Let's talk about the deeper side to shopping cart theory....

[@jeffheywood152]

My personal gain is that I get to run and jump on and ride it through the parking lot one last time back to the corral . I’m 60🙂

[@LindaB651]

I do the same at 58!

[@deanaoxo]

Still doing it at 66~!~ Good on ya~!~

[@legacy1776sibes]

I'm in my 20s. I expect that i'll be doing this until my last shopping trip lol.

[@watersong505]

Jeff - 😂👏😂👏😂

[@mahnamahna3252]

Hell yeah!😆

[@jeremywhite4642]

"Most people are good." Thanks for reminding me Beau. Been pretty down lately watching our country fall apart, and I've been questioning this.

[@cagecunningham6316]

Me too, me too. Really depressing seeing comments, videos, views, and likes in the tens of thousands or more, when it just seems obviously wrong or unjust. Keep on fighting the good fight, and don’t let opposition get you down. Think of it as a learning moment or a teaching moment. Because too much passion leads to burnout and burnout leads to a fixed mindset🙏

[@cagecunningham6316]

@Casanova Frankenstein I feel like people in Western society attribute an individual's downfall too much on their character than their situation. Like the bystander effect is a human effect that doesn't determine whether someone is a good or bad person. Maybe a more autonomous person! I think lots of people are calling others out, though. In this polarized political climate, I've noticed people aren't willing to listen as much as argue and not learn from it. It turns into anti-partisanship and demonization of others' for their beliefs. Just a thought!

[@paulpierce2051]

Actually the reason most carts are put away is because an employee rounded those ones up and put them away. Studies now show 70% of shopping carts are not put away. Everything he said about the access is wrong, there are more left out there because the employees who have to round up the carts not put away make fewer trips to the end of the parking lot.

[@jeremywhite4642]

@@paulpierce2051 can you site the study so I can read this? Because if it's really 70% I would think I would see far more carts around parking lots, and employees gathering them. Instead I see them in the corrals, and employees gathering them from there. I'd be happy to read this study though.

[@hungedteddy7971]

Country ain't falling apart friend. Global trends have shifted and it will come to how our economy adapts to this new world. We're just slow because we include everyone's voice

[@Huntingslife1]

I judge most people by what they do with their grocery cart and how they treat their waitstaff. Said it for many years and hasn’t let me down.

[@alimackerali9259]

I agree with this. It's the little things that can really show you how a person views the world and what they expect from it.

[@boondocksdragon8959]

Definitely. You can also read a lot about someone by how they interact with animals and/or children. My dogs are keen character judges, as are my sons. Lol.

[@RoninXDarknight]

I feel like working a minimum wage or less service job for a while should be part of everyone's education. Would definitely give people a very different perspective.

[@Huntingslife1]

I have to admit I never considered the “access” piece. I will think twice about that one 🤔 good point!

[@tsubadaikhan6332]

@@RoninXDarknight Riding a motorcycle should be compulsory too. You either learn defensive driving, or you never graduate to a car....

[@roxannelucky]

The disabled parking spaces often have carts left by a previous disabled person - because sometimes getting to the corral is too physically challenging. If you see carts there, that is another form of care for the one coming after. Love to ALL

[@angelapastorius2377]

💞💞👍👍

[@greenmile9496]

I put my cart back with the grocery workers in mind. Retired after over 3 decades of climbing the ladder, but have never lost sight of my teenage self who started out sweeping floors. A good motto to live by: “Do the right thing, at the right time, for the right reason”.... Especially when no one is looking!

[@watersong505]

Green Mile - Amen! Remembering my roots of cleaning the bathrooms of my uncle's restaurant and vacuuming the rugs help me to stay appreciative of those who do it now in other businesses. 😉

[@IntrovertAncom]

I'm that way with hotel rooms in remembrance of my housekeeping/janitorial days. I always set the room up so it's easy for housekeeping to clean, hoping to give them a little break, and leave a decent tip too.

[@theresamcmullen4841]

Your a human I can stand with. I appreciate you.

[@tunajune2382]

A couple of years ago I watched the store's cart collector take off to catch a runaway cart before it could hit a car. His speed was astounding. I complimented him and asked if he was on his H.S. track team. Sure enough, he was. He viewed his part-time job as an opportunity for short sprints. You have to admire that kind of attitude.

[@blacksmith67]

Green Mile One of my mottos is “Always leave things a little better than I found them.” I am that guy who would bring 2 to 5 carts to the corral or the entrance if they were on the way to or from. I could be the only person in the lot, and I wouldn’t even mention presently except that it’s the topic at hand. I don’t care about congratulations or the feeling of self satisfaction or even the feeling of superiority. All I am motivated by is the idea of modelling the sort of behaviour that would exist in the world I want to live in.

[@marjoriejohnson6535]

I want to thank all those that leave their shopping carts in a safe way near the disabled parking spots..why, because I have a hard time getting to the cart corral that is farther than I can comfortably walk. That being said, i understand responsibility for society but some don't, especially those in political power.

[@cathillchance4488]

If the outside cart corral were closer to the handicapped spots, I would put my cart in the corral. But the very fact that I have a handicap placard and park in the handicap spot is because walking even from the car into the store is painful for me. But not giving the handicapped a closer cart corral means I leave my cart perched securely against the base of the outdoor light because, by the time I'm done trudging through the store and getting back to my car, I'm lucky to be walking at all.

