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I have a complaint about the motorized shopping carts for the disabled and handicapped. My elderly mother MUST use them to shop. Today she had to leave the store in TEARS, without her groceries, because the battery died in the middle of her shopping! AND this has happened BEFORE! The carts need NEW BATTERIES! And the seats are too high on them. Since Walmart got rid of the Door Greeters, the carts do not get plugged in very often. Walmart thinks they're saving money, but now there's NO ONE to stop the shoplifters at the door. And they're also losing money because people like my mother CANNOT SHOP due to the UNRELIABLE CARTS! This is DISCRIMINATION against HANDICAPPED PEOPLE!
You are a bunch of cold, heartless, uncaring people without an OUNCE of Compassion for the elderly! I'm glad You're not MY son or daughter, I'd hate to depend on you for anything! My sister used to work for Walmart and she KNOWS that motorized carts are provided by LAW, yes LAW, for the handicapped in the store! Get your facts straight! Also my mother CANNOT get an employee to bring her another cart when they ALL have dead or low batteries, the store doesn't have nearly enough carts! Also some door greeters do still work there, but they do NOT work at the DOOR! And since they do Not, I have not seen even ONE cop car there, and before, cops were there nearly every time I shopped! Shoplifting causes prices to rise, so you Should worry. It affects us ALL! And my mother Cannot afford her own motorized chair or cart, and she Cannot turn the wheels on a manual wheelchair due to crippling arthritis in her hands! She drives herself to the store but can barely walk from the car to the store. She has lung and heart disease and CANNOT stand on her feet very long at a time. She Must sit to shop. Someday you all WILL BE OLD and disabled, and how would you like it if people were cold and indifferent to YOU and your needs? Think about it. What goes around Comes around!
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
How does your mother get to the store in the first place?
Many handicapped people can drive but not walk long distances. I'm in that situation now due to a leg injury. I can drive to the store, but when I get there, many times all the carts are taken, & if there are, the ones available are old & rickety & shake up my leg & back, very uncomfortable! And I've also had them die on me in the store. I talked to a mgr there about this & even called the corporate ofc & was told they'd try & do something about it, but so far nothing. Walmart is a wealthy & large co. Looks like they'd care about their customers. I go to Target & can get a cart that runs smooth & isn't shaky. Wish Walmart cared more.
Why couldn't your mother go get another cart or ask an employee to get one for her? If she was unable to finish her shopping because the battery died then how was she able to "get to and from" the store? Makes no sense.
I think it is beyond rude for anyone to call someone that is truly disabled.."FAT" because they need a motorized scooter. There are people that have them and there are people that don't because they can't afford them. People that truly need them, need them period! When you are in need of something and then you are told No because you are FAT then come back and write on here. Many people that need them are overweight because they are not able to lose the weight, whether it being because of illness or because of their medicines. You all better start thinking ahead because one day it will be you that is being told NO. You are suppose to treat people as you would want to be treated. Get it! I hope that all stores will have at least 10 carts if not more. That is not asking too much considering they are buying in your stores. Maybe you will think about this and realize that it is better to give then to receive. Maybe there will be less complaints and the world could be a little more brighter. Just remember your day in there shoes isn't too far away. Tears and sadness to all the ones that just want to have a fun day and it ends up ruining their week because someone wants to be mean. Does anyone remember the movie "Fried Green Tomatoes"? Remember the parking lot scene. Funny but not realistic? It's how they truly feel though and it's real and it hurts!
I disagree with all the crap tha comes out of people who hasn't experience anything like before. and for anyone to make such a negative comment that your choice, watch what you say you might end up just with those harsh words.people are all different and have different disabilities, one must always think of others and YES they should be taken care of with kindness and loveit what God wants.That why We fall short of God Glory>Help the Lord.they know not what they say..God Bless You All
I am a Walmart employee, and it's sad to say, 99.9% of the people who use them don't need to be. If you can walk from your car to the entrance without anything you don't need one. All you may need is a rollIng kart for support not one to sit down on, all that proves is your lazy. Their also not suppose to leave the store and to be plug up after each use but we cannot keep customers from leaving the store with them even if it's raining outside and you think weather doesn't take it's toll on the karts it does. Going from cold to warm wears out batteries fast and so will long periods of time in rainy weather.
you a discriminating walmart employee! i can walk to the front door but i cant walk clean to the back of a super walmart store pushing a shopping cart, i have scoliosis! you have no room to judge ! if your employer was to see that comment you own be an employee at Walmart ! you dont know what 1 is feeling, leg pain, back pain can really make the ones shopping experience unpleasant! the ADA prohibits discriminating against a person with disabilities ! those carts must be charged and ready to use not all over the parking lot in the hot sun like i have seen at my local walmart!
