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imadoctornotamechanic
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MetaVulture
Whether wind, nor rain, nor snow or sleet - or apocalyptic Colorado Fire that nearly burned down my town - I return the goddamn cart.
ReusableBastard
In 1st world countries societal responsibility is taught from common sense, In America we used to teach it, now it's all about ME! MY RIGHT!
SergeyPrkl
Even Wild animals would return them if they had similar system, the persons wo doesn't return, are absolute monsters.
GlobularCloyster
Watch Cart Narcs on YouTube
massiana
I knew my current GF was a keeper when I watched her return someone else's cart to the corral. ?
knowallknownothing
Y’all ever watch Cart Narc on YouTube? Dude is hilarious. Putting magnets on peoples cars when they don’t return carts.
crann
The shopping cart is our Gom Jabbar.
florpglorp
You ever see that lady get actively mad at just being told to put the cart away. I cant even comprehend where that stands on the litmus test
TheBlueMuppet
I return my cart, and make sure itll stay put in the corral before i leave. Why is this hard? If people arent taking the 20 secs to do this
TheBlueMuppet
what else arent they doing?
stlouiscardinalsfan7
Who the fuck here doesn’t return there cart? If so, why? I don’t think I’ve ever left a cart. I also worked at lowes for 4 years and had to
stlouiscardinalsfan7
Fetch carts all over the damn place in blizzards and stupid midwest heat and humidity in the summer, so I feel bad leaving mine.
Fridgesavers
I think we knew when they pulled up in the disabled bay that we were dealing with a grade A prick.
nertmert
Some stores near me take a $1 coin deposit and people still don’t bring them back
VC999999
It creates a cottage industry of people returning the carts and getting the $1
MisterPrimeMinister
I think some people believe that if they make a mess (carts and garbage in parking lot) that businesses will hire more people.
BladeTurMoiL
If everyone returned them to store itself, they’d just hire one more cashier or floor person. Imho
montyp3
This is the biggest cultural shock I get when going to the South.
PhailRaptor
How so? this same behavior is ultra common in the North too.
totolapse
How is that? They don't return?
bubbinsky
I usually organize the carts a bit better when I return mine, hoping if there’s order, people will follow to not mess it up.
witheredspoon
I do the same. How hard is it to push the cart where it is supposed to go instead of making someone else work to undo your mess?
TheOneAndOnlyButtStabber
Totally true. If you just leave it out you obviously can't see past your nose and don't care how it can't affect anyone big or small.
PhailRaptor
Worst part is those same people will bitch and moan when they find a parking spot but there's a cart in it
TheOneAndOnlyButtStabber
For real! I think it's because people are to comfortable being a POS. Can say w/e they want on Facebook and it forms in shit ways like this.
Lontri
I even return other peoples' carts sometimes when they leave them all over the FUCKING place! In the middle of the parking lot for example.
giveittomestraightlikeapearcidermadefrom100percentpears
Reminds me of the Rick Reilly book "Commander in Cheat". About Trump's cheating at golf. People take this as trivial and small, but the >
giveittomestraightlikeapearcidermadefrom100percentpears
fact that golf is the easiest fucking sport to cheat at.. And that's why you don't! But I think Trump is too far gone at this point.
Knovar
I recently found out about cart-narc on YouTube. A guy that confronts people that don't return carts. They get so aggressive it's concerning
IStillLoveYouNintendo
From the radio morning program, the woody show. Love it!
ducalme
Skeebidibeepboopboop that's not where the cart goes!
RetiredLaserMan
I don't need my headlights on, I can see fine. I don't need a mask, I'm healthy. I don't need a vaccine, I'm healthy. on, and on, and on.
cakeface2016
Totally different because those things benefit the individual.
RetiredLaserMan
It says a lot about you when you can't see things from any perspective but your own.
BassMonkeyBravo
You do gain something. It demonstrates adherence to social contract. You gain trust from others through this demonstration.
