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| Mikki |
Posted - Apr 23 2009 : 8:59:17 PM
....always put the grocery cart in the designated area in the parking lot? Well, I don't. But today I did, and I must say it made me feel better. I always feel guilty shoving it out of the way. And I've always admired people that DOES put the grocery cart in its designated "cart spot". Anyhow, I done a good job today, and I hope to do something even better tomorrow. So, here's a challenge. Tomorrow or this weekend, if your a "cart abuser", place the cart back where it goes. Or even better, take it back in the store, which will be my next challenge. If your a "cart hero" and always put it back, then give yourself a new challenge for this week and lets see if we can pay it forward so to speak and pay forward all the blessings we receive from MJF. Please check in and let me know what you done this week!
~~Blessings, Mikki Jo
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| Mikki |
Posted - Apr 25 2009 : 12:30:47 AM
Boy don't I feel like a loser lol
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| mulegirl |
Posted - Apr 24 2009 : 8:18:04 PM
Get this, I bring carts in from the parking lot. And if you park close to the cart corral it makes it easy to stash them there. e are allin this together.
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| Lainey |
Posted - Apr 24 2009 : 11:40:32 AM
I usually park next to the cart return stalls. It helps me locate my car, plus it's right there after I take the bags out. If I can't park next to one I always return it to the proper place. I have dents and dings on my vehicle from runaway carts rolling into me.
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| lacisne88 |
Posted - Apr 24 2009 : 10:55:39 AM
I ALWAYS return it to the proper place. It always makes me mad when people leave the carts in parking spaces. Also, I know from personal experience that it really sucks to have to go and find all the carts everywhere if you are the cart collector for the day. Even when I am with my little niece I always put the cart back. To me, it's all about respect. Respect for the employees of the store and for the other shoppers in the parking lot.
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| Diane B Carter |
Posted - Apr 24 2009 : 10:28:18 AM
I almost always put the cart back. I always take a cart that someone leaves between cars. Usually they are better than the ones in the store. I don't park close to the store. I need all the excersise I can get.
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| mommatracy |
Posted - Apr 24 2009 : 10:16:06 AM
I always put the cart back. I have seen people leave the cart 2 steps away because they are so lazy and rude. I actually saw a lady next to me leave her cart after unloading and get in her car. I got out of my car and looked straight at her,grabbed the cart and told her if she was too damn lazy to push it 6ft. I would do it for her. I pulled into the only parking space left at Walmart last week and there was a cart sitting in front of me. I had to get out of the car,move it,get back in and finish parking and then used the cart to shop with. One time someone left the cart in the parking lot,a big wind came up,smacked the cart right into the side of my car. Raining or not I always put the cart in the coral. I would hate to know that I caused the damage to someones car that was done to mine because of laziness.
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| Calicogirl |
Posted - Apr 24 2009 : 10:05:16 AM
I always put mine back in the designated area. Depending on weather I sometimes run it back to the store. When someone is unloading their cart and I am going in I ask for their cart to bring back :) My vehicle has been hit by runaway carts so I know what it's like and would hate for it to happen to someone else's vehicle.
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| lovelady |
Posted - Apr 24 2009 : 09:51:44 AM
I always put mine back. My mom always did when we were with her, and I feel guilty if I don't. I figure I am setting a good example for my kids that way. I only have two right now, so it isn't that hard to put the cart away and still keep track of them. I always try to park as close to the cart corrall as I can so it is easier to manage. I put my groceries away with the boys still in the cart, put it away, then we walk back to the car. But really, since we have had the second baby, I usually try to do my grocery shopping when my husband is around to help, so he makes my life much easier by letting me get in the car with the boys while he puts the bags away and takes the cart back. He used to not take the carts back, but since I always insist on it, he has started doing it on his own now, too. I agree that they should all be like Aldi's and have to pay for the cart. |
| KayB |
Posted - Apr 24 2009 : 09:38:38 AM
I always put mine back. I know how I feel when I got to pull into a parking space and there are several carts there - it is very irritating. Also, my son worked as a "cart wrangler" at Wal-Mart for a while and it is a very frustrating job for very little pay. I have also had runaway carts hit my car and I don't like that, either.
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| RuralSuburbia |
Posted - Apr 24 2009 : 08:37:40 AM
I'm almost NEVER alone so one of my boys return the cart to the proper spot.
If I'm out with both day care kids, then I usually let the bagger help me out.
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| Bellepepper |
Posted - Apr 24 2009 : 08:14:24 AM
Depends on the weather. We are fortunate or unfortuante enough to have a disabled licence plate and we get to park "up front". That is if there are any empty spaces. Problem is the cart parking space is always quite a ways away. If it is 110, I leave it on the yellow line (between spaces) also if it is below freezing and windy. If Ole Ron is not with me, I don't usually take up a disabled space. Then again, it depends on the weather. |
| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Apr 24 2009 : 07:51:04 AM
I always try to put them back and have even gone back in with them. But there have been a few times when I've had grandkids or have been in a hurry that I have not. At Aldi's, where we have to put a quarter in to get a buggy, I have never seen them out all over the place. I think that's a good way to get people to put them back. But that does get rid of jobs. It also keeps their food prices lower than most places, too. I have seen the buggy guys out there getting the buggies. They don't look like they are having a good time at all.
