[BlindTlk] UNACCEPTABLE! Ross Employees Refuses To Help Blind Man Shop Because Of "Policy" | The Blind Advocate

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> On Dec 22, 2019, at 2:05 AM, Justin Williams via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindTlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Pamela Dominguez via BlindTlk
> Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2019 10:29 PM
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> Cc: Pamela Dominguez <pammygirl99 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] UNACCEPTABLE! Ross Employees Refuses To Help Blind Man Shop Because Of "Policy" | The Blind Advocate
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> Oh yeah, something tells me I've seen this one before.  Pam.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Judy Jones via BlindTlk
> Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2019 6:52 PM
> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
> Cc: Judy Jones
> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] UNACCEPTABLE! Ross Employees Refuses To Help Blind Man Shop Because Of "Policy" | The Blind Advocate
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> Then, this is true, there's the comedienne, Jeanne Robertson, on Youtube who talks about sending her husband to the grocery store to buy ingredients for a seven-up pound cake she was going to make.
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> She gave him the list, and he came back with a car load of groceries.
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> There were seven ingredients on the list, and she had numbered each one, the way you would do a numbered list.
> 
> 1 pound margarine, that's okay.
> 2 vanilla, he bought two bottles.
> 3 eggs, he came home with three dozen.
> 4 shortening.  Guess how many tubs!
> 5 sugar, that makes five 5-pound sacks.
> 6 flour, you can do the math on that one.
> Number 7 on the list was a six-pack of those small Seven-Up bottles, and guess how many he came home with!
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YFRUSTiFUs
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> For the record, my husband is an excellent shopper, and we both laughed at this.
> Judy
> 
> “Embrace each day with His mercies and blessings.”
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindTlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of PLipovsky via BlindTlk
> Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2019 3:06 PM
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> Cc: PLipovsky
> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] UNACCEPTABLE! Ross Employees Refuses To Help Blind Man Shop Because Of "Policy" | The Blind Advocate
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> Mark, that is too funny!!
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> Because of a similar experience, I now always have the shopper show me what they found to insure it is what I want.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindTlk <blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Mark Tardif via BlindTlk
> Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2019 5:57 PM
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> Cc: Mark Tardif <markspark at roadrunner.com>
> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] UNACCEPTABLE! Ross Employees Refuses To Help Blind Man Shop Because Of "Policy" | The Blind Advocate
> 
> Alright, maybe I will talk about the banana experience.  When I was married and living in Hartford, Connecticut, I walked to the grocery store one day and bought a number of things with the help of a customer service person.  I asked for six bananas.  Unfortunately, I did not touch them as we were placing them in the grocery cart.  I payed, and everything seemed awfully expensive, and as I was carrying my bags home, I realized they were awfully heavy.  Well, I got home and discovered, to my surprise and to my wife's surprise, that I had bought six bunches of bananas, not six individual bananas.  So when I came back the next day, the store manager said something
> like:  "Oh, you are the banana guy."  This is all just to say that you should indeed check thoroughly what you are getting as you walk around the store with a customer service person.
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> Mark Tardif
> Nuclear arms will not hold you.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Judy Jones via BlindTlk
> Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2019 2:04 PM
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> Cc: Judy Jones
> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] UNACCEPTABLE! Ross Employees Refuses To Help Blind Man Shop Because Of "Policy" | The Blind Advocate
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> No,
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> You need to go around with the person to give them the information needed to pick the correct item.  Also chech the items they are pulling off the shelf.
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> Case in point, my husband was shopping and asked for a carton of eggrolls.
> The helper read off the information that the carton was a 30-count.  My husband knew that was wrong, come to find out, the helper had pulled a carton of pot stickers instead.
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> We have also had occasion in a different store to have a helper who could not read, so I said if you can spell the item, we'll do fine.  The helper knew the store very well, and I helped him help me select my items.
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> If you are paying for your groceries, you should be picking them out with help.
> 
> Judy
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> “Embrace each day with His mercies and blessings.”
