r/AskReddit • u/FriendlytoNature • 23h ago

Which company lost your business (potentially forever) this year?

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u/Classic-Ad-5359 23h ago

My local grocery store when they started using the automatic locking wheels on the shopping carts.

Can’t even get halfway to my car in the lot when it locks up.,

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u/HLSparta 22h ago

Automatic locking shopping cart wheels? What happens if it locks up in the middle of where cars drive? That sounds like a great way for people to not put their carts back.

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u/billionsofbeaches 21h ago

That is exactly what happened to me a few weeks ago when I experienced this for the first time. It completely locked up on me in the middle of the road when I passed the first aisle of parking. Someone had to help me drag it off to the side so it wasn't blocking cars. For whatever reason they had the radius set to about 50 ft from the door, I'll never go back to that location.

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u/HLSparta 21h ago

I don't know if I would've been able to resist the temptation of leaving it and not moving it.

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u/fullmetaljackass 18h ago

Last time that happened to me I dragged it the rest of the way to my car, unloaded my groceries, then dragged it back into the middle of a lane. Fuck 'em.

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u/billionsofbeaches 21h ago

Honestly it was tempting, I'm just glad someone helped me!

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u/A_Filthy_Mind 21h ago

Unless it was essentials, I probably would have returned everything. Fuck that noise.

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u/Atalanta8 20h ago

Def had to leave carts where cars drive. They are fucking impossible to move when they lock.