Good thing I am a Mid-Atlantican (VA) and not a "southerner" because I have never heard of a "buggy" before... except occasionally "baby buggy" instead of "pram".
Thank goodness for all of us!
In our area there's a grocery store named Aldi. When it comes to shopping cart management, Aldi has the best idea of ANY grocery store out there. [...]I don't know why all grocery stores don't use this method.
In our area there's a grocery store named Aldi. When it comes to shopping cart management, Aldi has the best idea of ANY grocery store out there. In order to get a cart shoppers have to insert a quarter to unlock the cart and when you return the cart you get a quarter back. As a result, there are virtually zero carts left in the parking lot and all the carts roll true and still have their factory alignment. No need to hire anyone to fetch the carts out of the lot either.
I don't know why all grocery stores don't use this method.
Another tactic I use, when I'm in a hurry, is the noisy cart advantage. Walking fast (I'm in a hurry, remember) it will make a lot more noise and people will get out of my way.
So many ways this is just wrong.
Not only wrong and immoral and illegal but has gotten people killed before (if my memory serves correctly). It is one of the "favorites" of some type of anti-gun people- to call the police and report someone that is legally, peacefully, and correctly carrying (holstered) and saying they "saw someone with a gun who is threatening other people"...
I have found that the carts that make it into the parking lot corrals (or stables/cartports if you prefer{some have roofs}) are usually in good shape. Few folks will stick with a bad cart all the way out to their car and those that do are usually too pissed at it to bother to put it in a corral. Occasionally I'll grab one from someone who is just about to take it to a corral and I save them the work as well. One more advantage is that I can test drive it on the way into the store, and if it's unacceptable, abandon it by the entryway carts and just grab another one that works to my liking.
Another tactic I use, when I'm in a hurry, is the noisy cart advantage. Walking fast (I'm in a hurry, remember) it will make a lot more noise and people will get out of my way. They rarely turn around to look, but most seem to assume that some big restocking cart is coming down the isle and they almost all move to the side and clear a path for me. That is what really irritates me (OK, crazy and annoyed) more than slow checkouts, is people just aimlessly wandering down the middle of the aisle having no idea what they want or where to go or any situational awareness of whom may want to get around their sorry a$$ as they block passage to other traffic. The noisy cart advantage takes care of 90% of them, the rest are on the phone or near deaf. Sort of the loud pipes saves lives strategy, except in the case of shopping carts it really works.
This is gonna' be like 'Point- Counterpoint': Conrad, you ignorant slut! We had a store here that did that same thing, put a quarter in to get the cart, return the cart to get the quarter back. And my Mother- In- Law went nuts over the quarter.... that SHE ALWAYS GOT BACK ANYWAY! It was pathetic and funny at the same time, she would run off at the mouth like the store stole her car and punctured all the tires on it.... all over that quarter. I once tried to explain that is how the store prevents loose carts all over the parking lot but that just launched another tirade about those no- good, quarter- eating shopping carts. It did not make her annoyed, it went way, way beyond that but it certainly did have the crazy aspect.
Brian
I have found that the carts that make it into the parking lot corrals (or stables/cartports if you prefer{some have roofs}) are usually in good shape. Few folks will stick with a bad cart all the way out to their car and those that do are usually too pissed at it to bother to put it in a corral. Occasionally I'll grab one from someone who is just about to take it to a corral and I save them the work as well. One more advantage is that I can test drive it on the way into the store, and if it's unacceptable, abandon it by the entryway carts and just grab another one that works to my liking.
Another tactic I use, when I'm in a hurry, is the noisy cart advantage. Walking fast (I'm in a hurry, remember) it will make a lot more noise and people will get out of my way. They rarely turn around to look, but most seem to assume that some big restocking cart is coming down the isle and they almost all move to the side and clear a path for me. That is what really irritates me (OK, crazy and annoyed) more than slow checkouts, is people just aimlessly wandering down the middle of the aisle having no idea what they want or where to go or any situational awareness of whom may want to get around their sorry a$$ as they block passage to other traffic. The noisy cart advantage takes care of 90% of them, the rest are on the phone or near deaf. Sort of the loud pipes saves lives strategy, except in the case of shopping carts it really works.
So apparently there is a new 'thing' called "swatting" which is when some one or some group makes up a story about a very serious criminal and hostage situation at a particular address and sit back and watch the hi-jinx ensue. Something along the lines of Person X has killed Persons Y and Z, and has children A, B, and C held hostage at [some specific address]. Now of course this gets the gendarmes kicked right into high- gear and they show up in force, with lots of personnel, weapons, adrenaline and let's call it.... a forceful approach. Apparently the party(s) inside at the location have absolutely no idea that this is going on nor that they are the targets of any LEO attention or interest.
Just read this story about some Internet gamers getting cranky with each other, one party threatening to 'swat' them, the other party supplying his address (but not really his address, of course), and the first party actually 'swatting' the second. But really, it was some guy sitting at home with his family doing things like watching TV and upon answering the door, was shot and killed by the one of the SWAT officers.
So many ways this is just wrong.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/alleged-swatting-hoax-ends-death-223700818.html
Brian
Sounds like a lot of NRA/Fox News brainwashing........
The folks wondering aimlessly with their carts are irritating for sure but what's REALLY irritating is when these idiots leave their carts in the middle of the damn aisles while they check out something on the shelf.
Brian,
FYI, I followed the above link and was reading that story just now when out of the blue the page changed to an Adobe update page and my Windows Defender warned me of an intrusion attempt using Trojan:JS/Flafisi.C. The intrusion was foiled but I'm running a full scan now.
Sounds like you think gun control groups and lefty media somehow aren't brainwashing but reporting fairly and accurately.
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I didn't read where they arrested the cop that murdered the unarmed guy that answered the door. Maybe I missed that part.