Waitrose in firing line again over disability scooters
Saturday 30th April 2011, 2:29PM BST.
ANOTHER shopper with a disability has added her voice to calls for Waitrose to provide mobility scooters.
Daphne Le Conte, 86 (pictured) is the second to have complained about the supermarket’s policy.
But it has defended its position. It said it was committed to making sure all customers could access its shops easily and they could use their own scooters.
‘We are looking into the possibility of making a scooter available at Waitrose, Admiral Park,’ said a spokesman.
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If one is seeking to be fair here. I’m left wondering how many, if any, of the other supermarkets offer mobility scooters for their potential physically challenged customers?
Seems petty to single out one individual when the majority are as guilty. Everybody should consider the needs of those less fortunate than themselves.
Other supermarkets take note.
Any contributors know which stores currently offer these?
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How many scooters do they get? then the next complaint is going to be “there`s not enough of them”.
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I don’t get this – surely if you need a mobility scooter so much to warrant shopping in/on it, you own one – so why not use your own? Why does the supermarket need to provide them at all? Should they hold a stock of walking sticks for those that need them, or crutches for people who are injured, or glasses for people who are short-sighted?
Someone please tell me why supermarkets need to provide these – serious question, as I just do not get it at all.
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I find it amazing that both of these complainants have powered mobilty scooters of their own and don`t take them to the supermarkets.
There are taxis with very helpful drivers that can accomodate these scooters.
If they are that desperate to have their independence then the taxi`s are only a phone call away and they can spend as long as they like at their shopping and call again to be picked up.
I`m sure the staff at Waitrose would even call the taxi for them.
Indeed Mrs. Le Conte`s scooter seems to be the type that is legal on the roads so she could drive herself there. If she can`t negotiate open roads then how can she negotiate narrow aisles and people in restricted areas?
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well done for pointing out the need for large supermarkets to provide a mobility scooter for disabled people to use enabling them to do their shopping at their own speed, choosing what they want and comparing prices. I know of the Co-Op having one, also B&Q did have one but as I haven`t been there recently I can`t say if it is still there.
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