The Shopping Cart Theory

The fact that shopping trolleys need a £1 deposit to incentivise them being returned, just goes to show how many savages are out there
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Hi, Al. This video is a dub of a meme about The Shopping Cart Theory. Please show it to people who will like it. Thank you.

[@JeaneyCollects]

The fact that shopping trolleys need a £1 deposit to incentivise them being returned, just goes to show how many savages are out there

[@bressiafire]

trolley

[@CHEESEPUFF_7]

There's also those pound shaped keyrings you can use instead

[@engineergaming5989]

Never stopped me

[@americanviper6874]

@@caseabase If you've ever been to Aldi they make you put in a quarter to use a cart.

[@JuliaJvn_6]

Infinite money glitch 100% Number 1 Shopping cart in Number 2 Shopping cart out Number 3 Repeat Then profit

[@lexuscrow1932]

“So..where are we going for our first date?” “Grocery shopping.” “Huh..why?” “No reason..”

[@dnomyarnostaw]

That bit comes well before any "date", and shortly after you ask them to drive you somewhere to observe their "on road" behaviour 😉 Edit. Oh , and as part of a job interview ...

[@ardnys35]

also throw a few ethical dilemma at them like sprinkling rainbow toppings on top a glazed donut

[@piccalillipit9211]

HAHHAHAHHA very good...

[@pineappleparty1624]

@@ardnys35 Wait, why aren't their sprinkles on glazed donuts? I have worked in a bakery for 10 years and it never crossed my mind. Now I'm going to use "ice sprinkles" which looks like glitter on the glazed donuts.

[@dzungtran314]

Underrated

[@EvilSSP]

“You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.”

[@MysticEle]

An alternative I've also heard is "You can make a note of a man's character by observing how he treats those that are beneath him."

[@jameslindsay7846]

I think the real quote mentioned a shopping cart

[@drekwilliamton5830]

Never heard that saying but I like it. Must be why people hate the super rich. They selfishly hoard their money instead of trying to improve the lives in any aspect, of the people who made them rich in the first place.

[@LowenKM]

Yep, the good old "Who are we when nobody's watching?"

[@stormisuedonym4599]

@@drekwilliamton5830 Tell us you're economically and financially illiterate without telling us you're economically and financially illiterate.

[@Doomer1984]

When buying a house, always check the cart situation in the nearest market. An excellent way to find the character of an area

[@davidnmfarrell]

Made my day, thanks 😂

[@forgettablelisa]

I lived in Florida for a year and I swear to god 99% of people there did not return their carts, it was nuts how well your theory worked because that state is filled with garbage people.

[@camillosteuss]

Damn good line of thought... Bravo, my deductively gifted friend!

[@anabltc]

WOW never thought of that but 💯

[@benchgoblin]

go to a gas station or mcdonalds and look around and the type of people

[@samvimes9510]

My parents taught me to return the cart because it was the polite thing to do. But being a kid, I quickly learned that it ALSO gave me one last chance to ride the shopping cart like it was a racecar, so I was always the one who volunteered to return the cart. I'm 36 now and I still sometimes ride shopping carts. It's fun.

[@CongressSux1776]

“Oh, an aristocrat”

[@MiGujack3]

​@@CongressSux1776"A man of culture"

[@wcjerky]

S-tier human, especially if youmake motor sounds.

[@identiticrisis]

​@@wcjerkyor just go weeeeeeee

[@BuzzLIghts]

17 and I still hop on them

[@GippyHappy]

I also think whether or not you throw away your trash after a movie or leave it all over the floor is a similar scenario

[@bane2201]

I was a movie theater usher for a long time. I have seen so many failures at that. I cleaned a sold-out showing of Avengers Infinity War by myself (everyone else was busy). Looked like a war zone. Trash cans were maybe 1/3 full when I walked in, after I gathered the trash I had to push them down to compress the trash. Another time I saw nacho cheese on the wall. I am not joking. This is why I don't use a superhero as my name and avatar.

[@mrmofo36]

littering in general. personally i blame the smokers. they start with tossing a few butts and before you know it they dont use trashcans at all

[@krystiangeldon7929]

@@mrmofo36 doesn't matter if your a smoker or not, at the end of the day it boils down to you. Everytime I smoke if there is a bin nearby even if it's a slight walk I'll from my but in there.

[@Camelotsmoon]

hmm, I don't return shopping carts, but throw out my garbage after the movie is over... I'm still not sure if I'm a good person yet though.

[@HeatyFrog]

@@mrmofo36 What is this based on other than your dislike of smoking? I know smokers who will religiously carry an end around with them until they find a bin and non-smokers who throw pepsi cans out of their car windows on country roads.

[@rrbp7470]

As a person who always returns his shopping cart, watching this video made me feel like a golden retriever being asked "who's a good boy?"

[@savvivixen8490]

🤣🤣🤣

[@anxiouscucumber9]

Me too! Felt like a pat on the head 😂

[@ijkdenem]

you are a good boy

[@ThreeBeeHDb]

I know we're all thinking it. But who's going to say it?

[@TiredofGaming]

I can't be bothered most of the time so Finally, a worthy opponent! Our battle will be legendary!

[@rukirgaming]

And there's a third class of people: finding an abandoned cart and at a minimum, bringing it inside the store

[@leonardhopper857]

Good to know I'm not alone in doing that Cheers

[@neolithicnobody8184]

That's how I normally find my parking space. 👍

[@roblewis3147]

There's also another class of people, the homeless, they literally go looking for shopping carts to Carry around all their stuff. (Not ALL homeless people, just some)

[@Abracadabra1111]

Or shoppers who offer to return someone else’s cart for them as they are walking towards the entrance:)

[@Tsuter1978]

Every time.

[@Diamond-il5gi]

My trade school teacher printed this post out on paper and showed it to the class as an example of ethics.

[@alexsherstiuk2537]

BASED teacher. Must be a rare exception of a relly good teacher.

[@adrianafamilymember6427]

Can you ride the shopping cart, then return it? Can you give the shopping cart to the homeless, and or create a fortress on top of the cart and play cart fortress 2 with it? Does the shopping cart have elements of poison to which is unknown to man, can you get *kinky* with thy cart! At what point can the shopping become beneficial to society as a whole or does it gain value by being used by one person at a time, does this shopping cart see value the same way? If you cannot understand, nor, does it understand you making it have differing values despite both being part of the materialistic world / nature? Why? *WHY* ? Can it not feel the same as you? Alright, I’m done and I’m not gonna reply to anything in this thread so feel free to spread this *kinky-cart* pasta.

[@MarvinPowell1]

What if there's part time workers whose job is to return the carts and you returning the cart keeps them from having a job?

[@adrianafamilymember6427]

Spoke wisdom of such, now I have imparted it on to you* Tank God, for these asterisks….***********

[@LordMoebius]

​@@MarvinPowell1they can do other things at the store. Plus they still need to wrangle the carts from their intermediary positions to be available at the front of the store

[@nathaniel2554]

I work at a dollar store and the other day someone left their cart out and then immediately hit it with their car while trying to back out. It was awesome.

[@therandomnobody3407]

Wait were they so dumb as to have the cart left right behind their car or something?

[@komali2]

@@therandomnobody3407 they didn't return their cart, calling them dumb is redundant

[@BaldKiwi117]

I love happy endings

[@Straight90s]

That’s some dollar store shit lol

[@jerometaperman7102]

Hope they got a nice, big dent.

[@Honeystraw]

Not even joking, my best friend always used to complain about his mom and how cruel she was and I never truly believed him bc she always seemed so nice. Until one day we went grocery shopping briefly with his mom after I stayed over one night and I saw her abandon her cart in the middle of the parking lot blocking half the road, and let me tell you, suddenly everything made sense to me in that moment and I can only explain it with this post

[@Atheistbatman]

Here also

[@kacpimaciej]

thank you, KZbin user FrozenPissShank edit: they changed their name to HoneyStraw ): edit 2: they changed their name to @baconlurking9530 ); edit 3: they once again changed their name to HoneyStraw )':

[@priestesslucy3299]

That's pretty evil. Any time I've abandoned a shopping cart I propped it up on one of those curb islands in the parking lot...

