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Shopping Cart Theory - Agree or Disagree?

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  • 89th8 Offline
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    89th
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    #5

    Back to the video... funny timing as some lady went "viral" (sort of) recently because she uploaded a video about why she doesn't return shopping carts. I think it's related to her thinking she'll get mugged or something.

    That being said, if you want to kill an hour, go look up "cart narcs" on youtube. Very entertaining enforcement by this guy regarding lazy bones who don't return their carts.

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    • George KG Offline
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      George K
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      Which grocery chain uses a mechanism whereby you put a "deposit" in a coin slot to pull a cart. If you want your $$ back, you have to return the cart.

      Is it Aldi?

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        Most supermarkets here require a five shekel coin deposit (a little over a dollar) to free the cart and return it. No carts lying around the parking lot. Problem solved.

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          Yeah it's Aldi. It's funny how it works... you spend $50 there but you're worried about a 25 cent coin? LOL

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          • MikM Offline
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            Mik
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            Bigg's used to do that too. It works at Aldi because they are generally smaller stores with smaller parking lots.

            We are very good about returning carts IF the store has cart corrals. If not, it can be pot luck depending on how far away we park. The store has to do their part.

            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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            • 89th8 89th

              Yeah it's Aldi. It's funny how it works... you spend $50 there but you're worried about a 25 cent coin? LOL

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              #10

              @89th said in Shopping Cart Theory - Agree or Disagree?:

              Yeah it's Aldi. It's funny how it works... you spend $50 there but you're worried about a 25 cent coin? LOL

              That's psychology behavioral economics.

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                blondie
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                Ive always returned my cart, and would use the corrals if available. But ever since @jodi worked at Costco, I return my cart directly to the store. I think of her every time I see an employee pushing a line of carts.

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                • B blondie

                  Ive always returned my cart, and would use the corrals if available. But ever since @jodi worked at Costco, I return my cart directly to the store. I think of her every time I see an employee pushing a line of carts.

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                  jodi
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                  #12

                  @blondie just saw this. I think doing carts might have been the second time I almost cried at Costco! (The first was my first day in the bakery, lol). My daughter also worked at Costco for a year or two. She liked cart duty, she much preferred it to dealing with difficult customers boxing in checkout!

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                    blondie
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                    My happiest jobs were my soloist jobs! I’d prefer pushing carts to deboning chicken or cleaning bathrooms in a nursing home. Those 2 ranked high on my yuckiest jobs done to date list.

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                    • bachophileB bachophile

                      Most supermarkets here require a five shekel coin deposit (a little over a dollar) to free the cart and return it. No carts lying around the parking lot. Problem solved.

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                      @bachophile said in Shopping Cart Theory - Agree or Disagree?:

                      Most supermarkets here require a five shekel coin deposit (a little over a dollar) to free the cart and return it. No carts lying around the parking lot. Problem solved.

                      That’s how it works here as well.

                      Elbows up!

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                        #15

                        It’s common in Germany which is probably why Aldi does it here.

                        "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                        -Cormac McCarthy

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                          Works really well. First place I saw it was Bigg's, a French company. They had cart corrals with the gear to get your quarter back. I resented it at first but came to appreciate it.

                          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                            Video checks out. Maybe a pass for the very frail and elderly.

                            "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                            -Cormac McCarthy

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                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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