Silasdoodles
what you do with your cart while not knowingly observed is the true test
BassMonkeyBravo
Very true. Impossible to measure but true.
BitchButcher
Is this a thing in the USA? Here in Germany I've NEVER seen anyone not returning the cart. So you say you have parking lots full of carts?
VC999999
Go to a Costco or a Wal-Mart. Carts all round the perimeter pushed up on the grass, carts on medians, carts left free range to hunt in packs
BitchButcher
Like 95% of all supermarkets in Germany have carts where you need to put 50c, 1€ or 2€ deposit into it to "unchain" the cart.
BitchButcher
Oh, I know the reason. You guys probably don't need to put a coin in the cart that you would get back when you return the cart, right?
VC999999
Some stores do. It might depend on the area they are located in, but I'm not 100% sure on that. There are some high end stores that.....
VC999999
have the coin deposit, others don't. Same with "run of the mill" grocery stores, some do, some don't.
buttdestroyer
TIL I'm a good member of a society.
MadLogTheGr8
That’ll do, @buttdestroyer. That’ll do.
bodhitr33
congressionalbitch
Keep destroying butts my boy. You’ve earned it
EmberBlush
1- When I had my kid, for the first time in my life I didn’t return the shopping cart. Finished shopping with baby, loaded him in car, then
oravavaara
I always return my cart, but I wouldn't expect someone on crutches or with toddler triplets to do it. IMO judging strangers is a red flag.
EmberBlush
1- loaded groceries in back. Realized I couldn’t walk cart back without leaving kid alone (not gonna happen). Thought about pulling him out
EmberBlush
3- just to walk cart back and just couldn’t do it. It after fight to get him in car seat. Left car in space. Felt like HUGE piece of shit.
EmberBlush
4- learned my lesson and figured out logistics and haven’t done it since.
Toffeethecat
IMO, the same theory holds true for reshelving unwanted items in a store, and cleaning up after oneself in a restaurant.
ManOCheese
Once you start to think about it you realise there are lots of these rules and that if someone breaks one rule, they'll probably break more.
imadoctornotamechanic
societal responsibility
StormheartKing
I work at a bookstore. The amount of people who could simply stick a book back where they got it but leave it right next to where they 1/?
StormheartKing
pulled it out makes me sad. It's way worse than the shopping cart, because all they had to do was move their arm maybe an inch more. 2/2
mintakka
“Always be mindful of the work you leave behind for other people” Judge John Hodgeman
CryptidRobot
I always leave like a straw wrapper or something at fast food because I'm afraid they won't wipe the table down if it looks clean
dunkum09
as long as you aren't the type of asshat that reshelves fish in the clothing section (yes I've seen that happen)
lljkstonefish
Who's up for a game of "hide the dairy product"?
dunkum09
arguably worse was when I would open and had to toss a cart full of meat and dairy that the overnight crew had found...and let sit all night
AlwaysInTheshadows
2 types of people. Those who take 1 piece of pizza because there might not be enough for everyone and those who take 3 for the same reason.
Hooooooo
those who take a whole box cause they big and hungy. Or those that take none cause it got icky pineapple. or those take 2 cause 2 fair or..
Hooooooo
phew idk if i can't count any higher. oh, those who grabbed a few but unaware of how many they grabbed because they can't count.
joshcrimson
If you’ve repeatedly gotten drunk and “skated” all the carts in a parking lot to the front of the store at 3 AM what morality do you have?
GrumpyFatPants
Can at least put your toys away when you've finished playing with then
buttdestroyer
Your alignment would be chaotic goofball.
reisdantasmarcosantonio12
Chaotic Good
BoozeSlinger
That sounds like Chaotic Good to me mate.
MurialsCourage
An angel waiting for their wings.
imadoctornotamechanic
the repeatedly is what seals it
RednapxpandeR
“They have people they pay to get them!” Bitch, it’ll take you 20 sec and that “someone” is some teenager or disabled person.
