I have ordered a single delivery from our Cole's & here's why:
The man (ONE guy), showed up in a Cole's truck who was one-armed!!!
My daughter & I went out to help haul in all of the groceries I assumed I'd paid to order THEM to do the hauling in.
This IS weird—- yeah? One guy in the first place, & one, one-armed guy as the only one they front-up?
And NO, this is NOT a joke.
Are we just weirdly (un)lucky, here in weird-world, WA?
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@blue-dinosaur: If the audience doesn't laugh it's because they're stupid, not because the joke was in poor taste, right? I'm surprised you went with the 'double meaning' defence rather than 'jokes have zero meaning'. Wouldn't want to be stuck with just one meaning.
Wow you think this guy needs your pity. I pity you for being such a closed minded tool. I would hate to hear what you would say about someone who really does have a disability. I have a brother that was born with one arm and he has never had a problem doing absolutely anything. I can't think of anything that he finds hard. He has always been great at sports and manual labour. When I was young I would forget he only had one arm because he was so good at everything and only remember when tools like you judged and teased him but even then it didn't bother him. All I can say is I hope your daughter doesn't grow up with your mentality and see people different from her as being weird. Let the guy do his job. Your the one with the problem.
You are right. The OP considers himself unlucky because he got ONE delivery guy with ONE arm.
Sure he paid for delivery but maybe they were short-staffed that day and the one hard-working delivery guy had to do it on his own. Time to just let it go and count your blessings!
Spot on Champstarr.
I admire his passion and his every day challenge to the right of work.
We take for granted what we have and people don't realise how hard it gets when things aren't granted anymore.
Bravo to him!
He can prob do the job with one arm but hey! Helping people is good!
OP should imagine what it would be like to have one arm and how they would like to be treated and talked about. (And perhaps rethink why they felt the need to create this thread)
Well said
I reckom the guy is probably just a driver and the other guy supposed to be with him probably called in sick
Yeah mate you got ripped off big time. The norm is to have 3 people drop off your groceries, stack them in your fridge and (sometimes) take out any old food to the bin for you. I
Don't forget the "happy ending" service.
Well the guy with one arm would still be able to deliver on that
I am sure the one-armed man is qualified for the job otherwise Coles won't have hired him. Good on the one-armed man for finding work that he is capable of and good on Coles for giving him a fair go.
Did the OP offered to help or the delivery man asked for him? I think OP should just let the man do his job. That is just let the man bring the delivery from the truck to the door.
Does he drive a manual? Lol
Yes! And his left arm was missing. He was doing a Rachmaninoff.
Either Rachmaninoff was one lucky lady, or you meant he was driving a Russian car…
I was referencing the swapping arm dexterity required to perform his musical pieces and using that as an analogy for the driver to cross his arm over his body to change gears.
I understood the reference, just mucking about with word play…
I was wondering whether "doing a Rachmaninoff" was a complicated multi-point turn instead of a "U-ey" because he was one-armed!
I remember back a few years ago when Coles started pushing online delivery more they used to market that they would even carry all the groceries to your kitchen bench and unload them out of the plastic crates on to the bench for you (which is what they always did for us every week when we used to use them). Free delivery if you have a Coles credit card is a great incentive.
The infamous one armed Coles delivery man strikes again
You could call him carrying those groceries a one-armed hold-up. :)
i gota' keep reminding myself charity only ever befits the giver!
Good on him for not getting govt benefits and working. Good on Coles for not discriminating.
Call yourself lucky you didn't ask him: "do you need a hand with those bags?" That would of been awkward.
Why is it unlucky? Because you PAID for delivery and you gotta do it yourself? Come on man! I can say many disabled people do a better job than ordinary people because many of them try hard to improve themselves to meet others' standards. Whereas many ordinary people without disability take things for granted (eg. take drugs; just rely on gov benefit because they dun wanna work) - which kinda waste their potential.
We're In regional qld and Coles and woolies only ever have one driver the last 3 years we've been using the service.
Mostly female also.
Tracey where you at baby girl
That guy's a true fighter!
All I want for Christmas is my one arm-ed delivery man
Unless that one-armed man is banging your wife I don't see any reason why you need to bother about someone's physical flaws.
They are not obliged to bring the groceries into your home only to your door.
How big was the arm?
Tbh this thread should be closed. Making jokes and calling a disabled hard working person "one armed man" should not be allowed.
Jokes not acceptable. But "one armed man" unacceptable? What would you prefer? Arm-challenged? Differently limbed?
