Re: OT - Self service cash registers



"MRH" <mthecarpenterATxcelcoDOTonDOTca> wrote in message
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" YarnWright" <noreen.j@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I just *have* to add my two cents here....
my mother, who had seven bypasses in 1979, and again another 4 in 2002
has a handicapped tag. (hangs from the rearview mirror) She LOOKS
healthy. A man commented one day, "boy, I wish I could get one of those
tags and park close"

I LOOK healthy too, Noreen! I wasn't b*tching because these kids in the
vehicle looked healthy... they had absolutely no handicapped tag,
sticker, plates, or anything anywhere on that vehicle to indicate that
anyone in (or even the one who had gone into the store) was handicapped
and needed to park there... *that* was my b*tch about it.

Oh, hon, I didn't mean that anyone, including you was/were bXtching about
it!
Like I told someone else offlist, Don qualified for Disabled Veteran
plates/placard when the VA had him at 100%... and although Don gets very
tired very fast, and cannot tolerate the sun, he refused/denied the plates,
saying he could walk.
Reminds me of when I was a clerk in a supermarket many many moons ago...
our boss told us to ask *everyone* if they wanted a carryout. We told the
boss that 'some' ppl got offended when we'd ask, saying things like "I'm
healthy, I'll carry my own out, thankyou!" (only not that 'nicely')...
boss told us ask ANYWAY, citing his own brother, who was 6ft tall, 200 lbs,
looked like a healthy athlete, but had terrible back problems, which one
couldn't tell by looking....
this sure is an interesting subject!
And, Gem, honest, I didn't mean anything by it!


another two cents: my good friend, Laurie, has a daughter born with
cerebral palsey. This involves a mini-van with electric doors, electric
wheel-chair, etc. Now, mind you, Laurie does NOT park in the
handicapped zone when her daughter is not with her. This van has both
handi-capped plates AND the tag.
Some woman started in on Laurie even HAVING the plates and tag, because
she couldn't see any handicapped person/body onboard, even though, as I
said, Laurie doesn't PARK there when Chelsea isn't along! I lit into
this woman big-time.

Well, that's just nuts to complain at someone for *having* the plates and
tag when she wasn't even using a handicapped parking spot.


I Know, nod, nod, nod! Nuts is a good descriptor!


When my Mom was still with us, we had a handicapped tag to put on the
dashboard for her after her strokes.... which was never used when she
wasn't with us, or even sometimes when she was with us but chose not to
go into the store and one of us ran in for a couple of minutes. In fact,
her tag (and mine too now, for that matter) stay(ed) in the glove
compartment unless it was/is needed. If I am feeling well enough to walk
a bit, then I park in a regular parking spot further away and leave the
handicapped spots for people who really need them, even if I'm in a
hurry.

Gemini


Hugs,
Noreen

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Wow, that is awful, Dawn! I have seen a few people with more than the
12 item limit unloading the stuff on the counter, but no one has ever
said anything to them.... never know, maybe they had a run-in with
someone like that woman you saw.

Last night on the way home from picking Matthew up from work we stopped
in at the NoFrills grocery store to pick up one can of beans for
supper. Since I haven't been feeling well lately I did use my
handicapped tag and parked in the furthest one away (they were all
empty when we got there) so I wouldn't have too far to walk. When we
came out of the store there was a car in the second spot (there are
four in a row and I was in the fourth one) with young healthy looking
teens sitting in it. We looked and I commented to Matthew that I
didn't see a tag anywhere on their vehicle, he said he didn't either.
Just as I was starting our van they pulled out of the spot and went
toward the door of the store to pick up another young healthy
able-bodied person who had come walking (with no limp or anything) out
of the store. It would have been bad enough just sitting there in a
handicapped parking spot for a couple of minutes under normal
circumstances when they didn't have a tag or the person getting out
wasn't handicapped... but what made it even worse, was that there were
a couple of other empty parking spaces that *weren't* marked for the
handicapped.

Some people are just plain rude and just don't care about rules at
all.... like the lady you saw and those kids in the handicapped parking
spot.

Gemini

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Awww... I bet you made his day, Nora!

Speaking of low item registers, I was in one of those in Shop Rite
about two weeks ago. The lady behind me is loading her stuff on and
she has more than12 items. The cashier politely asks her how many
items
she has and she says.."I don't know and what are you gonna do about
it!" in a sarcastic tone. Man..I wouldn't want to mess with her.

Sad, isn't it.

Diane


norabalcer wrote:
Hi Gem,

I'm with you there too. Our Walmart has the express lanes for 20
items
or less, they should have at least a couple with six or ten less
especially around noon time when the guys in the service that are
stationed nearby come in to grab something for lunch. I always let
them
go first and they say no, but I insist as I've told them I'm retired
and don't have to get back to work like you do. One time a guy had
two
little toys and I let him go ahead and he thanked me, saying he had
forgot to pick up something for his DD's birthday and had to get back
to the base.

Hugs,

Nora









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