BladeTurMoiL
My arguement: they’d transfer the savings on staff to get you checked out faster and product out on the floor accurately.
eronth
They're also not paid TO get them, they just have to go get them because some people are trash.
ThisGuyPostingThings
They pay them to get them from the stalls & put them indoors + do a number of other things. They'd just focus on those if carts were fine.
desolatorx
That same person takes issue with higher operating costs being passed down through the merchandise.
SeventyTimes7
Same with cigarette butts in the designated receptacle versus the ground.
chiefrunswithscissors
I'll say it again but when I was a trolley boy and there were no trolleys to bring in, I would have to go inside and clean toilets etc.
Kiwipocalypse
I appreciate you. My first job was as a cashier. I used to have to retrieve carts by myself at midnight in a bad neighborhood.
Holinyx05
Those cart gatherers also have like 100 other things they need to do. Have a heart and make their day a little easier
imadoctornotamechanic
and that person has a lot of other jobs too lol
SatanicSpirals
Depends. Walmart? It can be your primary task.
dunkum09
in my store we were the ones sent to do everything. customer wants help? items to be reshelved? carts? fold the clothes? all the same job
nicelyvillainous
Yes, but the argument there is that because capitalism, if they run out of tasks/work, they are scheduled for less hours.
TheHaloFollower
As someone that did carts at Costco, the fucked up part was our location didnt have lot cameras, and high winds. SO, people wouldnt-
TheHaloFollower
Put their carts back, and in turn, winds would move the carts around the lot. Then people would say our carts hit their cars causing "damag-
TheHaloFollower
E" and then show is an obvious result of a car collision. The best part was us cart guys took liability when in the lot for anything like-
TheHaloFollower
This. Im so glad I dont work for that dogshit company anymore. Becoming a pilot is a step up imo. Fuck you costco in Georgia I won't name.
chiefrunswithscissors
You took liability? As in you had to pay for people's alleged car damage?
skippieelove
Along this same line; they “get paid to get them” from the effing corral not the lot, the corral exists to house carts and keep the lot safe
3stan2112
Worst argument ever for denying personal responsibility. Lazy fucks is what they are.
tracereading
Or a 30something that does not get along well with others.
Beezlebubble
I was a cart kid at Target for almost 3 years. Made more than the cashiers as what I did was "hazardous" cause I got a big ass machine to
Beezlebubble
Use. A giant electric motor on wheels that E-Braked while not moving. The number of people that thought they could move it with their cars
Beezlebubble
And would drive into it was hilarious. At least once a day someone would drive into it and damage their front end trying to get a spot and
Beezlebubble
I'd laugh, and just go slower. I did carts, cashier, shelves. People were and are, dumber than that rolling brick. At least that thing
Beezlebubble
Obeyed commands when told
SatanicSpirals
I always enjoyed getting carts. Kept me away from the idiot customers.
tracereading
No it doesn't.
SpecialAgentCharlesCarmichael
kyro
Best job I ever had. When I retire I'll go back to it.
MajorTom0101
For disposable income?
dunkum09
depended a lot on the weather. summer nights - it was nice. but you also had to do it in rain, snow, and 90+ degree temps.
SatanicSpirals
I live in OH and our store's AC/heat was controlled in Chicago. It was still better outside.
chiefrunswithscissors
Yeah. When I did it the trolley collectors were also the cleaners. Fetching trolleys was the best part of the job.
SatanicSpirals
I was electronics staff/emergency cashier, but I was young and had a good tolerance to the elements, and wouldn't complain about it. >>
SatanicSpirals
Carts at the end of the lot were essentially free smoke breaks, so it was nice when customers left them out. Trash in a buggy pisses me off
chiefrunswithscissors
Especially lettuce...just bothered me for some reason
Rathner
But puts you by the idiot drivers.
kyro
Jokes on them. I have unsupervised access to the cart pushing machine. I AM the idiot driver.
