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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jun 26, 2015 16:12:02 GMT -5
I'm trying to figure out the bag pronunciation. I was saying bag to myself over and over trying to figure it out. Of course, my Philly only comes out with certain words but "bag" is a new one. What? they walk up to the check-out line and say "no bags" and then complain that they used bags. Is "no bags" some kind of slang? Like "no dice!"? I think people in the south use the term "wide open" and I haven't really been able to figure out if it's a good or bad thing. "How are sales out there billy bob?" "Oh it's just wide open right now" It's a good thing. They're busy, doing well, it's going wide open like a car down the freeway. That help?
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Post by Sharon on Jul 1, 2015 20:13:04 GMT -5
This didn't happen at the grocery store but the farm store. While I was waiting in line the gentlemen in front of me (older farmer/rancher type) was complaining about the lack of bib overalls in his size. He was going to have to buy Carhartt brand instead of his favored brand. He didn't like the Carhartt ones because they had elastic in the straps and they kept pulling the pant part of the overalls up into his testicles and he didn't like that, it was too uncomfortable for working. He then went on to explain how his wife was going to have to alter the overalls by stretching the elastic completely out and then sewing fabric on the back to keep it stretched out.
After he left the clerk and I decided that was way more information than we needed to know.
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Post by alabamagal on Jul 1, 2015 21:51:29 GMT -5
I almost ended up being the crazy lady at the store. Almost got in the news for attacking a church lady.
Went to Publix for 2 items. Get in the 10 items or less lane. There is an older couple in front of me with about 30 items and cashier is ringing them up. Still shouldn't take 2 long. After the lady pays she starts chatting with the cashier going on and on about the church they go to , hope to see you there, what service are you going to etc.
The cashier rang up my 2 items and tells me the total. But the church lady is in front of the POS terminal. I get close and reach over to swipe my card and she is still chatting with the cashier. Finally as I'm entering my PIN she decides to leave. She then says "oh I left a bag and grabs my bag puts in in her cart and heads for the exit. Thankfully the cashier called her as she was walking away. Saved me from having to chase after her. She put my bag back.
If she would have said " bless your heart I might have lost it.
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Post by rem74 on Jul 1, 2015 22:13:00 GMT -5
I encountered a strange woman in the grocery store once.
I was in the produce aisle picking out gala apples. She approached me and started informing me that galas are too tart, I should try golden delicious. I just looked at her, blinking, then said "thank you" and continued choosing my galas. I finished with the apples and moved on the cantaloupes. She followed me and began instructing me how to choose the best ones. I ignored her completely.
A few moments later in the dairy aisle, I was choosing cheese and she approached me again, took a deep breath, and began a diatribe about cheese. At this point, I had had enough of her. The look on my face caused her to stop mid-sentence and walk away.
It was bizarre. Hmmm...I wonder if this woman had some sort of mental condition that made her mistake opinions (hers) for facts? Like, saying the galas are too tart...for who?! Maybe her mental condition made her believe she was offering helpful advice (about apples, cheese & cantaloupes), which you would appreciate, and it would be the start of some kind of friendship? Especially with her being so persistant...like she was following some sort of formula to gaining friends or something. Yeah, I would have been annoyed too, if someone followed me from aisle to aisle, distributing unsolicited advice.
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Post by Peace77 on Jul 1, 2015 23:46:22 GMT -5
I worked in a grocery store when I was in high school. I remember one lady came up to the desk and told me that she had 6 gallons of spoiled milk at home and wanted to know if I would give her credit for it. I told her, " No, anyone could say that."
Recently, I was at Aldi putting a few things in my bags as the cashier was ringing them up. When the cashier was nearly done, I got out my debit card to pay but the lady next in line already had HER debit card out and her hand was just inches from the machine even though the cashier hadn't even started in her order yet. So, I asked her if she was going to pay for mine.
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 2, 2015 6:31:14 GMT -5
People just get sidetracked so easily and don't think about what they're supposed to be thinking about. They're thinking about the next thing they need to do.