I can walk into the store and look like I'm fine but that doesn't mean I don't need a scooter. Just because you can't see vascular disease or other disabilities, doesn't mean the person isn't disabled or is " LAZY ". You've got a lot to learn and could start with minding your own business and not judging people.
There are those with invisable disablites that can't walk far.
Like myself I walk or stand for to long I pass out so are you saying I should just walk in by pass a motorized cart I do need and pass out ?
i had to use a shopping buggy today and my hips are paying for it
Some disabilities aren’t seen on the surface. Someone with a heart problem or breathing problem have a need to use these carts as much as someone with a walking disability.
I get it, but it's up to the store or Walmart HQ to establish and enforce criteria for the use of the carts. It's up to management to see to it that the carts are in good repair, and that the batteries are able to hold a decent charge. And it's also up to them to make sure that the carts are plugged in when not in use. I'm elderly with bad knees, and I walk with a cane, so I always need an electric cart. The only issue I've ever had has been the battery running out of juice in the middle of my shopping trip. They were able to bring me a replacement, and they also transferred my groceries from the dead one to the charged one. Since I'm retired with no dependents, time was not an issue.
when we as people have compassion for ones disability is not of GOD and that why people like that conutinue to to be cold hearted and it ok.buit remember watch what you say..for you might end up like the ones you talk bout or your love one the tongue is to be cut of in the eyes if GOD>no wonder we kept falling SHORT of your own comings...bless your heart
Read the Bible. Our problems don't come from God, but from Satan because of man's fall. But God will help us if we ask him; and having caring people and automated carts, etc., can help even if we just need them temporarily. Love one another as I have loved you, Christ said.
Amen. Like this.
I have never read so many rude uncaring opinions. Where is Jesus in your lives?
The Bible doesn't say that, but the Lord will help us if we turn to Him.
We can see Him in creation, & His son walked this earth 2, 000 yrs ago doing good, & most of all suffering unbelievedly & dying for our sins so we could spend eternity w/Him in paradise. That in itself is something to be very thankful for. Surely you &most everyone have something to be thankful for right here on earth. If you have fairly good health, can move around, look around & see beauty & have any family & friends, be grateful. I've had much pain in my life, but I still praise Him for the good things & even the bad as they bring me closer to Him. And I look forward to spending eternity w/Him in heaven where there will be no pain or tears. This life is short, eternity is forever. Our life on earth will soon be past, only what's done for Christ will last.
no one has humanity to give a damn. i worked now have health issues.
Max, I certainly agree with you. Please try to forgive most of the ignorant posters here, as they have no idea what they're talking about. I will soon be 70 years old. I have not only arthritis, but a bulging disc and many other problems in my back. I have to sit straight up in a chair, or suffer terrific pains. I am constantly trying to keep going, as after having been a nurse for almost 30 years, I have seen first hand, the people who give up and just eat pain pills. I have been determined not to be one of them. Believe it or not, driving my car is one of the few things I can do without pain; I drive whenever I can, as it helps to make me feel a little more independent.
With all that said, I am NOT able to walk around Walmart and shop. I use a cane, and have tried to buy a little by just using their regular shopping carts; I pay the price by hurting for the next two days. It is not worth it. On several of my trips, I saw 4 carts broken down at the front of the store. The greeter told me that they only had five operable carts in the entire store. This has happened on more than one occasion. I have written letters to Walmart, and am yet to receive even an acknowledgement that they got my complaint.
They don't mind taking my money, yet there are always broken carts up front. I thoroughly agree with you. America is graying, but we still need to shop. I have about decided to start shopping in smaller stores, where I don't have all the walking to do. If it were not for my husband, I don't know what we would do.
Your mother is fortunate to at least have you. Stand by her, as you only get one mother in this life. God bless.
Walmart or other stores have a profit to make if they could realize the amount of people that are coming up that need a cart'
About 10 years ago when I would shop with my parents I would help my mom find a cart.Sometimes the carts were at the other door or left in the parking lot.I think it would be good to put a person in charge of the carts they could work with the greeter.