[@alphafert608]

I work in grocery & just learned why a cart at a handicap spot can be beneficial a few months ago. Other than now when we are cleaning carts I would happily leave a few there. If anyone is judgemental about an older or handicapped person they are a complete ass. The people that are irritating are those that walk just outside the door 4ft from where the carts are & leave it blocking the door.

[@caytjones2726]

l used to do that all the time, plus the ones l could find in the parking lot. Then l broke my back. So now l just wear my black mask and cape as l gently put it next to the handicap parking. l am laughing just thinking about riding them during covid. Very nice analogy Beau.

[@sophierobinson2738]

Most cart fetchers don't mind that handicapped people leave their carts near the handicap spots.

[@mvillicana1]

Character is defined by what you do when nobody is watching.

[@jeffshankle4159]

And "courage" is what you do when EVERYBODY is watching.

[@BlanDam01]

Integrity, hooah

[@kelleymcmahan6457]

Yes it is. And integrity is defined by how you conduct yourself when you are being watched. Typically they go hand in hand.

[@Virjunior01]

Meh, I'd say it's based on how you treat others, or how you view actions that may affect others.

[@Virjunior01]

@none none I actually dumped a first date with guaranteed sex because she dropped a chicken wing on the floor of the place, and refused to pick it up "because it's dirty." She was a paralegal. I told her that I'd worked retail for ten years, and treating people as servants or beneath her was a shitty trait to have.

[@maryracine7915]

At Aldi, you put a quarter into the shopping cart, unlock it. When you bring it back, click in the lock, you get your quarter back. Fun thing many of us do is to leave our quarter in the shopping cart, giving the next person a pleasant surprise! Conspiring to be nice is fun!

[@oSamiSrzo]

It's such a backfired solution to a non-problem, lol... even when money's involved, the carts still get left out 😂😂😂

[@danielirvin4420]

But there is a reward... that satisfying "clunk" when you dock your cart into the other carts.

[@zinaj9437]

I shake my head in amazement when I see a cart NEXT TO the corral. "Oh, you were so close."

[@watersong505]

@@zinaj9437 - 😂😂😂

[@watersong505]

Daniel - Good point! I hadn't looked at it in that way! 👏👏👏😂

[@sloaneglover1026]

Ohh that's the business. Y'all "can't be bothered" people don't know what you're missing.

[@AndyMcGehee]

I try to do it from a bit of a distance, too. Line up the shot and give it a healthy shove. It’s the closest I come to getting any exercise at all some weeks.

[@keryharrelson7157]

My Mama taught me to, "put it back where you found it."

[@jumpkickman1993]

I work at a grocery store and I just wanted to thank you for standing up for the little guy. It helps knowing people like you are around.

[@tammystockley-loughlin7680]

Hello fellow grocery store worker 😁💪stay strong and be safe. Positive vibes from New Hampshire and remember to be kind to each other and yourself during this pandemic

[@seanfunnelwebman]

Me too. In fact, my job is to bring in and disinfect while some customers get mad at me that there's no little when it's just me and one other employee.

[@samanthasmile7746]

Sean Saliger thank you for what you do ! I hope you stay healthy!

[@samanthasmile7746]

Thank you for what you do! I hope you stay healthy!

[@bridgetsclama]

Usually I take mine back, but if I'm having an auto-immune flare up, I do my best with whatever I can do that day. Try to make it so that it doesn't hit cars. Some days that all I can do.

[@sandracraft517]

On my bad days, I bless those people who leave carts here and there in a crowded parking lot where I can easily get one and use it to lean on for the walk to the store.

[@bridgetsclama]

@@sandracraft517 ditto....and in your mind you're thinking that you know how they must be feeling that day, right?

[@bridgetsclama]

@Lost Hero I do what I can do. If someone judges me in the negative for it....says more about them than it does me.

[@sandracraft517]

@@bridgetsclama, I like to imagine that, yeah.

[@AmandaBarncord]

Same here. I also look for people nearby I can hand the cart off to. But sometimes I am so wiped out from the act of shopping itself that I just don’t have energy to do more. I usually have to sit in my car several minutes before I can even drive.

[@ilidiocarmona4827]

in my country you need a coin to get the cart.....put it back and the coin is returned to you! simple and logic....win/win

[@missyrivas8623]

Some stores here have that as well

[@LetsBeClear87]

We have a European owned store here called Aldi, they do that. I think tesco owns them? Not sure

[@jonnylumberjack6223]

@@LetsBeClear87 Tesco don't own Aldi. Scotland here. We only have pay carts (or trolley's, as we call them here!) in dodgy areas where they think the trolley's will disappear. Go to an upperclass area and you don't have to pay. Classist shopping trolleys!

[@BullScrapPracEff]

Doesn't work in the U.S. because it is legally considered unlimited ownership of said cart. People were 'buying' carts and loading up trailers to sell them off.

[@randomsandwichian]

It's now probably quite common in large establishments, smaller malls probably don't bother changing their rickety one just because.

[@sloaneglover1026]

Beau, I kinda love you. Thank you for your commitment, clarity, and labor.

