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Posting the shopping cart theory because people had questions in a separate thread (slrpnk.net)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Yass and when I'm walking into the store I always offer to take a cart for someone walking theirs back, if such a person is within hailing distance.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Don't know about you people, but here in Hungary (Eastern-Europe) I haven't ever seen a cart not returned at least as far as I remember.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago

i once visited Lewiston, Maine and none of the carts had been returned to the proper spot. more than a dozen carts were just scattered around the parking lot. as soon as i found somewhere to park, i got out and collected every cart in the lot. the boy i was dating at the time looked at me with concern in his eyes

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (6 children)

A lot of countries use coin operated cart releases, which give you a coin back on return. This is very uncommon in the US. Generally there are just metal "corrals" with guardrails you return a cart to in the parking lot.

The only store that I know of that uses coin returns is Aldi, but that's still regional in the US.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, every store has those here. Also Aldi is nationwide.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is only true in the US. In Europe if you don't return the cart you can be sure people will give you looks and think about you as an asshole

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

People in the US give you a look and think you're an asshole too.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I've always told my family I like to build up "cart karma." You get karma by bringing a cart in with you from the parking lot, or returning the one you use after. You lose karma by leaving your cart in the parking lot. Even if I'm going in for a single item, I'll take a cart in from the parking lot with me and leave it in the rack by the store.

I don't really care about cart karma, it's just a way of saying that it seems like the nice thing to do.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago (2 children)

st peter at the pearly gates: "yup, looks like you're up 14 carts overall. welcome to heaven."

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