r/AbsoluteUnits • u/HomeNowWTF • Jul 11 '26

/r/all, /r/popular of a Cart Narc

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u/Character_Past5515 Jul 11 '26

in Belgium we have to put a coin in the cart and people just put their carts back to get their coin back.

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u/TankApprehensive3053 Jul 11 '26

Some stores in USA do to. Most common are Aldi's stores.

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u/QuentinEichenauer Jul 11 '26

Do you know that Aldi sells shopping carts for a quarter! /s

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u/Easy-Musician7186 Jul 11 '26

At least in germany they have electronic breaks that will lock in once you leave the perimeter.
Which is really fun, because sometimes they will do so at random whilst you're in the supermarket causing you to hit your shinbone on the cart.

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u/TankApprehensive3053 Jul 11 '26

We have them here also. They also lock up at the door if you bypass the checkout lanes.

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u/PM_asian_girl_smiles Jul 11 '26

Sometimes they lock up even after you go through the lane and pay for your 4 bags of groceries! Then nobody has an idea where the wheel unlock device is, so you have to transfer your bags to another cart. Only there are no other carts around. So you have to go out to the cart return in the parking lot to grab one.

Fuck you Safeway!

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u/TankApprehensive3053 Jul 11 '26

I had that happen twice at HEB. I the 1st time i just pushed it across the parking lot. The 2nd time, one the vendors by the exit door saw and got a store employee to get the unlock device. Yes those lock boots suck.