[@bthomson]

Me too!

[@rwedereyet]

It's like, uh, wearing a mask. You do it for the benefit of the next person, pretty simple. Multiply such actions = better world

[@rwedereyet]

Vote. Elect some cart-returners.

[@timothyball3144]

@@rwedereyet Now I have two questions I would like to ask a presidential candidate: do you golf? do you return shopping carts?

[@rittherugger160]

Weather or not someone plays golf is meaningless. The question should be "do you cheat at golf?" Since, at it's core golf is a game that you play against yourself what's the point in cheating?

[@timothyball3144]

@@rittherugger160 the way I figure it, if they don't play golf, that's one less thing for the pundits to whine about.

[@anitrahooper5031]

As long as access to masks is made for everyone, and that all can be safe when they do. Black & brown people (especially men) need actual medical masks to not be seen as a threat.

[@silvajuani]

♿♿♿♿♿♿♿♿ We can't always make it to shopping cart stalls.... Be kind

[@beks6197]

In my community the #1 most "put back along with the cart im returning" cart is the one near the disabled spot. don't worry; most people get it

[@johnnaliggett3625]

I never understand why the cart corral is so very far from the handicap parking...they should be close for them to use or return with ease not 2 rows away

[@elitepctech]

We need to realize 3 things. 1st - Fear is the mind killer. 2 - Greed has replaced excellence. 3 - We all need to practice "arete" - habitual excellence to displace fear and greed

[@BullScrapPracEff]

"Fear is the little death."

[@DubhghlasMacDubhghlas]

Fear doesn't kill your mind.... without fear humans wouldn't have survived this long. And Psychology doesn't look down on fear... fear is normal response to various things... fear becomes an issue when you have that response to things that aren't scary... Or the fear is over blown over something that should be feared but not that much. Hell fear of failure can push greatness into people. Fear of letting down family members that are x military is what got me through the basic training I went through. Yeah it really killed my mind there.

[@elitepctech]

@@DubhghlasMacDubhghlas - Not learning to control your fear will paralyze your mind and reflexes. Notice the difference between a prey animal like a rabbit freezing and getting eaten and a human facing down a threat to his/her self and family

[@quester09]

arete: challenge accepted

[@sloaneglover1026]

@@elitepctech In my view, fear can't be controlled, but it can be listened to, comforted, befriended, accepted. To me, fear is most dangerous when we push it from our awareness in an effort to control, because outside of our awareness, we cannot lift its burden, and it acts out. Anyway, these are the right conversations. Thanks ✨ (ETA Also there is a difference between fear and terror - one is an emotion, the other a heightened neuro/nervous system state.)

[@heatherkowell8682]

The term the meme used was the "Ability to self govern"

[@hollyroom4503]

I always put away other people's shopping carts along with mine. I have a desire to make places better than how I found them.

[@heidimelcarek3677]

Same here 🙂

[@ninaboosexy]

Agreed, but my OCD and need for neatness drives me even more! I even line the stuff up on shelves in grocery store if it looks out of place🤣

[@eatfarts3024]

I do this too and never really thought about it before, fascinating.

[@hollyroom4503]

@@eatfarts3024 Do you pick up other people's trash too? I take my kids on a lot of hikes through the woods. We always bring a trash bag so we can clean it up.

[@eatfarts3024]

Holly Room yeah when I was younger my dad and I would go on hikes by this golf course and we would bring a plastic bag a pick up golf balls that landed across the river somehow haha and I pick up trash whenever I see it I guess now that I think about it, I do it subconsciously I think.

[@bmel7718]

S0 I guess this just falls into that category that I was taught as a child which is just have common courtesy for other things and people. so now I can easily more define who has common courtesy and who has not just by watching them returning or not returning a shopping cart. Cool thanks Beau!!!

[@juszentheik0n]

Hey Beau, big fan here! I’m from upstate NY and I can’t seem to find the video where you’re talking about unemployment and returning to jobs but I wanted to let you know. I’m a father of 2 children under 2. I work in a tile distribution warehouse and I was called and told that we’re to return to work on Monday. My son currently has a wheezing issue that we’re still trying to figure out and I’m learning about this new inflammatory disease that’s affecting children - so I say I’m cautious to return to work just yet. He informs me that he has been instructed to report any employee who refuses to work to unemployment. I’ve since called and say I’m just not going to return to work, it’s not worth putting my children at risk and I luckily have enough saved to get me by for a while but at a certain point here, it’s gonna get interesting. Hopefully we’re at a better place in this whole covid19 situation. I know you probably won’t read this but thank you for taking the time if you do.

[@amandaslamm5703]

Hope your son’s symptoms improve and you find another job when you are ready. Stay safe everyone.

[@dianad3080]

Hope all goes well and you get some answers for your child. Hang in there.

[@rotties-rules]

I hope your son stays safe and you get your answers to his health issue, good luck stay safe as that is more important than anything else right now.

[@juszentheik0n]

Amanda Slamm Thank you!

[@juszentheik0n]

Diana D Thank you! I’m always an optimist so everything is gonna work out. :)

[@MrRuebendavis]

I love how you took a hilarious meme and made it completely relatable. I appreciate your ability to draw in people and share ideas in a non confrontational manner!