[@bernlin2000]

Well there's a beautiful confirmation of this theory. Yes, it shows a lack of "duty of care". If you can't even take 2 seconds to put a cart in it's right place (not even asking you to bring it back into the store... obviously a severe hardship), than how are you able to manage a family effectively? Spoiler: you probably don't.

[@BreadCatMarcus]

@@priestesslucy3299 Still makes you a savage

[@marcidorman]

My dad happened to be in a public restroom with a powerful and renowned leader and witnessed him cleaning and drying up the counters that had been left a wet soapy mess from previous users. My dad, sharing this story with me and my siblings would point out all the excuses he could have had to not act: 1. It wasn’t my mess 2. I could mess up my suit 3. I have more important things to do 4. There are workers hired to keep the restrooms clean 5. It’s beneath me 6. Concern about what others might think He used this story as an example of what it means to be a good citizen and a good leader, and of how small acts can define us even more than big ones. This happened around 50 years ago, but it shaped my dad’s life, and it has shaped mine, even though I wasn’t there. Shows how tiny acts that might seem inconsequential at the time, can have a deep / lasting impact.

[@thebewitchinghour831]

I always wipe the sink when I’m finished using it in a public bathroom. Depending on how nasty it is to start with, I might just do a quick swipe, as if to dry the splash that I created at least.

[@brianwebber6996_ROADHUNTER]

I've done that numerous times!

[@BKPrice]

"No one will...kill you for not returning a shopping cart." I smell a great vigilante/serial killer movie idea.

[@Masada1911]

*cart narcs has entered the chat*

[@PlasmaCoolantLeak]

My guy, run with that idea. Compared with some of the dreck hitting TV and movie theatres, that sounds like one hell of a potential story.

[@naenae2350]

There is some youtuber who does that, youre a little late

[@chillydawgg4354]

John Wick 12

[@thedogefather]

Would be a good Nicolas cage movie

[@Jeagles]

I’ve never quite understood why despite inflation, shopping trolleys are always a reasonable £1 per trolley. It’s a good deal and I often buy many.

[@thatguy1806]

Dude.

[@Bladzejdzej]

Dude.

[@skjorta1984]

Dude.

[@rollercoastermaker1826]

Dude.

[@LeLe-pm2pr]

Dude.

[@zenith4919]

Reminds me of Aldi's where you deposit a quarter to unlock the cart, and you can only take it out when you have returned it. I still saw dozens of carts in the parking lot. I returned them all, and made enough money to cover my shopping

[@15sixmedia]

How cheap was your shopping?

[@zenith4919]

@@15sixmedia I only had to go grab some cabbage and mushrooms for a dish I was making

[@disruptiveimagination8166]

Gotta love the gig economy

[@BeanSoup_7]

In Australia, it's a whole $1 or $2 (gold) coin. That really gets people in the correct mindset.

[@theseus0767]

Thats real neat. I live in a small town in the Southern US. We just recently got an Aldi, never thought about it like I could capitalize on other people's laziness. Prices are great too.

[@HeReTiC-bi8hd]

I abandoned a cart once because I had never shopped there before and could not find the corral, in the end I left it neatly against the wall as out of the way as possible but I still feel bad about it like 12 years later.

[@keppycs]

I'm sure you've learnt since then, but it'd do you no harm to just ask an employee where to return the cart

[@synthetic_creature]

@@keppycs there's this funky little thing called social anxiety

[@KJ-jq9pq]

Same, I had a smashed ankle and the corral was way at the other end of the row. I just physically couldn't return it and there was no one to ask. It's the one and only time I left it up on concrete barrier, away from the cars. Yes, getting it up there was hard.

[@karabean]

Only love and understanding from me ❤ be blessed

[@karabean]

​@@KJ-jq9pqI understand! It's ok. It's ok to forgive yourself too. Much love to you fam ❤

[@KROGANLovesKittensAndPuppies]

Respect to those who watched this and felt a sense of pride inside

[@DeltaNovum]

This is something I've never shared with anyone, but for my gf at the time. I'm the kind of person to return carts of others and even ones that are left blocks away from the store. Why? I'm not really sure.. After this clip I still didn't know whether to feel pride or gratefulness. So it got me thinking. I've done many subjectively good and bad things. Things that both helped and hurt myself and other people. I don't see myself as a good or bad person. Just as someone who's mostly a product of their dna and their upbringing /surroundings. Existing and trying to manoeuvre through a life where most things if not all, are out of my control. Like anyone else. I could feel pride for doing the right thing, but that doesn't feel right to me. I do it mostly without thinking about it, and it doesn't take me any effort. It's just how I am. I guess I'm just grateful that that part, is a part of how I am. How are you?

[@scottwall8419]

I feel pride that I don't feel pride that I am justified by an arbitrary guideline of what a food member of society is. I personally know of people who return thier shopping g cart then jump in tjier car and drive drunk home. One customer does this every week. Another that returns it typically is coming from her lovers house to grab dinner that she failed to make before her husband comes home. One that returned his cart is now in jail for robbing his neighbours houses. In a small town I know everyone's dirt and i know that returning a shopping cart is a simple and ultimately worthless way to judge society as it has zero to do with morals. My kid that grabs carts prefers peoppe leave them all over as he gets more time outside and not standing there making small talk with ladies. Thus theory is so dumb that the only thing it proves is that anything well worded with some 6 or 7 letter words read by a British person is sufficient to fool the average fool into thinking this is decent way to just good vs evil. Silly people beleive this shit

[@DeltaNovum]

@@scottwall8419 I don't think many people will have taken this 'thought experiment' seriously, but I thought it would be fun to think about it, seriously.

[@Lilmanskis]

This was more emotional than expected thank you God for another day of returning the shopping cart.

[@fbu795]

I think this shows a side of a person for sure. I wouldnt judge anyone too harshly based upon what they chose to do but it does come across as lazy

[@ss9782]

As someone whose literal job is grabbing the shopping carts from the parking lot, I can confirm that this is my internal monologue every time I work.

[@p0llenp0ny]

Well, you wouldn't have a job if everyone returned their carts, would you?

[@ss9782]

You bring up a very good point... My job exists due to the moral failure of society... I serve as the one true line of defense between ethical duty and utter societal collapse... And on top of all that... it's a part time job that pays minimum wage.

[@p0llenp0ny]

@@ss9782 You're a regular Bruce Wayne.

[@maximumjesus]

back when I worked at the grocery store, I liked collecting the shopping carts. It was my favorite job. SO I wanted people to leave their shopping carts because if there were no carts in the parking lot, then they would just make me go back inside and go on a register or bag. It's not like you just get to sit and play video games if there are no carts. They'll find something else for you to do. But you should return your carts anyway.

[@ss9782]

@@p0llenp0ny Yes, I have taken the law into my own hands... I didn't choose the path of vigilantism... it chose me 😎

[@couchpotato4928]

Another slightly different litmus test is the baskets of candy that say “take one” on Halloween. In this case you are rewarded for not doing the right thing and taking more than one piece of candy, and there is no one enforcing the take one rule. This test will tell you if a person is willing to sacrifice a small amount of personal gain for the good of society

[@TheKittenBreaker]

As the one kid who would take only one while the rest of the group would steal the entire bucket, I felt this on a personal level.

[@ikillstupidcomments]

When I was a teenager still living at home I used this to teach a little moral lesson to children (and also untrustworthy adults). I would dress up as Death, complete with skeleton gauntlets and one of those hoods with the face veil that makes it look empty. I'd sit slumped over in a chair like a dummy with the bowl of candy on a table beside one of my hands and a "take one, please" sign beside it. If a kid (obviously not the really little ones who didn't know better yet) went in for a handful and their parents didn't say anything I'd trap their hand inside the bowl and shake a finger. If an adult or a teenager not in costume tried to grab some for themselves I'd do the same. When they did the right thing, as they turned away I'd move just enough that they'd notice I wasn't a dummy and motion them back to take a second piece from a bowl of full-size bars I had hidden behind some props. Scared the shit out of a lot of bratty kids and crappy adults, I'll tell you what, but there were plenty of decent folks too. Wouldn't let anyone do it these days though with how many trigger-happy retards conceal carry.

[@johnmurchie2503]

@@ikillstupidcomments You could try it with a puppet/dummy.

[@robbierootbeer8056]

@@ikillstupidcomments That's actually really cool thanks for sharing!