Kris
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| shepherdgirl |
Posted - Apr 24 2009 : 07:49:01 AM
I usually put my cart back, or have one of my boys do it for me. Sometimes we even put MORE carts back, if they are close, or on our way to the cart return. I do admit though, that once in awhile I will park it out of the way, but not put it where it goes. But that's not very often. I've had those carts hit my car and scratch it, and I certainly didn't like that, so I try hard not to let it happen to OTHERS on my account.
When the boys were little I'd put the groceries, etc... in the car first, take the kids WITH me to the cart return (cause their was usually one of them IN the cart), then we'd all go back to the car together, or, if the bags weren't too heavy, we'd park the cart first and all CARRY the bags to the car. I never let them out of my SIGHT!!!! As they got older, I worried less about them being snatched (I figured the OLDEST would be gone an hour or so and the person who took him would bring him STRAIGHT BACK!!!! LOL!!!! Just kidding!)
However those with young children do it, a mother can NEVER be too cautious when protecting her child/children. I'm a mama BEAR and proud of it!!!
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| goneriding |
Posted - Apr 24 2009 : 07:23:54 AM
Sandra, I like your answer!
It depends if I'm in a hurry or not. A lot of times (should I admit this??) I put the front wheels up over a curb so it doesn't go anywhere and there isn't a cart thingy near. Usually, there are a bunch of other carts doing the same (in the Wmart parking lot, which is being remodeled).
When I drove a big rig, we used to stop at Wmart for most of our shopping, I would lock my truck doors to put the cart back. Even with dogs and hubby in there, asleep, someone could still get in while my back was turned.
Nowadays, with the way hyper-hysterical people are about leaving kids in the car if you're not in it, I'd be afraid to leave a kid in a car to return the cart to the bin. I'd leave the car where-is as long as it couldn't move and run into another car. Then the next person to park there will be annoyed no end that there is a cart in the space when they try to park. I brought this up cuz someone I know actually got screamed at by another shopper for walking away from the car while the kids were in it. Long story but that's the gist of the story.
Winona :-)
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| Alee |
Posted - Apr 24 2009 : 07:20:13 AM
I try to put mine back,but I admit there have been a few times where I will put them onto the grassy median, but I neverleave them just rolling around in a parking lot.
One time at a Wal-Mart there were about 5 carts that had just been abandoned in the middle and a wind picked up so I put them all together and stuggled them to a cart stall. One older gentleman saw me struggling with them so he came over and helped. It was really nice to have someone help like that!
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| bohemiangel |
Posted - Apr 24 2009 : 07:20:10 AM
HAHAH too funny Amie!!!! :)
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| Amie C. |
Posted - Apr 24 2009 : 07:15:35 AM
Bridget, I hate it too when you try to pull into a spot and find that it's clogged up with abandoned carts.
I always drive old cars, so I don't have much to lose when it comes to the appearance or the paint condition. I've more than once used the nose of my car to nudge carts out of the spot as I pull in (I do watch carefully to make sure I'm not pushing them into anyone else's car). I especially enjoy doing this when the person who ditched the cart is still there getting into their car! It makes them nervous ;)
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| bohemiangel |
Posted - Apr 24 2009 : 07:08:50 AM
Yeah February, I do the same or the cart guy is collecting and I walk over to him, they are grateful!
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| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Apr 24 2009 : 06:59:29 AM
Always. And I always make sure I let someone who didn't put their cart away see me walking my cart to the corral...sorry, my car has been banged up a couple of times by runaway carts and I wasn't too thrilled, especially after I had just paid it off. Grr.
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| CountryBorn |
Posted - Apr 24 2009 : 06:53:11 AM
I always put the cart back,except if it is totally pouring and the cart place is far away. Usually we are lucky and get a spot next to or not far from the car return.There are many cart returns in our Wegman's parking lots. My husband is actually nutty about getting his certain spot!! He will drive around 3 times to get the right spot, he kills me,walk already!
MJ
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| Marybeth |
Posted - Apr 24 2009 : 06:51:47 AM
I generally walk the cart back to the store, or put it in the cart area. Depending what store I am shopping at. big town or small town. MB
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| bohemiangel |
Posted - Apr 24 2009 : 06:41:43 AM
YES I do! I'm just like that. lol I HATE when people leave them in a parking spot and you can't park there. SHAME ON YA'll hahahahhaa :-p I too think it will come back to me!!! :) xo
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| catscharm74 |
Posted - Apr 24 2009 : 06:08:50 AM
Oh and speaking of trying to Pay if forward. I once tried to hold doors for everyone but here in Texas, true Southern Men still exist. I tried holding a door for one and he wouldn't budge until I came through. HA!! It was a standoff in the Tractor Supply doorway. : )
So now I just try to smile alot... : )
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| catscharm74 |
Posted - Apr 24 2009 : 06:03:44 AM
Yes, I do!!! I had a cart scrape the side of my Jeep and I was not happy, so I try to do common courteousy. And yes, if Charlie is with me, I lock the car, return and come back. I actually try to park near a cart return to make life easier.
Heather
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| Lizabeth |
Posted - Apr 24 2009 : 06:01:23 AM
Yep, this definitely is a personal and child safety issue. If I am out shopping I look for two things when I choose a parking spot--a place near the cart return area, and if it is night, a spot directly under a street lamp. I load my children first into their seats so I know they are secure, then I load the groceries. I carry a tote or satchel as my purse so that is always crosswise across to my opposite shoulder so it can't be grabbed. After putting in the purchases I close the hatch, LOCK THE CAR (with the kids still inside) then return the cart. I am with Sandra on this--I am vigillant about the safety of me and my kids.
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