Last week Dad and I went shopping. I drop him off at the door and he jumps on one of their little motorized carts as usual. I go and find a place to park and he drives inside.
I get inside the store and see that Dad is racing around all over the produce area looking at all the produce. Those of you that know how Dad drives should be familiar with how he drives a scooter too...full speed or full stop. He goes from whatever he's looking for to the next item on his list as fast as his cart will take him. He never looks to see if there are little kids he may run over..he just goes like hell. Granted, they don't go that fast, but he doesn't even slow down going around to another aisle.
Everywhere I go with a shopping basket, he stops right beside me so nobody else can get down the aisle. He can't hardly hear anymore either..which is annoying because he can't hear the beep of his scooter when he is holding the button to go in reverse. He spent an hour driving me absolutely insane in the grocery store. He doesn't understand why I can't stand to go shopping with him...but if he could see and hear everything that I see he would understand perfectly. I heard a latino woman telling her kids to watch out for that "crazy bald man" driving like an idiot.
I sincerely hope that he doesn't hurt some little kid because he has absolutely no patience anymore. I'll probably be bald too because he's making me pull my hair out!