[@videoms1271]

@@ikillstupidcomments for people living outside the US, like me, this is a pretty banger strategy

[@Sparkofhope621]

Been saying this for years. The shopping cart test and how you drive a car are 2 pretty subtle indicators of who you are as a person. Actions speak for themselves.

[@blakearius]

I crashed my car last week trying to save a parrot.. what does that make me... an idiot most likely.

[@yong9613]

​@@blakeariusthat just means you're not the one paying the car insurance premiums if anything happens

[@joefer5360]

Always treat birbs like flowers. They are pretty to look at, there are plenty of them, don't run them over, but don't get yourself hurt over them. You are an idiot good sir. @@blakearius

[@hhjhj393]

Yeah, but here is the deal. I feel like it's unfair because I am in constant flux. I have good days and bad days. I have most days where I drive like a perfect npc, and I have some days where I drive like a bat out of hell trying to get home.... Sometimes I have lapses of judgement, I don't think I am an inherently evil person, I just think sometimes my brain makes a mistake for whatever reason whether I am stressed, tired, starving, etc... That's why having car dependent infrastructure sucks because all it takes is a split second poor decision to cause damage. Luckily I have never caused an accident, and I have never done anything too bad, but yeah. The shopping cart thing is more applicable IMO, because it's not stressful or anything. When you are driving sometimes you are making multiple split second decisions and you might for whatever reason mess one up. With a shopping cart it's a simple task that you can do even when tired and stressed. It takes little effort.

[@nikosucksatskating]

​@@yong9613 not a guarantee, insurance companies are scammers.

[@ChewyChicken589]

If you work in a grocery store, you get to see just how many people fail this test.

[@Gutsyredcoat]

Even just going to one

[@chriscohlmeyer4735]

Only place I saw with almost 100% returns even on a snow covered lot was where you had to use a quarter to release a cart from the others and you got it back when you pushed the carts together. A few local kids sometimes would come by to collect quarters from the few left around.

[@Gutsyredcoat]

@@chriscohlmeyer4735 brilliant, and further proves the point. I appreciate the motivation to get it back, and the luxury of leaving it

[@testingdumby4524]

I mean I don’t return a shopping cart that was already left outside 🤷‍♂️ only do it when I take out a shopping cart that was inside

[@nikosucksatskating]

They're the same ones that don't wash their hands while I'm cleaning the bathrooms. They couldn't even be bothered to look like they care about hygeine even when they know that I see them every single day. Usually old people. And who knows if the women are any better or worse, I'm not in there when they're using the restroom.

[@CuppoJoe_]

"Find yourself a woman that returns her shopping cart out of her own kindness" - Plato

[@sethrobinson6998]

Thanks joe

[@9834htns]

@@sethrobinson6998 who is joe

[@fapdosDev]

@@9834htns joe mama

[@Rhayader_12]

@@breadconnoisseur9136 too hard, almost impossible

[@CasuallyShadow]

More like a man, Plato was gay homie

[@PR-ot7qd]

I don't use shopping carts, I awkwardly carry all groceries in my arms. Be ungovernable.

[@SmD-ff5xd]

Bring several black duffel bags, be feared

[@hamiltonhickman2248]

@@SmD-ff5xdS tier comment

[@wonkehcheetah1138]

I consume everything (packaging included) immediately, regurgitate it onto the conveyor belt unscathed to pay for it, then I eat it all again until I return home then regurgitate it again to put it away. Be an Eldritch Horror.

[@ninab.4540]

The anarchist shopper

[@marschallblucher6197]

I've seen more people do that than take the baskets designed for small loads.

[@AliRadicali]

Looks like 2.1K savages did not enjoy the mirror being held up in front of them...

[@karabean]

As I have commented here, I was a single mom with disabled children to worry about. I'm hoping you will find it in your heart to be more forgiving of others. Remember the Creator loves you and we should all figure out how to love each other too. Blessings to you ❤

[@Chris-nn3vu]

​@@karabeantriggered

[@karabean]

@@Chris-nn3vu sorry to trigger you. 🤷‍♀️ My intent is just to let people know that sometimes you can forgive a stranger. It's ok NOT to be angry, even though this world seems like the opposite of that right now.

[@user-zu5do6ri6r]

Being considered a savage is a good thing. You have inspired me to stop pushing my cart back. I took the responsibility for returning the cart when I paid the store their mark up to hire a person to return my cart for me. I already paid the store 500% of the money to do 100% of the job. Returning the cart is the least that the company can do for us.

[@AliRadicali]

@@karabean If it is OK not to be angry, why are you get this flustered about a joke comment from 3 months ago. Kindly evaluate yourself before you try to lecture others, maam.

[@PepperstreetDev]

(1) Shopping cart returns (2) How people treat servers at restaurants Two character tests

[@CLC_]

the correct answer is to ride the shopping cart into battle.

[@antoinvaleroso4773]

I hate you for being right.

[@V1_Ultrakrill]

Correct

[@Ocuu-si2fx]

Once again proving itself as it distinguishes the superior beings

[@durere]

Even my prize horse rides a shopping cart into battle

[@faded6399]

no it isn't

[@tapirsareunder-appreciated2272]

Half of my work at Costco is fetching carts. There are different levels: --Fully return the cart to the corral or indoors, place them neatly --Throw the cart into the corral or indoors, allowing it to be sloppy and interfere with further cart returns, though still technically returned --return carts NOT to the corral, but to a random parking space that you and a few others have deigned a new cart spot, technically keeping tidy but also interfering with parking and cart collecting. --leave them anywhere. No returns. No consideration --whatever ungodly tier "leave two dirty diapers and half a tilapia in the cart and set it in the middle of the parking lot, under the heat of the summer sun" falls under. WHO DID THIS? I CANNOT SLEEP KNOWING THESE PEOPLE EXIST OUT THERE. I REQUIRE ANSWERS. THE SMELL STILL HAUNTS ME. WHAT THE *ACTUAL* HELL.

[@daniellaguilles8955]

Don't forget that particular tier of people who will throw their carts at you, despite the fact your hands are occupied.

[@userequaltoNull]

@@daniellaguilles8955 Chaotic neutral

[@breeberry.]

not the tilapia 💀💀😭

[@xtreemgamer129]

There are two more tiers your forgot: -cart thrown down into the grassy drainage ditch between the parking lot and the road -cart permanently stolen, never to be seen again

[@numberpirate]

I used to be a condo building maintenance person who was responsible for moving the recycling totes from the underground parking garage to the curbside. The amount of people who would throw their garbage or not broken down boxes into the totes, causing the garbage to be left on the curbside or limiting the full capacity was outstanding. I used to open the bags of garbage to find a bill or address and then go hang it on the persons doorknob, opened up, or I would take the not broken down box and put it in their parking spot. I ended up quitting that job because I started to get really nasty with repeat offenders. It ended with one of them telling me that they pay my paycheck and me saying I can quit this job and I will still know where you live. The thing is, I could do something for those people to help them out and did so quite often. This is what created the core of my misanthropy and what started the death of the altruistic part of my personality. Now I live in my wife's basement.

[@Macgyverthehero5957]

I once came out of a grocery store to find a huge pileup of shopping carts surrounding the spot that carts are supposed to be returned to. So I spent a good minute or two putting carts together back in place because it annoyed me so much.

[@KasThinks]

Thank you!

[@LeoCoot]

i love that you put a shopping cart sound 🛒

[@free-2-play]

The rattling sounds make it feel like he's taking us on a journey thru the halls of the human psyche in a shopping cart

[@Kafkalol]

The rattling briefly stops on the last paragraph. Like he stopped to stare into your eyes to deliever the paragraph.

[@thunderblossom8114]

Didn’t realize it was rattling, but low volume. Also, we have a harder time hearing anything with pushing them, be it customer or vehicle. Can’t tell you how many times I’ve been startled by a vehicle that comes barreling up behind me

[@dannypipewrench533]

888th like.

[@Penultimeat]

He’s sitting in the cart as we push it

[@tomhewitt8017]

He really did

[@clutchedbyanangel]

When Stanley had finished putting his groceries into his car, he returned the shopping cart to the corral.

[@matthewnoybn6656]

Stanley took extra care to line up his shopping cart neatly with the other carts and slot it into its proper place. If he didn't then the cart pusher may get stuck, and No one wanted that.