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> From: BlindTlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of J w via BlindTlk
> Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2019 8:13 AM
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> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] UNACCEPTABLE! Ross Employees Refuses To Help Blind Man Shop Because Of "Policy" | The Blind Advocate
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> So when everyone goes grocery shopping or any type of shopping do you hand a list of items to the personal shopping for you or yeah I think that’s my question I am the handle list of groceries that you want to person to pick up for you and do you just sit down and wait for the items to be delivered to be delivered for you or how do you do that I’ve never been grocery shopping by myself as a blonde adult so I don’t now and also do you pay the person to you when I get to items for you thank you
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>> On Dec 21, 2019, at 10:11 AM, PLipovsky via BlindTlk 
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>> This is definitely a possibility although I have called ahead at 
>> Walmart, and it worked out in my favor.  I think if a store is busy 
>> when someone requests assistance, they can simply say we can help in 
>> ten minutes, 20 minutes, or whatever the time frame is.
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: BlindTlk <blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Judy Jones 
>> via BlindTlk
>> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2019 7:22 PM
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>> Cc: Judy Jones <sonshines59 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] UNACCEPTABLE! Ross Employees Refuses To Help 
>> Blind Man Shop Because Of "Policy" | The Blind Advocate
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>> On the otherhand, although  I understand planning, sighted people who 
>> come in to shop don't have to call ahead, and, for other reasons, may 
>> also need some customer assistance.  To my way of thinking, calling 
>> ahead may give whoever happens to answer the phone to refuse you 
>> service before you even get in the door.
>> 
>> Judy
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>> "Embrace each day with His mercies and blessings."
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: BlindTlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mark 
>> Tardif via BlindTlk
>> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2019 4:08 PM
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>> Cc: Mark Tardif
>> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] UNACCEPTABLE! Ross Employees Refuses To Help 
>> Blind Man Shop Because Of "Policy" | The Blind Advocate
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>> Sherri, I think you are right.  I have been extremely fortunate here 
>> and elsewhere about getting help, and I usually have a friend come 
>> with me and help me.  Otherwise, when necessary, I have called stores 
>> to find out if personnel are available to help.  Nevertheless, if this 
>> account is accurate,
>> 
>> this was a boneheaded move by that store to tell this man they weren't 
>> required to help.  They might have simply suggested that in the future 
>> he call beforehand.  Wow, there are other things I could say about 
>> this, but I'll keep that private because it might sound inflammatory.
>> But a really dumb business move on the part of that store if that 
>> indeed is what happened.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Mark Tardif
>> Nuclear arms will not hold you.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Sherri via BlindTlk
>> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2019 5:39 PM
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>> Cc: Sherri
>> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] UNACCEPTABLE! Ross Employees Refuses To Help 
>> Blind Man Shop Because Of "Policy" | The Blind Advocate
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>> In my opinion, it's always good to call in first and make sure they 
>> have staff that can help.  This time of year, the stores get very 
>> busy.  Just a thought.
>> 
>> Sherri
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: BlindTlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jude 
>> DaShiell via BlindTlk
>> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2019 5:03 PM
>> To: Judy Jones via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at panix.com>
>> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] UNACCEPTABLE! Ross Employees Refuses To Help 
>> Blind Man Shop Because Of "Policy" | The Blind Advocate
>> 
>> Same thing happened to me in Lexington Park Olies after it opened up.
>> 
>>>> On Fri, 20 Dec 2019, Judy Jones via BlindTlk wrote:
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>>> Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 16:03:32
>>> From: Judy Jones via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>>> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List' <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Cc: Judy Jones <sonshines59 at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] UNACCEPTABLE! Ross Employees Refuses To Help 
>>> Blind
>> Man
>>>    Shop Because Of "Policy" | The Blind Advocate
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>>> I had that happen with Ross's several years ago, and the reason given 
>>> that they simply didn't haveany employees who could leave their 
>>> registers, and no extra customer service people.
>>> 
>>> Judy
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>>> "Embrace each day with His mercies and blessings."
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>>> -----Original Message-----
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>>> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2019 12:48 PM
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>>> Subject: [BlindTlk] UNACCEPTABLE! Ross Employees Refuses To Help 
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