parking lot gripe

[wcwbf]

most times i return carts when grocery shopping. if the weather is lousy, i probably won't. if i'm rather far from the drop off spot, possible won't. but i never leave a cart where it renders a space unusable. i'll leave the cart at the juncture of the lines beside the car and the line that runs in front. today, i did something i have never done. i was aiming toward an empty space, when women in next aisle rolled her cart smack dab into the center of the space and s gonna leave it there! i did a gentle beep! beep! and waved to indicate she should move the cart out of the way. she moved the cart, i didn't get killer or receive "the finger".

where to you leave a cart in parking lot if you don't take it ll the way back to where it belongs?

 

[Glowworm]

No never. But then I normally use the carts that you can attach to a wheelchair and park in the disabled bay which is next to where you leave the cart. On the other hand I haven’t been inside a store for a year now because of Covid. I order online and have home delivery. Miss going to the store

 

[chic]

I bring them to a carriage corral whenever possible or leave them beyond parking lines, but never in the middle of a space.

 

[hollydolly]

I bring them to a carriage corral whenever possible or leave them beyond parking lines, but never in the middle of a space.

Ditto....

 

[terry123]

When I went to stores I would leave the electric cart with the other carts. Never in or near a parking space. I have had to get out of my car and move carts so I could park.

 

[MrPants]

I don't use a cart. Groceries for one require just a reusable bag or two. I have, on occasion, gently nudged a cart or two out of the way with the bumper of my truck when trying to park at the store

 

[Pappy]

I think the return your cart and get your 25 cents back at Aldi’s is the best idea. I seldom do this because I usually pass on my cart to someone going into the store.
Most of my car dings have been in Publix parking lot from the carts rolling around in the wind.

 

[katlupe]

I have always taken the carts to the return cart thing, even if I have to struggle to get back to the car.

 

[Jeweltea]

I think the return your cart and get your 25 cents back at Aldi’s is the best idea. I seldom do this because I usually pass on my cart to someone going into the store.
Most of my car dings have been in Publix parking lot from the carts rolling around in the wind.

Another Aldi shopper! Caw caw!

 

[Gardenlover]

I bring them to a carriage corral as well. Yesterday, there was a cart in a parking space that was next to the carriage corral.

 

[Judycat]

I usually find a spot next to, or across from, the cart corral. I drive around until I find one or one opens up. Easier to find my car that way.

 

[Glowworm]

At most of our supermarkets you have to pay to use the carts, but not the wheelchair carts. I wonder, is that reverse discrimination?

 

[Aunt Bea]

A loose cart doesn't always stay where people park it so I return them to the cart corral.

I agree with others that the Aldi system is a good one. Even if a person doesn't return a cart someone like me will come along quickly and swoop it up to collect the quarter.

 

[JonDouglas]

I seldom use a cart but always return it back up to the store when I do.

 

[old medic]

where to you leave a cart in parking lot if you don't take it ll the way

back to where it belongs

DUH

 

[hollydolly]

I think the return your cart and get your 25 cents back at Aldi’s is the best idea. I seldom do this because I usually pass on my cart to someone going into the store.
Most of my car dings have been in Publix parking lot from the carts rolling around in the wind.

£1 here to take a trolley from Aldi's as well as most of our supermarkets ..returnable of course but also you can use a trolley 'coin'...

 

[Pinky]

Our carts went from $1 coin to a $2 coin. I rarely see a loose cart.

 

[Sliverfox]

Was some time ago that I watched a loose card get blown across the parking lot.
Return my cart to cart corral or to the store.

 

[hollydolly]

Our carts went from $1 coin to a $2 coin. I rarely see a loose cart.

yes we rarely have loose trolleys either... it's annoying when people do leave them loose because the trolleys get blown into parked cars..

 

[hollydolly]

At most of our supermarkets you have to pay to use the carts, but not the wheelchair carts. I wonder, is that reverse discrimination?

probably cuz they can't chain them together like normal trolleys

 

[HazyDavey]

I figured if you're able enough to pickup a cart, use it while shopping in the store and then out to your car. Then you're able enough to put it back were it belongs..

 

[Lee]

I do return the cart to the corral. But I do notice that some who use the handicapped spots to park do not as the corral is usually central in the lot and the handicapped spots near the door.

They should come up with some system to secure the cart in those handi spots.

 

[Chet]

Some dumb-ass once left a cart on a slight grade. A little wind gave it a shove and it rolled down the grade and left a dent in my fairly new car at the time. Put the cart where it belongs.

 

[Aunt Marg]

I always push my cart back to either the inside of the store, where there's an area for carts, or I push my cart to one of the covered carts corrals.

Takes but a minute.

Then again, we do live in a lazy society today, hence loose shopping carts scattered all about in parking lots.

 

[Jules]

Many of our grocery stores require a loonie ($1) to use a cart. It’s refunded when you return it to the stall. Maybe that trained most of us, because I can’t remember the last time I saw a wayward cart.

Have to say, I’m fanatical about returning a cart. It’s rather hilly here so I don’t want my cart to roll into someone else’s car or vice versa. I have dings in my car from that.