[@four-en-tee]

@@matthewnoybn6656 ... I said "Stanley took extra care to line up his cart." Are you even listening to me, Stanley?

[@SpecterMemo]

@@four-en-tee “no” said the shopping cart. “Don’t go to the line cart, anything but the line cart, go somewhere else. Yeah the cargo lift, yeah go to the cargo lift.” said the shopping cart

[@deathknightrevan]

Then Stanley realized that a shopping cart is really kind of like a large bucket with many holes in it, at which point he decided that he would take the shopping cart home with him and live with it for the rest of his life.

[@alexgustavsson5955]

Stanley looked at the shopping cart fondly, feeling its smooth plastic grip and hearing it rattle on the pavement. In that moment, Stanley stumbled upon another realization - what if this shopping cart already belonged to another person? What if it had already formed a lifelong bond with someone else? That's impossible, thought Stanley. It can't be! Right?

[@I.Odnamra]

As someone that has returned shopping carts to their designated location for the last 17 years, I feel acknowledged and appreciated. Thank you and youre welcome.

[@davidj4662]

These are the same creatures that leave packages of porkchops on a random shelf in the laundry detergent aisle at costco.

[@milotheviewer]

I was at a Walmart once and as I went to the entrance I saw a lone cart in the middle of the lot. When I came back, there were several carts pushed into that original abandoned cart, all in the middle of the lane. And that was when I finally understood the type of people that join cults

[@John.Not-Jack.Daniels]

Same thing happens in dog parks. Once one person stops picking up after their dog, others follow that example. This behavior snowballs until the park is unuseable.

[@Lulu_Lime]

@@John.Not-Jack.Daniels Well I’ve found what I’m doing next Saturday. The only problem is I don’t have a dog 🤔 If I put my cat on a leash and put a hat on it to cover its ears do you think it could pass for a small dog?

[@ezekielanderson9055]

Yeah that happens often at the grocery store I work at. An idiot elderly or fat person will leave one cart next to the handicap spot. Then 20 minutes later, there will be several carts IN THE HANDICAP PARKING SPOT. 🤦‍♂️ Monkey see, monkey do.

[@John.Not-Jack.Daniels]

@@Lulu_Lime Can it yap? A small dog that didn't yap would be highly suspicious.

[@Rosales3269]

@@ezekielanderson9055 the presence and future of human society, ladies and gentlemen. I'm already fearing for our future "pioneers."

[@arkansky]

I tried so hard to consider this as a joke but I can't help being convinced by the point made here

[@Valhalla13375]

Of all the terrible words to tongue or pen the worst of all........ "/pol/ was right again."

[@remainprofane7732]

@@Valhalla13375 even a broken clock is right twice a day I guess

[@discursion]

It can only be seen as either a joke or a thoughtless affirmation.

[@cockfightinglord]

@@Valhalla13375 How dare you utter such words. They are forbidden!

[@cameron6538]

@@Valhalla13375 Alas they were not correct, they present it as a binary: either you return it out of the "goodness of your heart," or you do not. (indicating your moral standing and ability to self govern). They state that there is nothing gained or lost from returning it, but there is - by returning it you're conforming to social norms and social pressures. Since everyone knows that returning it is correct, there will be social judgement to be had if someone observes you failing to do so. This itself is a kind of punishment to most people, although not all feel compelled to care. This presents a perfectly valid alternative possibility, in which the person returns the cart to avoid judgement and embarrassment. Since some people are unfazed by social etiquette, they might fail to return it due to a lack of that feeling - instead of some inherent savagery or because they are unable to self-regulate. Since there is no way to disentangle this possible motivation from "just doing the 'right thing,' "the shopping cart is not an adequate test of moral fiber (unsurprisingly). Luckily overanalyzing mundane things is the theme of this meme, so that's my defense if anyone calls me out: it was all in the name of irony

[@tropezando]

It's always the people who had no trouble walking through the store, walking through the lot, and lifting a case of water or an appliance into their vehicle that suddenly lost the use of their legs and can't make it to the cart return...

[@user-zu5do6ri6r]

We already pay people to return carts.

[@TheNateaudio]

My first job was running carts at a super market. It was miserable work for the most part. However, people doing the right thing really helped out. I'll never be able to abandon a cart because of that experience.

[@socialmoth4974]

Littering is on the same level. Basically,anyone who can’t do anything even remotely inconvenient to themselves tells you a lot about their character.

[@kman9884]

Littering is appropriate in indiana only

[@puppethound]

There are fines and laws against littering, so not really the same.

[@reece3408]

@@kman9884 why indiana?

[@dogzer]

Or saying "thank you" to the bus driver

[@jokerpilled2535]

I liter and jump trains 🫠

[@em4six348]

I still can't believe that we live in a society where people don't return their Shopping Cart.

[@elvispresley2284]

We lived in a society where people returned their shopping carts, but due to moral degradation, the people don't do that anymore because they're lazy

[@abrahamalviarez5870]

"be that change u want to see in the world"

[@BoldTint]

​@@abrahamalviarez5870 I mean, usually it only bothers people that already do that, so it's not really a statement that works here

[@thechugg4372]

@@elvispresley2284 yes elvis you were probably here in the 1940s to tell everyone how perfect people were to shopping carts....

[@OpreRoma]

Shit, i did it cos i was homeless with health problems and needed a place for my stuff

[@mar10ssj1]

I used to be a bagger in a grocery store. Picking up shopping carts 🛒 was always a pain in the unforgiving weather. SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE BAGGERS OUT THERE!!!

[@PlasmaCoolantLeak]

Baggers are some of the hardest working people at a grocery store. I return my shopping cart to the overhang area when it rains. If I had a kid working as a bagger, I wouldn't want him or her to have to retrieve my cart from a parking lot when the rain is coming down in buckets, and I sure as hell don't want someone else's kid to have to do the same.

[@ladyrachel13]

I hate pulling into a parking lot and seeing shopping carts everywhere. It's so tacky. 🛒

[@ry4nfr]

You don’t drive a shopping cart, a shopping cart brings you to whatever it desires, most likely what you want. Shopping carts are able to read minds

[@Tuzszo]

You can drive them in herds like cattle, however. It takes a gentle hand to be a cart-wrangler. They are noble, peaceful creatures by nature, but easily startled.

[@cameronspencer9619]

Really? My shopping carts must all be as confused as I am, then…

[@ry4nfr]

@@cameronspencer9619 if they are having trouble finding what you want, just feed them some oxygen-deprived metal. You can find some of this in places where shopping cart sightings have been

[@trevorfranks69]

Just like Jack Sparrow's compass

[@X.R.808]

You don't drive a shopping cart, shopping cart rides you. 😳

[@allthelonely4287]

As someone who works in retail, I’m disappointed at how many shopping carts people don’t return to the store and just leave in the parking lot. What’s more disappointing are the number of shopping carts I find just abandoned inside the store.

[@neoqwerty]

As someone helpful I'm sorry about the idiots who think it's everyone ELSE's problem, not THEIRS, and I'd like to tell you that one of my personal hobbies is gathering up the shopping carts and bringing them back to their designated Return Place. (okay so half of it is because I'm a little gremlin in the body of an adult and I still ride shopping carts like they're scooters on four wheels like a maniac for the sheer unhinged joy of the nyoom and it's socially unacceptable to joyride in shopping carts in the parking lot but it's fine if you're returning them.)

[@MrPicklesAndTea]

One time our store was completely without shopping carts, which is impossible because we had way more shopping carts than could ever be used. The manager at the time made called 2 people from every department to find shopping carts inside the store and bring them to their waiting area. Tiny emergency, though not as large as when they failed to schedule any cashiers and wanted me specifically to have emergency cashier training even though I was told by upper management that they specifically did not want me to be trained on the cash register at all. Craziness.

[@bowmin1]

Probably realised half way through that they don't need the shopping cart because of the stuff they are buying, but had taken it anyways in case they need it. Upon realising that they aren't going to need the shopping cart, they immediately decide to ditch it as they believed it would just be more trouble than its worth. While somewhat understandable, I'd still consider them morons for doing it.

[@TheOtherBradBird]

I try to point these things out to my wife, but she is convinced her home town is a nice place to live despite having the worst cart return index I've ever seen. Finding frozen goods and partially consumed merchandise abandoned on random shelves is also commonplace. The condition of parking lots tells more about the cohesion of a town than any other markers.

