Do you return the cart to the corral?

[MosMom]

On a mailing list I'm on, we had a question of the week surrounding the girl who was taken while her mom returned the cart. The question was "How do you return the cart when you have your kids?". I personally take the kids with me to return the cart after everything is loaded then we walk to the car together. I was a little surprised to see some say they just leave the cart. Then I called my best friend who usually agrees with me on everything (and who reads these boards *snicker*) and SHE TOO leaves the cart *sometimes*.

This is probably my biggest pet peeve as I have come back to my van to find carts rolled into it and just yesterday at Wal-Mart couldn't park in 2 spots because a cart was blocking both. I ended parking a little ways down and using that cart to get it out of the way. Is it really that hard to return the cart?

So, to get a better idea if I'm truly in the minority...you anti cart returners can anonymously cast your vote. Do YOU make me want to hurt you and leave the cart out?

 

[glo]

yup...I do

 

[CamColt]

When I have my kids in the car(which I usually do), no, I wont leave them alone in a parking lot to go put the carriage away. But other than that, yes I would.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

If I had to walk 2 aisles over I don't return it which is rare by the way, most of the time I do. But after these child incidents sheesh...I fool myself thinking my 11yo dd is ok in the car when I return the cart to the corral. Now, I don't know.

 

[Kitty 34]

Yes

 

[newmousecateer]

Yep, I return the cart. If DGD is with me, she comes with to return it.

 

[AF Brenda]

I'm a cart returner, kids or no kids.

 

[Eeyore1954]

I return carts, but I'm no angel! Just a DINK (double income, no kids). If I had kids, I would think twice about it ... a friend of mine said she'd load the car, keep her kid in the cart, return the cart to the corral, pick up her kid and walk back to the car.

In this day and age, I think it's dangerous to leave any child alone for any length of time. Too many crazies loose...

 

[browneyes]

It's according to my mood, and according to where I'm shopping. Most of the time I put it back in the corral. I always do at the grocery store. If I'm at Walmart, most of the time I do, but sometimes I get lazy and put them where everyone else has them (they need more than 2-3 corrals in a parking lot that big, imo).

 

[MosMom]

Oh I'm totally for taking the kids with you to return the cart. I never leave the kids in the car...ever.

 

[gepetto]

I always return it. Some people will expend a lot of energy at Walmart heaving the cart up onto the median rather than just walking 20 feet to the corral.

 

[Harley Chick]

Always. When DH was out of work, he took a temporary job hauling carts at Costco. What a horrible job for an "old" man. He was in agony every night when he got home. Now, when we go to any store, he always brings a few carts in from the parking lot so the guys and girls don't have to lug them all.

 

[CamColt]

I should add after hearing about a child in a carriage being hit in a parking lot, and hearing you should ALWAYS strap your kids in the car first, before the groceries, I do that. And I usually take my carriage from the parking lot so I do in fact return it to where I got it.

 

[becka]

I almost always return the cart. When I have DS I usually leave him in the cart while I unload then roll us over to the corral and carry him back to the car.

A few weeks ago it was raining and I had DS with me and the corral was quite a distance away so I put DS in the car, unloaded the cart and then I left the cart there. I felt really guilty about it but I felt like I didn't have a choice because I was not going to leave DS out in the rain or leave him alone in the car even for a minute.

 

[meeshi]

Yep I return the cart, but I usually shop without the kids. I do, however usually park right next to the cart corral anyway because I'd rather walk farther to the store and back to my car than when I'm returning the cart for some odd reason.

 

[mamajoan]

PLEASE PASS ON THE FOLLOWING REQUEST:

If you can not return your cart to the corral... PLEASE do not put it in the handicap parking hash marks, parking place or by the sign.


I encounter this everytime I go shopping. Handicap spaces are few and hard to come by.. to make the space smaller makes it even more difficult to manuever around the space with a w/c, scooter, walker, cane or oxygen tank. Thank you so much.
Joan

 

[Grog]

I return it about 90% of the time. Usually if I don't, it's because shopping took longer than I thought, the corral is a long distance from where I parked, and I am in a hurry to get home before everything melts

On the rare occassion when I don't return it I do make sure it's in an area that won't inconvenience others, or run into thier vehicles.

 

[catsrule]

yes

 

[cinlee3]

I usually return the cart but I take DD with me. I never leave her in the car by herself. I will try to park close to the cart return area. Occassionally I do not return the cart, i.e. when there is only one quite a distance away, but I will always push it out of the way where it won't damage another vehicle (not in the handicapped parking)

 

[nativetxn]

I only have one child and he is 27 years old. I return my cart.