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Post by Value Buy on Jul 2, 2015 6:31:24 GMT -5
I worked in a grocery store when I was in high school. I remember one lady came up to the desk and told me that she had 6 gallons of spoiled milk at home and wanted to know if I would give her credit for it. I told her, " No, anyone could say that." Recently, I was at Aldi putting a few things in my bags as the cashier was ringing them up. When the cashier was nearly done, I got out my debit card to pay but the lady next in line already had HER debit card out and her hand was just inches from the machine even though the cashier hadn't even started in her order yet. So, I asked her if she was going to pay for mine. At least the Aldi shoppers have the store down to a science. Their customers are on a mission, to get in and get out. Once in the traffic pattern of the aisle, never try to turn around and go back for a missed item. You will get run over. WMT shoppers are a little different, they graze the store without a care for their fellow human beings going by, and the entire herd is slightly crazy in their movements and herd interaction. The local grocery stores are even different from both of them. They let the idiots roam free, with all customers thinking they are better humans than any of the other customers, and treat the employees with indifference or outright disgust. I agree about customers and their carts in the aisles. It is as if they are the only person on the planet in the store.......kind of like how they handle road traffic on the interstate in the passing lane. I was stuck behind a woman with six items yesterday. She had a t-shirt advocating rifles and the right to bear arms, and probably fifty years old. She had six items, so I thought I would unload behind her to get out quickly. She disagreed on the price that rang up on four of the items, pulling the sales flyer out of her purse, claiming it rang up incorrectly. Demanded a manager on two of them. It was shown she had the incorrect item, or size on every one of them. She left the store after purchasing all of them, she would never be back again for being treated so rudely. I clapped loudly and said "thank you very much". My cashier, probably out of fear I might explode, never said a word about it to me. I did smile and say hello, and thank you at the end of the order.
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Post by 973beachbum on Jul 2, 2015 10:14:26 GMT -5
Yesterday I had to give a refund to a women because she said her shrimp tasted and smelled funny. I smelled them and asked if she wanted some new ones. She said no because they all smelled "wrong". I asked what was wrong and she said they smelled fresh just like the ocean. She said they are supposed to stink like shrimp. I didn't bother trying to tell her they smelled great. I just gave her her money back and apoligized that she was disappointed. I almost cried when I threw out her two pounds of the nicest U8 shrimp I have seen in a while. Those looked so good!
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Jul 2, 2015 10:42:36 GMT -5
I miss Toughtimes. Sure we have some tales of crazy belligerent ladies, but where are the anecdotes about thwarted terrorist attacks and open heart surgeries on the floor of the bread aisle?
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Post by chiver78 on Jul 2, 2015 11:26:45 GMT -5
oh man, I was almost crazy lady today. I figured 9am would be early enough on the day before an observed holiday that I could get in and out of the store painlessly. I thought wrong, very wrong.
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Post by 973beachbum on Jul 2, 2015 11:29:09 GMT -5
And you now live on Cape Cod. Man that store must have been a zoo! I can't imagine even parking would have been easy!
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Post by chiver78 on Jul 2, 2015 11:31:51 GMT -5
that's the funny thing - when I got there, the parking lot was half empty! I was down in that area for another errand - the lab for my pre-employment drug screening is in the compound for the hospital right up the street. I actually had a fleeting thought while standing at the deli, would it be worth the trouble to leave the cart and go off-Cape to the S&S just over the bridge? but I'd have never made it back home if I did that, so I stayed.
what I should have done (and will do next year for this holiday) is go to the deli a day or two before. if I need to make an antipasto for the 3rd, it's absolutely okay to buy the deli ingredients on the 1st....or even the 30th! wow, what a clusterf*ck....
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Jul 2, 2015 11:35:17 GMT -5
Y'all pray for me...I am going to the grocery store tonight. I know, I just said that. Hate the idea, but did not really have a choice on this.
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Post by chiver78 on Jul 2, 2015 11:38:02 GMT -5
go as late as possible.....maybe you'll escape the crazy!
