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True or not true?  :hmm:

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Ugh.  4chan.

That theory was answered in Europe decades ago. People are not good enough by themselves to return shopping carts, so they put a small price on it.
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Quote from: Zanza on May 18, 2020, 12:19:41 AM
That theory was answered in Europe decades ago. People are not good enough by themselves to return shopping carts, so they put a small price on it.

Fun fact, in Austria they're currently all unlocked to improve Coronavirus hygiene (though all shopping cart handles must be disinfected by staff or customers between uses).

I will always return the cart if there is a coin deposit.  I won't if there isn't.

Incidentally, there is no expectation to return the shopping cart in Hong Kong.  Someone from the supermarket will do it.  That's the civilised thing to do. 

Quote from: Monoriu on May 18, 2020, 12:51:33 AM
I will always return the cart if there is a coin deposit.  I won't if there isn't.

I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you.

Ikea doesn't use coin-locked shopping carts and it works for them. Never seen one out of place.

Quote from: Syt on May 18, 2020, 12:40:23 AM

Quote from: Zanza on May 18, 2020, 12:19:41 AM
That theory was answered in Europe decades ago. People are not good enough by themselves to return shopping carts, so they put a small price on it.

Fun fact, in Austria they're currently all unlocked to improve Coronavirus hygiene (though all shopping cart handles must be disinfected by staff or customers between uses).

Fun fact, where I live now, someone takes the whole line of locked carts and then they keep them outside the apt building.

... why?  :huh:

I corral my cart habitually, but not always.

I would put them back if I went to a big enough supermarket. I return the basket :)

Quote from: Syt on May 18, 2020, 02:40:53 AM
... why?  :huh:

Yeah, I've no idea. I have seen people then take a couple off to use to move things from their cars to their flats. :D

I used to work at a supermarket collecting trolleys and putting them back in the right place.

There's no obligation to return them to the main trolley rack.

Failure to return them to one of the trolley depots though and you're a dick.
It's not a simple act of laziness that harms nobody. Many a time some old lady has been knocked down or car dunched by a rampant trolley.

With a bit of luck the next pandemic will kill those that won't return their cart or hog the left lane.

Dunched- that's a new one on me.

Quote from: Sheilbh on May 18, 2020, 03:22:28 AM
I would put them back if I went to a big enough supermarket. I return the basket :)

Same.

I'd note the one time I don't return it is when the grocery store can't be bothered to take carts out of the collection points in the parking lot.

The worst are people who leave it filling up a parking space.

Return the cart to the corral, this is what is right and honourable.

Always.

I think a better litmus test on this subject would be peoples individual response to the coronavirus.

Always return.  Sometimes I let it roll by itself to see if it will hit a car, but I return it the cart place afterwords.

Quote from: mongers on May 18, 2020, 10:25:01 AM
I think a better litmus test on this subject would be peoples individual response to the coronavirus.

If I had the coronavirus, I would return it to the corral with the other shopping carts.

Virtually everyone puts them back here. :hmm:

Quote from: Admiral Yi on May 18, 2020, 10:00:44 AM
The worst are people who leave it filling up a parking space.

:lol: :ph34r:

Topically, I saw this campaign poster by Magistrate Department 48 (aka MA48, "The 48ers", they're in charge of all things waste management related):

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"Help, I'm being kidnapped!"

Apparently there's a €50 fine if you're caught. Still not aware that this would be a major problem, even when I was living in the 10th or 20th district.

It's usually one of the key signs of a rough estate that there's abandoned trolleys about the place. Apparently they are very common in waterways too.

Quote from: Tyr on May 19, 2020, 01:33:37 PM
It's usually one of the key signs of a rough estate that there's abandoned trolleys about the place. Apparently they are very common in waterways too.

What if it is like 7 of them all stacked up neatly? Asking for a friend.

Quote from: garbon on May 18, 2020, 09:58:01 AM
I'd note the one time I don't return it is when the grocery store can't be bothered to take carts out of the collection points in the parking lot.

I always return it UNLESS there isn't a cart return corrale within 60 feet or 10 parking spaces. At that point, the store has only itself to blame. :mad: