QUESTION: Is it rude to leave your shopping cart in the parking lot instead of returning it?
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QUESTION: Is it rude to leave your shopping cart in the parking lot instead of returning it?
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absolutely. Is it ok to borrower something and not return it?
No!! … My Safeway has people that come out and bring them back.
Some folk are just Special, just ask their mirror . . . . . . . .
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Have you moved a cart out of a parking space for a person wanting to park ?
When done loading merch into your vehicle at Costco, how often do you offer
to take another’s cart along with yours to cart post up area ? ? ? After parking,
on you walk towards entrance do you offer to take cart off someone’s hands
who’ve just finished loading out ? ? ?
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Small gestures, can make a difference in a person’s day.
Yes, to all
Maybe, depending on the circumstances, but it’s definitely rude to leave the cart in a parking stall or in any other place that inconveniences someone
No …first – people that have mobility issues want / need all the help they can get … second – the “cart barn” areas are taking up parking spaces that were designed and approved for parking vehicles, not carts! Many or most grocery store design approvals were approved to code with X-number of parking spaces. These “cart barns” are taking up spaces making some centers not to code – they should have planned for them to begin with! imo
Boy Scout Lessons, Leave No Trace Behind….And, Always Do The Right Thing, Even No One Is Watching…..
Yes! It is rude.
Blocking other parking spaces or leaving it loose to roll into other vehicles is inconsiderate.
Put baskets in the cart corals, you could probably use that little bit of exercise anyway and don’t leave any garbage in the cart either!
Rudeness stems from a flaw in a person’s character. Much like politeness
is a learned behavior, rudeness is also a learned behavior. It demonstrates
what a crummy job the parents did of raising that individual. It’s also selfish,
inconsiderate, and thoughtless. Stray carts can create a safety hazard by
blocking traffic, or rolling into a parked car. I have noticed that when I return
my cart, there’s usually other shoppers who see me, and return their carts also.
Most places I shop have stalls in the parking lot to place a cart after unloaded. Funny that someone might walk right past a stall and return it to the front of the store. Of course OTOH, I almost never buy enough to use a shopping cart in the first place.
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BTW, just noticed the other day that Walmart has the small blue baskets back again. This time with RFID’s on them so they go off if someone tries to take it out of the store. One of the employees shared with me why they were out of those a while back and that was, of all things, Walmart ran out of bags so the customers just walked out with the basket.
Yes, it is rude.
It’s an old quote, but still pertinent: I judge people by how they treat animals, how they treat waiters and waitresses, and what they do with shopping carts.
Yes it’s rude, right up there with running stop signs and peeing all over the toilet seat at airports.
Not only rude but straight up LAZY!!!!!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!! PUT YOUR F#$%ING CART BACK!!!!!!!!!!!
I had three children in diapers and I did not return my cart because I did not want to leave my kids in the van alone while I hauled my cart back. A lady hollared at me for it. I was doing the best I could at the time. She was just mean
Sylvia, your kids are more important than a shopping cart. Never leave your kids alone. When I had young kids with me, I offered my cart to someone else, and they always took it. I return my cart (common courtesy) but I’m open minded and understand kids are more important, and so are mobility issues, etc. Ignore mean spirited people, as well as narrow-minded judgmental people. They’re not worth your time.
I do not consider it rude, unless it is left in a parking space. It is a nice gesture if you return to the front, or even to the cart corrals set up, but not impolite if you do not.
I suppose it’s kind of rude. Especially when it’s blocking parking spaces. But I also don’t really care when I see carts in the parking lot.
Yeah, I have an opinion on this one. Years ago, Nancy Grace wrote a book called Don’t Be A Victim: Fighting Back Against America’s Crime Wave, and I bought and basically memorized the book. In this book, she has a lot to say about parking lots. One comment was about returning the shopping cart: “They pay people to do that, and unless you are getting a check every week for straightening parking lots, let them do their job while you do yours. . . .If you still don’t feel good about it, ask a male clerk to walk with you and stay until you drive away.” She advocates having your keys, pepper spray, and a screaming sound alarm. “Always position your body to use your shopping cart as a shield or even a weapon. Laugh now and thank me later,” she says. Although she addresses keeping children who are with you safe, the advice is still relevant if you are alone. So, go right ahead and Karen about me not taking the cart back if you want, you can be Disapprovy Suzy all you want, I just hope your face freezes like that, because I am acting from knowledge and training here and not ignorance. Even if you’re not a Nancy Grace fan, she’s dead right about all of it. She is sadly familiar with horrible, horrible incidents and did everyone a solid by writing this book.