waiting and return one. __________________ Bernadette & Romeo

08-18-2009, 07:14 AM	#25
dogbert Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Southern, MN,USA Posts: 3,271 Blog Entries: 1	I went to Wally World the other day for the first time in forever. I was looking for a shower curtain that I couldn't find anywhere else and yep it was there and at a decent price. So I bought it but man their parking lot was crazy with people driving across the lot instead of down the lanes. Now I know how my friend was hit broadside in one of their parking lots, she was hit hard enough it totaled her car! Her and her kids were ok but I no longer think that was a fluke I can see where it could happen alot! As for food, a friend in WI swore awhile back they had a cheap steak that was really good. Our stores are not Super Wally's so I never tried it. As for the carts...just because a person is overweight or doesn't have a limp or crutches or is young doesn't mean they don't need the cart. Alot of illness or handicaps are not visable. Our daughter and I both had to use the carts and both hated it! When it was my turn she reminded me of everything I said to her when she had to use it. Nothing like a kid with a great memory to put you in your place! lol __________________ Mammadoodle to my Yorkiedoodle Barney and our crazy cat Ms. Sassy Pants. RIP Audrey-Belle Within the heart of every stray lies the singular desire to be loved

08-18-2009, 08:12 AM	#26
chattiesmom Donating YT 10K Club Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Alabama Posts: 17,674	My electric shopping cart story(ies) from the other side Debra, I can feel your aggravation at the rude people in the electric shopping carts. I feel much the same about rude shoppers in general. What I have come to realize is that people, in general, are so focused on what they are trying to accomplish that often they don't "see" the people around them. The super-sized lady sounded like a very rude individual that felt like she was "entitled" and you were not. I was injured in 11/07. A horrific accident that left me semi-crippled, but with very few outward signs of impairment. Because of the injury it is very difficult for me to complete a weeks worth of shopping "on the hoof". When I am able, I walk, but other times I ride. What I have found is that the stores are not really handicap friendly. The isles aren't quite wide enough and the endcaps make it almost impossible to see at the end of an isle. Granted, it is hard for a cart pusher to see as well, but the carts are harder to manipulate. Personally, I try to be a very polite cart driver/shopper giving way to walking shoppers, but I have found that many cart pushers will hurry up to get in front of me and then stop to look at products and WILL NOT move over or push their carts a bit ahead so I can go around. Kids who are allowed to push carts by their unthinking/uncaring parents are the worst. People make rude remarks when I get up out of the cart to reach an item on the top shelf, rather than offer to help. The store employees are the worst. With their motorized skids of merchandise, they will NOT yeild to shoppers, walking and/or riding. Since I know both sides of the issue, I go out of my way to try to assist carted shoppers. If I see someone struggling to reach something I ask if I can assist. Sometimes I am rebuffed, but most of the time the driver is very appreciative. On the ligher side: I will also say that it takes some practice learning to manipulate the carts. When I first started driving one, I was visiting Patty58 in Texas. We were shopping in a Target store, a whole rolling rack of bras got hung up on my cart and I drug them around until they finally came unhooked. It was absolutely hilarious. __________________ Silk Step-In Harnesses www.foxypups.etsy.com

08-18-2009, 08:21 AM	#27
dogbert Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Southern, MN,USA Posts: 3,271 Blog Entries: 1	I helped a lady at Target pick out photo frames once because she couldn't reach more than a few. She was very happy she didn't have to settle for what she could reach but actually got one she wanted. This isn't as funny as the rolling rack of bras, but our daughter was 12 when she had to use "the cart" as we called it. She went down a narrow isle to look at books and magazines and was afraid to back up. So I watched her try to turn around and she just keep bumping the front and back over and over as she kept trying. I know it was mean to laugh and not help her but God it was funny to watch! I finally told her there wasn't enough room she'd have to back out, I thought she was going to cry. I couldn't do it for her as she couldn't stand or walk without crutches and we left them at the service desk. So I had to keep everyone out of the isle till I talked her through backing out. She NEVER went down that isle again. __________________ Mammadoodle to my Yorkiedoodle Barney and our crazy cat Ms. Sassy Pants. RIP Audrey-Belle Within the heart of every stray lies the singular desire to be loved

07-08-2009, 07:05 PM	#16
BaxtersMommy Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 2,362 Blog Entries: 1	Some huge people are lazy and want a chair. Others need it, whether they are big or not. My Dad is overweight and last December he was hospitalized for 3 weeks because he had multiple pulmonary embolisms. To this day, he can not breathe. He can't walk 20 feet and not be out of breath. I go to his house 8 hours each day to make sure he has food because he can't stand long enough to make himself dinner. He is a Veteran and goes to the VA for his health treatments. II also take him to ALL of his Doctor appts. 2 months ago I took him to an appointment to see about getting motorized chair. They said, he just needs a wheelchair. I said how in the He// is he supposed to push himself and carry an oxygen tank?!?! I was ticked off! After the guy leaving for a few minutes, he came back and said he had approved him for a chair. He got it a week ago and it is still sitting on the back of his car. It is a mental thing for him that he doesn't want to be seen in it because he is overweight. I told him, who in the he// cares what people think!! If it allows him to get out in public and not be depressed, screw what people think. There are a lot of people who dont want to be in those chairs. They would rather have working legs or the ability to walk a few feet with a breath. Those kind of RUDE people make me sick--those are the people he is feared he looks like. Breaks my heart to see my Dads health failing.

08-18-2009, 04:23 AM	#22
Symph2001 YT Addict Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: somewhere,in, us Posts: 258	My mother should actualy be using one of those carts but she refuses because she says she would be ashamed to use it while she's still capable of using the 2 good legs God gave her. She's exhausted by the time we get ready to leave but she still refuses. No offense to anyone BUT we live in a society where lazier and lazier people are taking over. The foul mouthed, dirty, sponges on society. And it really seems that the squeaky wheel has become the foul mouthed wheel. And they are breeding the next generation JUST LIKE THEM! Spoiled Bratty children who climb on tables, throw food and scream to the top of their lungs in restaurants when they don't get their way. Kids who will punch other children in the toy aisle to get the thing they want. 5 year olds who don't know what milk is but can cuss in foulest terms. And God forbid you should say anything! It's getting worse and doesn't look like it'll get better anytime soon.