[@Cocacola2103]

That's why I love watching the Cart Narcs!

[@billward2855]

As a former retail employee who used to push carts for 4 years in the rain, snow, and blistering hot summers, I approve this message.

[@ThisManTriggeredMe]

If everybody returned their cart you never would have had a job. So you're thanking them for making you unemployed? This video was actually the test. And the comment section is the test results. FYI, the customer is not your employee. The customer is not your boss's employee. The customer is the customer. But this video has people tricked into believing it is morally right to work for free for the supermarket you just spent money at. And everybody claps like seals in the comment section because they don't even think about it

[@Chris-nn3vu]

​@@ThisManTriggeredMe your comment is ignorant. Their job is to take the trolleys from the returns and take them back to the entrance. not to pick up after lazy ignorant, entitled NPCs

[@ThisManTriggeredMe]

@@Chris-nn3vu LMAO yeah okay 🤡. You keep providing free labor to businesses. Good luck with that

[@user-zu5do6ri6r]

We pay at least 500% mark up on an item at stores the the stores can afford to employ people to get our carts. Stores can start offering greater discounts if they want us to be employed there.

[@ThisManTriggeredMe]

@@Chris-nn3vu HAHAHAHAHAHAHA We found the trolley return employee

[@KeenEyeStudios]

As someone who works in retail and collects shopping carts from the parking lot… This video resonates with me.

[@Pixelcraftian]

the rattling of the shopping cart in the background really sells this message to me, i’ll put that one in my shopping cart

[@yarumillai6180]

Oh

[@mengoinggodsway9024]

@@yarumillai6180 What is your profile picture? I am curious and desire to know.

[@yarumillai6180]

​@@mengoinggodsway9024 Vijayanagar Empire, EU4

[@prahalladkashyap8187]

@@yarumillai6180 based

[@jurassicbread4279]

You better return that shopping cart when you’re finished

[@Maplekittycity]

I actually did an entire essay on the shopping cart theory for my AP English class. We also had to present this essay, so after people were done talking about their abusive fathers or something I went up too the front of the class to talk about shopping carts. I still got an A, so... Edit: Uuuuuh since so many people are curious about the essay and the assignment topic. It was a "This I Believe" essay which is basically what it sounds like. It could be any topic you want but had too write it under 500 words (which is difficult for kids who like English and are passionate for what their writing about lol). Mine was basically just whats said in the video but longer.

[@artstsym]

That's a pretty broad prompt.

[@spudsbuchlaw]

What was the assignment about?

[@firewolf950tfwgaming7]

I’m sorry W H A T. I must read this essay.

[@janLilin]

Don't be afraid, drop the essay

[@LittleRaAnime]

I am also in line to see this essay

[@qitsune8326]

I worked retail during covid times, a couple months or so we had to clean the handles etc of the shopping carts afters they had been used. The idea was: you grab a shopping cart from inside the store and return it either to a stand outside, or to the worker assigned to clean it (literally next to where you grabbed it, at the entrance, you couldnt miss it). Now the amount of people who just left their cart in the hallway without walking the 3 steps to deliver it to the worker was so large, it was the most frustrating task I had to do in the 2-3 years I worked in retail

[@letseatvegemite2427]

As someone who works retail I can confidently say that our society is doomed.

[@Atoll-ok1zm]

I've been the guy who runs carts. I've had people care so little that they abandon their cart in front of me. Sometimes they think twice and put it in the return after they see me. They know it's wrong, and feel guilty, but only do what is right when watched. Sometimes it doesn't even register that they did something wrong. That me, a human being, now had to clean up after them because they were lazy. Those are the worst ones.

[@ezekielanderson9055]

Some people will try to give me their carts when I already have a long train. In the middle of a busy parking lot. With a million maniac drivers almost running me over if I don't hurry up and get back in store

[@svennoren9047]

Thank you for your service!

[@SparkyForce]

The job exists for a reason and you're being paid to do it. No reason to be surprised that you have to do what you were hired to do, even if the job shouldn't really need to exist in the first place.

[@stock_img]

@@SparkyForce if you're walking to a trash can at a park and see someone picking up litter nearby, do you throw your trash on the ground for them to pick up?

[@ycasto1063]

It's so strange that american supermarkets have people employed just for returning the shopping carts. German shopping carts all have a mechanism where you have to insert a coin and you will only get it back when they are attached to the other shopping carts

[@datscootusee213]

A homeless man lived near our kohls and would sit watching people from the treeline. I can't help but speculate that the madness of watching people fail to put the cart back finally got to him. He began actively approaching people and yelling at them incoherently, which scared people. Slowly, the carts began to find their way back. It took months for the cops to do something, but by that time it had spread to the lowe's and dollar store. I miss you charlie. When you left the ungovernable idiots inevitably returned...

[@fromthefire4176]

Man lives beyond society in a tree line, inspiring order and disciplined self governance around him. When he is gone, nature returns.

[@UkraineJames2000]

F

[@saulsoloman3495]

@@fromthefire4176 So Batman. The guy was Batman.

[@HANKTHEDANKEST]

1) reject modernity 2) scream at lazy normies 3) ascend to godhood Charlie did not leave--he is everywhere now. He is the blade of grass under your feet, he is the sun in the sky, he is the birdsong, and the bird, and the worm, and the egg; he is all things, across all of time. Everything is Charlie.

[@dr.2335]

@@saulsoloman3495 no, he was more than that. He wasn’t the hero we wanted, he was the hero we needed- and he made sure society respected his authority. He was Cartman.

[@miguelsilva9118]

That shopping cart background sound is strangely soothing.

[@stevegriffin1413]

Three types of people in the world: 1) those who return their shopping cart 2) those who don’t 3) those who return other peoples cart on the way to the store

[@anonydun82fgoog35]

I have always returned my shopping cart as has my father before me. And so do my children. We are a 3 generation cart return family.

[@turtlelove7]

You stand true, you have not forgotten the face of your father. Thankee, sai.

[@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz2086]

Great men breed great men. You have my vote in the next election Anonydun 81fgoog. Goog for president! All hail Goog the God King!

[@eljefeamericano4308]

This sounds like a Seinfeld quote. XD

[@suprememasteroftheuniverse]

Heaven awaits for you.

[@TxxT33]

As a fellow generational cart returner, I am proud to be your peer.

[@demonschnauzer1555]

Alternate: when you’re shopping and decide you don’t want something. Do you put it back? Puts it back- good Leaves it on a random shelf - neutral/bad Leaves it on a random shelf and it’s an item that needs to be refrigerated/frozen - irredeemable/pure evil

[@reversegoat3260]

When I was a teen a worked at a grocery store and found a fish cut under one of the produce displays. It was wrapped in paper, so it was something the butcher had to cut to order and most likely expensive. When I returned the cut I could feel the seething disappointment and resentment in the butcher as he looked at the cut. I'm sure he could picture the customer who ordered it.

[@Keepcalmandcupcakes]

@@reversegoat3260 That's why when that would happen at the place I worked, I would just steal it.

[@Whodjathink]

@@Keepcalmandcupcakes Yeah same, especially since that produce has to be thrown out afterwards anyway

[@sophiathefurbst]

what if you put it in someone else’s cart

[@keddethan]

there’s a fourth one as well: Leaves it in a freezer/refrigerator when the item doesn’t need to be frozen/refrigerated - not as bad as 3, but still terrible and unforgivable

[@LeBronya_James]

This isn’t just a theory, this is life. I needed this magnificent art in my life and I’m eternally grateful that I was blessed by the algorithm with a priceless gem.

[@flavoredwaters]

There’s no excuse for leaving a shopping cart in the middle of the lot

[@user-zu5do6ri6r]

We already paid someone to retrieve it.

[@zzzzz4203]

@@user-zu5do6ri6r That's about as clever as saying we already paid someone"to pick up whatever empty beverage container or trash we decide to dump onto the grocery room aisle floor.

[@unlikelygamer]

As someone who has to gather the carts people leave behind for a living, I feel validated.

[@primadeluxe4910]

But that's how you make your money. So without the people not returning the carts you wouldn't have a job.

[@schwig44]

@@primadeluxe4910 way to imply this person is not capable of literally anything else than returning shopping carts.

