Goods too high to reach.

aqua111

When shopping at the big stores I am unable to reach all the goods I require.
At 5 feet 2 inches I do not think my height is unusual.
Finding a member of Staff to help is usually impossible.
Am I the only one with this problem?

redfragglebiker

Nope - fellow sufferer here - I'm a bit taller than you at 5'4 but shevles seem to go too high for me to reach a lot of stuff and if I don't have the OH with me it can be a nightmare to find anyone to help. Not to mention that when you DO eventually track someone down they huff and puff at you like you've ruined their day in most instances! If I had access to a step ladder I'd quite happily get the item myself!!!

wildheart83

At just under 6ft (6'2 ish in heels) I've lost count of the number of times I've been in the supermarket and someone's asked me to help them get something down off a shelf because a member of staff is nowhere to be found. Sometimes even I struggle to reach and I'm by no means short!

DigForVictory

I'm 5'2" & I've three techniques.

First to ask a kindly tall person. Far more of them than staff!

Second - to locate a kickstep (at our local asda there's one near the dairy stuff to help staff stack the high cold shelves & I snaffle that mercilessly to reach eggs shelved on the other side of the fridgebank).

Third - I shop with a child. They're getting a *bit* big for it, but we identify the item & I then heft them upwards, they snag the article & we perform a controlled drop.
(We did this for a deligthful elderly lady - I realised that while child is good at obeying instructions, his receiving a compliment gracefully protocol still needs work.)

aqua111

Thank you for letting me know that I am not alone!
I have found that some, not all, Staff get quite annoyed when I ask for help as they cannot always reach the items and make me feel that I am an inconvenience.

aqua111

Used a small stepper once but told off for Health and Safety reasons.
My 2 sons are 6ft 4ins tall and unfortunately do not shop with me now:j

missprice

Well I am 5'6 and I can't always reach top shelves.

As the supermarket doesnt handily leave an elephants foot lying around ( probs H and S) I tend to put one foot on lowest shelf, hoick me self up quickly and grab item.

If the supermarket did not like this, I am sure they would have stopped me by now.

If I still can't reach I simply ask a tall person.
Nanna is 4'10 and has a much worse time, she can't even hoist a sack of spuds into a full size trolley, she has to use one of them half trolleys.

starrystarry

I'm a kindly tall person and I get asked all the time to reach stuff on the top shelves for people. I don't mind doing it at all but it's time the supermarkets redesigned their shelving or something, it must be really annoying for the vertically challenged.

somethingcorporate

No, I have this problem. I either do online shopping and make the store sort it or just buy something else.

I'm a bloke, I lack the ability to ask others to help me!!

aldredd

starrystarry wrote: »

I'm a kindly tall person and I get asked all the time to reach stuff on the top shelves for people. I don't mind doing it at all but it's time the supermarkets redesigned their shelving or something, it must be really annoying for the vertically challenged.

Not sure about other supermarkets, but Tesco is rolling out a style of shelving which can help.
Look at the shelves - mainly where you have bottles, jars etc, and you might see long oblong metal brackets into which the products sit. Put your fingers over the tip of the shelve, and you should be able to feel the top end of the bracket. lift it up slightly and pull it forward, and it will drag the product forward.

It's designed primarily to make shelve dressing up / facing up much quicker, but also makes it easier for customers to grab that 1 item at the back of the shelf they can't reach.

(In fact, this is the version of shelving used for heavier items - believe there is a lot of testing going on for roller shelves and similar to always bring products to the front automatically.)

donnac2558

I'll see your 5'2" with a 5' one and an half inches.
I try to go shopping with a friend who is 5'8", she does the high shelves for me and I do low down ones for her.:rotfl:

One famous occasion in Waterstones, I wanted a paperback book from the top shelf. For some unknown reason decided to climb up by standing on the second shelf and reaching up. Bad mistake as the bloody shelf I reached for pulled out with me.:eek: Luckily I jumped down quick holding onto the book I wanted, as I nearly pulled the whole shelf down with books on top of me.:o