[nagdu] Shopping shopping shopping!!!

[Tracy Carcione]

We have a folding cart we bought at the hardware store several years ago. 
We put items in it as we pick them up, and then we roll it home.  My husband 
can see a little, and knows the store well, so he usually uses the Summit 
barcode reader to find the items we want.  Somehow, when we use a customer 
service person, we often end up with the wrong thing, even when we're very 
specific.  There's often a language barrier, too.
I'm glad my husband does most of the grocery shopping.  I did it for years, 
and will now happily leave it to someone else.
Tracy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "National Association of Guide Dog Users" <blind411 at verizon.net>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
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Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Shopping shopping shopping!!!


> Dan,
> Let's start at the beginning - the actual shopping. When I do
> grocery shopping myself (my wife usually does the grocery shopping), I
> generally go to the customer service desk and request someone to help me
> find the items. I go with them because I comparative shop, meaning, I
> compare the size, price, and brand of the item I want. I also confirm the
> date of items with close expirations, such as milk and meats to make sure
> they will not spoil before I can use them.
>
> One of the best things to get for a blind shopper is a suitcase on
> wheels. I will caution you, though, that these wheels are not meant for 
> the
> type of use we will give them, as they are meant for wheeling through an
> airport for a few hundred yards, not the miles we will put on them 
> bringing
> home our groceries! Another handy tool we use is a collapsible hand truck 
> I
> believe we bought at Walmart. We use this for bringing home our dog and 
> cat
> food, since we buy dog food in 40-lb. bags to feed Dogzilla and the other
> two pups. Another handy item is a large sturdy back pack. Our backs make 
> for
> good transport!
>
> I hope this information has been helpful. If you have other
> questions, please write again!
>
> Fraternally yours,
> Marion Gwizdala
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of daniel
> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 2:33 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: [nagdu] Shopping shopping shopping!!!
>
> Hey guys, first I want to thank all of yall for the help yall have given 
> me.
> It has helped me enormously with my trip down the road of owning a 
> seeingEye
> dog. Now, I have a question: What do yall do when you go to the store? I
> mean.do you have something dto carry your groceries in? How do you get 
> from
> home to the store and back? Mainly what you do with the groceries 
> though.and
> what you do with your dog while your shopping.or do you just have customer
> service get your items for you?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan
>
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