[@guilherme8742335]

@@primadeluxe4910 i worked on a market as my first job as a teen, sometimes i had to go out and return the carts and whenever i saw someone bringing them back i would tell them to just leave the carts wherever they where, the reasoning is that it was way easier and calmer to walk around retrieving the carts than being inside on the cashier with everybody else, so it was a good way to wind down in the midlle of a busy day.

[@jonahharris8789]

@@primadeluxe4910 What are the implications of keeping people doing meaningless work?

[@primadeluxe4910]

@@schwig44 I didn't imply anything of the sort. They could end up being president of the fucking world for all I know. But for now, this is how they are being employed. If there were no carts to gather, the business wouldn't have need to employ as many people and this person, or maybe some other employee, would be fired.

[@axe2grind244]

Laziness and rudeness aside, it’s the incredible irony of not wanting to walk the cart back to one of the numerous parking lot receptacles after you just finished walking through an entire grocery store that gets me.

[@jmwichert8842]

What about when the store does not provide you with numerous receptacles and you have to push the cart across a poorly maintained parking lot? I'll leave it with the several others that people didn't return either.

[@dumb214]

@@jmwichert8842 then just walk slower

[@zeltzamer4010]

@@jmwichert8842 A coward balks at the challenges of a poorly maintained parking lot.

[@IamHueGraves]

@@jmwichert8842 That situation literally does not exist. It's 50 feet at the most

[@originaljoke4502]

@@jmwichert8842 park closer to the door

[@wyrdplae8586]

For extra credit you can offer to return someone else's cart when you are entering the shop and you see them finish unpacking their cart by their car. The holy grail of moments for me however, is trying to park in a spot that someone has just left a trolley in while they are still in their car trying to leave. I recommend a combination of parking your car behind them while you move the trolley and/or stopping half way into the park to not block traffic and making continuous eye contact with them while you move the cart, park and then take the cart back yourself.

[@bacchuslax7967]

You can judge character by doing things you should when no one is watching

[@suoun6938]

Whenever I'm in a moral dilemma I always ask myself; if everyone in the whole word was doing this, would it be an inconvenience?

[@loganl7257]

Kant, is that you??

[@wojteksowinski248]

@@loganl7257 Nah, Kantian philosophy is deontological: the morality of an action is determined by the motivation of the doer, not by the consequences. This is more like Rule Utilitarianism.

[@Joosher56]

@@loganl7257 Perchance

[@mari_023]

@@wojteksowinski248 Kant states that "you should only handle in a way which could be turned into an universal law" so, op's message is similar to Kant.

[@loganl7257]

@@wojteksowinski248 Dammit you're right! He must be John Stuart Mill in disguise. Get him lads

[@Halo2nothing11111]

Yes, unironically. Also applies to throwing your trash in a trash can, and flushing the toilet in a public restroom.

[@lnsflare1]

And lifting the seat in a public restroom before you piss, unless you're doing so while seated.

[@thedarklrd6714]

Once, in a Safeway near me, some heathen wiped and then threw it in the trash. They apparently didn't cover it and the smell was horrendous. I am glad my friend discovered that and not me. Can't imagine doing that

[@GeraltofRivia22]

Littering is technically illegal

[@Vincrand]

Still amazed by how many people not knowing how a toilet works.

[@discursion]

Or not being vegan, how about that?

[@rohankishibe6433]

If returning the shopping cart makes you a good person, then the fact that most people return it is a sign that most people are good.

[@graydanerasmussen4071]

Most persons ARE "good", as defined by our willingness to follow the rules, even when not forced or monitored. That is (or should be) the standard for living in a community, and we mostly live up to it. There will always be people who don't, though, and dealing with them is the thorn in our sides.

[@Tstumpman]

I always use campground rules: leave it in a better position than you found it. So i will usually take the most inconveniently placed cart from the parking lot, use it to shop, and i will either return it to the corral inside if i am able to carry my things to my car by hand or i will return to the outside corral.

[@boogeytime686]

Returning the shopping cart: Lawful Good Not returning the shopping cart: Chaotic Neutral Stealing the shopping cart: Chaotic Evil

[@berrytsakala7935]

Only Vigilantes return it Edit: ToS anybody?

[@bobbobinson7788]

Filling the cart with groceries then abandoning it in the middle of an aisle: Lawful Evil

[@theuncalledfor]

Riding the shopping cart back to its station: Chaotic Good Firmly reminding others to return their shopping carts: Lawful Neutral

[@brumm0m3ntum94]

y‘all got it backwards, lawful evil is not returning it, chaotic evil is filling it and then abandoning it, additionally chaotic good is fighting off a tweaker who stole the cart and then walking a mile to return it edit: theuncalledfor seemingly made their reply after i had opened the comment but before i made my comment so i did not see their reply until now, i concede that their proposal is a better one for chaotic good than mine, and therefore i change mine to a proposition for chaotic neutral

[@imaginebeingnamedgiuseppe8674]

Pulling a monsieur mangetout on the shopping cart: ???

[@joshklein7842]

Don't marry a man who doesn't return the shopping cart.

[@boat5522]

Or he wont return to your children with the milk because he left it IN the cart. That is your warning and your FINAL ONE.

[@xXx_Regulus_xXx]

don't marry anyone who: • won't return the cart • leaves trash all over the movie theater floor • treats people in the service industry as "beneath" them

[@chaschoune]

@Josh Klein Why do you limit your statement to men? It also applies to women.

[@willwh9228]

Don't marry someone who bring a shopping trolley home. Marry someone who brings a shopping trolley to *IT'S* home.

[@seth4321]

I’ve begun to notice more and more shopping carts left in the lots as I’ve gotten older. Surely more than when I was younger, or so I presume. I’ve pondered to myself that this is symptom of a deeper problem within society at large. I didn’t know that there was a theory attached to it. I’m thankful to see this discussion being had. My dad always taught me, in all aspects of life, “do the right thing.”

[@ccffire6666]

this little riddle kind of helped me out a little bit it made my day to hear this especially the end

[@smoker6683]

In my town there’s an unspoken tradition where a certain river must always have an upturned shopping cart in it. Every day for years when I went past the river to school there was always one there. If someone tried to take the shopping cart out of the river, within a week another would inevitably take its’ place.

[@caboose9843]

Reality anchor

[@gorywriter326]

Perhaps semi-related, in my neck of the woods there's a BJ's with a big fenced off pit, and in that pit sat an abandoned, overturned shopping cart. Every day as I rode the bus to high school, I would watch that cart in that pit. Every day, it would sink further and further into the murky depths of that pit. First the basket, then the legs, and finally the wheels. The earth HUNGERS for the steel of the shopping cart! 'Tis perhaps not a tradition, but a sacrifice to your river, as was the cart within that pit?

[@heroichitsuji]

@@caboose9843 well that’s a weird concept that’s going to plague my consciousness for a bit.

[@hardcase7753]

i cant tell if this is a humorous way of saying your town has a shopping cart problem or if its a legit tradition

[@jjt5073]

@@heroichitsuji agreed

[@fardrives]

It's how I judge a town before I decide to move into it.

[@Pickleslip]

I return the shopping cart because I know I am helping a kid/person who’s just trying to earn a few bucks. Them F…in lines of carts are hard to push and return… and a working person speaks volumes in my book. Keep sending it cart Kings! 💪🎩

[@Alfahippie]

You forgot the people who leave their shopping cart in a place where it blocks a car, that’s gotta give some extra penalty points on that scale.

[@shoppingcart69420]

One time someone put me in front of a car. They immediately broke one of my wheels. That's why shopping carts only have three working wheels.

[@johndow2289]

@@shoppingcart69420 was confused, but then I saw your name

[@kagemushashien8394]

@@shoppingcart69420 BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAH!!!

[@warlordofbritannia]

@@shoppingcart69420 I'm sorry I was not there to save you, my brother. I would have given a minimum of effort to protect you from that.

[@Orio435]

at that point, that’d be a person who goes out of their way to be evil

[@dylandog1289]

Dated a girl who refused to return carts and laughed at me when i did it. “They get paid to collect them, leave it for them”. She wondered why we broke up.

[@emptyhand777]

Dating advice: when first dating, if your date is kind to you but rude to others, know they are rude and eventually will be rude to you.