Now I have a bad hip and a knee on the other leg from a car accident and I have to use a cart.
There is now law saying stores have to have electric carts. But if disabled and old can't get around and shop then nobody gets a benefit. The customer can't get what they want and the store doesn't make any money. There is a lot that can be done to improve the shopping experience. Just think about it! I have :)
We go to Target mostly now...they have a TON of mobility carts & charged! Walmart doesn't seem to have or care as well. Therefore I don't "care" to support their business! It's THAT simple. So, it may or may not be " a law" but courtesy can go a long way.
Riding carts in Walmart stores are dirty, some have half wheels, and the battery life is a joke. Yes, employees have rescued in many aisles when the battery has die. But that is not the point. If you off these carts, they should be reliable for my visit, not just to for five minutes and die.
I have seen teenagers riding them and racing each other up and down aisles and employees just watch as if to see who is gonna win.
I have my personal cart, but by the time I load and unload, I’m exhausted.
There are always going to be people who find it fun & entertaining to flame other people who post anywhere they can to feed their need to hide behind the anonymity of their computers and be cruel. You know who you are & I encourage you to seek professional HELP to become a more empathetic member of society.
I for one also dispise the electric kart joyriders.
When I sit & wait at the front of a store for 30 minutes plus for an electric kart, it ticks me off to no end seeing a joyrider come through the checkout line.
I'll usually say something like; "you look so young to be needing to ride an electric kart ... what's wrong hon?"
I've been laughed at as they proceed to walk out of the store.
Yesterday I was returning a Walmart kart to plug it in for the next needy customer. I was approached by a woman with 3 young girls that she was instructing to all get an electric kart. I gave up mine and added the comment; "If you're using these karts to joyride ... I don't approve". The woman raised her voice to me telling me; "Mind your own f*****g business".
If I'd felt like getting into a confrontation with this highly irate woman, I'd have said; "As a disabled person, it makes it my business." I just kept on waddling out of the store with cane in hand.
The non-impaired joyriders also know who they are ... and NO I don't approve of your unsympathetic views or actions.
I've had a disabling autoimmune disease for over 10 years now. My disease causes intense chronic fatigue, a myriad of systemic illnesses, topped off with a bulging L5 disc.
So yeah. Mean people suck.
I can walk with my cane from my handicap parking space to the front of the store. But, even this can prove challenging on bad days.
I then use one of the electric karts to shop the super stores such as Walmart, Lowe's, Home Depot, Sam's and the like.
If a store is too big for me to walk while I shop, I'll use my wheelchair.
Have you ever tried to shop from a wheelchair? You can't hold too many things shopping from a wheelchair. Although I've gotten fairly good at holding with my left hand and wheeling with my right.
I'm 55 years old, unemployed and waiting to hear back on my SSI.
I cannot afford $3, 000.00 for an electric scooter and the special equipment needed on my car to tote it around.
Telling someone to just go out and buy their own scooter is not an option for many of us. If you're able to shell out that kind of cash, count yourself lucky! But don't get ugly with those of us that can't.
I'd gladly give up my handicap parking tag and usage of electric karts to any healthy person who cares to trade with me!
Until such time that's possible, quit pissing on our disabled bodies and telling us it's just a bit of rain. (Yes, you've heard that line from the movie Avatar lol.)
I also call the cops when I see a car with no handicap tag or plaquard laying in the car. I always check before calling.
YES I make it my business!
After all, the healthy JERK is breaking the LAW and denying a disabled person of their LAWFUL RIGHT to that parking space.
Flame me if you must. Just know that I'm right and you're pathetic. Get some help.
Last month I was hit by a motorized shopping cart in Walmart. I was knocked down. I hit my head on a concrete floor and suffered a bruised elbow and two very sore and bad abrasions on my arm. The driver was not apprenended. The camera pics showed the accident and their rep said they assume no responsibility for this accident. I say BS... What say you?
I just left the Walmart on Wheatland Rd Wheatland here in Dallas, TX as I was told they no longer have electric carts for the handicapped. I have a bad back and respiratory problems and can not walk very far as a result, therefore I could not shop for my groceries and other household items I needed. I hope this is a temporary thing. Walmart will loose the business of handicapped people and it really puts a burden on me and other handicapped people.
