Observation while at the grocery store

@NJChicaa (115607)
United States
August 16, 2018 1:41pm CST
There were several women at the store using those mobility scooters. These women were not elderly by any stretch of the imagination. They were, however, very large. What did they have in their carts? Bottles of full-sugar soda, cakes from the bakery, frozen pizzas, frozen dinners, just every kind of junk you could think of. . . it was in there. Not a single fresh vegetable to be seen. It was ridiculous. Gee, I wonder why they are so obese that they can't manage to walk around the grocery store on their own two legs?
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@sabtraversa (12426)
• Italy
16 Aug 18
Well, I can't say they're lazy because they actively go shopping for groceries. But I can say they're lazy because they don't want to cook their own meals. If they could get their bags sent at home and spend the effort into some cooking wouldn't be bad. At the same time, I understand they might be depressed and unwilling to take care of their health. There's that "I give up" phase until something happens, if it happens. In the meanwhile, old habits die hard.
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@NJChicaa (115607)
• United States
16 Aug 18
Most stores do deliver groceries but it isn't cheap.
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@rakski (112993)
• Philippines
16 Aug 18
Eating frozen and ready to eat foods plus inactivity give the chance of obesity
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• Philippines
18 Aug 18
@rakski true. some choose exercise over diet.
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@rakski (112993)
• Philippines
17 Aug 18
@NJChicaa yes. But some who are aware of it do exercises but only some.
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@NJChicaa (115607)
• United States
17 Aug 18
not just a chance. . . that's what causes it.
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• United States
18 Aug 18
i had to go to walmart after i had my recent surgery..i couldn't buy a cart...all blocked up by lazy folks who really could've walked..
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• United States
18 Aug 18
@NJChicaa i ended up walking around but it hurt like hell.
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@NJChicaa (115607)
• United States
18 Aug 18
That is pathetic! My husband refused to use one after his hip replacement surgery and he really needed it!
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@much2say (53664)
• Los Angeles, California
16 Aug 18
Sadly I think we've all seen this . . . you just know the road they took to get there. They must be making do with the lifestyles they lead instead of improving the situation for themselves .
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@NJChicaa (115607)
• United States
16 Aug 18
I would be so embarrassed if I was so overweight that I needed a scooter to get around a store.
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@JohnRoberts (109865)
• Los Angeles, California
16 Aug 18
I have seen the same spectacle and agree with you.
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@NJChicaa (115607)
• United States
16 Aug 18
It was all I could do not to shake my head.
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@JohnRoberts (109865)
• Los Angeles, California
16 Aug 18
@NJChicaa They are the same ones who will drive around a parking lot for 30 minutes for a parking place on top of the door instead of just parking and walking.
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@NJChicaa (115607)
• United States
16 Aug 18
@JohnRoberts oh that makes me nuts!
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• Defuniak Springs, Florida
16 Aug 18
This isn't really anything new.
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@NJChicaa (115607)
• United States
16 Aug 18
No it isn't. You'd think that people would have learned by now. Type 2 diabetes isn't really fun.
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@NJChicaa (115607)
• United States
16 Aug 18
@thislittlepennyearns Obviously. So sad.
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
16 Aug 18
@NJChicaa If that's how they chose to live their life, it's their choice. They won't change unless they want to.
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@cttolledo (5462)
• Legaspi, Philippines
18 Aug 18
I know some big people who have problems in walking like can't walk easily because of their heavy weight, just thinking maybe that could be the possible reason why they're using scooters.
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@caopaopao (12398)
• China
17 Aug 18
Every fat man has his reasons, especially his eating habits. Once I went to the bakery and saw a very fat woman carrying a large bag full of all kinds of cakes and bread. In a moment I understood why she was so fat.
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