[il-talk] A sad story

[Constance Canode]

I know exactly what you mean.  Every day I see 
people who have to make a choice between 
medication and food or have to find a medication 
that is not as effective because of the cost.  I 
have actually written reports where senior 
citizens are eating cat food to survive.  It 
truly makes me sick.  I could go on for pages and 
pages about this, so I will stop.  Good for you, Connie, for stepping up.

Connie Canode
At 05:54 PM 8/1/2010, you wrote:
>Hi, all,
>I'm sure some of will ask yourselves what this has to do with blindness.
>Just wait and you will see.
>Today, I was standing in line at the customer service counter at Dominick's.
>There was an elderly lady in front of me who said, "I can't afford this
>banana." She was almost in tears. The customer service lady asked if she had
>her Dominick's card. The lady who was already upset said, "No but I have my
>social security card". At that point, I stepped forward. I asked the
>customer service lady what the banana cost. She said 32¢. I told her I would
>pay for it. The elderly lady didn't understand. She said, "This lady wants
>this banana". I had to explain three times that I was buying her the banana.
>She almost cried and kept saying, "God Bless you". After she got done, she
>asked one of the workers to dial a telephone number for her so that she
>could get home. By this time, the customer service lady, a couple of guys in
>line behind me and I had tears in our eyes.
>I'm not telling you this to pat myself on the back. Not at all. But, that
>could have been me or you or any one of us. God willing we will all get old.
>What has this country come to when our senior citizens cannot afford 32¢ for
>a stinking banana? She had to make the choice of getting home versus the
>food. 'Nuff said?
>Connie
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