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Post by 973beachbum on Jul 2, 2015 11:40:03 GMT -5
Y'all pray for me...I am going to the grocery store tonight. I know, I just said that. Hate the idea, but did not really have a choice on this. I don't know if Florida is the same but here your best bet is to be after the dinner crowd which normally ends about 7:30 but before the after drinking munchies crowd that normally starts at 9pm. Unless it rains then all bets are off and man are the tourists pissed! And I have to work tonight and it is supposed to rain.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Jul 2, 2015 11:42:49 GMT -5
Y'all pray for me...I am going to the grocery store tonight. I know, I just said that. Hate the idea, but did not really have a choice on this. I don't know if Florida is the same but here your best bet is to be after the dinner crowd which normally ends about 7:30 but before the after drinking munchies crowd that normally starts at 9pm. Unless it rains then all bets are off and man are the tourists pissed! And I have to work tonight and it is supposed to rain. That's exactly when I will be going....about 7:15 or so. No tourists around at the moment, really. Just too hot for them.
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Post by 973beachbum on Jul 2, 2015 11:46:58 GMT -5
I don't know if Florida is the same but here your best bet is to be after the dinner crowd which normally ends about 7:30 but before the after drinking munchies crowd that normally starts at 9pm. Unless it rains then all bets are off and man are the tourists pissed! And I have to work tonight and it is supposed to rain. That's exactly when I will be going....about 7:15 or so. No tourists around at the moment, really. Just too hot for them. Around here this is called the high week for tourists. And the rents are the by far the highest of the year. so some nicer homes will go for $3K-$10K for the week. The rain really pisses them off to no end. I understand how big a bummer it must be to spend that much money only to have it rain but don't take it out on others. If I could control the weather would I really have a second job at a grocery store??
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 2, 2015 11:47:03 GMT -5
oh man, I was almost crazy lady today. I figured 9am would be early enough on the day before an observed holiday that I could get in and out of the store painlessly. I thought wrong, very wrong. Thanksgiving? I buy everything I need at the grocery store no later than 4 days before the holiday. And Christmas is one week before the holiday. Insanity rules after that.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jul 2, 2015 11:51:23 GMT -5
That's exactly when I will be going....about 7:15 or so. No tourists around at the moment, really. Just too hot for them. Around here this is called the high week for tourists. And the rents are the by far the highest of the year. so some nicer homes will go for $3K-$10K for the week. The rain really pisses them off to no end. I understand how big a bummer it must be to spend that much money only to have it rain but don't take it out on others. If I could control the weather would I really have a second job at a grocery store?? You have control of EVERYTHING!!!! You're a local. Nothing more fun than hearing that someone hated visiting the area because it rained all the time. Um, yeah. It does that. A lot sometimes and almost every afternoon because it's so freaking hot. I'm sure they found something interesting to do but you'd never know. I used to work at an outlet mall as a teen, it was open to the weather and there is a long walk between some sections. Yet the tourists would turn up en masse if it rained. They mind a little rain at the beach but not getting soaked while shopping. Go figure.
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Post by chiver78 on Jul 2, 2015 11:56:52 GMT -5
good luck, beachbum!
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Jul 2, 2015 13:35:39 GMT -5
I have a more uplifting grocery store anecdote I can share.
Back when I lived in Calgary, Alberta, I shopped at a smaller grocery store in the west end of the city. Although I don't recall the exact circumstances, one day I was walking along and was stopped by a man named Thomas who was lost and wanted to know if I knew where the grocery store was.
It became obvious early in our dialog that he was severely mentally handicapped (or "learning disabled", or whatever the PC term is these days). My best guess is that his development was roughly that of an 8- or 9-year-old. I could see that he wasn't understanding the directions I was giving him, so I invited him to walk with me to the store, and he was grateful for the assistance.
As we walked, he told me who he was and where he lived and how he'd gotten to the mall. He explained that the reason he was going to this particular store was because he thought he might be able to find a job there.
My heart sank on hearing that. I was thinking to myself: Even stocking shelves at a supermarket is bound to be too much for this fellow. An employee has to be prompt, responsible, independent. He'll have to remember where things go, store procedures, what time to show up, what to say to customers. There's no way a store manager would risk hiring him, and even if they did, the job requirements would overwhelm him.
But Thomas was determined that he was going to get a job, and I'd be damned if I was going to be the one to squelch his ambitions, so I smiled and gave him all the usual encouraging platitudes. When we got to the store, I made sure the manager knew Thomas was there, then took my leave and went about my business.
