ALONE AND QUIET

TODAY WAS AN UNEVENTFUL DAY. I WENT TO WALMART AND THE FOODSTORE. I HAD WRITTEN A LETTER TO THE OWNER OF GRAND UNION, A FEW WEEKS AGO,BECAUSE ONE OF HIS EMPLOYEES REFUSED TO HELP ME WITH MY BAGS.  SHE SAID,"IT'S NOT MY JOB." IN MY LETTER, I ASKED THE OWNER EXACTLY WHO'S JOB IS IT???!!! I HAD EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT NOT ONLY AM I LEGALLY BLIND, BUT I HAVE VERY BAD NEUROPATHY OF BOTH HANDS AND LEGS AND FEET.  MY HANDS AND FINGERS ARE CONSTANTLY NUMB AND DON'T WORK RIGHT, AND I'M IN CONSTANT PAIN. NOW, I DON'T LOOK SICK, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT! THIS GIRL PACKED MY 15 BAGS OF GROCERIES AND STOOD THERE WITH HER ARMS FOLDED AS I PAID THE CASHIER. SHE HAD SAID, "I'M ONLY HERE TO PACK YOUR BAGS, NOT PUT THEM IN THE CARRIAGE."  SHE THEN REFUSED TO TELL ME HER NAME, WHEN I ASKED HER.  WELL, SHE SAID THE WRONG THING TO THE WRONG PERSON! I WENT RIGHT HOME AND WROTE A LETTER TO THE OWNER. I AM FAMOUS FOR DOING THAT.  I WORKED FOR 30 YEARS AS A REGISTERED NURSE WITH THE PUBLIC. I KNOW IT IS DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH THE PUBLIC. BUT THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR RUDENESS. AND NOW THAT I'M RETIRED, I HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO WRITE LETTERS AND EXPRESS MYSELF. ..SO THE OWNER WROTE ME A BEAUTIFUL LETTER BACK. HE WAS APOLOGETIC AND JUST WONDERFUL. HE GAVE ME A $25.00 GIFT CERTIFICATE, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS WONDERFUL, AND I WILL WRITE HIM BACK.  SO, THAT'S WHERE I WAS TODAY..FOOD SHOPPING. JIMMY ALWAYS TELLS ME "YOU HAVE A SOFT LOOK ABOUT YOU, FRAN. THAT'S WHY THESE THINGS HAPPEN. PEOPLE THINK THEY CAN GET ONE UP ON YOU. THEY DON'T REALIZE MY WIFE IS A TOUGH LITTLE COOKIE!" WELL, I'M A PEACEFUL, LOVING PERSON, BUT I LIKE TO DEFEND MYSELF, AND I WILL STICK UP FOR MY RIGHTS, AND THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS. I FEEL BY REPORTING AN INCIDENT, I MAY BE HELPING ANOTHER PERSON THAT MAY COME ACROSS THE SAME ISSUE. I ONLY WISH OTHERS WOULD DO THE SAME!