Rathner
Jokes on you, half the time they're broken. And they don't really do much to cars. Ask me how I know.
SatanicSpirals
I didn't even get a bungie cord to pull with...still rather risk the lot than inside.
Rathner
We got a strap. Which nobody used because they would still have tons of slack on turns and on hills. Then if you straitened out you could
mikenco
Very few shops in the UK have carts that you use without depositing a coin. Else we are apparently obliged to throw them into rivers.
LordLumpy
Not in the south we don't, I've not seen a coin cart in years. Maybe we're just a little classier down here though eh? ;)
Rulweylan
Varies massively. Loads in nice areas don't use coins any more.
ezzyazeze
We're returning them to their native habitat. It's not healthy for them to exist in carparks or by automatic doors.
AllTheGoodOnesWereGone
It's a pretty perfect system. ALDI in the US does it. People either return their cart or someone else will happily do it for the quarter.
Tengenstein
uh, my Tesco doesn't have coin trolleys. I'm too lazy to put it back, so i don't take it in first place. what does that mean?
lostwalllet
A pound for a fun river excursion sounds like a bargain!
filben7
The UK is a shithole filled with idiots.
TheNihilistsParadoxicalWashingMachine
Depends where you're from. In my (UK) city there are no coin / token carts.
Sparrowdotnet
The two supermarkets near me both dont have coins... (Sainsbury's and Tesco's)
RorytheRedKing
Like Richard Osman, in Taskmaster S2
NirvanaNik
YeahChillBeggingIt
This used to be the case pre-covid. All supermarkets near us have removed that during the plague of rona.
tinamakingmecray
PeteTusk
Huh. That seems kind of dystopian to me. People where I live seem to mostly return carts, and it's pretty much not a problem.
Someshithead241
And because people steal them I've seen certain stores, especially those in shopping centres, have long poles that stop it from getting out
Someshithead241
The door.
Astramancer
As an american, I can confirm they get dumped in rivers and ponds. Or taken on magical journeys and abandoned miles (1.6 km) away.
imguracoon
And canals
thevortexmaster
There's a couple stores that do that where I'm from in Canada
naturenick
A few places I’ve lived had that too, mainly to deter stealing the carts
Xero999
I ha e only seem this once in the UK and in a rough area
MemesAndDreams
That is so true haha
beoluves
I'm in the UK and absolutely no cart needs a coin. Might be my City though.
tinamakingmecray
Well where the HELL ELSE WILL BUBS BE ABLE TO FIND CARTS FOR MONEY TO FEED HIS KITTIES???
preparationh67
Theres an additional response to this that points out that the coin solves the base problem and people wanna judge others more than fix shit
Billis75
Some supermarkets in California in the 90's did this without the deposit. You just got a quarter if you returned a cart. It didn't last.
decomposingcomposers
That's worth a coin to me
GrumpyFatPants
Makes sense
BeerBatteredandBold
*cents
cigarsandmonster
With the amount of shopping carts I've seen in weird places. The coin things a good idea
Knovar
UK SW + NW here, I've only ever seen Lidl or Aldi's require coins. Not one Tesco/Asda/Sainsbury's that does.
beelzebewbs
I wonder if wars in Europe correlate somehow to the invention of the coin insertion.
ThisNameIsNotAboutYou
Where are you shopping?? I've seen 1 in my life with coins - assumed it was an Asda only thing
bumpylumps
Local Asda, Sainsbury's, Tesco are all free. Haven't seen one that needs a quid in maybe 10 years.
kingkongkeom
Yeah, coin/token is pretty mich the standard all over europe. That's because too many people failed this litmus test in the past.