[@jodiz7803]

Hey Beau 🤙 Yup, I'm the person asking to return someone's cart if I'm walking by and they're bout finished. 👍

[@1mongorock]

me too. and if someone is walking by when I finish unloading my groceries I'll ask them if they need a cart. I tell them it's all warmed up and ready to go.

[@trevorjarvis3050]

1mongorock same here, especially at Save a Lot where the carts require a quarter for use. It’s kinda like an unwritten rule in this small town. No matter if I have to use a quarter to get one I always look around for the next shopper and pass it off, (after I wipe the handle down and say pass it on to the next one). It’s friendly...

[@CarbonTech19]

@@1mongorock "it's all warmed up and ready to go", is a great line, lol.

[@tunajune2382]

Yes, especially when the shopper has just loaded up their groceries and an infant or two. They shouldn't have to leave their babies alone in the car to return a shopping cart.

[@craigcorson3036]

You're not THE person doing so. You're A person who does so. Lots of us are.

[@77Cardinal]

Having been a minimum wage supermarket cart pick up and parking lot guy in my younger days I have mixed feelings about this topic. On one hand I saw the results of people who left carts in parking lanes, sometimes still containing empty drink cups, store flyers, bags of car trash and yes, even dirty diapers. I was employed to clean them out and return them to the store as a service to all of the store customers. More than once I judged them for leaving me to clean up after them. I have to admit though, when I got older I found myself more than once in a pressure situation with screaming kids, running late, when I abandoned my cart and fled the scene, confident that someone just like me needed a job and for whatever reason at that moment, I couldn't meet the social contract. I've been part of the organized response (by a private business which paid me and charged you for that service). And I've been one of those individuals who, in a moment, had to choose between a shopping cart return and a screaming mess in a hot car. Somewhere in this there is another parable.

[@gileshabibula7006]

Thank you for thinking things through all the way to the end, even those on the left side of the experience/IQ scale need jobs too. They also serve who only collect shopping carts.

[@JukeboxTheGhoul]

Additionally, Safety nets :3

[@ohfacexo]

Have the bagger assist you to your vehicle. You don't have to leave your vehicle and the cart gets returned.

[@lavs8696]

I hate that this jobs argument keeps coming up. Their job is to bring the carts in from the corrals, not to gather them from all over the parking lot. They will still have a job if you return your cart to the corral.

[@bthomson]

One more parsement! I am a senior (72). Often I will pick up a stray cart to help me walk and be seen! On the return trip I am sometimes so beat out ( literally almost fainting!) that I will fail to return my cart judging that I did my duty on the front end!

[@natashaosborne5561]

I like this view, I’m tired of looking for the bad all the time, so thanks for this!

[@RevShifty]

I'm a cynical, misanthropic grump by nature (not proud of it, but I'm not going to lie or pretend I don't regularly fight my baser instincts), and Beau has become my daily dose of positivity and reminder that not everything is as bad as it sometime seems. He helps me relax and look at thing more deeply and in a different light. I'm so glad I found his channel, and I'm even more glad I'm not alone feeling like that.

[@macdelttorres3366]

Natasha Osborne ig we go outside and say something nice to someone and thank others for what they do... soon we will all have smiles of gratitude... we have to change ourselves and be nicer to make the world better

[@purplerose1300]

Yesterday after I had put my groceries in my trunk, a nice lady in the parking lot (not a store employee) said she'd take my cart for me. This little kind thing might be ridic happy.

[@daniellanctot6548]

Saying "I don't have time to return my cart" (Or, its too far) is as ridiculous as people who rush a yellow trafic light to avoid waiting at the red: At the end of the day, even if you add up all the time "saved" with all those little choices together, what did you gain? Anywhere between what: 1 to 5 minutes? (Depending on how many of those moments you encounter in the day) Even if we say that it is twice or thrice that, lets say 15 mins.: What did you gain, really? What are you doing with that hypothetical extra 15 mins? Are you productively using it to do 15 mins of extra needed repairs around the house? Are you using that 15 mins. to go to bed 15 mins early than you would otherwise? Are you taking the extra 15 mins. to sit with your children and learn what they learned in the day, what they lived through explore their thoughts and dreams? Are taking 15 mins. to hug your significant other and show them how much they mean to you?... Or are you spending that 15 mins. to sit on the couch and watch TV, reply to fb posts, watch youtube videos and worry about everything that is to come tomorrow or next week or next year?... Yep. But, people still feel as though they "lost" something if they take the time to return a cart, safetly stop at a light or stop sign, miss a bus or train when another is just 5 mins behind it, etc. Maybe the society that we live in has brainwashed us to the point where some of us have accepted being in a rush all the time is "normal"; and maybe it is time we dispel this delusion.

[@randyozaeta1026]

The bus is not 5 mins away, as someone who use to take them some are an hour away but otherwise yes :) and America needs a real/better public transit system

[@daniellanctot6548]

@@randyozaeta1026 That is a rare case (An that would be an understandable exception). I've taken the bus all my life, in multiple cities, and most of the time, there is another bus not far behind.

[@antifazisbonifaz6964]

😀😀😀 Great comment here. Very savy one 👌👍👍👍👍👍

[@joes7378]

I always return my shopping cart and i can tell you with 100 percent certainty that I'm not a good person.

