Shopping Carts

Ok, so I know we all use shopping carts or Buggies as they call them here in the South (that's reason enough for a whole other post).  And we've all seen or maybe even participated in the greatest tragedy of supermarket parking lots...stranded carts.  Thrown aside like they were never loved, nor deserve another home.  People use them and abuse them like an unloved child.  They sit for days just wishing someone would pick them.  Sure it may have a squeaky wheel but that doesn't mean it won't work hard to carry your heavy groceries!

It really grinds my gears when I see people blatantly leave shopping carts by their car, not allowing other people to park there, or on sidewalks.  Is it really that hard to walk 20 feet and put the carts away where they belong?

People may say, "but they have employees where that's their job to get those."  Nothing could be further from the truth.  Sure the cart guys/gals end up picking up customers "trash" because otherwise the parking lot would be filthy with lonely stranded carts, but this isn't their job.  They are to retreive the carts from the lot Return area and return those to the store.  Trust me when I say this is a tiring and thankless job.  The last thing these hard workers need is mindless people who are too lazy to return a simple cart.  When we eat at restaurants we don't throw our trash on the ground because we know someone will pick it up do we?  No, we throw it away in the trash where it belongs.

Will you stand up with me to always return carts?