Why do people leave shopping carts in the parking lot?

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I am astonished to see all the special snowflakes with children that have parking spots open up for them EVERY TIME they go to the store that have the cart stalls next to them, so they do not have to chose between their child(ren) or putting up a cart. First God parts the Red Sea and now He opens up parking spots near cart stalls...wonders never cease!:lmao:

It feels goooooooood! :goodvibes and I don't have kids!
 
What?!?!? You're angry that you chose to go out and buy something and then you have to get it back to your car? :lmao: What is the world coming to?

You know, you can buy things on the internet and have them delivered right to your door. That's almost as good as snapping your fingers and having something appear before you. You might want to try that from now on.

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What boggles my mind is people who claim that they return the carts every time whether it was with four kids or whatever. That anyone would endanger their four children over returning a cart and dodging traffic and having them out in all kinds of weather because a material possession getting a scratch in it is more important than a living being...THAT is mind boggling.

What is even more mind boggling to me is that this thread is as long as it is over cart parking, but yet there is all the suffering there is in in this world and I do not see half the outrage at those atrocities. The things people will find in order to make themselves feel superior.:sad2:


While I understand what you are saying, I don't understand at the same time because you are the one who brought your children out in the weather conditions in the first place. I would imagine that there are times when you would have too, but if the weather conditions are so extreme or you are planning to go to the store that has such dangerous traffic conditions I don't know that I wouldn't make other arrangements and not take the kids out.

Kind of a silly thread but definitely eye opening to see all the different opinions! I pretty much understand what everyone is saying on both sides of the issue. Guess its one of those 'agree to disagree' situations!


Kelly
 
things like rogue cart damage
For the record - a rogue is anything behaves in that manner due to decisions that entity makes on its own, or does not make. An object with no brain, i.e. a cart left inconsiderately, cannot, by definition, be rogue.

But, again, how do shoppers wrangle multiple children from the car TO the store, and from the store TO the car? Surely you can't fit four children, plus purchases, in a shopping cart? So the children must be walking in/through/across the parking lot at some/much of the time anyway? So then, I'm still confused how they can get between the car and the store safely, twice, but not to the cart corral and back :confused2:?
 

No excuse will be a good one on here, so I'll just be honest. Sometimes I am too lazy. I return them 95% of the time, but during a downpour or something I don't. I do, however, "beach" them on something so they don't roll away.
I am still a good person.:rotfl2:
 
What boggles my mind is people who claim that they return the carts every time whether it was with four kids or whatever. That anyone would endanger their four children over returning a cart and dodging traffic and having them out in all kinds of weather because a material possession getting a scratch in it is more important than a living being...THAT is mind boggling.

If you consider the parking lot so incredibly dangerous, how can you endanger your children by bringing them there in the first place?
 
Endanger children while returning a cart? That's just too friggin funny. How did any of them survive? Oh me oh my. Did I mention I was disabled too. :sad2:

Now I see why so many children are the way they are these days and why those darn blades are so loud.

Anyways, I'm out. You guys just crack me up. It's been fun and very enlightening.


I shop at a Super Walmart that is literally PACKED at all times and there are several idiots that speed through the lanes and that do not look. I mainly do my shopping when I do not have my 5yo with me and when I do, I try to park near the cart return but still on very rare occassions I have put the cart to the side or if possible asked someone to take it to the store that was passing by, and that does not make me either a helicopter parent or a lazy inconsiderate person. And gee, my child is disabled and I do not take her to Disney in the heat nor do I have her walk miles and miles.

But hey, what ever floats your boat...to feel sanctimonous over cart parking is ludicrous and possibly speaks of self esteem issues, not to mention that anyone who says that they have ALWAYS returned a cart...nope, not believing it.
 
If you consider the parking lot so incredibly dangerous, how can you endanger your children by bringing them there in the first place?


I did NOT say it was incredibly dangerous. I said that endangering children over anally returning a cart because that makes you a special snowflake is stupid.

Should people do there best to return a cart to the corral? Yes, but stuff happens and it does not make someone lazy or immoral not to.
 
No excuse will be a good one on here, so I'll just be honest. Sometimes I am too lazy. I return them 95% of the time, but during a downpour or something I don't. I do, however, "beach" them on something so they don't roll away.
I am still a good person.:rotfl2:

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We are all lazy at times. We cut corners when we feel we can, especially when we are tired, cold, hot, miserable, etc. I hated going shopping with my DDs when they were very small - it was a tiring experience. I'm sure there were a couple of times I abandoned a cart, especially if I had a screaming toddler or a poopy diaper to change. Parenting is hard work, and if, on occasion, a mom with a bunch of kids abandons her cart rather than returns it, I certainly wouldn't judge her harshly (or, really, anyone else in extreme weather or extenuating circumstances). Judging someone as "good" or "bad" based on shopping cart behaviour is really just ludicrous.
 
