If you’ve ever driven a stroller or pushed a wheelchair, or even rid in a wheelchair, I know you’ll understand.
Store displays!!!! It drives me crazy when I’m pushing my son in his stroller (bonus code is stroller) and I can’t even maneuver around the store. I won’t stay. It makes me not want to shop there and leave. It’s even worse when it’s a KIDS AND BABY STORE! You’d think they, of all places, would get it. I was shopping in a popular kids clothing store the other day, and I couldn’t get my stroller around the “SALE” rack. Then other parents come into the store with their stroller, and it’s a struggle to see who can get around the display.
On a similar note, I’ve had a friend that I took shopping who’s in a wheelchair. We couldn’t get around the store for her to shop. Then the stores where she could get around, finding a handicap change room was also a challenge. Some stores keep their stock in the handicap room, while others don’t even have one. It’s also important to have the handicap rooms for parents with strollers. What… am I supposed to leave my child in the foyer of the change rooms while I shop??!!??
If you have no idea what I’m talking about, I recommend you borrow a friend’s child and stroller for a day and go shopping in a mall. Or better yet, rent a wheelchair and you’ll see how hard it is to get around.
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I couldn’t agree with you more! I have twins and whether I use our tandem stroller or side by side (which is the width of a wheelchair) there are many stores that are impossible to get around. The worst culprits are the kids clothes and toy stores. When it comes to clothes shopping for the kids, I either leave them at home or bring a helper who can stay outside the store with the stroller while I shop.
- MerisaI’ll agree with you on the displays! What drives me absolutely crazy are the displays – that are deliberately set to the eye level for a child to grab. You’re walking down an isle with the cart, and before you know it, your angel has grabbed 4 boxes of his favorite sugary cereal.
The other pet peeve is stores that are designed with narrow isle’s. ARGH!!!
- TrishMy boyfriend owns a game store in the North East, and when he was getting ready to open just over a year ago, he redisigned the layout of the store to accommodate wheelchairs. He has one employee and his mom is in a wheelchair as well as several regualars. They all say the same thing, they love the store because they can get around where they are unable in many other places. People just don’t realise the importance of this.
- Gwen