[@angelapastorius2377]

Love you

[@deborahmillette]

The very elderly can’t always do it , so if I can I will do it for them , but I’m aging myself

[@gamomofthree7796]

I take people's buggys too.

[@macdelttorres3366]

I try to call people sir or ma’am, not because they are older, but for respect I’m older and call kids sir or ma’am, why? Because we can plant that little seed in their brain... being polite and respectful will make people’s day.... I love the look on a kids face when they are treated with respect. Love it even more when I say thank you to the McDonald’s kid running the cash register, a little respect goes a long way.

[@cagecunningham6316]

Macdelt Torres Love this. I can only imagine the sparkle in a kid’s eyes when he sees an actual adult treating him/her with respect

[@macdelttorres3366]

Cage Cunningham it bring up their self-esteem and teaches them To respect one another.... I also do that at work.... my co workers seem to like the respect and just treating them like adults

[@ekevanderzee9538]

Can they move the full carts to their cars?

[@blackromulan]

Here's my virtue being signaled: I always return my cart to the rack, often help others return theirs, and sometimes reorganize the carts in the rack so that the big carts are all combined and the little carts are too. It just seems the right thing to do and doesn't take that long out my life to help out. CHEERS!

[@julieannmyers8714]

I reorganize the CD racks at Walmart after midnight if I can't sleep. I have a feeling that's kind of in a different category from "the right thing to do." But the night employees love it, anyway, when the weird insomniac shows up. Usually takes about 3 hours.

[@timfee1275]

It's a solid theory. It also confirms my thought that some of the worst people in this country shop at Home Depot. LOL!!!

[@spikelove9533]

OMG! I dread going to home depot shopping carts not pot away are a huge pet peve for me I have to spent 10 min putting carts away when I go there! Lol

[@theniceneighbor]

Those big flat carts don't fit and if there is no where to or it you do the best you can but you will likely block any other carts from getting in. For that to work carts have to have a designated space or all be there same size. The access criteria that he mentioned is not met in this case.

[@daniellanctot6548]

What about Walmart?

[@gregjones9807]

theniceneighbor I understand the access metaphor, but in actuality if you have the need for the large cart and the strength to push the loaded cart to your car shouldn’t pushing an unloaded cart back to the store be within your ability? That would be doing the best you can...

[@rochellemcdonald9646]

I work at a big box store. When there is a big sale, people pass all the carts in the corrals and then ask where all the carts are. I usually tell them they probably passed them all on their way in. Then they wait for me to go out to get them a cart, and complain there is no one to help them in the store. When I go into any store, if there is a cart near my car, I will bring one into the store, whether I need one or not. It is sort of silly, though, to watch a person, parked near the store, to walk nearly twice as far, to put their cart in a corral.

[@skepticalj5445]

Beau it is nice to to see a man like you who is not afraid to use his brain. You keep me sane in this insane country. (the USA) Keep on doing what you're doing. Stay safe and healthy. From a Dutch guy living in Wisconsin.

[@vwchest]

I'm afraid that those that won't put their carts back are the very ones attracted to being in authority haha

[@heidimelcarek3677]

Yeah...power is granted only to those who stoop low enough to pick it up... Ragnar says to Bjorn at the end of Vikings season 5

[@margaretnicol3423]

Or the ones who look for an authoritarian leader to take the responsibility away from themselves?

[@caroletrapp3226]

Ikr

[@Alacritous]

@@heidimelcarek3677 Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare! Fyodor Dostoevsky

[@skibumb220]

I think you are right. The people who want power are very rarely the people who should be in power.

[@pambradshaw3997]

I always return my cart.....love those extra steps as we always park far from the store door. Right you are, most people are good.

[@engelwrekende9517]

OMG - return shopping carts - it's the right thing to do. I don't want to back into or hit a cart in the parking lot!

[@Tedroy]

I used to bag groceries. You deal with the public all day. The chance to go out to the lot and collect carts is one of the better parts of your day. I leave carts out for those workers.

[@ForPetesake552]

You’re my brother. Keep making these great public messages. You speak profound truth.

[@EvilTwin559]

Less government = more responsibility. More responsibility = freedom. Freedom + responsibility = society.

[@Naa45702]

I love this! Saw this and though it was so simple and profound

[@stevenzerbach6447]

J.P. Sartre would be proud of your shopping cart analogy. Personal responsibility for our at large society. What a concept!

[@alwayslernin4400]

I think the test of socially responsible people should be who's wearing a mask and who is not.

[@libradragon]

I agree. Social responsibility is a super power; I wear a mask during this time for personal safety, and as an example for others, though many loathe me for the reminder.

[@zinaj9437]

That's a potentially life and death version of the shopping cart theory. Since the wearing of a mask is to protect others, provides no more personal benefit, and may cause some inconvenience or discomfort... The "leadership" they choose to follow won't wear a mask, hasn't pushed to make masks ubiquitously available, and is running a counter-mask messaging (education) strategy. Go figure.

[@gurusmurf5921]

I have to disagree. The test is not going out in the first place. Someone who runs to the local store without a mask, does what they need to do and then goes home is more responsible than someone aimlessly wandering around town in a mask.

