The Shopping Cart Theory Revisited

[PromoTheRobot]

23 hours ago, T&C said:

I don't know what this means tbh...

 

The supermarket I shop at most, because it's closest, puts their cart corrals really really far away. So far, that it's a shorter walk to take the cart back into the store.

[T&C]

17 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

 

The supermarket I shop at most, because it's closest, puts their cart corrals really really far away. So far, that it's a shorter walk to take the cart back into the store.

One thing I've noticed is that people from CT. call carts carriages....

[DrW]

9 minutes ago, T&C said:

One thing I've noticed is that people from CT. call carts carriages....

 

Here is Texas they are called "baskets".

[Just Jack]

On 4/24/2023 at 2:51 PM, Doc said:

I don't return them.  Because if everyone did it, someone would lose his/her job.

 

As a former cart pusher, thank you.  I never minded going all over the lot collecting carts, because it meant less time in the store dealing with customers. 

 

 

On 4/24/2023 at 7:23 PM, T&C said:

One thing I've noticed is that people from CT. call carts carriages....

 

On 4/24/2023 at 7:32 PM, DrW said:

 

Here is Texas they are called "baskets".

 

I've heard trollies and buggies also. 

Edited May 5, 2023 by Just Jack

[UConn James]

On 4/24/2023 at 7:23 PM, T&C said:

One thing I've noticed is that people from CT. call carts carriages....

Maybe downstate toward NYC?

[Jon in Pasadena]

7 hours ago, Just Jack said:

 

As a former cart pusher, thank you.  I never minded going all over the lot collecting carts, because it meant less time in the store dealing with customers. 

 

 

 

 

I've heard trollies and buggies also. 

I worked one summer at the Tops market on Bailey and you are 100% correct. 

 

Shagging carts was the best part of that job by far.  As opposed to "clean-up call on Aisle 6" which always turned out to be toddler puke, or worse...

[ExiledInIllinois]

3 hours ago, Jon in Pasadena said:

I worked one summer at the Tops market on Bailey and you are 100% correct. 

 

Shagging carts was the best part of that job by far.  As opposed to "clean-up call on Aisle 6" which always turned out to be toddler puke, or worse...

 

[Pete]

On 4/24/2023 at 7:23 PM, T&C said:

One thing I've noticed is that people from CT. call carts carriages....

True- I used to live in CT

[That's No Moon]

On 4/23/2023 at 9:16 PM, f0neguy said:

I honestly can’t figure out why every store doesn’t do the quarter thing like Aldi.  On the rare occasion that I use a cart, I put it back in the corral.

Because it's a pain in the ass if you don't carry change around.

On 5/6/2023 at 11:38 AM, Pete said:

True- I used to live in CT

They are buggies in Pittsburgh 

[Augie]

On 4/23/2023 at 9:16 PM, f0neguy said:

I honestly can’t figure out why every store doesn’t do the quarter thing like Aldi.  On the rare occasion that I use a cart, I put it back in the corral.

 

I would never go to a store that includes that little hassle over a quarter. I just paid too much for my groceries at Publix. They can afford to pay someone to come out and return the carts.

 

I rarely use the corrals since I’m in the store at least 5 times a week and can easily carry my purchases to the car without taking the cart with me. I’m more likely to take a cart TO the store than away, but the bit of holding me hostage for a quarter is not a game I want to play. 

On 5/5/2023 at 11:26 AM, Just Jack said:

 

As a former cart pusher, thank you.  I never minded going all over the lot collecting carts, because it meant less time in the store dealing with customers. 

 

 

On a nice day that would be a treat. I would love the time out walking around doing my thing without being bothered. 

 

If it’s 40 degrees and raining, I’d rather stock shelves or clean the bathroom. 

[SoTier]

The real test of your morality is if you pick up after your dog at 7 am on a cold rainy day in a large public park where it's just you and your pup and some squirrels.

[ExiledInIllinois]

2 hours ago, That's No Moon said:

Because it's a pain in the ass if you don't carry change around.

They are buggies in Pittsburgh 

I have heard them called buggies here (midwest) too... 

[Just Jack]

13 hours ago, That's No Moon said:

Because it's a pain in the ass if you don't carry change around.

Ask anyone that goes to Aldi regularly if they have an Aldi quarter in their vehicle and I’ll bet more than 90% will say yes. 

Edited May 8, 2023 by Just Jack

[That's No Moon]

39 minutes ago, Just Jack said:

Ask anyone that goes to Aldi regularly if they have an Aldi quarter in their vehicle and I’ll bet more than 90% will say yes. 

Count me in the ten percent that never uses cash for anything so I never have change.

 

I used to shop at a store that had the quarter thing, I forget which one. Maybe a Giant Eagle back in the day. I hated it then and I won't do it now. I'll shop somewhere else.