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Do you return shopping carts?
- Thread starter Nymphae
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ArtemisClydeFrog
Banned
Yeah because I'm not a fucking animal
Richard Packer
Member
If you leave them in the parking lot you are a fucking asshole.
Grinchy
Banned
I don't walk it back into the building like some tree-hugging bitch, but I do place it in the carousels in the parking lot.
My first job was as a bagger at 14 years old and I had to go get those carts. It's hard physical work doing that for hours at a time in the summer at a busy store.
My first job was as a bagger at 14 years old and I had to go get those carts. It's hard physical work doing that for hours at a time in the summer at a busy store.
ArtemisClydeFrog
Banned
DudeNymphae sounds like you'd enjoy one of my favorite YouTube channels, Cart Narcs
I always return my cart. Would hate to be a lazy bones and have someone catch me in a pit maneuver
Legiterally laugh so hard watching these
"Why cuz I'm a fucking fat asshole?!"
lmao
Alter_Fridge
Member
Depends how well they run on base consoles
Rillania
Gold Member
I can't even count the amount of times I've gone to my car to find the wind pushed some stray cart into my car, or I find an open spot in a busy parking lot only to find it blocked by a cart some jackhole was too lazy to walk 100 steps to put it in a carousel. So yeah, I'm not an asshole and I return my cart always.
Nymphae
Banned
lol who the fuck would walk a cart back into the store, they all have carousels
ScarletSpider
Banned
If I feel like it.
Grinchy
Banned
Oh, I've seen it lol
Alter_Fridge
Member
if alarm bells don't ring in your head that dropping a cart into an empty bay is a shitty thing to do, then momma didn't raise you right
Nymphae
Banned
A few months back I parked at the grocery store and as I was getting out of my car I saw a stray cart zip by my front end and smoked the drivers side door parked a few spaces next to me, denting it. Just shook my head and felt sorry for the dude, people are fucking animals. It's such a small parking lot too, at most you're walking for 10 seconds if you parked on the edge and are returning a cart to the carousel in the center of the lot.
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Richard Packer
Member
Dude
I always return my cart. Would hate to be a lazy bones and have someone catch me in a pit maneuver
Legiterally laugh so hard watching these
I aspire to be this great one day.
ArtemisClydeFrog
Banned
Also that channel is fantastic, the heroes we need
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Bumblebeetuna
Member
Yes, every time. Exception, a week or so ago I was at WinCo and some dude left his cart behind my car and got into his car next to me. So I got out and parked it right behind his car and got back in mine and left 
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Yes because I want to live in a civilized society.
Nymphae
Banned
He just needs to have a crew like the Stop a Douchebag guys, they get into scraps (crazy Russian scraps lol) all the time but they bring muscle.
Tranquil
Member
Most of the time I do. I remember working at Target and having to bring in the carts from the parking lot, it was a fun part of my job collecting them from all over the lot.
I don't get why anyone would care if you leave them in the parking lot, so long as you prop it up that they won't move into a car or something and you're not leaving them in the middle of a parking spot so people can't park.
I don't get why anyone would care if you leave them in the parking lot, so long as you prop it up that they won't move into a car or something and you're not leaving them in the middle of a parking spot so people can't park.
bitbydeath
Gold Member
Luckily most people do where I live. There’s sometimes one or two floating about but most people do the right thing.
Nymphae
Banned
Because they can hit other cars, it's a shitty thing to do it's just straight up laziness and being inconsiderate.
bender
What time is it?
The problem is people use the curb of sidewalks or concrete sidewalks to "secure them". This usually blocks the sidewalk or blocks the parking spot and it also adds unnecessary wear and tear to the carts.
Moogle11
Banned
I pretty much always do. Thst said, most stores are retarded with the number and placement cart racks. Most around here just have a couple of cart return racks like a quarter of the way down the aisles in the parking lot and none further down. Which is dumb as parking close it’s not far to just take it back to racks by the entrance and I end up with a long walk to return them as I like to park further away to avoid idiots and having to drive through the crosswalks at the front of the store.
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Jill Valentine
Member
Dude
I always return my cart. Would hate to be a lazy bones and have someone catch me in a pit maneuver
Legiterally laugh so hard watching these
I can't believe this is real. Great thread idea.
I never use a shopping trolley but I believe in the UK we might have to take the trolley back to remove our money from the trolley (£1 has to be inserted to release the trolley for use)?
I always use a basket. Shamefully I don't always leave the basket back myself because of how self-checkout is setup. If it is busy, returning the basket forces me to walk into the direction of people waiting to use the checkouts, both for other checkouts besides mine and the one I'm using, so when they see me move away from my checkout they head in my direction and there isn't much space. When it's quiet I always put the basket back myself.
Tranquil
Member
Like I said if they are propped up so as not to hit a car and not blocking any spot. Then I don't see why it matters.
Tranquil
Member
Like I said in my post if your blocking then obviously that's not good. I prop them on the curb where no one walks and so that it's not blocking a spot to park. This is not adding any extra wear and tear, please.
Nymphae
Banned
That is far from fool proof, wind and retards move carts all the time. It's better than doing nothing, but if you care enough to attempt to prop it on something, why not just walk it to the corral it can't be more than 10 seconds away.
bender
What time is it?
Maybe parking lots in your area have a lot of dead space. Yes it adds wear in tear when you hop them onto a curb or concrete curb. That's not what they are intended for and negatively impacts their expected life term.
Tranquil
Member
If I see a corral that's close by I always use it, but at my old walmart they had a huge parking lot with two corrals that where a huge pain to get to, so I never put the carts back when I shopped their.
Tranquil
Member
Doubt that it would make any significant impact.
bender
What time is it?
Popping them up on curbs is a significant impact, that's the point. It's not like they have extravagant shocks and suspensions.
OneBigPuss
Member
I don't use shopping carts.Real man uses his hands and feet to bring groceries to the car.
teezzy
Banned
Even realer men just eat the food while still in the store and dont pay for anything
bender
What time is it?
There is a sexist joke here that you missed. Not real man, confirmed.
p.s. Wendy's doesn't have shopping carts.
DrJohnGalt
Banned
Sometimes. I normally park on the side lot where the store doesn't have any cart corrals and I'm not walking the fucking thing back to the front of the building. But if I don't have a corral handy I still do stick the front wheels up on a median or parking block or something so the cart isn't running around free in the lot with a chance to hit somebody's car.
If somebody ever came up to me with a camera yelling at me to put the cart away I don't want to think how I'd react, but it wouldn't be pretty.
EDIT: If you're one of those nanny bitches that demands everybody else go out of their way to behave in a way you find acceptable, go fuck yourself.
What really pisses me off is the asshats that actually take the cart out of the parking lot and push it to the bus stop down the street (or even all the way to their house). Yes, I like in a shitty area and it happens a lot more than you'd think.
If somebody ever came up to me with a camera yelling at me to put the cart away I don't want to think how I'd react, but it wouldn't be pretty.
EDIT: If you're one of those nanny bitches that demands everybody else go out of their way to behave in a way you find acceptable, go fuck yourself.
What really pisses me off is the asshats that actually take the cart out of the parking lot and push it to the bus stop down the street (or even all the way to their house). Yes, I like in a shitty area and it happens a lot more than you'd think.
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OneBigPuss
Member
I don't have Wendy's in my city unfortunately
