Would you return the cart? š½š½š½
I pick my cuddle partners by watching people in grocery store parking lots. Those that return the carts make wonderful snugglers š
I always thought I would be financially responsible if I left the cart and it rolled into someone's car. I would rather just put it away. But even if I wasnt responsible for the damages i wouldn't want someone to do that to me.
At one time in my life I was a cart fetcher and I loved to see folks put them back where they belong lol . Sometimes I would have to go clear across the other side of the lot just for one or two of them
Yes I return the cart.
However, I work at Publix so sometimes I fetch them when Iām on the clock.
I'm one of those who picks the abandoned cart to use. If it has a wonky wheel I swap it out (if there's a clerk nearby I let them know), if it serves it's intended function to a reasonable degree I use it then put it where it goes when finished.
Honestly why would anyone skip that last step? They're missing out on the satisfaction of nesting their cart in with the others, or shoving it full force from a few feet away and waiting for the crash-bang, or just experiencing the world as it should be without doing something to upset the flow for others - how is that alone not enough motivation?
Pretty interesting theory! Totally agree!
I generally go out of my way to return the cart. Today it was hot and I felt a little shaky from working outside, so I left it with another cart that was in the neighboring spot. At least it wasn't lonely. I've mellowed out from judging people with anal retention.
@UCpaaHVg6u0 - lol!
The way I read this probably wasn't how you intended it... but it made me laugh!
"I've mellowed out from judging people with anal retention."
First read as, "I've mellowed out from judging people [pause] with anal retention."
Then as, "I've mellowed out from judging people with [pause] anal retention."
And either which way, I'm amused by this....
Returning the shopping cart can be thought of as a selfish act, which can be told to the selfish people, because nobody likes their car getting dented by a @#$_ing shopping cart, or being in the way, or making things look dumb and ugly around you, making you a person in a dumb ugly surrounding.
So the best reasons to return the cart are to prevent your car getting nicked, not having them the way, and not making you ugly and and dumb.
@ILikeWarmHugs where cuddling is a pleasure.
Depends , are we at Costco ?
Great... you are worrying about someone not putting a shopping cart away. That's NO big deal and absolutely NO indication on the type of person someone is. This article however IS an indication of how much of a whiner somone might actually be, and just how petty they are.
You see not putting the cart away does not mean anything. It does not adversely affect most people either if it is not put away. It only bothers the whiners.
If you are REALLLLYY so concerned about "parking lot etiquette" then why don't you park straight between the lines???
Now that does adversely affect AN ENTIRE ROW OF.... PEOPLE.
If one person pulls in sideways instead of straight the guy next to him has to do the same thing and so on and so on.
Not only that if the jerk who started this whole mess leaves then the other cars are still parked sideways.... and it wasn't their fault.
So if you reallllyyywant to complain about parking lot etiquette then pick something that affects others.... not just you!
Learn how to park and think of others. Sheesh! š
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@OutdoorsGuy503, your answer perfectly illustrates why the shopping cart theory makes some sense. The fact that you think not putting your shopping cart away affects no one pretty clearly illustrates your selfishness. You care about parking in in the lines because that affects you. You don't care about shopping carts being put away because it doesn't affect you - in fact you can't even imagine that it affects anyone.
(un) true story : Queen Cleopatra wanted a morning bath in asses's milk, so each household of the town was instructed to visit that night and pour a pint of milk into her bath. The citizens duly arrived with their clay pots, and as they left, were ticked off a list.
In the morning, the bath was suitably full, of water.
If only some of us choose to not meet our moral obligations, the world will be largely unaffected ; but they are free-loading on the rest of us, who do. Knowing that many people get away with it, discourages the rest of us. Shopping carts are maybe not a strong example, because shops employ people to return them ; just as they employ people to move the baskets from the checkouts to the entrances, and employ people to pull the merchandise forward on the shelf when the front items are taken. My strong action in shops is to point out spillages on the floor, so they can be cleared up before someone falls, is injured, and sues for damages.
Self-discipline is doing the right thing, even when the only person who would know you didn't, is yourself. Some people might be observed not doing such things as washing their hands after using the lavatory etc. What chance is there that they will do as they should, when they know no-one is watching ? They might need belief in an omniscient God.
@quixotic_life It's my greatest pleasure to provide amusement, by any means available.
I ought to have placed a comma directly after "people", and before "with". But I don't think the other way is wrong, either.
It's always helpful to be thoughtful. Returning a shopping cart or parking straight.
Someone might benefit. For the anal retentive or detail oriented it might just feel good. For others who don't care it may just be an unnoticed or unnoticeable convenience.
However one chooses to look at it it's thoughtful enough to be an act of kindness. One that is always or can always be appreciated.
