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.

even though you gain nothing

This is Aldi, I get my quarter back.

We have these coin lock trollies here.

I made a tool that bypasses the coin lock so I know that every time I return my trolley I am motivated purely by social concern and not self interest.

I am 100% serious, I wish I knew what was wrong with me.

Return your cart and another that's nearby. Sacrifice a little extra time to...

Slow the Decay.

I gain the satisfaction of being a conscientious member of society.

Always, because when I wear my heelys I can lift up the back of the cart and basically Tokyo drift through the parking lot and the looks I get fuel me.

Yes, I return mine because I hate the chaos. I even got in a heated verbal altercation over someone putting theirs on the curb recently.

Gain nothing? How about self respect...

As former minimum wage grocery worker, cart duty is legit the best job on site. You get to be outdoor, doing something actually useful, can put on headphones and don't have to interact with any annoying customers. If we shame everyone into returning their carts, then noone will be on cart duty. Then they're just gonna cut the job, or reassign people into more annoying nonsensical jobs like pretending to stock the shelves to deter thieves or just standing at self-checkout doing nothing and being bored out of your mind (you are not allowed to wear headphones or play on your phones when standing at self-checkout).

push the shopping cart into the largest truck in the parking lot as hard as you can

even though you gain nothing?

I call begging the question!

It assumes a purely capitalist worldview where the only way you can personally gain from an action is via monetary reward. I know I'm preaching to the choir here on Lemmy, but being in the US I think it's still worth pointing out because it's a full-on cultural disease.

Now, if you don't mind, I need to go spend most of my evening doing things that will seemingly gain me nothing. Omg what if I spend some money on materials I need for a hobby? NeGaTiVe gAiNz?!??

Always. Lazy sociopaths don't. The same people that don't use indicators, leave pee on the seat, and jump queues.

Back in the late '80s and early '90s my brother and I would run all over the parking lots while our mom was in the store, and return all the carts. We would see how big of a stack we could manage to get moving while we were at it. IIRC our record was 43 carts. We really wanted to hit 50, but I think that was just too much mass for us to handle.

I don't clear the lot anymore, but I do park out by the edge of a lot, if I brought my car, and pick up any carts on the way into the store.

Depends whether there’s any Teslas nearby that need blocking in

Nothing in return? NEIN! I'm doing it for the grand prize! The German Shopping Cart Return Championships

If there's a cart corral on the same aisle within visual distance, then yes. Otherwise I just find another loose cart and push mine there.

This is my go to “joke” test for self governance. That and zipper merges, but I hate cars enough to not really care about that one.

As long as theres a reasonably distanced corral, yes.

gain nothing

Oh really?

I will accept this burden.

Why return it? Just bring it home