Stay home and order your groceries on line and save everyone else a bunch of grief and aggravation. If you really need a cart Medicare will buy one and install the lift simply by getting a prescription from your doctor. There is no law that says Walmart or any other retailer has to provide you with motorized carts or even a wheelchair. As for not shopping there anymore? You're talking about a company that made more money than we can even imagine. Walmart annual gross profit for 2023 was $147.568B, a 2.65% increase from 2022. Walmart annual gross profit for 2022 was $143.754B, a 3.54% increase from 2021. You really think you not going there or the few other handicapped people is going to affect their bottom line, hah.
Keep this in mind, Federal law does not require retail establishments to provide motorized carts or other mobility devices for customers with disabilities. The applicable federal law is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which prohibits discrimination in several areas against people with disabilities (42 USC § 12182(a)). To this end, it, among other things, requires places of public accommodation to be handicapped accessible so people with disabilities can get into them and access goods and services.
For ADA purposes, a retail establishment is a place of public accommodation subject to the act's accessibility standards. This means that any such establishment opened for first occupancy after January 26, 1993 must be readily accessible to people with disabilities, unless it is structurally impracticable to meet the requirements. Those that opened for first occupancy before that date do not have to be fully accessible. But they must remove architectural and communication barriers if readily achievable and, if not readily achievable, provide an alternative method of making their goods and services available to people with disabilities. Examples of alternatives to barrier removal include (1) providing curb service or home delivery, (2) retrieving merchandise from inaccessible shelves or racks, or (3) relocating activities to accessible locations.
ADA regulations specifically state that public accommodations do not have to provide their customers or clients with personal devices, such as wheelchairs (28 CFR § 36.305).
The electric carts at my closest Walmart get stolen...Last year they were down to one...I waited 40 minutes for that one.I don't go to Walmart anymore, I order delivery.
I was at my local Walmart today and for maybe the 20th time I had to wait 45 minutes for an electric scooter only to have a customer drive it out to their car without a cart employee to brethren it and someone just arriving, hopping on it, refusing to get off even though she had been told that there had been a line of people waiting to use them. The door greeter wouldn’t say anything, the lady would not get off so I was stuck continuing to wait for another. I finally asked to speak to the manager (something I have never done). I just didn't think it was right. It has happened to me where I have just arrived and someone in the parking lot is getting off one
and I have drove it in the store. When it is brought to my attention that others had been waiting for the scooter I have graciously gotten off and given it to them. The manager proceeded to say that the “city” only allows them to have six scooters. It goes according to how many disabled parking spots they have and three of their scooters were broken”.. she did take the time to look in the parking lot but there were none. That will probably be the last trip I take to Walmart. There are two Targets in the same town and both have plenty of electric scooters. If a battery dies (which happens for me often because the store is so large and I spend a long time looking around, the employees have been quick to retrieve me a new cart and load up all my items in the new cart. No I am not lazy. Yes I am truly disabled (I had a lung removed and on oxygen which limits my time due to my battery and heart issues. Yes I can drive. I can walk in the store but I cannot walk around pushing a cart. Yes, I believe in Jesus, He gives me strength in my weakness. His grace is sufficient for me. I agree, we should all be more civil to one another.
i had to call wal mart corporate twice. I waited 45 mins for a cart today. Mybf followed a woman only to be told a 300 lb man needed the cart more than me.
I live in the High Desert here in Southern California. There are 5 Walmarts in a 10 mile radius. I am 58 years old with heart disease and have been legally disabled for the past 15 years due to several heart attacks. Doctors have told me there is nothing more that can be done for me...I need a new heart. I don't need or want anyones pity. What I do want is for large organizations like Walmart to acknowledge that many of their customers are disabled and need assistance in order to shop at their stores. These disabled customers bring in the same revenue as non disabled customers to make Walmart the Super Power they are today
Remember back in the day when the Walmart slogan was " Made in America " Everything you buy at Walmart these days has the " Made in China " label on it. Anyhow... you would think that this Super Power could provide help to their disabled customers. I set out to prove a point and visited all 5 Super Centers in my area one day. None had a riding cart available. At the last store ( Victorville, Ca.) I asked to talk to the Manager. After listening to the usual excuses I told him " you know...if I was Gay or Black...we would not be having this conversation " and it was amazing how fast they found a working riding cart for me. I agree with others that have posted about Target. They always have a riding cart available. If all the disabled Americans out there boycotted Walmart we would show them they would not be the Super Power of today without us. I will never step foot (or ride a cart) into a Walmart again.
