SC - special needs

[Rovena]

I have no physical disabilities other than being 5'2.75".  A friend left me
allow in the commercial kitchen alone to watch 4 tall pots on a stove.  The
front pots were fine but I couldn't see in or reach the bottom of the rear
pots.  One pots burnt just a little (not enough to affect the taste). At first
she was a bit upset until she watched me trying to deal with the stove.  Then
she laughed watching me.  I don't think a step ladder or such would have been
safe as it would put me in danger of the gas flames.

There isn't much moral to this story, just how funny I must have looked trying
to deal with the stove.

Stefan li Rous wrote:

> Tristan commented:
> > Now if i could just find a way to overcome the height of those commercial
> > stoves in many of the kitchens i work in when cooking and helping cook
> > feasts ( that wouldnt be in the way of others in the kitchen).
>
> What do you do at home? Is it just the height of the stove that is the
> problem? Or that you can't reach to pots on the back burners.
>
> What about something like the high bar stools? Could something like
> that be adapted for this? I think some have wheels if the problem is
> needing some mobility. And at the ones I've seen without wheels
> generally have seats that swivel.
>
> Come to think of it, we also have some chairs that sit up pretty high
> in our hardware engineering lab and these have an up and down adjustment
> and have wheels and I think also swivel.There backs though are rather
> small with a large gap between them and the seat. I doubt these are
> something you could swing into and out of a chair without help though.
> But you can probably find help for that. Maybe put them in the car
> in pieces at home and get someone to help you unload or reassemble
> them at the site.
>
> I don't know your limitations or skills, so I may be way off base
> here, but this is what I can think of, right now.
>
> Actually some chairs like these might be of use/interest to other
> cooks here who have trouble standing for long periods.
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