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[bronk]

As someone who at one time worked as a cart attendant, people leaving carts by their car instead of putting it in the corral annoys the shit out of me. The only thing worse is when they leave it on grass islands or on the wrong side of the corral.

The grass guy is few posts up haha

 

[Paltheos]

Is that what you tell yourself?
Lazy cunt.

lol @ the justification "I'm saving someone else time getting a cart by just leaving it here", the only time that's acceptable is when you're literally handing the cart off to another person in the lot

Hey hey hey, part of it is me not wanting to walk the cart back - and that's definitely my main motivator - But I wouldn't enable myself without a justification. Tell me - what sense does it make to walk your cart all the way back to the storefront and then all the way back to your car when other customers in the lot will also be making use of the carts? Just position the cart so it won't get in anyone's way parking (or put it in a corral if nearby) and call it a day. I tend to scope out any carts nearby when I arrive at a supermarket. Gives me a chance to try one out to find out if it has a bum wheel and saves me the trouble of arriving at the storefront to find no carts at all (either because they're all in use or because they've been left in the lot - although the ratio of which who knows, usually favoring the former if I haven't spotted any).

The triggered response is pretty heavy on this one. I've heard, "It's courtesy," but I don't see what's so great about it and I definitely don't see what's more practical about it. You guys are really upset about this but browsing through here I haven't seen a convincing argument that my way isn't better lol

 

[BadBurger]

Yes, it reduces the chance it may roll away and damage someone's car, and the least I can do for the minimum waged teenager who has to go out into the cold or rain to retrieve them all periodically.

The worst are people who leave their cart in the aisle, right in the way of everyone. Those fucks should be arrested and have to serve time doing hard labor.

 

[Honey Bunny]

If you don't, you are what's holding us back from intergalactic civilization.

 

[Tesseract]

yes

i worked at walmart in my early twenties (electronics), occasionally got ragged to collect carts when traffic was dead

return your fugging carts or pay the ultimate price

 

[Nymphae]

Tell me - what sense does it make to walk your cart all the way back to the storefront and then all the way back to your car when other customers in the lot will also be making use of the carts?

No one is asking people to walk back to their cars with groceries and then walk all the way back to the store with the empty cart lol. There are cart corrals all over parking lots, use them. It makes it easier and faster for the person bringing the carts back into the store for others to use. Are there stores with shopping carts that don't have parking lot corrals?

I've heard, "It's courtesy," but I don't see what's so great about it and I definitely don't see what's more practical about it

It is a courtesy to others. You're literally arguing that you don't understand the utility in doing something that benefits someone other than you lol. Read the OP image.

 

[diablos991]

Anybody who doesn't return the carts are selfish animals.
Same with people who decide they don't want to purchase something and just put it back wherever instead of return it to the shelf where they found it.
I see this behavior mostly in people of low economic status.

This crosses a line of basic human decency and self respect. Especially if you do this in front of your children which propagates this ridiculous behavior.

 

[Foamy]

Hey hey hey, part of it is me not wanting to walk the cart back - and that's definitely my main motivator - But I wouldn't enable myself without a justification. Tell me - what sense does it make to walk your cart all the way back to the storefront and then all the way back to your car when other customers in the lot will also be making use of the carts? Just position the cart so it won't get in anyone's way parking (or put it in a corral if nearby) and call it a day. I tend to scope out any carts nearby when I arrive at a supermarket. Gives me a chance to try one out to find out if it has a bum wheel and saves me the trouble of arriving at the storefront to find no carts at all (either because they're all in use or because they've been left in the lot - although the ratio of which who knows, usually favoring the former if I haven't spotted any).

The triggered response is pretty heavy on this one. I've heard, "It's courtesy," but I don't see what's so great about it and I definitely don't see what's more practical about it. You guys are really upset about this but browsing through here I haven't seen a convincing argument that my way isn't better lol

You ever heard of wind genius?
Some us actually have nice cars and don't like carts plowing into them.

 

[Captain Zyrain]

I'd say most times. Not always, sometimes I just prop them up on the dirt or planter or whatever is between the spots. Usually that's only if the return spot is far away though.

 

[Nymphae]

You ever heard of wind genius?
Some us actually have nice cars and don't like carts plowing into them.

Literally watched this happen a few months back and felt bad for the car owner, they get to come outside to a nice dented door because some shithead needed to get home to coom 10 seconds faster

 

[Airola]

I return them to where I got them from, and most often don't bring them to car at all. I have a few bags and I carry those bags to the car.
Now I don't own a car but we do rent a car sometimes and might have someone else's car to use, so I don't have that much experience of having a car at the parking lot. But whenever I have a car I don't usually go to the car with the shopping cart but have returned the cart before I get back to the car.