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[–] 97 points 1 month ago (16 children)

I want to live in a world where people return the shopping carts, therefore I do it myself. If you don't, you're an antisocial prick.

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  • [–] 35 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Sometimes I even fix the shit show of random carts in random return lanes so everything fits all neat.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago

    Same. And I'm being serious here while it could sound sarcastic:

    I feel good knowing I saved the cart return guy 15 seconds. His day will not be improved because he still needs to move all the carts; and when that task ends there will be another. I understand this, but I still feel like I made the place better than I found it. Where I am, it's hot-AF outside right now, so I hope that I'm making the next indoor task sooner and my time is appreciated -- but my time is literally like <1 minute, so I know it's not a lot of anti-entropy.

    My math is that, with billions of people on the planet, if even part of us tried to save someone 15 seconds every few days, we could build so much faith in humanity.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I give the people in the handicapped spots a pass. They might not physically be able to go to the cart return and back.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    OK, so the correct thing to do in this situation is tuck the cart behind or hook the wheels over a parking barrier/curb, or if there's no other option tip the cart onto its back/handle side. Don't just leave the cart loose rolling around. I've seen a gust of wind blow a loose cart into a parked car and smash the brake light cover out.

    But also, if you're physically disabled to this level how are you using the shopping cart in the first place?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago* (3 children)

    I live in a world where a small cartel controls every major grocery store in the entire country and is frequently accused or charged with price fixing. They openly lobby my government for obscured pricing and mechanized gouging. They can return their own fucking shopping carts, I'm stealing shit.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    All you're doing is making some underpaid employee's day harder, and causing problems for the other people who have no choice but to shop at the cartel grocer. Guarantee you the company doesn't care and is not even slightly inconvenienced by your laziness, no matter how you try to rationalize it.

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  • [+] -20 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    What does returning a cart have to do with being social?

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