[@billybob-cg6ig]

I agree. And where I'm at, texas. Shopping cart experiment is backwards. Carts left out are people wearing masks, carts put up are not. Maybe 10% here are wearing masks. They just don't care.

[@gurusmurf5921]

@Jimmy Jazz Just remember that the person going for a stroll for no reason while wearing a mask is also a complete fail.

[@chuckrussell6740]

This is example of our divided America, an America of apathy and an America of empathy. True Americans care about each other and they are the majority

[@dewayner5388]

As someone who’s worked at a grocery store? We already knew that people who don’t return the carts are just weak ass people who don’t care.

[@patrickjordan2233]

That's perhaps too grouping too generally/labelling to broadly? Not being critical of your observation...just saying in my social psychology courses in college, there is a whole field of study that is known as barriers/hurdles behavior.. it's an interesting topic/insight in the human CRITTER ...lol

[@DubhghlasMacDubhghlas]

@@patrickjordan2233 They are in the wrong for not returning the cart. While there might be various things that lead people to do that, it is still on them, because the resulting behavior is wrong, and they need to be taught better. Key word taught not punished. Now the whole issue to know what to fix with education is to know what is causing the issue. That field isn't mean to pass off the burden of guilt from person but to explain why they did something where as others didn't. Being lazy, and not caring seems like fair assessment. But to change that behavior you need to know why they do it... that is where the whole field that looks into barriers to behaviors come into play.

[@robertvernon789]

First job was at a GiantMart, later Piggly Wiggly, and yes I saw that. It was annoying then, and it still is.

[@DubhghlasMacDubhghlas]

@Lost Hero I doubt they are referring to physical weakness, and they probably aren't talking to people who have disabilities, but more the mentally weak people, such as lazy people, people who feel like they are above that task. Now personally when I am hurting bad, I have back issues I normally ask for someone to help me from the store. I am not going be pushing a near full cart up a slight hill with bad back. if I didn't get any help from the store, I try to get another shopper take the cart to the stall, or use it themselves. I rarely leave them and if I do I put it up on the curb to try limit the damage it could do. You might not want to read what people say in the worst possible light. Because they not meant it they way you took it, and rather get all up in arms, just ask what do you mean by weak first before giving them the riot act.

[@vovinlonshin3708]

Beau, thank you for your common sense view on making the world a better place for everyone.

[@SandraNelson063]

The places where I shop, you need a dollar or a quarter to put in a slot, to unchain the cart from a set of other carts. And if you want your coin back, you have to bring the cart back and put the chain key from the next cart into the coin release. I get the coin back, the cart gets put back. It works! I also put the cart back even if there is no coin return. Because...it's part of the public niceties. Don't leave your cart rolling around to crash into someone's car. MOST people put the carts back. Some don't. It's a choice. Take your Vit. D, wear a mask and gloves, wash your hands. Be kind to each other. Just be kind to each other.

[@aronrosas4191]

I actually work at a grocery store, and I like when people return thier carts, it makes my job easier,and they dont pay me enough as it is!

[@tatchik77]

This isn't related to this video but I hope you read this... There was this woman at a bar I go to (before quarantine) that was all gung-ho for tRump & she was constantly spewing lies that he tells his base. I saw her the other day & overheard her talking to her friend & she had done a total 180 & was telling her friend about this "KZbinr" she watches named "Beau something". I was THRILLED, & just wanted you to know what you do is important & IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE!!

[@bdf2718]

His full name is Beau Again.

[@jakejones66]

That warms my heart!

[@rhodawatkins4516]

Dana Moore That's very encouraging! Let's hope she can influence some more like her.

[@tatchik77]

@@bdf2718 😂

[@jamesaustin7324]

You are my current favourite educational channel on KZbin. Brilliant. 🇨🇦☮️

[@michaelryall5752]

Beau you literally just opened up my eyes and restored my faith in humanity with this video, I now believe most people are good, even in harder situations, all thanks to shopping carts

[@pamelaromer7727]

When I was a kid we took the carts back to the inside of the store and babies rested in their buggies outside the front door of the store.

[@chokinonashes61]

Thank you for your consistent and solid content daily Beau, I don't always comment have been watching for a long time. There's a house I pass each morning that says "never forget the wonder" another inspiring and constant message.

[@lynn_thinks]

Thanks, Beau. Glad you’re out there doing the thing. “Of the people, by the people, for the people.” Let us not forget that WE ARE THE PEOPLE. 👍

[@grmpEqweer]

Hmm. Feeling depressed today. Any move towards greater social responsibility is a good thing.

[@warpedus]

Sending love to you. 🖤 Try to hang in there. We live in terrifying times but I have hope that this will bring the change we need.

[@alwayslernin4400]

@@warpedus good point. Sometimes the best things come from the most painful of times. In the end I hope one day we can all be grateful for this virus to some degree.

[@warpedus]

@@alwayslernin4400 That's my hope as well and it's what keeps me going right now. 💜

[@eamontdmas]

My very first day in gainful employment was pushing unreturned shopping carts in a supermarket car park. If all those smug bastards who returned their carts had their way, I would have been out of a job.

[@susangordon1157]

So simple; so true. Great video!

