08-24-2020, 03:01 AM
I shop at Safeway at least twice a month, and since the virus hit, I have been in the line on two occasions when handicapped people turned up. On both occasions, the they were greeted in a friendly manner and given comfortable places to wait their turn to go in. One was given a chair to sit in, and one was given a shady place to park her wheelchair. I heard no complaints from either, and the companion of one of these individuals thanked the staff member for not making them wend through the line.
Would they have preferred to be ushered straight in? I don't know, but I do know handicapped persons whose objective is to be treated as much like everyone else as is practically possible. There may be some medical conditions that might conceivably preclude waiting a few minutes to get into Safeway, but they would probably also preclude going at all.
As for the situation that terracore described at the post office, I think he was right to think of asking his peers if it was OK. It would have been nicer if the lady had asked if it was OK, and I'm sure everyone would have said to go ahead. I would have.
Would they have preferred to be ushered straight in? I don't know, but I do know handicapped persons whose objective is to be treated as much like everyone else as is practically possible. There may be some medical conditions that might conceivably preclude waiting a few minutes to get into Safeway, but they would probably also preclude going at all.
As for the situation that terracore described at the post office, I think he was right to think of asking his peers if it was OK. It would have been nicer if the lady had asked if it was OK, and I'm sure everyone would have said to go ahead. I would have.