[@void-citizen]

I'm proud of u bro ✊️

[@BakaryD]

It's like not putting your own shit in the trash can at Burger King because people are "pAiD tO Do iT"

[@zergslayer69]

My first ex said something similar, but it was about putting clothes back where she got them if she no longer wanted it and didn’t go to the fitting room. Said it was the employees job to sort the clothes.

[@blueberry1vom1t]

bullet dodged my guy. She would've treated you like shit, not all at once, but slowly.

[@robinbrown3347]

While my parents were shopping my older brother would push me around the parking lot sitting in the basket of a shopping cart. I think I was about 5 years old. One time he let go of the cart as it was rolling down a sloping drive behind the store. I will never forget riding the cart as it crossed 3 busy lanes of traffic. I am almost 80 now.

[@nspro931]

When I was a bagboy I liked getting the carts out of the parking lot. Gave me a chance to get away from the chaos inside the store.

[@CeeStyleDj]

I would clock in and almost immediately say, "I'm going out to get carts.". Back outside, just like that. 😄

[@Giant_Meteor]

This would make a premise for a B-list serial killer movie, in which the vigilante killer takes out only people who failed to return the shopping cart, because they have shown themselves to be bad people.

[@requiem522]

so just Punisher if he was indicted into DC

[@charlesvitanza8867]

I would watch the fuck out of that movie

[@Absorbant]

So a Saw movie?

[@kexard]

Reminds me of a story I heard somewhere where a serial killer slowly and meticulously slaughtered and entire town in order from most to least evil, turning into a town too scared to even leave home, out of fear of doing something “bad”.

[@Giant_Meteor]

@@kexard ...leaving only the killer. The least evil of all?

[@euclon]

Shopping carts and littering... the hallmarks of savagery in our time...

[@sunnohh]

Idk what poor place you live in but I only see littering in extremely poor areas

[@gung2549]

Besides the actual savagery like rape and murder

[@Youngstomata]

@@sunnohh I don’t know a soul who puts their cigarette butts in the trash

[@boydwhite3708]

@@Youngstomata The one person who put their cigarette butt in the trash started a forest fire.

[@andyleibrook6012]

@@sunnohh Where oh where does the litter go when the wind begins to blow?

[@mr.christopher6000]

Transcendant wisdom. Thank you. Let this lesson stand for all time.

[@makytondr8607]

I 100% agree with this. It might sound silly, but the premise is sound.

[@qwertywarrior]

This is only a joke until you've seen some of the worst examples of it. There's absolutely no reason anyone should have to pull in to a parking lot only to find two shpping carts taking up the full space of what seemed to be an open spot, forcing me to get out and move them. Sometimes they'll just be strewn about everywhere: in between cars, on the grass, some will be knocked over and have parts missing, most will have a bad wheel. The world would truly be better off without people that cause this.

[@sarahmellinger3335]

to be fair the bad wheels are mostly a store problem

[@trollshamanpwnage]

@@sarahmellinger3335 sometimes the ball bearings get gunked up and keeps them from turning smoothly. The easiest fix i know if is to bypass the bearings altogether and just loosen the nut a bit so the entire wheel, bearing assembly and all, spin on the bolt itself. Its almost impossible to jam up the bolt enough to slow it down. Source; used to push carts at a walmart. I collected the stiff carts and did this fix countless times during slow business hours. I worked too fucking hard at that stupid job

[@kohai-kun9261]

Or, better yet, without cultures and ideologies that produce people that cause this. There are so many things that people just *do* without even acknowledging it, simply because it's taken for granted as "normal". Their decision to do it isn't guided by some moral calculus, or some measured analysis of pros and cons - rather, such considerations don't even occur to them because it's just... "what you do." Like virtually all behaviors, even these "taken as normal" behaviors are *learned*. They are taught, and passed down through culture. Now imagine if we lived in a society in which people -- being smart enough to understand that they do, in fact, live *in a society*, decided to instill values of "have even a modicum of consideration for someone that isn't yourself", instead of the rampant fetishization of the individual that leads people to act so frequently in ways that exploit and/or bring harm to others solely for their own benefit. Tldr; if we stop feeding kids hyper-individualist propaganda and instead teach them "hey mate, like it or not, you have neighbors, and literally all of your lives will be strictly better if you were chill with each other" then we wouldn't have to worry about such savages as the dregs who don't return shopping carts.

[@Meloncholiac]

@@kohai-kun9261 Take your meds. You're schizo posting again.

[@cibo889]

@@kohai-kun9261 Don't know what kind school you go to, because I figured all of them teach this. Doesn't seem to help since kids just ignore what they say.

[@jamwil200]

Pushing the shopping trolley at high speed over the speed bumps into the shopping trolley shed is fun. I don't need any moral arguments to do it.

[@neoqwerty]

Have you tried to round up several trolleys together like a writhing metal snake and seen how many you can you can drive in at once? Also fun!

[@starwhalomega2691]

@@neoqwerty This post discusses the test of an individual's moral obligation to do what is right, and you guys are out here setting up combos within your small cart-based mini games. Can I join?

[@dunkleosteusterrelli]

British?

[@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory]

Yes it is VERY fun.

[@accountid9681]

@@dunkleosteusterrelli probably

[@meloccom]

There’s also an incentive to return shopping carts close to your car when you arrive as they won’t run into your car and dent the bodywork. Plus , many a time I have picked up a cart in the car park to find that there aren’t any available in the store.

[@HexAyed]

In the UK, alot of shopping carts/trollies require a £1 coin, or similar, to be used, they still get dumped everywhere.

[@indycoone9027]

This theory can be supplemented by the Ikea Cart Return Theory: Ikea has two kinds of carts, a standard cage-constructed cart and a long cart for holding larger objects. The cart return is split into two to hold each, but only a basic visual sign above them determines where they fit inside the corral. Looking at the results usually indicates that many customers of stores with this setup are unable to discern basic shapes and often puts their carts in the wrong side despite a guide that children can interpret and accurately act on. This particular theory asks the question "yes, these members are functional members of society, but are they *stupid?*"

[@EvilNeonETC]

Functionally stupid. But functional at best.

[@Sky_Explorer]

They're not stupid, they just don't give a fuck.

[@Armameteus]

@@Sky_Explorer There is no difference between the two. Being stupid is a choice; when you choose to not give a fuck, it's because you choose not to learn. You choose to be stupid.

[@apatheticexistence]

Only consumerist NPCs shop at Ikea

[@jacobockman709]

After shopping at Ikea for a long period of time, it is more of their frustration and fatigue from shopping, preventing people putting pushable pushcart precisely in their place.

[@thewhisper4269]

I always return my shopping cart, not because I’m a good person, but because I love running really fast then jumping on the back of the cart and swerving it into where it goes

[@biggiehalps]

This statement is not only the marking of a good person, but also of one who finds the joy of life in its most menial tasks.

[@jamescoppe]

So you’re a legend then

[@crinklecrumpfets234]

Same here, I love to return the shopping not only because it feels right to do, but because I love the thrill of skating the cart back and pushing it into another car in the coral in one swoop. Whether or not I make is fine by me, there will always be another day to do so.

[@iesika7387]

Chaotic good

[@wkgmathguy218]

Win win situation :D

[@oakesclassic6294]

According to this I am beyond a good member of society. I was working in property maintenance a few years back and there was a random Home Depot cart on one of the properties. I strapped it in the truck and drove it all the way back😂

[@DeeBullock1836]

I always return my shopping carts, I fold back any clothes I unfold when shopping so sales person can spend time waiting on customers and not folding, return what I try on back to rack, I even will walk from one end of the grocery store if I decide I don’t want an item so it’s there if someone else needs the said item..try and stack the dishes I eat off when dining out as much as possible, and always throw trash away in designated bins….i was raised this way..raised all my kids this way, and my kids are raising their kids this way…it’s just being right, good, and considerate for yourself and others around you!!!!!

[@deanfirnatine7814]

I was shopping for holiday supplies with my good friend and his fiance years ago, we loaded the car up with both carts, me and my friend both started to return our carts and his fiance laughed at us, remarking how goody two shoes we both were returning the carts, I thought to myself at that moment maybe he should not marry her.

[@yoloman3607]

Sadly opposites attract

[@darkshamrock1980]

Is/was (God willing) his fiancée someone who'd use sunblock on a bright and sunny day?