[@daveybaby8389]

some where along the line i was walking up to the store and someone who was returning a basket, looked at me and said; "you need a basket?" i thought for a few seconds and said; "sure". even if you don't need one you can push the basket back... your going that way and usually :) it;s better to have a basket you don't need than one you do. it is a great way to keep the baskets where they;re needed and offers some wonderful social interaction. thas whas in it for me ^_^

[@nimapocalyse9569]

I've been doing "shopping cart theory" for years, haha.. I didn't know it was a thing.

[@warpedus]

I'd never heard this either! Love it.

[@theresamcmullen4841]

It’s always been a part of the do the right thing, thing. The golden rule thing.

[@PatTheBatmanFan]

Me too! Seems pretty obvious.

[@lewisjulian0830]

If only things were so simple. Again I say you are a wise man and I thank God for him bringing your podcast to me. I need to remember my humanity.

[@rdickinsondickinson]

Some folks just walk away from the store taking the carts with them, and stash them a couple of miles from the store.

[@Mikewee777]

Cart thieves are the worst

[@rittherugger160]

The local Publics sits in the middle of a huge parking lot with business all around the lot. Their carts have an auto braking system. Get them like 50-70 yards from the store and it kicks in.

[@rdickinsondickinson]

CLureCo Good point ✌🏼

[@dolliscrawford280]

The people who do this are not doing the right thing but I do sympathize with them feeding a family in a poor area with no car and public transportation costs take food out of the cart.

[@ogivecrush]

West Palm Beach FL......you see literal PILES of carts at every intersection. A lot of people don't drive there, so they use the carts to shuttle their stuff to and fro.

[@joyfullydreaded1371]

I return carts mostly because I once worked for a grocery store as a teenager and started out as a bagger/cart gopher and remember how much it sucked to have to run all over the parking lot during the summer grabbing wayward carts, especially since I live in Texas. But I will say that it got me into great shape before I was promoted. Nowadays they have the cart gopher that pushes the long ass line of carts for them but I will always return my carts to the corrals.

[@eliwatson7936]

Third position: drift the shopping cart through the parking lot

[@roryross3878]

Forth: race them down hills.

[@sidilicious11]

Great thoughts, again! Having disconnected leadership like we have now has put the responsibility for being good, helpful citizens in our own hands. It proves to us we don’t need as much leadership in some ways. It’s made us all step up to keep our society working as well as it is. Having positive leadership is a boon, until then we must do it ourselves.

[@taylorcb77]

I'm a librarian, I sort the short carts and the big carts in the corral... :(

[@dolliscrawford280]

💗😊

[@04beni04]

Ha! I'm a librarian and I do the same, but hadn't made the connection. It also drives me nuts when the flatbed ones at home improvement stores get shoved in there too. I have to be in one heck of a hurry to walk by without making adjustments.

[@adammiller6606]

Be bold my brothers and sisters. Through the spirit of comradely and common goals we will unite and do what’s best for our country , our planet, and it’s citizens. No punk, and no germ can break us or our spirit.

[@dankolar6066]

"Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the boisterous sea of liberty." - Thomas Jefferson Time for bravery

[@kelledwyer1910]

My grandfather was a very wise Scottish Highlander. He always told me to judge a man by how he treats those he doesn’t have to be kind to. Words to live by : be kind

[@tetricz]

I prefer to just skip this whole ordeal and carry everything on my back.

[@dylanhaugen3739]

As a bagger at Kroger part of my job is to retrieve carts, I get a lot of carts no where near the corral. The really good people stop before they even leave the store, get their bagged groceries and leave the cart where it's quickly and easily put back with the others. Granted this only really works if they don't have that many groceries. But it's appreciated none the same.

[@TheLastLineLive]

@@dylanhaugen3739 that's someone going above and beyond, most will just do their party i.e return to the corral.

[@mogden9157]

You amaze me sir. Every American should hear your words. It is plain unfortunate, that, that is not the case.

[@The_Bearded_Lady]

When I was in high school a man came to band camp and he gave my section a lesson about being toilet flushers... are we that person that walks to a stall and finds it unflushed and moves on or are we a person who flushes that toilet and takes that one even though we could move on instead of forcing someone to clean it up maybe when there are no options etc. Always stuck with me. Folks who don't put carts away when it is easy (I understand some older folks or disabled folks who are struggling and need the leaning to walk better), who don't tip waitstaff, who treat service workers bad, who don't wear masks in a pandemic, etc... we need to demand more of them to do better. If those type of folks are in your group, educate them.

[@putrid2529]

You had us up until the mask part.

[@The_Bearded_Lady]

@@putrid2529 that is definitely telling

[@laurencescott1430]

Your analogies and insights are truly amazing.

[@jakejones66]

I put em back because it yanks my chain to see them strewn about. My question is...what does it mean when you ALWAYS get the one with the janky wheel?🤔

[@angelinabrown2931]

It means that roughly half the shopping carts in the store have janky wheels. Maintenance of shopping carts is not a thing. I've worked retail most of my adult life. Only ONE employer ever had carts maintenanced. That was a high-end grocery store that didn't allow customers to take the carts outside. They had special load carts that the baggers took out for the customer and brought back in.

[@joelovell7991]

I'm an Australian who lived in the USA for over thirteen years! I moved back to Australia, but i still have family and friends there! Our countries are similar in some ways and radically different in others! Your political system is different! I,ve seen the worst & the best! It's Americans like you & my friends who give me hope for a country i consider my second home!

