• RoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.works
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    28 days ago

    I once watched a lady abandon her cart in the empty parking spot beside her. Then she got into her car and the cart rolled behind her car. She didn’t notice and backed right into it.

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    I normally return them all the way back into the store. Maybe I will be allowed into the upgraded “good place” without all of the forking censorship.

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    Where I live, you have to put a coin into the shopping carts and you only get it back when you return it. Is this not a thing in, uh, Portugal? Brazil? Wherever the comic author lives…?

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          I heard from a guy living near DC, that a normal (i guess one pound?) bag of low quality ground coffee costs 20$. At this rate you have to have the cards take Benjamins to force people to return them.

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          I don’t care about the quarter, but in a different way. If I see someone getting out of their car, I say “You need a cart?”

          Shit, I’d rather give it to them, than walk across the parking lot. Now if I don’t see anyone, THEN I’ll take it back. But I’d rather just give the cart to someone who needs it anyways. Screw the quarter! Oh no! I’m missing out on…30 seconds of earned income!!!

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    Whenever I return to my car without a cart (vast majority of the time) I will find a random cart not returned and return it. Cause fuck you, that shit’s going back despite your best efforts (or lack of any)

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      I swear this is a regional thing. Where I live now, it is extremely rare to see a cart outside the return. But I’ve lived in other places where it seemed like no one returned their cart, ever.

      I think it’s a peer pressure thing - once it’s the norm, everyone just does it. But if people started breaking that, I’d suddenly start seeing carts all over the lot.

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    I worked in a grocery store when I was a teenager. I didn’t give a shit about people not returning their carts. It’s my job, it’s not like I’d rather face shelves than walk over to get a cart. Plus they’d usually send us out in pairs so we’d take advantage and shoot the shit while doing it, was a nice break.

    Edit: I will downvote you because your personal experience and opinion go against my feelgood circle jerk.

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      Abandoned carts occupy parking spots and can ram into cars and people. The issue isn’t that it creates more work for employees

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        If the carts are taking up space, the store needs to hire more people to go get carts. I loved my cart fetching time when I worked at a grocery store.

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        28 days ago

        But they said “circle jerk”, which automatically makes everyone else wrong. I’m sorry.

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      I used to work as a life guard when I was younger. I didn’t give a shit about kids running around the pool. It’s my job to give them bandages when they scrape their knee. It’s not like I’d rather be looking at the pool. Plus there would usually be a hot sibling or mother so I’d take advantage and shoot my shot while doing it, it was a nice break.

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          Hey I did my job with great praise

          I’m just saying it’s the same premise. Yeah mine is more extreme, but that was the point. I could have picked a more fun and less serious job I’ve had, but I picked that one to show how dramatic it can be.

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      I’m with you dude. Only people who care about carts are self important people. I used to love walk the parking lot for 15-30 mins hunting carts. Best part of the job tbh.