• kibiz0r@midwest.social
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    8 days ago

    Wait what? There is actually a thing where people don’t return shopping carts? I thought it was a metaphor or a joke. I’ve lived in the US my whole life and I’ve probably seen less than a dozen unreturned carts. Am I in a strange bubble?

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      8 days ago

      I think it’s pretty location dependent, but I agree, it’s not a very big issue where I am at least. Where I am you still see them, but it’s not a massive issue. It’ll only be a few, if any.

    • Kabaka@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      8 days ago

      Apparently, or you shop at stores where the workers are good about retrieving them. I probably see at least half a dozen stray carts every time I go to a store that has carts (fewer for smaller stores, more for larger), and I’ve definitely had a few roll into my car. I’ve lived in several different states and it seems identical everywhere. My partner works at a small grocery store and confirms that it’s a constant, all-day battle to gather the carts left all over the parking lot and surrounding area.

      • Sanguine@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        8 days ago

        If you consider how many people visit the store in a given day a dozen out of place carts is nothing. So yes, using this as a metic, a few people are incapable of self governance; the rest would be fine.