Excerpted from "How To Reduce Frustration At The Grocery Store", Stroke Connection November/December 2003

How To Reduce Frustration At The Grocery Store

• Shop when the store isn’t too busy.
• Take your own cloth shopping bag with handles to collect items as you go.
• Wear a glove that will give you a firm grip on bottles (or only buy things in plastic containers).
• Use the cart handles to help with balance.
• Hand the checkout clerk a card that informs him of your speech or money-handling difficulties.