[KoRn]

"a grossly morbidly obese man was driving one of the store’s motorized carts and in the basket, clearly in view, were two cases of name brand soda, neither one of which said “sugar free,” and both known to be loaded with caffeine. There were other things in the basket, but that was what caught my eye. Before long, another motorized cart, this time driven by a grossly morbidly obese woman, pulled alongside the first and the two drivers proceeded to have a conversation that indicated that they were together in some form"

I've happened upon this scenario in Wal-Mart a couple of times. The first time, it was actually quite a shock. I literally laughed at them. They looked at me all puzzled. For a moment, I thought about pulling their battery cables while they weren't looking, just to see how long they would sit there 'stranded'. I was thinking that one of them might get on their cell phone and call the service desk to ask for a tow. I have no issues with people that have actual injuries using these things. 90% of the time the people I see using them are clearly just too lazy to walk around. If they REALLY NEEDED those things, they would already have a wheelchair or something of the like.

[Melas]

f they REALLY NEEDED those things, they would already have a wheelchair or something of the like.

Nah, lots of temporary injuries, surgeries etc make the scooters really attractive although there is no real need to lay out the bucks for a wheelchair. Being a mountain biker, and having suffered injuries common to the sport, I've ridden many a scooter at the grocery store with a cast sticking out like a lance. I was always on the lookout for a similar individual so we could joust, but never found one.