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15 steps to the shopping cart return is a massive sacrifice many are not willing to make. Hah!
by LazyMans 3y ago
15 steps to the shopping cart return is a massive sacrifice many are not willing to make. Hah!
- jstarfish 3y agoI try to keep decency alive by always grabbing a stray cart to return with my own.
- extraduder_ire 3y agoHere, most trollies take a 50c-€2 coin to unlock so this rarely happens. I usually use a US quarter instead of a €2 though.
- LazyMans 3y agoWe have a chain of stores here, Alidi and Lidl, that require a US quarter to get a cart. Surprisingly effective, and also funny that walking your cart all the way back to the store is worth the 25 cents, but walking 15 steps to a cart return is too much of a burden.
- extraduder_ire 3y agoWe also have aldi/lidl here. I think the lidl mechanism is identical in the US though, since the quarter works in it. (try a €2 some time, if you have one) Really you only have to walk to any other cart to get your coin back, and I think it being a loss aversion thing makes it feel like more than just paying 25 cents. Also, anyone parking up is likely to grab abandoned carts with the coin in them for their own shopping.
- smileysteve 3y agoUnless they get $0.25 back, then they'll even walk it back to the store!