It is labeling him by his physical flaw which doesn't define him as a person. I understand you have to refer to him in some way, and that should be his name, how would you like it if you were called by your flaws, known as the big nose man etc, we all have physical flaws but you don't see us labeling each other with them, disabled people shouldn't be any exception but oft times people seem to draw unwelcome attention to their flaws. They are just people, who cares what flaw they have, we shouldn't even be talking about it, this thread is trash.
What the hell are you on about? We don't know this guy's name on OzB and we're talking about the situation. We should be able to do that. His name really isn't relevant.
It's this rampant idiocy with political correctness that is partly responsible for the backlash that sees the current circus parade of vile politicians elected. You should have enough brains and sense to understand the difference between ridiculing the man for his disability and describing him in relation to the situation. The former is not acceptable. The later is.
And by the way you better not go to the doctor. You'll be described by your flaws all the freaking time.
id give the guy a tip to do such a job with such a disabillity is great more capable than half the idiots in this country
As someone with a disability, I reckon this is bloody awesome!
But chances are he wouldn't want to be viewed as disabled; he's a bloke doing his job.
Unlucky? what makes you unlucky? did you offer to assist?
What exactly is the problem here? that you helped him? or that you helped him because you felt bad for him?
….my thoughts is this thread is silly and you are asking a question that oozes harsh judgement about a one-armed man.
So sorry you are stuck in the 80's. We have equal opportunity laws now that mean one armed men, lepers and even women can get jobs, who would have thought? Oh, and you can end up in court for being an ass about it, just a heads up.
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Firstly I'd like to thank the OP for posting his or her comment and for all the discussion. Discussion about disability whether in a positive or negative light is raising awareness of 'disability'.
Secondly, How many people that have posted in this forum have a disability? How many have actually sat down and had an open and honest discussion with someone with a disability?
Third and final, and this might cop some criticism, but I'd like to know your thoughts if you disagree. Keep the discussion going.
A person with disability is disabled. They are disabled by their environment and disabled by societies expectations. To put this statement into context; Anyone wear glasses? For reading, for short or long distances, to correct an otherwise functional vision loss. What if the wider society decided that glasses were illegal and you could no longer wear your glasses. You would then be disabled by society.
I used to work in Coles delivery, and i think its an awesome job in comparison to working inside the Coles store. As mentioned most of times are spent on the road and delivering to customers. I dont have to deal with management issues as much. Simply a clock on, do deliveries, clock off. Not sure of the delivery to kitchen bench policy, but i usually offer to deliver to kitchen bench anyway and if customer insists on leaving it on doorway then its their call. I prefer kitchen delivery anyway because delivering onto the floor at doorway is awkward for my back! I think the delivery fees are pretty reasonable, considering something as low as 4 dollars can get the delivery man to deliver 20cartons of soft drinks, full esky of ice cream and 20 packs of waters straight to the kitchen, or in general getting lots of heavy things delivered in bulk for convenience.
I always try to make sure customers are happy by following their requests and following up on their concerns, since happy customers means more likelihood of future orders, means more shifts/hours available for workers so its a win-win situation. Also, the job is suited to 1 person lol, anymore is definitely unnecessary.
Also kudos to the 1 arm delivery man, because sometimes the work can get physical, especially when having to bring big deliveries up old apartment/flats stairs with no lifts, delivering to childcare centers.
So rude! The guy has a job and here you are on OzB bagging this guy out. Shame on you!
Let the man do his job. He probably felt insulted that you insisted on helping. He's hired to do the job and unless it's his first day I doubt he has any trouble doing it.
After reading the replies to this thread, I'm surprised. Trolls assume (or pretend they do) in order to troll. I didn't expect them here, but was private messaged to expect it.
Here's my situation: I have a basically unusable arm. I generally still shop in person, but thought, "why not give the delivery a try, as it might be better".
I was met with a disabled delivery person who appeared over-worked, sweaty, & upset. So, I (without knowing) paid extra to put another disabled person under the gun. I then did the job I hoped to avoid). I shouldn't have to do this, nor should I be placed in such a position by Coles (multi-million dollar corporation) that I should "help" the delivery person I'm paying more to deliver to me.
I come here to get a "feel" for this, in real-time— and there's a backlash that I "don't appreciate the guy doing it rough/rising to the job"? That man is brilliant- I never said otherwise.
I clarified/defended that I was upset this man was (in my view) being abused (was hot, sweaty and having to do double the work due to his disability). So, my daughter & I brought in the food.
I'm still baffled. All I can think is that the ones responding negatively are either not disabled or are simply trolls— & I'll never know that.
I'll not reply beyond this, as it has become basically a troll-fest.
