Last week , a cashier after clocking out of work, got on a Handicap scooter and shopped . When she came to my register with a bottle of Wine and a few other items. I asked for her I.D. she tried to purchase the wine without her I.D. she seemed upset at me . The night manager came over and verbally reprimanded her , laughing . She then hoped off and walked to her car to get the I.D., then came back and made the purchase.
She didn't need the scooter and she knew better about the I.D.
What would KROGER and the American Disability Act say about her riding the scooter ?
Should I report this to KROGER Corp office, in Atl. ?
The night manager dealt with it. Why do you think this needs further action?
At my store, I saw one ride a handicap scooter to shop and that was fine with me. We have several of the scooters so no outside customer was going to be short changed. The store was dead by that hour anyway.
Also, she had worked more hours than scheduled and had health issues. She was exhausted, off the clock and needed to shop.
seriously though, do you really think that nobody in the atl corporate office has anything better to do than worry about a cashier riding a scooter in bumblef*ck georgia
Remember those handicapped parking slots that you get ticketed for having no sticker for? Same should apply for the scooters.
What lazy ass bastards would use them, any way?
My fiance has a genetic condition with her skin that causes severe blisters on her feet. She is young and overweight for sure which may just give the impression that she is "lazy" that is why she is embrassed if she has blisters on her feet and has to use a cart. She hasn't been diagnosed yet, but she has had it all her life and when she does get diagnosed comfirmed we will apply for a handicap sticker.
I honestly wouldn't worry about it. She probably thought that she could get the wine without her ID, because she works there. Some people have back pain or leg cramps that might require them to show, but don't want to idle. The only time I have problems with people using scooters is when there is actual handicap people whom need them.
How do you know the employee doesn't have something wrong where she can walk short distances but not long ones (such as walking all over the store to shop). For example what if she has fibromyalgia and has pain every day just walking around?
There's a cashier at my store who might have had a stroke or something, but anyway she walks with a limp and has a cane, and i've seen her use the scooter some nights when she's off work. Maybe she just has good days and bad days.
I worked at Kroger until my back started giving out on me. You wouldn't think by looking at me that I'm unhealthy, besides the fact that I'm obviously underweight.
My back does kill me at times, especially if I try to do too much. I've considered riding them before, even when I was an employee as after a long nights work and I wanted to do some shopping, I'd be feeling pretty bad and not want to do anything.
I could see myself having to ride one in the not too distant future.
I happen to be one of the cashiers that will use a scooter, and to my coworkers, it just looks like I'm exceptionally lazy. However, I have a handicap that I don't tell people about unless they need to know. I shouldn't be standing for long periods of time, but I need my job, so I am not going to turn in medical documentation unless it is both necessary and relevant. I do my job well. After hours, if I want to shop, I will use a scooter if I need to, due to either knee pain or dizziness that I just worked eight hours through. I get dirty enough looks from other customers because on the outside I look like a happy and healthy young woman, I don't need it from other Kroger employees who know better.
Oh man, her riding the scooter is definitely serious business!
Stop being such a tattletale. There's no reason to report her for something like this and I suspect the only reason you want to is because you don't like her.
Was there a shortage of scooters or something? I'm not seeing what the problem is here.
Even though I look healthy, I have a problem in my left leg that makes it agony to walk. I have to take 2 or 3 ibuprofen before work and that's the only thing that keeps me on my feet. Towards the end of the day the medicine starts to wear off and I don't want to take more (I don't like taking too many pain killers in one day.) I sometimes have thought of riding the scooter while I do my shopping, but so far it hasn't been worth the hassle. But if it gets too bad, I might start using one.
Handicap parking spaces are controlled by state law. Using the scooters is up to the Kroger store.
Yea no ****, that's why I said S H O U LD
You seem awfully angry about this. You really want to waste cops' time policing scooter use in retail outlets ? LOL.
I was a caregiver for the elderly for twenty years before joining Kroger. In that capacity, somebody illegally parked in a handicap spot when none are available was enraging. So too did one lazy meter maid not seeing the posted placard and writing a ticket.
It's not in Kroger's best interest to police the scooter use. They tell someone who's using the scooter "you're not disabled" and they get up and leave without spending their money there. They lost a customer. Policing the scooters is not gonna happen.
I happen to be one of the cashiers that will use a scooter, and to my coworkers, it just looks like I'm exceptionally lazy. However, I have a handicap that I don't tell people about unless they need to know. I shouldn't be standing for long periods of time, but I need my job, so I am not going to turn in medical documentation unless it is both necessary and relevant. I do my job well. After hours, if I want to shop, I will use a scooter if I need to, due to either knee pain or dizziness that I just worked eight hours through. I get dirty enough looks from other customers because on the outside I look like a happy and healthy young woman, I don't need it from other Kroger employees who know better.
well this is the core problem of what is wrong with today's world. Everybody wants or needs to cast judgement on others. Read this -- Matthew 7:5...
Hypocrite, first take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly how to remove the splinter from your brother's eye
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Are you an idiot? Why on earth would you ever report this? If she was very clearly over 21, why would you even ID her if you work with her? God, people these days. Total idiots. I suppose you're the lazy btch who refused to sell alcohol to a co worker of mine who was talking to me as he purchased booze if we both weren't 21. Btw, we were both 21. Btw, we both have worked there for awhile.
People like you make working at Kroger a chore. To top it off, you're even posting about it. Control freak much? Go give your kid a bed time.
How many of you seen kids and teenagers and other OBVIOUSLY non disabled people abusing motor carts? First clue: If their legs are plump and muscular, it's because they've been used to W A L K places.
As for the above hidden diagnostic situations? Easy: As I said, get a sticker that approves you for it. Most of that sht is free. I don't care if you don't like it, it's like anything else that, if you're not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about.
Meanwhile, you'll help weed out the ass holz who abuse this system.
The problem is nocturnia not everybody can go to the doctor as they see fit for whatever reason. I know she has the condition as I have seen it for my very own eyes. We just haven't gotten it diagnosed through a doctor, because she is currently a full time student working part-time. There are plenty of people out there who may temporarily need to used the motorized wheelchairs such as a broken foot, weak knees, etc.
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