A few months later I was passing by the store and was reminded of my run-in with Thomas, so I went into the store on the off-chance that the manager might have hired him. And sure enough, when I got inside I immediately saw him there washing one of the store windows with a cloth and bucket in hand. They had him washing windows, unpacking boxes, stocking shelves. I found out on subsequent visits that he knew where everything went and could help customers. He was doing all the things that I had been near-certain he wouldn't have been able to do. I was also heartened by the fact that he seemed extremely content with his work. He had a job to do, he was doing it, and he was doing it well.
He didn't remember me when I asked him how he was doing (or maybe he did and just didn't express it) but he told me all about his duties and the store rules, and he told me that I should ask him if I ever needed help finding anything. I was singularly impressed with his professionalism.
The experience was/is a powerful reminder to me that it's just as easy to underestimate people as it is to overestimate them. We so often hear the tales of "welfare queens" basically sitting on their butts--and there are indeed many such people--but there are also people who really go above and beyond. If anybody deserved to live off of disability/welfare, it was this fellow, and no reasonable person would begrudge him that. But he wanted to be a 9-to-5 employee with a job, and damned if he didn't become just that.
He was still working at the store 2.5 years later when I left Calgary. As far as I know, he still is.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2015 16:32:45 GMT -5
I have a more uplifting grocery store anecdote I can share. Back when I lived in Calgary, Alberta, I shopped at a smaller grocery store in the west end of the city. Although I don't recall the exact circumstances, one day I was walking along and was stopped by a man named Thomas who was lost and wanted to know if I knew where the grocery store was. It became obvious early in our dialog that he was severely mentally handicapped (or "learning disabled", or whatever the PC term is these days). My best guess is that his development was roughly that of an 8- or 9-year-old. I could see that he wasn't understanding the directions I was giving him, so I invited him to walk with me to the store, and he was grateful for the assistance. As we walked, he told me who he was and where he lived and how he'd gotten to the mall. He explained that the reason he was going to this particular store was because he thought he might be able to find a job there. My heart sank on hearing that. I was thinking to myself: Even stocking shelves at a supermarket is bound to be too much for this fellow. An employee has to be prompt, responsible, independent. He'll have to remember where things go, store procedures, what time to show up, what to say to customers. There's no way a store manager would risk hiring him, and even if they did, the job requirements would overwhelm him. But Thomas was determined that he was going to get a job, and I'd be damned if I was going to be the one to squelch his ambitions, so I smiled and gave him all the usual encouraging platitudes. When we got to the store, I made sure the manager knew Thomas was there, then took my leave and went about my business. A few months later I was passing by the store and was reminded of my run-in with Thomas, so I went into the store on the off-chance that the manager might have hired him. And sure enough, when I got inside I immediately saw him there washing one of the store windows with a cloth and bucket in hand. They had him washing windows, unpacking boxes, stocking shelves. I found out on subsequent visits that he knew where everything went and could help customers. He was doing all the things that I had been near-certain he wouldn't have been able to do. I was also heartened by the fact that he seemed extremely content with his work. He had a job to do, he was doing it, and he was doing it well. He didn't remember me when I asked him how he was doing (or maybe he did and just didn't express it) but he told me all about his duties and the store rules, and he told me that I should ask him if I ever needed help finding anything. I was singularly impressed with his professionalism. The experience was/is a powerful reminder to me that it's just as easy to underestimate people as it is to overestimate them. We so often hear the tales of "welfare queens" basically sitting on their butts--and there are indeed many such people--but there are also people who really go above and beyond. If anybody deserved to live off of disability/welfare, it was this fellow, and no reasonable person would begrudge him that. But he wanted to be a 9-to-5 employee with a job, and damned if he didn't become just that. He was still working at the store 2.5 years later when I left Calgary. As far as I know, he still is. There are a lot of people with mental disabilities who can work under direction, but employment isn't that simple.
- The store has to be willing to hire them. There are "easier" ways for the store to get its windows washed. So they have to be willing to go the extra to train this employee.
- The public has to be amenable. Publix hires some employees with disabilities to bag groceries, etc. They may do their work ok, but they are frequently slower or more determined to do it a certain way rather than to make an exception at the customer's request. I've seen people roll their eyes, which isn't exactly encouragement.
- Sometimes social skills are lacking. Frustration often leads to anger in many people, disabled or not. You have to know how to deflect it, etc.
- Someone often has to commit to transportation, etc. The hours may not match the parents' employment.
