• Flax@feddit.uk
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    2 days ago

    In the UK you have to put a £1 coin in to unlock it. Whenever you return the trolley back, it gives you the coin back

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    7 days ago

    My favorite part about when this gets posted is that there is always someone trying to justify not putting the shopping cart back.

    Edit: didn’t even have to scroll half a screen length lmao.

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    7 days ago

    Murica, fucked up because of shopping carts. In germany you have to put money in the cart, and get it back while bringing the cart back to where it is from. Problem solved.

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    It’s interesting to read the comments, as there are people who are like

    I sometimes don’t return the cart and I attest myself to not be a bad person. Therfore the test is bullshit.

    But then they behave like a dick in the comments; showing involuntarily that the test is a good metric.

    So I think even a post about this test works like the test on a more meta level.

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    TIL I’m mostly a good person but sometimes I am also no better than an animal and an absolute savage who will only do right when threatened. Interesting. Another thing is that I’m grateful for other savages who don’t put their carts back cause I don’t have to walk so far to get a cart.

  • aaaaace@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    6 days ago

    I return mine because its an opportunity to get more steps in.

    After taking it outside boundaries so a wheel locks up.

    Look at tge people returning them in the lot, mostly fat and/or wealthy.

  • Bongo_Stryker@lemmy.ca
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    6 days ago

    Nope, I don’t buy it.

    • An estimated one out of every 500 Americans is homeless
    • Unarmed noncombatant civilian women and children are being bombed, shot, and starved to death.
    • There has been a nearly 70% reduction in wild vertebrates worldwide since 1970
    • The leading cause of death among children and teens in america is firearms

    Privileged westerners could do something about these things, but they are sipping their pumpkin spice lattes and congratulating each other for putting their shopping carts back because, you know, it’s the ultimate test of moral righteousness. Ugh.

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    6 days ago

    In my country we have dedicated people in the parking who literally follow you, can even push and collect the cart from you.

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    7 days ago

    Hey, I have asthma and there have been days where I’ve barely had enough energy to make it back to my car let alone put a cart back. Not everybody is having the same day you are.

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    6 days ago

    Look man, you can occasionally be selfish or lazy without immediately being an absolute drain on society. Is not putting the cart back ultimately a dick move? Yeah, but its also an incredibly minor dick move, and maybe I’ve already used up all of my fucks for the day.

    Edit: Ok, yall have convinced me. I’m going to start wheeling shopping carts into the most inconvenient places in the parking lot on purpose now. It’s really funny how much it ruins all of your days, thank you for giving me a mew source of joy. I wouldnt be surprised if I tipped and treated service staff a hell of a lot better than most of you considering how much you’re all itching to feel superior to others over extremely minor things