This post is very different to your original post. If you take the time to read your orIginal post after the fuss has died down, you may see why your post got negative feedback. The use of weird and other phrases (and perhaps not explaining your background) did not help the situation. You did not say he was brilliant.
You might want to reconsider using caps on words, it places emphasis perhaps where you did not intend it to be.
Also, heavy use of punctuation draws the reader to think you're upset at the situation.
Just some positive criticism explain the reactions on this thread.
Your original post was much more one-derfully phrased.
I help whole-limbed people who are hot and sweaty all the time. I usually offer them a drink too. What I don't do is pick on them in an open forum and act vilified about the reaction.
I wish the discussion ALSO Included to help that mate find something office job. At least one could be helped ( if he wishes to go for it).
I have respect for these kind of people who work despite their disabilities. Imagine being reminded everyday at work that if he had 2 arms he could have finished his runs/ delivery quicker! But anyhow these kind of people have self respect and that's why they are doing this kind of job! Hats off!
I'm torn on this one.
On the one hand I can see why you'd say good on him for getting out there and getting a job.
On the other hand I can see him delivering to an old aged pensioner, or a person that has a disability themselves…a bad back, a hernia etc. who would then feel obligated to help him take the goods out of the truck.
So he had better be able to do the job he was hired for without assistance when needed or else he isn't fit for that job. I'm sure there are many other jobs where having 1 arm would not bring his ability into question. These are large companies with many jobs. But we don't know if he chose this, how he lost his arm etc. so flat out judging withtout those facts is unreasonable. If he delivered to my door I'd certainly help and I'd wonder about the decision to hire him for this role too. I don't think OP was being intentionally disrespectful.
He needed an arm but you only gave him a hand?
Just wish he does delivery in front of the Homeless people camping around Flinders Street, Melbourne :)
People get "hot, sweaty" when doing manual labour…
My work mate has one working arm (other had nerve torn off the bone in a skiing accident). He does triathlon, criterion bike races, and would probably smash 99% of the lycra brigade. Being an ex-electrician, now mostly he works in office based estimating and tendering, and does a top job.
His existence is no way diminished coz he has 1 working arm. Sure it is sad, but life goes on.
But he did have to modify what job he done. Which it sounds like he did, and made a real go of it. The question is whether grocery delivery is a suitable task for a man who's lost an arm. It doesn't have the same safety implications as electrical work I'll grant you that. But it is a valid question to ask, even if the answer winds up a resounding yes.
Richard Kimble has been after him for years and here he is in WA :)
Thats one for the oldies
I respect Coles for giving a someone with disability an opportunity. I would happily help him bring my groceries to my door. Not sure why you are even complaining about this.
But you're able bodied and if you had to help him you could. A pensioner, disabled person etc. would not be in the same position. I absolutely think the man is to be congratulated for making a go of things and not letting his disability get in the way but I understand the OP's view too.
Did you give him a handshake or high five when you guys were finished OP?
Good luck to him, I think it's fantastic that he is doing this job. If he needed my help ( and most of time he can probably do it on his own ), I would be glad to assist, just as I would if he had two arms. I am confident that when he was employed they took his missing arm into account. Actually, and I am not great fan, good on Coles ( or whoever employees the drivers ) for employing him.
Oh, poor you that sounds like such a handful. Please cease reproducing immediately
I knew you were Perth SOR before I read WA, as I've had one-arm too about 6 months ago. Big stocky guy from memory.
Anyway, he took the order off the truck, and delivered to my door. No fuss.
Rather than poke criticism (?) at a nice guy. Why don't you compliment Coles?
HI OP,
I understand what you are saying but If he got the job then I am sure he can do the job.
if you want to help the man (which I've done before) its your choice.
I am happy to know that close given an opportunity of job. (some companies wont even do that due to any physical abilities).
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We had a one armed man as a storeman in our warehouse once!!!! Does anyone else think that IS weird? Surely he KNEW that only fully able bodied people can work in a warehouse?!!
Haven't used Coles delivery, but years ago had jbhifi send a single bloke in a van to deliver a 55" TV with no trolley. Fortunately I was home when he turned up to help lug it in.
So, to somewhat answer the OP, not unusual for companies to send half as many people as they really need to do the job.
Another quality ozbogan forum post!
This person is seriously complaining about having to move groceries from their driveway into their house because someone with a disability delivered them…
I'm sure he's all Right.
Awesome he is giving it a go rather than bludging on the dole and well done Coles for hiring him.
Having said that obviously assassination work of doctors wives has dried up.
Telling jokes can be funny,however not in this context. Choose an appropriate time.
These are similar to telling dead jokes at a funeral allowing others to speculate your intellectual capacity.