My former bf had a niece with Downs that got a job stocking at a pharmacy. She loved, loved, loved it. But her mother couldn't handle getting her job and her daughter's job at the same time. It was easier on her mother just to let her daughter collect a SSDI check. Was it best for the daughter? Probably not, but you have to cut the parents some slack.
Like most things, the issue is complicated.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Jul 2, 2015 17:45:58 GMT -5
There are a lot of people with mental disabilities who can work under direction, but employment isn't that simple.
- The store has to be willing to hire them. There are "easier" ways for the store to get its windows washed. So they have to be willing to go the extra to train this employee.
- The public has to be amenable. Publix hires some employees with disabilities to bag groceries, etc. They may do their work ok, but they are frequently slower or more determined to do it a certain way rather than to make an exception at the customer's request. I've seen people roll their eyes, which isn't exactly encouragement.
- Sometimes social skills are lacking. Frustration often leads to anger in many people, disabled or not. You have to know how to deflect it, etc.
- Someone often has to commit to transportation, etc. The hours may not match the parents' employment.
My former bf had a niece with Downs that got a job stocking at a pharmacy. She loved, loved, loved it. But her mother couldn't handle getting her job and her daughter's job at the same time. It was easier on her mother just to let her daughter collect a SSDI check. Was it best for the daughter? Probably not, but you have to cut the parents some slack.
Like most things, the issue is complicated. The same thoughts were running through my head with this fellow. I was initially worried that it would take as much effort to supervise him as it would to do the work he'd be performing, hence no store manager with an eye on the bottom line would hire him. It really is too bad that some people fall into the "want to work but require a prohibitive degree of supervision" boat. I was really quite thrilled to see that Thomas not only managed to land a job, but that he seemed to operate with sufficient autonomy that he really was an asset to the store, not just a liability they put up with for sake of charity. I know it doesn't always work out like that.
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Post by Pants on Jul 2, 2015 21:51:16 GMT -5
In the U.S., there are training g programs available to help train the disabled as well as tax incentives for hiring them. I have also heard of programs that pay part of their wages, so they are cheap labor for companies. It makes financial sense to hire them, and people think you are doing it out of the kindness of your heart. Win win.
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 3, 2015 8:07:20 GMT -5
I have a more uplifting grocery store anecdote I can share. Back when I lived in Calgary, Alberta, I shopped at a smaller grocery store in the west end of the city. Although I don't recall the exact circumstances, one day I was walking along and was stopped by a man named Thomas who was lost and wanted to know if I knew where the grocery store was. It became obvious early in our dialog that he was severely mentally handicapped (or "learning disabled", or whatever the PC term is these days). My best guess is that his development was roughly that of an 8- or 9-year-old. I could see that he wasn't understanding the directions I was giving him, so I invited him to walk with me to the store, and he was grateful for the assistance. As we walked, he told me who he was and where he lived and how he'd gotten to the mall. He explained that the reason he was going to this particular store was because he thought he might be able to find a job there. My heart sank on hearing that. I was thinking to myself: Even stocking shelves at a supermarket is bound to be too much for this fellow. An employee has to be prompt, responsible, independent. He'll have to remember where things go, store procedures, what time to show up, what to say to customers. There's no way a store manager would risk hiring him, and even if they did, the job requirements would overwhelm him. But Thomas was determined that he was going to get a job, and I'd be damned if I was going to be the one to squelch his ambitions, so I smiled and gave him all the usual encouraging platitudes. When we got to the store, I made sure the manager knew Thomas was there, then took my leave and went about my business. A few months later I was passing by the store and was reminded of my run-in with Thomas, so I went into the store on the off-chance that the manager might have hired him. And sure enough, when I got inside I immediately saw him there washing one of the store windows with a cloth and bucket in hand. They had him washing windows, unpacking boxes, stocking shelves. I found out on subsequent visits that he knew where everything went and could help customers. He was doing all the things that I had been near-certain he wouldn't have been able to do. I was also heartened by the fact that he seemed extremely content with his work. He had a job to do, he was doing it, and he was doing it well. He didn't remember me when I asked him how he was doing (or maybe he did and just didn't express it) but he told me all about his duties and the store rules, and he told me that I should ask him if I ever needed help finding anything. I was singularly impressed with his professionalism. The experience was/is a powerful reminder to me that it's just as easy to underestimate people as it is to overestimate them. We so often hear the tales of "welfare queens" basically sitting on their butts--and there are indeed many such people--but there are also people who really go above and beyond. If anybody deserved to live off of disability/welfare, it was this fellow, and no reasonable person would begrudge him that. But he wanted to be a 9-to-5 employee with a job, and damned if he didn't become just that. He was still working at the store 2.5 years later when I left Calgary. As far as I know, he still is. The Meijers I go to up here hires the physically handicapped to be greeters. I miss my one guy, he got promoted to another store!!! They have a lady that might be mentally challenged, I'm not sure as she doesn't talk like the guy did but I like that they hire them. I also like that older workers get hired here for lots of different jobs. Can't afford age discrimination !! More jobs than workers for them. When I was in hospital with DH I had lots of people tell me I should be a nurse. I said I was too old and they said nonsense. It was nicer than saying needles make me want to faint and puking would make me join the party!!
