Business

Should they HAVE to no, but if they want to bring certain customers into the store they should. I have to admit I sometimes found myself thinking like some of you here regarding people that were overweight. I even gave a promotion one time to one employee over another under the assumption that the individual that was fat was lazy...I couldn't have been more wrong. I come from a family that genetically seems to struggle with weight issues. That doesn't mean everyone is fat...just that unlike those that seem to be able to eat anything and stay thin, we easily put on weight and have to work at keeping it off. What we aren't is lazy...perhaps overdriven. I recently used a motorized cart for the first time...I'm 60...and find myself very embarrassed doing so...putting it off and simply not going to stores after my last couple experiences shopping. I want to walk and push my own cart. I want the exercise. Yes I have become heavy...fat...and I don't eat a lot of unhealthy foods. It began with painful foot condition that seriously curtailed my physical activity...I put on weight...now my feet are OK, but my knees are gone. Yes, I can still push a cart, though painful it does stabilize my my knees much as a walker. I manage as long as I can keep moving. The problem is to keep moving. People inconsiderately jam up the aisles leaving carts or visiting as well as tie up the checkout lanes. I can not stand for long in one place. The pain is very intense to the point at which I feel sick, sometimes panicked. Knee replacement is in my future..the problem being able to take off work for that period of time.
That said...my point is that why certainly there are more than enough fat and lazy people to go around, there are also people that are fat or have handicaps/health issues that are not always visable. These carts provide a means of independence. Don't judge what you don't know. I work hard and I have money to spend. If a store wants my business it is in their interest to make it possible for me to shop there.