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   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 8/12/2025 6:37 am, Paul wrote:   
   > On Sun, 12/7/2025 1:08 PM, rbowman wrote:   
   >   
   >> I think the store where I shop is going that way. I almost always use the   
   >> plastic baskets and I noticed they had vanished. I asked a checkout person   
   >> and she said people kept stealing them and they were moving to new carts.   
   >>   
   >> A couple of weeks later the baskets were back. They must have gotten tired   
   >> of 'cleanup on aisle 5' as people dropped the jar of spaghetti sauce while   
   >> trying to balance three other items.   
   >   
   > The plastic baskets are electronically marked, and   
   > the detectors at the store exit beep if you try   
   > to walk out with the plastic basket.   
   >   
   > But since security isn't always standing at the   
   > exit, ready to jump in, the baskets still leave   
   > the store.   
      
   I would have thought ... one quite'ish Beep as you approached the Exit   
   ... two louder BEEPs as you get closer still .... then three BEEPS as   
   you go through the Doors .... then a screech as you continue outside.   
      
   But, then, I guess people would just grab their bags of shopping and run   
   .... leaving the screeching carts for someone else to look after.   
      
   > I remember a cleaner somewhere, getting out of a   
   > van, and their cleaning supplies were hosted   
   > in a stolen basket. So we know the baskets   
   > are "going to a good cause" :-) They're not all   
   > thrown on the railway tracks.   
   >   
   >     Paul   
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