Do you return the shopping cart?

[herr_oberst]

I have to admit I don't. But I've had an epiphany. Guilt is a strong motivator and I want to be a good human....but of course, because I didn't before this means that I am not. But at least I'll be an animal that returns the shopping cart in the future.

[Norm K]

Yes.

Every.

Single.

Time.

edit: Okay, I went back and watched the video and, other than the hyperbole at the end, agree with the premise.

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[stevej37]

I always do...if there is a cart corral in the parking lot. If there isn't, it goes anywhere near the entrance door.
I hate to see one running loose in the parking lot...esp on a windy day.

I have been known to leave one in the middle of the store when it won't steer straight.

[Norm K]

I should add that if my 90-year-old mother can return a shopping cart (which, against my admonitions, is always holding the handle waiting for the moment the last bag is taken out so she can strike out across the parking lot) then few people have an excuse not to.

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[yellowperil]

Originally Posted by stevej37

I always do...if there is a cart corral in the parking lot. If there isn't, it goes anywhere near the entrance door.
I hate to see one running loose in the parking lot...esp on a windy day.

Me too, even on windy days.

[Eric Hahl]

Always

[dentist90]

Yup, plus one if I pass it on the way back to the cart corral. My parents also taught me to pick up garbage that isn’t mine and put away others’ dishes after dinner if I’m doing mine.
Crazy, right? 🤔

(Part of the 11th commandment I believe )

[GH85Carrera]

100% of the time.

[McLovin]

Always!
It would feel so weird not doing so.

[MBAtarga]

Aldi's carts take a quarter to unlock from the paddock - so when you return it - you get your quarter back. They don't have to have an employee chasing around the parking lot picking up strays.

[Seahawk]

I do as well, 100% of the time.

My favorite parking lot move is when I am turning around to take the cart back and a person will ask me, "I need a cart..." and walks it in for me.

[GG Allin]

If you don't, the cart narc will get you.

[devodave]

Always, whether to the provided corral or back inside. Also, any carts that have been left near where I end up parking. This especially true at the home improvement stores.

[gregpark]

I always return it but can't help but wonder if I'm contributing to cheating a teenager out of a cart wrangling job

[JackDidley]

I do it 90% of the time I also try to grab a stray cart off the lot on my way in.

[Alan A]

You’ve got to be pretty damn lazy or pretty damn selfish to not be able to wheel a cart 50’ so it doesn’t block a parking space.

[herr_oberst]

Man, I suck. Caveat - I don't block the parking space, I hook it on the curb on those little planters in the middle of the parking lot, but I don't walk it back. I'll own it.

Like I said, I'm an animal. I don't deserve the fellowship of Pelicans.

[stomachmonkey]

Around here the stalls in parking lots are within a few cars of you regardless of where you park.

Ya gotta be a supreme ahole to not return them.

It's almost more effort to NOT return them.

[Skytrooper]

If I am close to the entrance, absolutely. I prefer to take the carts back. If the weather is crap, and I am not within 20 spaces from the door...it goes in the cart rack. I never, never, ever leave a cart in the parking lot.

[oldE]

Small town, I've known the series of owners over four decades. I'm always taking my carts and strays back into the store.
If I have to shop at a bigger store to get something my local store isn't allowed to carry, I can carry what I buy in one bag. No cart.

Best
Les