Most grocery stores have various mobility aids available for their customers.

What would you do if you brought your own mobility aid and another customer demanded that they be able to use it once you were done?

That is what happened to the shopper in this story, and even when she explained that it was her own personal device, the lady still freaked out and caused a scene.

Check it out.

Lady wants my rollator

For those that don’t know, a rollator is basically a walker on wheels.

I had a stroke 6 years ago, and my balance and vision got messed up.

I can walk maybe 20-25 feet on a flat surface without help, but I need my rollator to take long walks and I take it with me whenever I go somewhere.

I normally have weekly groceries delivered to me at my apartment, but every month or 6 weeks, depending on schedules, my mom will take me to a specialty grocery store.

I can get a lot of pre-packaged meals that I just have to put in the microwave for a while.

We were on one of these trips, and were waiting in line checking out.

This sounds like a much nicer option.

The rollator that insurance covers was a piece of cheap white plastic, so last Christmas, my mom bought me one that is black steel and titanium composition.

It also has a pouch on the back for storing things and when I need a break, I can lock the wheels, and it has a fold out bench I can sit on.

So, while my groceries were being checked out, I folded out the bench, and sat down waiting.

When we were done, I got up and unlocked the wheels while my mom rolled out my cart of groceries.

Wow, how rude.

I had barely got 5 feet, when a lady walked up and grabbed my rollator, saying “I’ll take this”.

I said “no” and jerked it away from her and proceeded to follow my mom out to the parking lot.

Usually, my mom will load the groceries in the car, while I leave the rollator on the side, and walk my way to the passenger’s seat.

After loading the groceries, my mom collapses the rollator and puts in on top of the groceries.

This lady followed us out to the car and was waiting there, tapping her foot, while we loaded the groceries.

I didn’t trust her, so I just stood holding the rollator.

My mom said, “Go ahead, get in, it’s unlocked” and I just shook my head no and tried to subtly point at the lady as to why I wasn’t getting in.

Mom understood, and finished loading the groceries.

When she was done, she came up to me, folded down the rollator while I walked to the passenger side door.

She should have realized it was their own by now.

Mom folded down the rollator, put it on top of the bags in the car and was closing the door, when the lady started shrieking about how we were stealing store property.

I don’t know if someone got him, or what, but a manager-type came out and asked what was going on.

The lady screamed about how we were “stealing” the rollator and she needed to use it.

The manager asked my mom about it and she said it was mine and even showed him the plaques bolted on that had my name, emergency contacts, and medications and the schedule I was on in case I needed them.

I can’t believe she is still upset after being shown that it is not the stores.

The lady kept screaming that she needed it now that we were done.

The manager told her that it was mine, it had information on it that pertained only to me, and that if she needed help, they could find her a mobility scooter or something.

She didn’t like this, and suddenly went from shrieking harpy to sweet old lady.

“Well, maybe she could leave it here and I could use it and leave it when I am done for them to come back and get.”

There is no way I would let a stranger take this expensive mobility aid.

The manager asked, “Would that be OK with you?” and my mom, knowing we would never see it again, said that we couldn’t, we had other places to go where I would need it.

The lady began screaming again, while we just drove off.

I don’t know how it ended up for the manager, but I hope he survived it.

It seemed like an honest mistake until she started screaming at the end there.

Let’s see what the people in the comments say about it.

It was a silly suggestion.

I can’t say that I’ve seen them either.

I like this commenter’s idea.

This person blames the manager.

This person had a similar experience.

It is incredible how upset people get after they made a mistake.

She could have tried telling her it didn’t belong to the store, though.

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