same as these other complaints the claremont nh store is doing the same I my self have reported this to the store manager at least 10 different times in person within the store. All I get in return is they have back ordered ten new carts BUT walmart ceo says the carts need to be compleatly broken down before they will send even one in replacement! Meanwhile the ones that this chain dose own are never charged never available or left out in the parking lot. Well shall we all as disabled customers gather together a law suit? As it is up to this giant chain to have ready available scooters for the disabled as well as the elderly each day and night shift. Not to mention at this nh branch I my self Have seen children teens and others who are not disabled joy riding around the store while those in real need are deprived! I checked there is a larger battery that is a quicker charging longer lasting battery so If I can locate them whats this chain of billionaires waiting on?
You're amazing. File a lawsuit because there are no carts? Or because they're not charged? That's really a special kind of misinformed since there is no law (other than in your own mind) that says any retailer needs to provide you or anyone else with a riding cart or even a push wheelchair. Get a life and read the law, the real one from the ADA.
Federal law does not require retail establishments to provide motorized carts or other mobility devices for customers with disabilities. The applicable federal law is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which prohibits discrimination in several areas against people with disabilities (42 USC § 12182(a)). To this end, it, among other things, requires places of public accommodation to be handicapped accessible so people with disabilities can get into them and access goods and services.
For ADA purposes, a retail establishment is a place of public accommodation subject to the act's accessibility standards. This means that any such establishment opened for first occupancy after January 26, 1993 must be readily accessible to people with disabilities, unless it is structurally impracticable to meet the requirements. Those that opened for first occupancy before that date do not have to be fully accessible. But they must remove architectural and communication barriers if readily achievable and, if not readily achievable, provide an alternative method of making their goods and services available to people with disabilities. Examples of alternatives to barrier removal include (1) providing curb service or home delivery, (2) retrieving merchandise from inaccessible shelves or racks, or (3) relocating activities to accessible locations.
ADA regulations specifically state that public accommodations do not have to provide their customers or clients with personal devices, such as wheelchairs (28 CFR § 36.305).
Well Today my Wife went to the Santee Walmart she has MS and was using a cart for all of the groceries, when she was leaving they stopped her at the door and asked that she leave her cart there someone else needed to use it. my wife said as soon as she takes her groceries to the car. then was told she cant take it into the parking lot because it will get stuck on the yellow humps. but an employee followed her out to her car and brought it back called a manger her name was Terry said she was lucky they did that.
How was this resolved? Walmart and Sam's Club don't care about the handicapped in there stores? At Weslaco Texas Blvd and Sam's Pharr I always, and I mean always, wait by the exits for some user and chase this to the parking area for my wife. Not only that they don't have enough but their units seem to WWII models.
Now go to HEBs in TX and even Home Depots. These stores really care and have enough.
Resolved? What a shame!
The shame is that Americans have gotten so lazy and self entitled that they think everyone owes them something. That's the shame here. No one has a law given right to anything other than those granted by the Good Lord and I can't recall anywhere in the Bible that says Walmart or anyone else has to provide you or your wife with a riding cart. The ADA doesn't either.
Federal law does not require retail establishments to provide motorized carts or other mobility devices for customers with disabilities. The applicable federal law is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which prohibits discrimination in several areas against people with disabilities (42 USC § 12182(a)). To this end, it, among other things, requires places of public accommodation to be handicapped accessible so people with disabilities can get into them and access goods and services.
For ADA purposes, a retail establishment is a place of public accommodation subject to the act's accessibility standards. This means that any such establishment opened for first occupancy after January 26, 1993 must be readily accessible to people with disabilities, unless it is structurally impracticable to meet the requirements. Those that opened for first occupancy before that date do not have to be fully accessible. But they must remove architectural and communication barriers if readily achievable and, if not readily achievable, provide an alternative method of making their goods and services available to people with disabilities. Examples of alternatives to barrier removal include (1) providing curb service or home delivery, (2) retrieving merchandise from inaccessible shelves or racks, or (3) relocating activities to accessible locations.
ADA regulations specifically state that public accommodations do not have to provide their customers or clients with personal devices, such as wheelchairs (28 CFR § 36.305).
Can you use walmart bottle slips when making a walmart purchase online? This is for the handicapped that can't visit the store.
Part of the problem is that people who can walk perfectly fine take these carts because they are flat out lazy.
