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Original Comment On December 20, 2021 at approximately 5:30 PM, I arrived at Price Chopper store #179 located at 50 Cambridge Street, Worcester MA, to purchase a few items. There was a motorized scooter in the parking, which made it convenient, because I am a individual who is disable. Like every other time I visited, I sat on the scooter put my five years old son on my lap and proceeded into to store. Shortly after I entered, and made my way through the aisles and down to the produce section. I was approached by a hostile employee telling me that "you cannot have that kid on you lap while you are on the scooter shopping". To de-escalate the situation, because I was with three kids, I gladly took my five years old son off my lap while me stood next to me. She than turned to me and stated " you should not be using the motorized scooter neither". This employee was totally bias with the statement she made. Just because I do not look disable, does not mean I am not disable. The fact of the matter is, everything I come into Price Chopper, I always walk in with my crutches , and than sit on the scooter and put my crutches in the basket that is attached to the scooter, so my disability is obvious to everyone. But this time I left my crutches in the car because the scooter was conveniently right in the parking out. I filing this complaint as Harassment, because the store employees has no right to determine which condition classified someone as having a disability. Nevertheless, I tried to continue my shopping, but found it difficult because my five now had the freedom to run around the store and at one point when missing and his brother had to go find him. I decided to to leave, but returned to file a complaint with the store manager. I wanted to know if holding my child on my lap and sitting on the scooter while shopping was against company policy. His answer was no. I am a frequent shopper that this store and I have never experienced an employee stopping a shopper using one of the scooter to question their disability, my experience on this day was humiliating and traumatic because she did this in front of everyone. This situation need to handle by corporate.

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