April 12, 2010
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Meals Tale
It’s been some time since I last wrote about Meals on Wheels, but something happened today that I must report. This blog is supposed to be about irony, remember, and I think this qualifies–at least at some level.
Last week one of my Meals clients asked me if I knew anybody who wanted to swap a recliner for a like-new wheelchair. This lady has problems with her legs, and the doctor told her she needs to get a recliner, preferably one that would raise her feet higher than her heart. I considered posting this request on Craig’s List, but I figured the odds of finding someone who wanted to make that swap were well over a million to one. I found a used recliner at Goodwill, though, and Friday another guy and I delivered it to the lady’s house. She was thrilled with the chair, and I was thrilled that she was so happy about it.
When I got to her house this morning for my regular Meal delivery, she was sitting on another chair in her sitting room, and she had a long face. When I asked her what was the matter, she told me she couldn’t use the new chair. She said it was really comfortable and beautiful and so on, but she couldn’t get out of it once she sat down. She had to call somebody to help her get up this weekend, and the chair obviously won’t do. I was reminded of the man who had a glass eye at the keyhole.
I relayed this story to the Executive Director of the Council on Aging, and she said she’d be on the lookout for a lift recliner. People donate those from time to time, and my lady is the perfect candidate for one. In the meantime, she’ll have to go back to a regular chair.
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Comments (1)
That sucks that the chair didn’t work out for her. You should still try Craig’s List though, you would be amazed at some of the crazy shit and people on that site.