NO ONE IS HEARTLESS! You state "This is DISCRIMINATION against HANDICAPPED PEOPLE!" No it is not. Walmart is not required to provide that scooter for your mom. It is your job to provide a scooter for your mom.
Disclaimer. I am a disabled vet and scooters have died on me in stores. Most employees will see me and go get me another cart, if an employee is not around I call and they help me.
We didn't take your mamma to raise, that is your job.
Partially right, it is not discrimination against handicapped people but by law they must provide a way for handicapped to get around. who knows what the actual state of the battery itself is. maybe they do charge them and the battery is just so old it cant hold the charge.
in respect to you, Thank you for your service for us to be allowed to voice our opinions in public and live free of people controlling us all the time.
Show me that law please. If that were a law then convenience stores would have to have scooters. I checked the law. There is no law that states a store has to provide a way around the store. The only lost states by the ADA is that the store must be navigational with at least 32-in aisles, preferably 36 so wheelchairs can get through. You need to know the law before you say that you know the law. Now. It might be a lot in your state but federally it is not and it's not a law like that in Texas.
There is no law that says Walmart or any other store must provide transportation for handicapped people. All they are required by law to provide is access that accommodates a wheelchair and a handicapped accessible bathroom. Look it up in the American Disabilities Act. As for scooters, if said person is on medicare, medicare will purchase a scooter for the person as long as their doctor writes them a prescription for it.
Another misinformed individual about the LAW! Here it is, read it and weep.
Federal law does not require retail establishments to provide motorized carts or other mobility devices for customers with disabilities. The applicable federal law is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which prohibits discrimination in several areas against people with disabilities (42 USC § 12182(a)). To this end, it, among other things, requires places of public accommodation to be handicapped accessible so people with disabilities can get into them and access goods and services.
For ADA purposes, a retail establishment is a place of public accommodation subject to the act's accessibility standards. This means that any such establishment opened for first occupancy after January 26, 1993 must be readily accessible to people with disabilities, unless it is structurally impracticable to meet the requirements. Those that opened for first occupancy before that date do not have to be fully accessible. But they must remove architectural and communication barriers if readily achievable and, if not readily achievable, provide an alternative method of making their goods and services available to people with disabilities. Examples of alternatives to barrier removal include (1) providing curb service or home delivery, (2) retrieving merchandise from inaccessible shelves or racks, or (3) relocating activities to accessible locations.
ADA regulations specifically state that public accommodations do not have to provide their customers or clients with personal devices, such as wheelchairs (28 CFR § 36.305).
To those saying this isn’t a law, or read the law, or understand the law, blah blah blah. To those I say, YOU need to read the law, and YOU need to understand before talking harmful nonsense. The ADA clearly states that “REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION” be made. The idea behind the entire act is to give disabled patrons equal opportunity. It’s NOT just about size of restrooms or hallways or doorways. This is why big corporations have more accommodations than small mom pop shops. It’s unreasonable for a small shop to make accommodations that could sink their store financially. But allowing carts to leave the store? That is absolutely within reasonable accommodations for a big corporation like Walmart. Call the ADA yourself if you think this is inaccurate because they’ll explain the same thing. It’s sickening how many people think they know and actual think that restriction against equal opportunity is “right” in any way, shape, or form. The law is there but corporations don’t follow them because there aren’t enough advocates to defend it. And after reading this thread, I can see why. It’s shameful how heartless people can be. I believe in karma and whether you do or not, it will come full circle. And when it does, at least you’ll know why it happened to you.
MJH111 you are obviously another bathroom attorney that doesn't know the law. Here's the law: Federal law does not require retail establishments to provide motorized carts or other mobility devices for customers with disabilities. The applicable federal law is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which prohibits discrimination in several areas against people with disabilities (42 USC § 12182(a)). To this end, it, among other things, requires places of public accommodation to be handicapped accessible so people with disabilities can get into them and access goods and services.
For ADA purposes, a retail establishment is a place of public accommodation subject to the act's accessibility standards. This means that any such establishment opened for first occupancy after January 26, 1993 must be readily accessible to people with disabilities, unless it is structurally impracticable to meet the requirements. Those that opened for first occupancy before that date do not have to be fully accessible. But they must remove architectural and communication barriers if readily achievable and, if not readily achievable, provide an alternative method of making their goods and services available to people with disabilities. Examples of alternatives to barrier removal include (1) providing curb service or home delivery, (2) retrieving merchandise from inaccessible shelves or racks, or (3) relocating activities to accessible locations.
