Social Science Do you return your shopping cart?

[Moonwatcher]

Don't have to pay for them here but returning them is the only decent thing to do.

 

[Xtreme]

If I have a medium sized shop I do use the smaller hand held baskets which get put back when I'm finally at a register (a manned register, I will not use self serve - unless I want to get rid of a lot of change ). I have a jumbo size reusable bag that I carry everything around in.

 

[Pistol Night]

Don't have to pay for them here but returning them is the only decent thing to do.

Unless you need a new wheel barrow

 

[Kram]

I like to place them in ponds to help provide shelter for fish and other wildlife, directly behind other people's cars so they can easily use them to help load their boots, and in vacant car park spaces so shoppers can conveniently have a trolley ready when they park.

I reckon I got one with my friend sitting in it up to about 30km/ph down Morley Dr one night.

 

[Pistol Night]

I reckon I got one with my friend sitting in it up to about 30km/ph down Morley Dr one night.

* yeah. The Fast and the Furious - Woolworths drift

 

[MarcMaverick]

They make good bbq grills

That's true. Coscto's are big enough for a portable grill.

To answer, every time.

 

[the_interloper]

I answered yes but it's only if the cart bay is not a ridiculous distance away, I don't think anyone does it ALL the time.

 

[BotsMaster]

If you saw someone not return their trolley, would you speak up?

 

[Cruyff14]

9 times out of 10.

 

[BuddysBiggestFan]

I use it on site to carry my tools.

 

[Syd]

I very rarely use a cart but always return them to the cart corral except at Costco

I invariably return 2-3 other schmucks trolleys after parking to make sure none are near my car while I’m shopping

 

[Perth gal]

I do most of the time. If I’m tired or the bay is too far away I don’t.

 

[Big Sauce 21]

Saw a fantastic thing today, was pigging out in the car eating lunch and watched a trolley dumper leave it in the carpark next to their car. Bloke from the car over was entering the shopping centre and walked the trolley in front of their car and went inside.

 

[La Dispute]

Either return it to the bay, or slide it into the river if I've got an hour to kill.

 

[Alberto_Magnifico]

Either return it to the bay, or slide it into the river if I've got an hour to kill.

I find it sinks faster If you load it up first with e-scooters

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

I can't believe people apparently do this regularly. Even 25m away, with a screaming infant, a toddler who's just s**t themselves (or vice versa, not picky)... I'm still putting it away.

It never occurred to me that some people seem to think "I'd rather just leave it out in no man's land to slowly roll away and f**k up someone's car. That's clearly the best plan of attack here."

 

[Kram]

I've been at a sparsely populated u/c car park when a discarded one out in the open randomly took off flying with the wind, did like a 30m full sprint to just save it from cannoning into a car.

 

[Reynolds Number]

Yes because otherwise presents a safety hazard.

 

[Evolved1]

Controversial view. They're just as safe and stable in garden beds that are full of chip bark. It's the next best option.