XPost: comp.os.linux.misc
From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org
On 10/12/2025 2:56 am, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
> On 12/9/25 06:10, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>> On 2025-12-08 14:55, Lars Poulsen wrote:
>>> On Sun, 7 Dec 2025 14:37:25 -0500, Paul wrote:
>>>>> The plastic baskets are electronically marked, and the
>>>>> detectors at the store exit beep if you try to walk out with
>>>>> the plastic basket.
>>>
>>> On 2025-12-08, rbowman wrote:
>>>> I'll have to look more closely. I was surprised they had
>>>> enough shrinkage for it to be a concern. The carts, otoh,
>>>> easily convert to a Homeless Hilux.
>>>
>>> I, too, have noticed that many stores have a distinct shortage of
>>> handbaskets. I remember that back in the 1960s, I read about a
>>> study that showed that people with shopping carts bought more
>>> than people using handbaskets. This prompted stores to promote
>>> shopping carts.
>>>
>>> The consumer groups suggested that it might be because people
>>> were more likely to use a cart if they knew on their way in that
>>> they were buying more than would fit in a handbasket.
>>
>> This days, I shop with the reusable bag that they told us to use
>> instead of one use plastic bags. That way, I know how heavy my bag
>> is getting, so that I can walk back home.
>
> Here shopping into your own bag is widely discouraged. I can not use
> a hand basket which I used to do because of my use of a cane
> following a broken ankle. One or two stores use smaller carts which
> are very much easier to manuver thru the aisles of stores but most
> use the large family carts only.
My local Supermarket has two wheeled frames into which you can put two
shopping baskets, one above the other. Usually more than enough for my
small amount of shopping!! And, as the 'supermarket' is pretty small,
very convenient.
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