[@spottyhead]

Bubbles (looking around parking lot): *heavy breathing*

[@michaellrakes5521]

Bubbles is behind all of these misplaced carts and meanwhile, Ricky is just a stone's throw away looking to bust some heads.

[@Probn4lyfe]

It is a small demo of your mindset...I appreciate this man. Keep it 100!

[@eileene.5870]

Aldi's lacks faith in humanity 🤣

[@timfee1275]

Can you blame them? Haha

[@bdf2718]

Aldi aren't cynical enough. Those carts are useful. And at only £1, they're a bargain.

[@DubhghlasMacDubhghlas]

@@bdf2718 shoot they 25 cents in the US... because the $1 coin isn't that common.

[@dianne1851]

How about get out of your car, take a shopping cart from the corral, buy groceries, return shopping cart to corral. One less for the kid to take in later, you have something to lean on it you need to and you already have one when you get inside and there aren't at there. Been doing this for years. (I'm 70.)

[@michaelplant3036]

The underlying problem is that because its a social norm people mostly follow. If you try to force people to put away their cart...you will see people show up with guns crying about constitutional rights.

[@theelephantintheroom8016]

Without truth, there is no self-determination, only manipulation!

[@dwayneseidl431]

I’m disabled and can barely walk and I always bring the carts back or push them next to the store . I try .

[@joesphclark6984]

Beau I nominate you to lead the bloodless revolution. Help us change the world from the front of the class.

[@xCorvus7x]

2020: Corona 2021: Anarchism

[@warpedus]

Don't tease me! lol Something has to change, for sure, though. The megalomaniac in the oval office needs to go!

[@xCorvus7x]

@@warpedus Good luck in autumn.

[@zelth16]

The key to the entire thing is leadership, we have become ok with terrible leadership instead of demanding great leaders.

[@missyroades4533]

I ALWAYS return my cart.

[@johnfife3062]

Freedom is contingent upon individual responsibility. Ultimate, complete freedom is contingent upon us "taking individual responsibility for all of society." And "As our government becomes less and less effective, we're going to have to lead ourselves."

[@GreenishlyGreen]

I'm not one for easy simple answers but a parking lot can be a microcosm of metaphors in life! 🤔😆

[@marymitchell1329]

HALLELUJAH!!!! There it is....bells are ringing & white roses are blooming..SOMEBODY UNDERSTANDS!!!! THANK YOU, LOVE YOU, BEAU!!!!

[@blackcoffeeandwildflowers]

When my daughter was young, I never wanted to go too far away from sight to put the shopping cart back. And people would shame me with their looks and side eyes.But the point is that even socially responsible people can have access issues.

[@o0Avalon0o]

I saw someone left an electric cart in a bunch of empty spots, I figured they had a good reason to not return it, so I did. It was fun too. I got a lot of wierd looks because I was in athletic gear, but that just made it funnier to me.

[@SlaughterHouseEducation]

As a therapist - I love the shopping cart theory. It's overly simplified and I don't really believe in 'good' and 'bad', but it's about antisocial behavior. Are you willing to do the prosocial thing with no reward? Are you willing to NOT do the antisocial thing if there is no punishment?

[@HunterOaks]

Ah yes, but most parking lots have people moving about, and social guilt is a wonderfully effective "punishment"

[@relight6931]

Reward is in paying it forward. It might be something much more important to you, your car dying on you. Someone helping you push it or tow it, both of which happend to me, both on taking and receiving side. I am a bit antisocial, but when it comes to behaving in a society, I do not expect help from others if I don't do it too, whenever I can. Isn't it just logical?

[@jeffengel2607]

@@HunterOaks Still - being at least subject to shame is a sort of bargain-basement social virtue. It can differentiate bad from worse.

[@pammoris3575]

I can listen to you all day you are such a great talker I love everything that you’re doing your brilliant logic and so right on God bless you keep up the great work in your family is very proud of you

[@guessmyname1104]

I always return my shopping cart. Often, I will grab a stray cart on my way in.

[@marybrown7203]

I received a Thank You card in the mail many years ago. It said, "You're so nice, You're one of those people, who returns their grocery cart to the store". Funny it's on social media now.

[@sheepFactory]

:)

[@tinoyb9294]

I used to be the guy who brought the carts in. I loved it because it kept me from having to deal with the cart abandoning assholes while they were in the store.

[@CR-we5eo]

Whoa, I'm early......

[@thinktwice8860]

Wiping off the seat and flushing in a public restroom. That’s another indicator.

[@lucydean4028]

Tried to explain this to someone the other day. You put it so much more eloquently than I ever could. Thank you!!!!!

[@jrrtoking3321]

My wife is a teacher and is still has her job during this rough time. She received a stemless check. She had former students that were in a rough place during this shut down and had no money and donated her stemless money to those students.

[@boondocksdragon8959]

I agree with several other commenters that the theory is valid. Same with how they treat employees tasked to serve them. Hope everyone's being safe. Love and Light from Mississippi, y'all. ✌🏼🖤

[@Mikewee777]

Another complaint I have are grifters who intentionally block walking traffic and customers who ignored the taped markers on the tile floors.