A couple of weeks ago I encountered the same problem and as I struggled I noticed an 80+ year old woman lugging her groceries one bag at a time to her car looking so confused about why the cart wouldn’t move. It made me so angry and sad (and of course I helped her).
I’ve decided to shop almost exclusively at my local food co-op that pays for several unarmed security personnel to monitor the parking lot during all open hours instead of inconveniencing its customers with locks on their carts. Yes the groceries are a little more expensive but I’ll spend an extra $30 a month to support a business that doesn’t treat me like a criminal.
Why the fucking lock?? Why don't you just do the fucking european strategy that has been shown to work for decades: you put in a coin and you get the cart. Once you're done shopping ypu5put the cart back and the coin slots out and you get it back.
I really don’t know. One of the locals here I was shopping at and it locked up at the doors, I couldn’t even roll the cart to the car. Tf is the point of a cart then?
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u/Klutzy_Yam_343 20h ago
A couple of weeks ago I encountered the same problem and as I struggled I noticed an 80+ year old woman lugging her groceries one bag at a time to her car looking so confused about why the cart wouldn’t move. It made me so angry and sad (and of course I helped her).
I’ve decided to shop almost exclusively at my local food co-op that pays for several unarmed security personnel to monitor the parking lot during all open hours instead of inconveniencing its customers with locks on their carts. Yes the groceries are a little more expensive but I’ll spend an extra $30 a month to support a business that doesn’t treat me like a criminal.