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Post by Blownupdolly on Dec 8, 2012 16:58:18 GMT
very much so. i now go to the fireworks on NYE at the London eye as i an park right near to Houses of Parliament and OH wheels me down to disabled area opposite the eye. The shopping thing just bugs me because i want to be as independent as i can and not have to rely on others all the time. i can only walk short distances with a stick which means if the bay is too far away i have to wait in the car and call a trolley boy to go into shop to get the scooter. i always feel bad bothering them. if i am close enough i can walk in and get it myself
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Post by kickit on Dec 8, 2012 17:05:15 GMT
In a strange coincidence, I was almost taken out in Tesco earlier today by a wheelchair user. I was bending down close to the end of an aisle, looking at something on the bottom shelf, when the wheelchair came whizzing round the corner and did an emergency stop, millimetres from my kneeling body. We laughed. It could have been worse!
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Post by Blownupdolly on Dec 8, 2012 17:10:43 GMT
It really is a nightmare shopping on weekends for wheelchairs and scooters. I try to avoid it at all cost mainly because of incidences you just described. Because the stores are so busy with little or no room to manoeuvre because of the amount of people, accidents are waiting to happen. I much prefer doing it all week days during middle of the day. Glad you didn't get swiped!
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Post by kickit on Dec 8, 2012 17:18:28 GMT
It was a Tesco Home shop, rather than a supermarket, dolly, but I know what you mean. I try to avoid shopping at all from late November till late Jan, but sometimes it's got to be done....Luckily the lady in the wheelchair was obviously an expert driver. I was impressed!
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Post by addict on Dec 8, 2012 20:43:09 GMT
I had a real mishap on one of those moving ramps. It was the down ramp and I didn't realise that the wheelchair wouldn't stick to the grooves like the trolleys do so I didn't apply the brake before we were fully on the ramp. The chair shot forward, pulling me with it and I couldn't reach the brake. I tried to shout a warning at the man ahead of us but he couldn't get out of the way and was kind of sandwiched between his trolley and the chair. I couldn't believe how gracious he was as he hobbled off clutching his leg. I keep well away from those ramps ever since.
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Post by Blownupdolly on Dec 9, 2012 9:00:22 GMT
I had a similar experience when i was in Sydney. I was in a electric mobility scooter OH got on in front of me. I drove on behind him. As we started going down my sleeve got caught in the forward switch and i lunged straight into the back of my husbands legs. THANK GOD there was a strong man behind me who grabbed the back of the scooter stopping it moving anymore until i could reach the switch to turn it off!! Poor OH had bruises on the back of his knees after # #
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Post by Bluefish on Dec 9, 2012 14:35:13 GMT
One of the worst things i find is that in Asda when they are stocking the shelves they insist on placing the trolly in the middle of the isle, instead of to one side which would leave plenty of room to get past.
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Post by suede on Dec 9, 2012 21:15:29 GMT
my sons been in one for the 30 years of his life--you should have tried it back then--basically the attitude of people sucked and access was near on impossible--you should see my biceps.Simple things like going in to a cafe was impossible--In fairness things have improved immensely.
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Post by Blownupdolly on Dec 9, 2012 21:44:13 GMT
You are dead right there suede. I remember trying to take my nanna out and about in the early 80s before she died. Nightmare going anywhere.
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Post by suede on Dec 10, 2012 20:48:42 GMT
Right Dolly you got it-- I think everyone should have a pretend play in a wheelchair--then they will see how hard it is for people who really have to use them.
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Post by kickit on Dec 10, 2012 21:01:41 GMT
One of the worst things i find is that in Asda when they are stocking the shelves they insist on placing the trolly in the middle of the isle, instead of to one side which would leave plenty of room to get past. Don't get me started, or I'll be having a full-blown attack of trolley rage. These days, it seems to be getting increasingly hard to get around my local Tesco, because the aisles are full of people with those massive trolleys, picking and packing for home deliveries. If it's not them, then it's the big cages because they're stacking the shelves, and if it's neither of those two then it's half a dozen very elderly people who've all met up for the first time in 20 years in the yogurt aisle, and have to catch up on all the family news... I must start going at 3 in the morning again. It's nice and quiet then, and it's a good use of my insomnia..
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Post by Malibu on Dec 10, 2012 21:31:42 GMT
If it's a 24 hour shop, when would you like them to stack the shelves ? Once a week at 4pm on a Sunday when they shut ?
I haven't managed to figure out why they are even open 24 hours .
Oh and Christmas is coming, people will go mad because the supermarket is shut for just 1 day ! Restocking shelves will become a 24 hour job too......nightmare.
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Post by kickit on Dec 10, 2012 22:17:07 GMT
I have no objection to people stacking the shelves whilst I shop, and my youngest was incredibly grateful to have a holiday job last Christmas, stacking shelves overnight in one of our local Sainsburys. Where we live, it's perfectly logical for some of the supermarkets to be open 24 hours, as many, many people are working shifts at Heathrow airport, so they appreciate being able to shop at different times. What I find difficult is having to negotiate all the other people who are trying to fill shelves, empty shelves and generally use the aisles of Tesco's as a meeting place when I'm trying to do my shopping. In an ideal world I would be able to have the entire place closed whilst I did the weekly shop, but as I'm not a member of the Royal Family, Parliament or any other elite group, it's not going to happen. And if I ever get face to face with the clown who keeps thinking it's a great idea to get Peter-sodding-Andre to come to our local Tesco to sign his latest book/DVD just at the exact time I've rolled up to do my shop, then I'll let you know whether or not they allow vaping gear in Holloway. It's no fun having to weave in and out of a queue of orange women-of-a-certain-age in low cut tops, impossible stilletos and leggings, hoping to be wife number however-many.... Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand breathe.
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Post by Ratfinkz on Dec 11, 2012 3:50:33 GMT
Sorry kickit it shouldn't have but that last post of yours cracked me up. I too have no issue with people shelf stacking while the shop is open (although our local/little [is normal sized shop the looks we get from people round here if we call it little as we're used to Extra's which we have one in ipswich and coming from worcester before here was the main one around!] Isn't a 24 hour one) What I do object too is a situation we got when I was there of an exceedingly narrows aisle due to about 5 big cages in a row, and another one down the card aisle (making that difficult to navigate due to the amount of people in said aisle) none of which were being emptied while we were there (we were there 40 mins + ) but waiting until the shop was closed before starting!!! Hope someone can actually understand this!
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Post by Malibu on Dec 11, 2012 5:28:16 GMT
That's understandable. There is no need for them to be there. I thought the shoppers experience was meant to be a pleasant one ( I hate shopping ).
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