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[–] Godort@lemmy.ca 39 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

If you leave your cart in a parking space, you're sub-human

You're passible if you take it to the corral

But a truly good human will stack the carts into proper rows if the carts are loose in the corral

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 hours ago

I do have some caveats for this. As my parents both park in handicap, we've noticed that the cart corrals are super far from the handicap spots and I won't blame someone who already has trouble walking half way down the parking aisle to a corral.

I do tend to take the random carts from the parking lot in to use for shopping when I see them though. No reason to take one of the ones already brought back.

[–] potoo22@programming.dev 8 points 8 hours ago

Apparently I'm a truly good human because my organizational autism trait gets triggered. I'm not even annoyed fixing them. It's just satisfying to see them in order.

[–] salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 23 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

I firmly believe in the validity of the Shopping Cart Test. On a related and depressing note, my little city is overrun with errant shopping carts.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
  1. I used to work at a supermarket and preferred returning carts to other tasks, and got paid hourly. When someone returns the cart, they're doing that hourly work for the store owner for free. Since time is rival, you could be more effective with your altruism than helping store owners.
  2. You're depressed because there's so much homelessness, right?
[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I push products to the shop floor because some people prefer stacking the shelves to their other work. I'm an altruistic job creator. You're welcome

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Isn't that just the parable of the broken window? Somebody ultimately needs to clean the dishes and return the cart - they're not wasted time.

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I'm even more altruistic than the lazy shits not wanting to put the cart back since I don't just not do something, I'm actively doing it to benefit their day.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

It's not benefiting or harming them either way. Their day is spent and their odds of getting paid are the same.

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I'm creating more work for them, if everyone just trashed the stores they'd go in we'd have more people working at the stores. I'm a job creator

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 46 minutes ago

You're boosting the GDP!

[–] Zikeji@programming.dev 8 points 8 hours ago

I have a clip from my dashcam floating around somewhere of me stopping, jumping out of my car, then hauling ass to catch someone's runaway cart moments before it hit a parked car. Honestly one of my proudest moments.

On the opposite end, I once left a cart (on a curb) and it haunted me. To be fair, it was absolutely storming outside and I was chilled to the bone and just wanted to warm up..