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From: robban@clubtelco.com
On 19/08/13 2:33 AM, The Horny Goat wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Aug 2013 16:48:32 -0600, Greg Goss wrote:
>
>> wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) wrote:
>>>> Almost all supermarkets require a deposit to unlock their carts.
>>>
>>> Are you talking about the United States? Because if you are, I have
>>> to at this point say "???????"
>>
>> I'm in Canada. I've seen the barricade version in DC, but haven't
>> done much shopping in the States. Our Safeway was the first I noticed
>> to go to coin-unlock carts and that's US-owned (or was until a few
>> weeks ago), so I thought that the idea came from the States.
>
> The Overwaitea / PriceSmart / Save-on-Foods chain does this as well.
>
> In my previous posting I probably came across as extremely annoyed
> about "homeless" people stealing carts - a lot of this comes from a
> recent experience where when I was in a McDonalds drive thru one of
> these guys had a stolen cart and was going through the McDonalds bin
> for stuff he could get a deposit on. It was a slight downgrade and the
> cart starting rolling directly towards the drive-through line and was
> going to nail the car door of the car ahead of me until another person
> grabbed the cart. Point is that kind of damage TYPICALLY would cost
> $500+ to repair at the auto body shop and this twit made no attempt to
> retrieve "his" cart before it damaged the car.
>
> If scumbags like this feel entitled to be the cause of damage to
> other's property (which is exactly what making no effort to stop the
> rolling cart) why should they deserve my respect?
>
It doesn't require a scumbag. Quite ordinary shoppers and, in
particular, their children will allow shopping trolleys to roll away.
Mostly they don't even bother to watch the crash. I expect a new scratch
or dent every time I go shopping.
--
Robert Bannister
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