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Post by 973beachbum on Jul 3, 2015 12:14:13 GMT -5
At the GC we have one girl with Down's who is a bagger. On some days it is harder. She probably is emotionally about 12 but mentally about 8. I don't think she can read and I know she can't tell time. We have to read her schedule and write it down for her to give her mother. We also have to page her, or go find her with the time throughout the day. It is a more restrictive schedule because her mother doesn't want to be driving at certain times like at night. Bagging groceries is actually about the smallest part of a baggers job, but they are all taught to ask the customer if they can bag their groceries for them. So probably some say no because they think she will take too long or do it wrong. I'm sure some say yes just to be nice. But most everyone is polite about it and there are some who actually prefer to bag their own so I doubt she finds it offensive at all when they no thank you. I don't ask her to do some things the baggers do because I don't think she could do it safely or quickly enough. A propane exchange is one that comes to mind. But for the most part she is no more weird or not weird than any of the rest of us. She gets paid the same as any other person doing that job with her seniority. She gets the same benefits. About the only thing she seems to get offended by is when customers try and tip her for bagging their groceries. Taking a tip can get her fired but that isn't what gets her. No one every tries to tip any of the other baggers and she notices and knows why. One thing our county has though is a van that will pick up disabled people and drive them to and from work if they need it. IMO it is a very good use of my tax dollars.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2015 12:54:28 GMT -5
Virgil that is an awesome story.
I do feel compelled to say however that mentally handicapped and learning disabled are not interchanable. One is not PC for the other, they are separate things.
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Post by cronewitch on Jul 3, 2015 13:17:01 GMT -5
I was in line the other day and it was the 15 items or less and a woman with three kids got in line behind me with a fully loaded cart. The cashier politely told her it was 15 items or less and the woman completely ignored her, so I turned around and loudly explained it was the 15 items or less line. She was all oh, uh, thank you... and went to another line. I felt kinda bad, but who wants to be stuck in the express line behind that My great aunt would get a full cart and use express. She lived in low income housing so a van took them shopping. She used a cane and had trouble standing very long and was over 90. She told the manager she was sorry but she just couldn't stand in line longer. He said it was ok and from now on to see him and he would open her a lane so no waiting at all. When mom was too old to wait in line she would leave me to check her stuff out and go wait on a bench. No excuse for healthy people to abuse the express lines, everyone knows it is wrong.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Jul 3, 2015 14:50:31 GMT -5
Virgil that is an awesome story. I do feel compelled to say however that mentally handicapped and learning disabled are not interchanable. One is not PC for the other, they are separate things. Does one class comprise the other? For example, is it possible to be learning disabled without being mentally handicapped, and to be mentally handicapped without being learning disabled? I don't think Thomas had Down's syndrome, but his condition was similar to that. If you were relating such an experience, what term would you use?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2015 14:57:36 GMT -5
No. By definition to have a learning disability you have to have at least average intelligence. The LD is identified because the output/achievment is NOT commensurate with ability. Ie they are not achieving academically as someone with average+ intelligence should. (we could argue if identifying a child in these circumstances as LD is an appropriate step... But that is the definition/terminology).
Mentally disabled (mental retardation used clinically and not as an insult) is an iq less than low average. I would guess that he fit in to this category by your description.
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