I think it's illegal to occupy all the sidewalk like that. I'd give police a call.
this post was submitted on 06 Jun 2025
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You could send a tip to an ADA lawyer. Or maybe report them for not meeting fire code.
Agree! And to add for OP Iβm sure the Fire Marshall would love to hear about how people canβt get in or out of the building. Fire Marshall is probably the fastest option for everyoneβs safety.
Good for you OP for keeping your community safe !
ADA lawyer
The photo shows a Shoppers Drug Mart store, which means OP is in Canada. Iβm sure thereβs a Canadian equivalent though.
An Act to ensure a barrier-free Canada (the Accessible Canada Act)
Start with the complaint to the town as that is free.
The shit has wheels and isn't behind a fence. Move it yourself, tell them to fuck off, and go back the next day and move it again until the management give up. What are they going to do? Get a police stake out? Hire RoboCop to uphold the law? Never attribute to malice what can be explained by stupidity.
Stupidity and malice very often go hand in hand.
Except in American MAGA politics, where an idea is usually conceived in malice, but carried out incompetently, then blamed on Democrats when it predictably goes wrong. It's called The MAGA Razor
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How can I upvote this comment more than once?
Allow us to introduce you to... malicious incompetence.
Trip on one of the pots on the ground and tumble yourself into the racks to create a domino effect
And then sue them to kingdom come.
So youβre saying this large chain-store put out a bunch of free plants for people to take at their leisure?
Wow, what a maze. Are there accessibility laws that might be violated where this is?
OP, just move the racks.
And just push the skid out of the way, too? π΅
Idk what a skid is, but I see wheeled racks lol. Easier to ask forgiveness than permission.
Idk what a skid is
It might also be called a pallet where you live. It's that large, heavy, wooden blue thing at the end of those racks. It doesn't slide, so you need a forklift or hand-pump lift to move it.
I mean, I have no problem moving shit that's in store aisles to get to the shelves, but there's too much liability here for me to move large plant racks, even if it was easy.
This has to be a fire code violation or something
I've seen three Sobey's do this for many years. I assumed they didn't have to right to use the parking lot like some other stores do, since the lots are never full. Totally on them for not managing their stock and making it our problem.
They have a lot of space to work with, but chose to pile everything in the section right before the door.
And there are no curb cuts in front of the store, only at the entrance past this gauntlet, so someone in a wheelchair would be SOL.
In 2025, I'm shocked by how many places still don't have fully accessible sidewalks. Safeway in Lethbridge recently did a massive renovation, but couldn't find the budget to replace the one section of sidewalk that prevents someone in a wheelchair being able to easily wheel straight from the sidewalk to the door - no, sir, you stay on the parking lot where it's easier for cars to run over you!
It's a little ironic that you say they hate shoppers with a shopper's store in the background...
Ah shit that means they're Canadian, the management better apologies..
"trip" and knock a few down
I'd be tempted to just drag them over to the other open area you mentioned and see if they do anything about it.
Shove them into the street. That'll get someone's attention. (preferably not when cars are coming, but that's pretty optional too.)
I do that with shopping carts and wheeled flats that are left blocking the sidewalk where I'm trying to walk. Now it blocks cars. Seems fair. :)
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Almost nobody is going to care about this, at all.
Out of all the things to screech about this isn't it. Jesus Christ lol.
If we are going to get off of our fossil fuel addiction and create walkable spaces everywhere, we're all going to have to care about this.
Holy ablism, Batman.
Again, I and most literally couldn't care less if they have to spend 3ft in low speed parking lot traffic like every other person. It's not the end of the world, people aren't getting run over and injured.
You are just looking to trigger that social media rage dopamine hit. Your worries are about as real and dumb as trans women taking over high school sports. It's just less hateful.
And here y'all are eating it up. I honestly cannot imagine getting so angry over this utterly minor inconvenience.
Frankly I think your paternalistic attitude over these HELPLESS people is probably the most offensive thing in here to anyone with a physical handicap.
I personally think your response to the issue being raised is exactly why America is a total dump that will never be able to have nice things. You're literally shutting down someone's criticism of the functionality of the public spaces in their everyday life because you don't think it's a big deal. But it's the laziness of things like this that actually make America a shitty place to live. It's an epidemic of poor decisions with regard to how much placement of things inconvenience others. This was clearly a poorly planned implemention of selling a ton of plants out front of the store. Someone raised the issue. But you. You decided to shut them down for it because they should get over it. There are bigger issues. Yeah fair enough I guess but also you're enabling shitty design and things will only get worse when there's folks like you that accept garbage and tell anyone who complains about it that they're crazy for saying anything about how it's garbage. /rant
What are you talking about? Obstructions and heavy foot traffic after plentiful in populated areas everywhere in the world. The US has fantastic accessibility. You're inventing a story of strife that just doesn't exist π€£
Again, I and most literally couldn't care less if they have to spend 3ft in low speed parking lot traffic like every other person.
There is no curb cut for someone with a wheelchair, mobility device, walker, stroller, shopping cart, or hand trolly to even do that. π
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And here yβall are eating it up.
I wonder if everyone's eating it up or whether they have their own valid opinions.
I honestly cannot imagine getting so angry over this utterly minor inconvenience.
Honestly, you seem way more infuriated than OP posting in mildly infuriating with much less aggressive language and without dismissing people.
You didn't only share your disapproval or opinion, you made it a point to be dismissive.
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You act like you can't walk on the road. Literally like in this illustration:
Yeah, you shouldn't have to but fuck cars. Roads are for people not steel cans.
Have you ever seen a person with a disability who uses a walker or wheelchair try to drop down from a tall curb?
Regardless of who's liable, they don't want to get hurt doing something completely unnecessary.
I'm acting like the company shouldn't be assholes, and use the abundance of space along the rest of the front face of that building.
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i suspect that area is visible for the cashier and the little camera dome under the ceiling in the background
Honestly it probably is Kore stupidity than spite
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