[@Defirence]

I feel sorry for him if he did marry her lmao

[@lrom5445]

Seems like a red flag. If the fiance was unwilling to do that little for the sake of being a good person, what's going to prevent their moral compass from allowing them to do all kinds of thing? I always think of it as a good sign of courtesy for others. If that person lacks courtesy towards their fellow shoppers, they might well lack courtesy in other areas.

[@sebastianforbes1]

@@lrom5445 - how is it a lack of "courtesy towards their fellow shoppers" - the shop employs staff to ensure that their customers are never inconvenienced?

[@orionphalynx6192]

"No one will punish you for not returning the shopping cart." We need a supermarket Batman who totally has it out for anyone who doesn't return their shopping cart.

[@HASTUR912]

Search up the Cart Narcs

[@Elipson52008]

The Batman's JokerBatman would totally do it. He's already punishing evildoers bringing 11 items to a 10 item grocery checkout.

[@SirTorcharite]

@@HASTUR912 exactly what I was gonna suggest!

[@enregistreur]

« Oh, it’s Cartman! » Wait, no, this one is taken.

[@sirweebs2914]

Yeah Cart Narc is the savior you people deserve.

[@butcheredalive]

I always park right next to the cart corral because the type of person who will hit your car and not say anything is almost always the same person who won’t return the cart. Also one side of the car is completely shielded from damage that isn’t caused by my own stupidity

[@HNXMedia]

Here I thought I was the only one.

[@maryjanegreen7601]

Best to park on the left side, the car that parks next to you may or may not have a passenger to door-ding you.

[@rob41137]

Absolutely. Especially if it’s your regular store in your neighborhood that you frequent. It’s just about taking care of your things.

[@BigLichen]

“The Shopping Cart is what determines whether a person is a good or bad member of society” is a sentence that radiates so much power it hurts to read

[@adrianafamilymember6427]

The real question is how long can you ride the shopping cart before returning it?

[@virtuerse]

⁠@@adrianafamilymember6427depends on the type of cart and the location, if you have those mag locks you’re probably only having fun for 45 minutes (considering average size of lots). Following this rigorous analysis I concur that the average cart is fun for about 35 mins, surprising isn’t it? Take the square root and multiple it by two and you have your answer

[@cluelesspotato8945]

It can be an economical and moral metaphor

[@isacchris1]

A thousand things could be likened to the shopping cart! Are we having an ocd moment

[@tylerbrown4483]

Yeah because you just know that the same people who leave their shopping carts adrift in the parking lot like animals are the same ones who make messes in public places and don’t clean them up and who just throw trash out the window of their car and who raise iPad kids because they don’t feel like dealing with their children. The mentality radiates this energy of literally any inconvenience to me, no matter how small, is going to be immediately pushed off for someone else to deal with it at the very first opportunity. I watched someone park at a Walmart, roll down their window, and throw McDonalds trash out into the parking lot before going inside. There are 3 trash cans minimum at the entrance to every Walmart. They threw it on the ground in lieu of carrying it 100 feet in the direction they were already headed and taking 3 steps out of the way to stick it in the trash can. I can’t even begin to identify with that mentality.

[@The_Pikaboi]

As one who has worked a cart collecting job, this means that the ones who move the carts into the ditches are less than even an animal, and more savage than a savage

[@TheBigbean500]

I just recently started as a cart runner. The problem is that my store has two different size carts plus 2 more kinds for the garden section. While we try to keep minimum carts out in the lot. I do find it better sometimes when a cart is left in the grass/ditch versus having a line of carts that don't fit in eachother when emptying the corral. Lastly, I find carts being left in ditch/grass safer as the cart is less likely to roll into a car, or the middle of the road.

[@denofpigs2575]

I've straight up have had people throw their carts into bushes. I have zero fucking clue how, why, how what would even make someone contemplate leaving a cart in the *B* *U* *S* *H*

[@owninggreendragsdude]

thats just bubbles looking to make a profit

[@squidward5110]

@@denofpigs2575 it's so they can come back later when no ones looking and take it to their lair

[@Charlieandp]

They usually end up in the canal rather than a ditch near me

[@GenXWitch67]

My son and his best friend did a study for school in their 8th year. We sat in three busy supermarket parking lots on three very busy shopping days. They recorded who, when, and what, such as age, gender, did they have children or were they elderly, had physical encumbrances, etc. Then they analyzed their results. Overwhelming, it was young mothers with small children to corral who left their carts scattered across the lot while nearly everyone else put them away. This was small town American in the heart of the Midwest. Many had other people stop and offer to take the empty carts for them also. The conclusion for our boys was, busy mom’s didn’t want or dare leave their children in the car alone to find the cart rack. it was understandable even in our small town. The next set, was solo adults in a seeming hurry, who also drove faster in the lot and seemed distracted. Your regular parking lot jerks. Not a decent excuse for anyone and just selfish and rude. We had a good discussion about the moms and the others. The movie theater or sports stadium analogy is a good one also.

[@lancepate]

Pushing the carts in from a distance is a fun game. Sometimes you get one with a bad wheel and get to make cool curved shots. Other times they veer off into other peoples cars which is neat too.

[@captainquint]

There were times when I had serious spinal surgery, going to the grocery sore was a brutally painful experience which left me essentially bedridden for weeks. When I emptied my cart I proceeded to cripple my crippled ass back and forth to that cart corral as a matter of personal pride. There's no reason not to return your cart. If you can shop you can return the cart.

[@Greedo96]

Lol

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

Also keep in mind that between pick up service and clerks to bring the groceries to your car and that you somehow have to be able to get the groceries into your house, there's not often a good reason for leaving the shopping carts anyways.

[@bluesonicstreak7317]

And your situation is one where I'd understand not returning the cart. I assume you don't shop at a store that has courtesy clerks who can help take out your cart and load your groceries into your car for you? Because that would have been the other way of "returning" your cart that didn't cause you extra pain.

[@angustheterrible3149]

Good for you

[@Sflboater100]

Same here. Spinal fusions suck. I still returned the cart though

[@SpecialEDy]

I don't just return my shopping cart, I take it back to the store entrance instead of leaving it in the cart return in the parking lot. It means some minimum wage worker doesn't have to go retrieve it. Sometimes, I will grab a second cart on the way back to the entrance if it's left on my path.

[@Emerald__Ace]

As someone who's job it is to just walk around the car park and take the trolleys to the front of the store all shift. Thank you

[@TimeSurfer206]

I drop it in the Cage with No Shame. This means some Poor Kid gets a Job, but doesn't have their life made miserable by an Ass being an Ass just to be an Ass.

[@kalebgates7711]

@@Emerald__Ace It should be said that if everyone did this, you would be unemployed.

[@brianm4393]

I dont just do that, i bring it back to the factory where it was made, where I have it melted down, then I go to the mine the iron came from and put the raw iron back into the earth.

[@TheTrueThanos]

@@kalebgates7711 Hi. As someone who does this, I have way better things to be doing at my job (like cleaning up other messes). The argument that not returning the shopping cart to the entrance would lead to unemployment is just plain false and is usually used to further justify abandoning it.

[@bearman_1826]

By this standard, most people are doing pretty good. Alternative theory: people have a set of "group laws" in their head that they are generally unconscious of. You return the shopping cart not based on any moral factor, but simply because it's what the group does. You put your shopping cart with all of the other carts when you're done with it, because there is a place where all of the other carts are. In this way, you aren't really self-governing, but being governed by (your mental idea of) the group. The true test is after you make the _conscious_ realization that nobody is going to witch-hunt people who bungie cord the cart to the top of their car and take it home with them. This is most efficiently done with a truck or SUV, as the increased length allows you to push many carts together, and store them all comfortably on top of your vehicle or in the bed of your truck. Better yet is if you can get a trailer or rent a U-HAUL. By going back to the store every few hours when the cart drop-off area is refilled, you can gradually empty a large grocery store's entire cart supply in roughly a week.

[@BlueMusicFan]

Where I live you have to deposit a coin to get a shopping cart and I have seldom seen a shopping cart that was not returned - even if the deposit mechanism was broken so you didn't need to insert a coin. This even happens in areas where there are almost only carts with broken mechanisms. Bringing back the shopping cart is so ingrained that people don't need the incentive anymore. I think that speaks volumes about how you can teach people to do the right thing (even if they aren't doing it out if the goodness of their hearts).