Motorized Carts

I think i’ve mentioned sometime before that now when i go to the grocery i use a motorized cart to get around.  I cyah bother fight with walking around with a cart  and so i finally came to the realization that there’s nothing wrong with using the carts – that’s what they’re there for.  Those things are not as easy to manouver (sometimes they go much fast than u really want – esp when turning) as you’d think.  I’ve gotten used to them (for the most part) now but it was a little touch and go at first. 

Usually if u just let go of the controls, the thing would stop.  I remember 1 time that wasn’t happening…so i would let go of the controls and the cart would still keep going for just a few seconds before coming to a complete stop.  Well by the time i was done and had to leave, i wasn’t thinking about that and as i tried to look left and right for cars as i rolled out of Kroger (down the slight incline) i zoomed right into the street.  Luckily i was able to steer it to the side so that i didn’t have an accident with the car that was coming.

A few months ago, i was going to get some bananas.  There was a man standing right at the banana stand, picking his bananas.  I approached and realized that i could not make it into the tight space that was left (there were 2 other people there), so i patiently waited behind him for 1 of them to move before i went in.  well between me and my motorized cart and all the other carts/people, i had to reverse to let someone out.  Don’t u know i used the forward control instead of the reverse and ended up jamming said man up against the banana stand.  Naturally i was mortified and of course, i was a little flustered so it took me a few seconds longer than it should have to throw it into reverse (as i should have in the 1st place).  If i’m not mistaken, i saw the woman who was with him, chuckling to herself (and trying hard to hide it) at the sight of him jammed up against the bananas – i also had to keep myself from laughing out loud after the mortification passed.

yet another example of a funny situation that i find myself in sometimes as a result of this disease – LOL!!