Noraneko
It's only a euro tho and they are tons of fake coins. Not the real reason why people return
WrongReference
The amount of Euros I spent just to use the bathroom….
hirosjimma
In the Netherlands they stopped requiring coins during covid lockdown cuz they used a number of carts as access limiter. (No cart no entry)½
hirosjimma
When they no longer needed to limit access they didn't reintroduce the coins. People still keep returning the carts without that incentive.
GreenHell
Not universal. Here in Delft they require coins again in the stores I've visited.
hirosjimma
Aww man that sucks, I loved not faffing about with that coin on my key ring.
Multipew
Depends where you live, round here none of the supermarkets that I go to (except the Aldi in Tewkesbury) need a coin for a trolley.
penzick
I'd never seen it until I moved to rural NJ. In NYC it doesn't exist. (But also, in NYC you don't take the cart out of the store.)
Rheios
We used to use coins at a few places here in Vegas but I think they're going away. People were locking cars together away from the (1
Rheios
building in messed up ways for the money w/o regard for the poor person having to collect the buggy. Or breaking them out right. Or just (2
Rheios
eating the loss and leaving them still. My mom used to return them for the quarter and noticed she can't find them anymore. (3
StandingOutsideABrokenPhoneBoothWithMoneyInMyHand
I’ve seen lazy people at Aldi in the US. Clearly, walking their cart back to the store is not worth the quarter to use it.
gsmdo
I’m in Norfolk and none of the supermarkets here use coin deposit (Waitrose, Tesco, Morrisons, Lidl, Aldi). Aldi used to, but stopped it.
mikenco
I'm within a stones-throw of Tesco, Aldi, Lidl, Sainsbury, Morison and Asda. They ALL use coin locks.
gsmdo
Perhaps we are better at returning trollies here…
mikenco
That must be the case!
giveittomestraightlikeapearcidermadefrom100percentpears
My local Tesco uses coinless. But they have fancy magnets in the road which locks the brakes if you try and leave with them.
adamt2
So you can't take the cart into the parking lot?
privatepublic
Out of the lot
Nagato198
Normally the locks are at the perimeter of the car park
KuatDriveYards
Really common in Boston. It's to keep homeless people from taking them I think. The brake engages if you leave the parking lot.
johngofett
They have these here in the US - there's tech at the edge of the lot that make it so they can't be pushed outside that barrier. (1/2)
johngofett
So usually the barrier is the edge of the parking lot, but in large shopping centers, it might be just the area in front of the store.
TheInternetNeedsMoreCats
Do a lot more people use the carts to get further than a car in the parking lot? In my area in the US pretty much no one walks to get>
TheInternetNeedsMoreCats
groceries. They just use the carts to get groceries to their cars and leave them in the lot to get picked up. Someone would have to go >
TheInternetNeedsMoreCats
Through a lot of effort to take one far enough away to cause shenanigans. Though homeless people will sometimes take them to store their >
TheInternetNeedsMoreCats
belongings in, but then they don't abandon them unless they are forced to.
at1cad
They do that in the US at Aldi, and I still find abandoned carts it the lot. I am happy to take them back and get the quarter.
keybladers
That’s the point
SergeyPrkl
A quarter, here in Finland, it is usually 1€ or 2€. before 50c was an option too.
scroobiusgav
1 pound in the uk
theredacted
In Europe a coin can be as big as €2 but in America .25 is the biggest common one you’ll find (we do have $1-$2 but not common)
theredacted
The reason I bring this up because you can actually buy something with €1-2 euro so it’s worth going to put it up. ¢25 is nothing ??♂️
privatepublic
If my fellow American fam and friends who visited me abroad are an indicator, those folks might be thick and not realize it's a deposit.
LurkerOfDarkness
I've seen some really dense people over the years, but is it really possible to achieve this level?
ekzeko
I landed in the US and to borrow a luggage cart I needed to permanently pay the 2 dollar coin. If you're used to it not being a deposit,but-
ekzeko
a fee. I can understand you'd be conditioned to not consider it.