Will you write me off lis? We can talk about it. You have a lot more heat tollerance than I. My email is lana5@xxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Adams" <ladams@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 5:08 PM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Grocery Store Customer Service > Hi, Cindy. I live in Longmont, Colorado. > > Linda Adams > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 5:05 PM > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Grocery Store Customer Service > > > > How awful. Where do you live? I nmight have some > > ideas. > > > > Cindy > > > > > > > > --- Linda Adams <ladams@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> Hello, everyone. I know that this is a weird topic > >> for Bookshare, but I wonder if anyone else has > >> experienced a dramatic decline in the quality of > >> help from the courtesy clerks in grocery stores. > >> Where I live, Safeway, Albertsons, and King Soopers > >> all have begun to hire illiterate people, > >> developmentally disabled people, and lazy, > >> indifferent high school students who won't ask > >> department managers to help them when they can't > >> find something on the grocery list. Actually, the > >> developmentally disabled are the best of the three > >> groups at present. I hate to ask friends for help > >> with grocery shopping routinely. Consistently now, > >> I either come home with things that I don't want or > >> get so tired of explaining to illiterate people what > >> size of can or box an item should be that I give up > >> shopping before I have gotten everything on my list. > >> I would think that those expensive bar code readers > >> would actually take more time in the store and > >> complicate matters further. Does anyone know of a > >> national user friendly on-line shopping grocery > >> store that delivers good customer service? I have > >> stopped going to the grocery store within walking > >> distance from my house, which is a disappointment to > >> my guide dog and I as this was a pleasant walk. Are > >> there national volunteer organizations that would > >> provide people to go grocery shopping with us? I > >> know that there are senior citizens who will do > >> grocery shopping for people. Although I know that > >> they would be very conscientious, I would hate to > >> tax their physical strength. I would be interested > >> in your feedback. > >> > >> Linda Adams > >> > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ > > Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast > > with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. > > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to > > bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list > > of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to > bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.