Carts! PIP

acesup

Went to Target today and it was drizzling, so of course no one put their carts away. It made me think of you ladies. This picture only shows about half of it. They were everywhere!

suv75

I live in Cali. They don't have many shopping cart corals at almost all places. This is a typical scene over here.

NativeFloridian

I confess that I am bad about carts since having my third.  When I'm tag-teaming shopping with a friend or family member, or I manage to go shopping alone or with just one of my kids, I will dutifully put my cart away.  If I'm alone, as I often am, with all three kids I am physically incapable of carrying DS, holding DD2's hand and keeping DD1 in check AND putting the cart back.  And once the kids are all strapped into the car I won't leave them.  So the cart goes to the nearest spot where it won't roll away and hit another car, and I leave.

I will say that I often try to snag a parking spot right next to the cart return so that the cart-to-car exchange is made easy and I can return the car without an issue.

littlestjerry

Whatta bunch of diicks.

nanabanana06

I'll admit it. I did this at Lowes the other day. I was in a hurry since DH was watching the babies. Our new Lowes for some ungodly reason only has 1 cart return and it's over by the lumber department and I was parked near the garden department. So I parked it on the sidewalks they have in between rows. I felt bad, but I was in a hurry and we'd been having some bipolar weather her in Western Washington (when don't we?).

nanabanana06

EllaHella:

Can someone explain why special snowflakes can't pull their car to here...

And then load their cart? 

::sits back with Excuses Bingo Card and waits::

I would really love to know how one would do that being either alone or with multiple children?? Cuz either way I leave the cart full of things unattended while I grab my car. I know that at the grocery store I use the courtesy clerks to load my groceries and take my cart. Since they get paid much more than I ever did.

littlestjerry

EllaHella:

Can someone explain why special snowflakes can't pull their car to here...

And then load their cart? 

::sits back with Excuses Bingo Card and waits::

What if someone hijacks their car? What if a wayward eagle swoops in while they're loading their car and steals their baby? What if there's a fire emergency and a fire truck speeds in and crushes the car because they don't expect anyone to be stopped there?

Besides, the people who have to chase down stray carts in the heat/cold/rain/snow should just be glad to have a job. They're stimulating the economy by leaving their carts out, and we're in a recession, after all.

 

izzourclue

EllaHella:

Nana_Osaki06:

EllaHella:

Can someone explain why special snowflakes can't pull their car to here...

And then load their cart? 

::sits back with Excuses Bingo Card and waits::

I would really love to know how one would do that being either alone or with multiple children?? Cuz either way I leave the cart full of things unattended while I grab my car. I know that at the grocery store I use the courtesy clerks to load my groceries and take my cart. Since they get paid much more than I ever did.

You can leave your cart at the door.  Now one is gonna steal your puddin' pops.

Fact- in a pp daze, I drove off with my groceries on the curb. I realized it when I got home. I drove back to the store. Blam. They were still there. My beer wasn't frosty though. That was sad.

You are a true patriot; out there keeping the economy flowing via those high paid cart wrangling jobs.

 

 

In the ABQ, your pudding pops would be gonzo as soon as you turned your back.  I wish they still sold pudding pops.   

acesup

The thing that annoyed me most is that is a safety walkway so that while walking to the entrance from the parking lot you don't have to walk through the rows of cars, behind parked cars backing up, etc. but there were tons of carts blocking it so you couldn't even walk it.

When I go with both kids, I park as close to coral as possible. Strap them in the car, lock the doors, and run the cart back. If its nice out and I only have one, I put the cart back first.

ETA: I'm LOLing at the responses DS is looking at me like I'm nuts lol

JPinkman

I firmly believe in cart karma - if you don't return a cart, on your next shopping trip a cart will bang into your vehicle and leave a dent. 

My DH laughs every time we go to a store - cause I return carts and he doesn't - I always tell him that cart karma will get him - he doesn't believe. 

klondikebar

You know what I love? When people think handicap spots are cart returns. If you have ever done this, you can suck it. Seriously.

izzourclue

EllaHella:

krptcmschfmkr128:

EllaHella:

I had no idea that a chunk of the population had a klepto problem.  Huh.

Surprise, right? I wonder how they came up with charges for theft/burglary if it doesn't happen

I meant walking by a cart and helping yourself to the contents. 

Or they'll just roll your whole cart away.