What's interesting to me is this board is the ONLY PLACE I've ever heard anyone complain about people who don't return shopping carts.

Maybe it's because I'm from Florida, where nobody returns their cart anyawy, because the SEND OUT EMPLOYEES out TO COLLECT THEM! And very few stores have corrals in the first place.

I've also driven for over 30 years now, and have never had a cart crash into my car enough to do any damage.

It's just a non issue to me.
 
I did NOT say it was incredibly dangerous. I said that endangering children over anally returning a cart because that makes you a special snowflake is stupid.

Should people do there best to return a cart to the corral? Yes, but stuff happens and it does not make someone lazy or immoral not to.

The only snowflakes I see are the kids too delicate to walk the cart back with their mother. To leave a cart in the parking lot is lazy. If you are capable of getting the cart, you are capable of putting it back. There is no excuse.
 
For the record - a rogue is anything behaves in that manner due to decisions that entity makes on its own, or does not make. An object with no brain, i.e. a cart left inconsiderately, cannot, by definition, be rogue.

But, again, how do shoppers wrangle multiple children from the car TO the store, and from the store TO the car? Surely you can't fit four children, plus purchases, in a shopping cart? So the children must be walking in/through/across the parking lot at some/much of the time anyway? So then, I'm still confused how they can get between the car and the store safely, twice, but not to the cart corral and back :confused2:?

You do it, but it can be scary. My twins are 6, but when they were toddlers, and I had all of my kids with me, I would try to park by a abandoned cart, put the 3 little ones in, make my older kids hold on to the side of the cart, transfer my twins into a cart that seats 2 in the store (rarely would I find them outside), and on the way back to my van, I'd have the 3 little ones in the cart, the older 2 holding the sides. Then, I'd either take the cart to the corral if it was close, or else I'd make sure the cart was secure by my parking spot.
 
The only snowflakes I see are the kids too delicate to walk the cart back with their mother. To leave a cart in the parking lot is lazy. If you are capable of getting the cart, you are capable of putting it back. There is no excuse.

How many kids do you have Daisy?

Here's my excuse for not returning my cart: I don't feel like it.

People really, none of us has to explain ourselves to a bunch of strangers. There is not 1 person on this thread that at one time or another has not returned a cart for whatever reason. 1x not returning invalidates all the superiority because as some have pointed out-there's no excuse.
 
What I don't get is if you're endangering them putting the cart back, aren't you endangering them going into the store in the first place or does it only endanger them at the end of the shopping trip? Aren't those same cars flying around not looking out for kids there when you walk into the store?
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Heather
 
The only snowflakes I see are the kids too delicate to walk the cart back with their mother. To leave a cart in the parking lot is lazy. If you are capable of getting the cart, you are capable of putting it back. There is no excuse.

I had 1 in an infant car seat and one that didn't learn to walk until he was 18 months old...so he had been walking a month when DD was born.

I didn't return the cart the summer I had DD...for that reason. NOW they walk.
 
I did NOT say it was incredibly dangerous. I said that endangering children over anally returning a cart because that makes you a special snowflake is stupid.

So what about people like me that have stores where you have to insert a quarter for a cart and you cannot get it back until you return you cart to the corral or front of the store?

I have managed successfuly for 20 years to return my cart each and every time. I have managed to do it when I was alone, when I had 1 (who is a child with special needs), 2 and all 3 children with me. I have returned it in the rain, heat and snow.

My children have not melted in the rain, passed out in the heat, been run over, kidnapped or traumatized because I return my cart :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
 
So what about people like me that have stores where you have to insert a quarter for a cart and you cannot get it back until you return you cart to the corral or front of the store?

I have managed successfuly for 20 years to return my cart each and every time. I have managed to do it when I was alone, when I had 1 (who is a child with special needs), 2 and all 3 children with me. I have returned it in the rain, heat and snow.

My children have not melted in the rain, passed out in the heat, been run over, kidnapped or traumatized because I return my cart :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

Heck, if I paid a quarter, I wouldn't even feel the least bit guilty for leaving my cart! And if it wasn't close by, there's no way I'l bringing the cart back for just a quarter! :lmao:
 





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