We had a false alarm go off in the building where I work last week. The elevators automatically shut down forcing the use of the fire escapes. The building is 22 floors. I was lucky in that I’d just taken the elevator to the first floor to step outside on a break. When they finally let us back in, I wondered what someone with mobility issues is expected to do had the building been on fire. Just die? Have a kind soul carry them? With most people wfh at least a couple of days per week, this seems really dangerous for anyone who might get stranded.
My mom uses those.
Answer: they’re not for fully disabled people. A fully disabled person will have their own. The type of person who needs one can walk for a little bit, stand up sit down, all that; but staying on their feet for the time it takes to grocery shop would be either extremely painful or maybe they’d get really weak and eventually collapse.
As for returning it — either somebody with you returns it or you leave it in the cart corral like any other and the store employees get it later.
You’re not really supposed to take them outside.
You are supposed to leave them in the area they charge in and then walk to your car.
Otherwise people like my grandpa who needed one have to wait for a parking lot to be searched and have one driven in