ADA regulations specifically state that public accommodations do not have to provide their customers or clients with personal devices, such as wheelchairs (28 CFR § 36.305).
What's your next uninformed argument going to feature?
Here's my opinion but first a little background. I am 71. I have an artificial left hip, artificial right knee and right shoulder, screws in both elbows, 3 fused vertebrae in my lower back and on top of all that I have a dual chamber ICD implant in my chest. For those of you that don't know ICD stands for implantable cardioverter defibrillator, think pacemaker. I have a handicap license plate and I take advantage of the handicap parking spaces when available. One thing I don't take advantage of is the riding carts at Walmart or any other retail locations. I tried once but was so embarrassed that I turned around and took it back after going about 20 feet. My take on all of this whining about carts is just that, it's a bunch of whining from a bunch of whiny, self entitled, self absorbed individuals. No store is obligated to provide riding carts to anyone as per the ADA. Look it up. They need only provide an easily accessible door wide enough for you to get your behind through and handicap accessible aisles and bathrooms. If you truly need a cart, Medicare will pay for one for you simply by obtaining a doctors prescription. If you can't get around without whining, stay home. Walmart and just about every store in the country now has free home delivery with a purchase of $35.00. If these shopping excursions are your "getting out" all I can say is that's sad, bordering on pathetic. If it were my decision to make there would be no carts in any stores. They only encourage more lazy behavior from the already over lazy population that America has become. Get up and move and remember, if you rest you rust.
You're right, Greg. They're not "required" to provide those electrically powered shopping carts. But it's a good idea, since some people actually do need them. And they're good for business in another way. Many people have relatives or friends who need the carts. If they see a business going the extra mile to accommodate their needy fellow humans, they may well become regular customers. I don't like the fact that I need to use an electric cart, but I have bad knees and can only walk (with a cane) the equivalent of half of a small city block at a single go. I am 73.
Good for u that you are able to attempt to get around on your own, for thar I applaud you. However, you are a very small minority of elderly and disabled persons. That's a choice that you made for yourself, don't call others whiners because there are limitations to what they may be able to do, choice or not. Recent back surgery does not allow for me to have a choice. Not everyone likes to use the online shopping, I want to see what I am paying for. Insurance is not an option right away, it takes time. Understand you are rare and not everyone isike you. U should understand that at your age.
Maxthecat, you need to get your facts straight about the LAW! No where in these United States is there a law that says Walmart or any other retailer is required to provide you, your mother, or anyone else with a motorized cart to ride your butt around on while shopping. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires businesses that serve the public to remove barriers from older buildings and to design and build new facilities to provide access to customers with disabilities. A key component of ADA compliance is maintaining those features so they remain usable. Some large retail stores provide electric carts for use by customers while shopping. The ADA does not require these services; it leaves it up to the business to decide what services it wants to provide. Walmart and other retailers provide these carts as a service to their customers and are in no way required to do so by LAW, except maybe the one in your mind and the one your Walmart employee sister made up. Get your facts straight before you start whining.
Instead of replying to each misinformed individual, let me just put this here and get it over with.
Federal law does not require retail establishments to provide motorized carts or other mobility devices for customers with disabilities. The applicable federal law is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which prohibits discrimination in several areas against people with disabilities (42 USC § 12182(a)). To this end, it, among other things, requires places of public accommodation to be handicapped accessible so people with disabilities can get into them and access goods and services.
For ADA purposes, a retail establishment is a place of public accommodation subject to the act's accessibility standards. This means that any such establishment opened for first occupancy after January 26, 1993 must be readily accessible to people with disabilities, unless it is structurally impracticable to meet the requirements. Those that opened for first occupancy before that date do not have to be fully accessible. But they must remove architectural and communication barriers if readily achievable and, if not readily achievable, provide an alternative method of making their goods and services available to people with disabilities. Examples of alternatives to barrier removal include (1) providing curb service or home delivery, (2) retrieving merchandise from inaccessible shelves or racks, or (3) relocating activities to accessible locations.
ADA regulations specifically state that public accommodations do not have to provide their customers or clients with personal devices, such as wheelchairs (28 CFR § 36.305).
Suck it up buttercup and get a life at your own expense, not someone else.
Little girl get your facts straight. They are not required to provide by law. Your sister is wrong.