Wow! That was unexpected! How bizarre.

That's kinda crazy!! Glad you're ok.

Oh my gosh. I hope this won't be one of those injuries that is worse the next day. Awful!

That s truly bizarre. Glad you are ok.

Agree with wilchild. You should report it to cover yourself in the event that you are actually injured, and they may be more motivated to catch someone who not only stole but injured someone in the process.

That's terrible. I wonder if she's suffering from sort of dementia and didn't mean to leave without paying. I hope you don't have any lasting injuries.

Seriously? She almost ran you down and she is a thief as well? I agree you should call the store and report this incident. I hope you feel okay tomorrow.

I got hit by a man on a cart once too. I was standing still and he rammed into my leg. I caught myself before I fell to the floor. He yelled at me that I should have moved when I saw him coming. His wife just glared at me. Nope, no apology. they acted angry as if it were my fault. I stay away from the electric carts now. Many driving them are very careless and arrogant.

That is just awful! I'm sorry you were injured. I would also call the store and file a report. That is sooooooooooooooooo bizare!

Yes do file a report and you are a witness and might aid in catching the thief...

I'm sorry that happened to you, morz8 and I hope you're going to be okay. She should have been paying better attention to her surroundings. It sounds like the poor woman may have gotten confused and forgot to check out, or more likely she really was just a nervous thief.

I hate having to drive a scooter around in a store to shop. People walk into me when I'm sitting still, or walk in front of me when I'm moving and I have to stop suddenly. I don't understand how they cannot see something as large as a store scooter. I do my best to avoid people, but sometimes they make it impossible. I also get the kind and wonderful people who ask if I need help and get things off high shelves for me, which I guess makes up for the clueless people.

Woodrose, I'm one of those who offers help to someone who appears struggling in a store. After having shopped with my mother in her later years, very in tune with how difficult task it can become. DH is the same, but then he'll make a friend any place he goes. I was a little torn between feeling badly yesterday's woman needed the cart which looked expensive and new, but pretty annoyed she hadn't learned to use it better. It was not a race car ;)

I didn't get the feeling she was suffering from cognitive issues in our brief conversation but I wouldn't necessarily have known. I would like to know how that turned out, with our short handed and overworked police everywhere any more, I don't know if they even make shop lifting arrests if she was actual shoplifting and did it intentionally. The grocery checker seemed convinced intentional.

I did call, and their manager isn't in on Tuesdays. I have a niece who is a parole agent at the next block to the store. I'll bet she knows someone on the force or could find a written report copy if action was taken, if the woman was found. She'll gossip confidentially with me if she knows or can ask.

It was Safeway so they do have my phone, address from my store discount card purchase.

After some dinner and bed, I am fine. I was afraid I'd be sore but she didn't do any damage. So no harm done. I do most of my bigger shopping an hour away these last years, Costco, Trader Joe's, stores I like better. If we need something locally, DH will often take a list and go. I let him know last night the next half doz trips to our downtown are on him, I'm not going ;) It seems like something happens in this small community every time I do. No open spaces in the parking lot. Someone approaches me asking for money. Or then runs me down with their cart ;)

I’m glad you are ok, but I am really shocked at this crazy cart behavior and even more so by the blatant shoplifting.

The dumb people around here don’t seem to know how to drive the right way down a one-way parking lane. When I get ready to back out of my parking space, I have to look both ways to make sure someone isnt coming from the wrong way.

Sounds like you ran into Bonnie Parker, and it also sounds like something from a Youtube video.

I'm very sorry for your traumatic experience, and I know it would make me feel very reluctant to go back to that store for some time.

It seems that crimes in grocery stores are becoming more common.

Morz8, I’m sorry that you got bashed in the back by that screwy shopper with the NASDQ cart. Let us know what you discover.

Dashcams, flashing lights and beepers for electric carts.

Elizabeth — glad you too are okay. Whew!