Steal this cart!
A couple of weeks ago, a new supermarket opens. A 24-hour supermarket, no less. This is something of great joy to me because when you work nights, you need to be able to go shopping at odd hours of the night.
Discover that the owners of these shopping carts don’t want them to travel anywhere. Forgive the photos as they were taken quickly under the cover of darkness and much giggling. Never good to stand out at one in the morning in Fresno.
I think these carts need out. Anyone willing to sponsor an itchy cart into freedom? Maybe not. See the sign.
I thought about writing about this sign, but this really says what I need to say.
… In case you wondered what would happen if you weren’t afraid of being prosecuted. Since no one else seems to be worried about it in this town.
Was skeptical, and thought perhaps this was a scare tactic for the gullible. Did some reading, and discovered that carts really can be deactivated.
Guess those who need a shopping cart will have to shop for carts elsewhere. Not going to say I’m tempted to see what would happen…
WOW! How, um, fascist of them!
Dare you to take one past the parking lot and see if it stops working
We were going to, but pussed out. Instead occupied ourselves by looking for the “thick yellow line.” Couldn’t find it, though.
*and to members of the law enforcement community, i was joking, and we live in washington state. yeah.*
This is crazy!!! Are they really losing THAT much money on stolen shopping carts? My goodness.
On the flip side of this, I now feel sorry for the poor homeless man who used to keep all his worldly belongings in a shopping cart. What will the homeless do without them?
I don’t know, Heather. After I read that article, I’m guessing that it really does work. Of course, we didn’t see any yellow line, but maybe we just didn’t look hard enough.
On the other hand, I believe in the power of the gullible.
And to Shel… I do feel sorry for people that need to use shopping carts to move stuff around. I can’t imagine that does much for one’s dignity.
But this lockdown isn’t happening with all carts; I imagine it’s probably not cheap to equip your carts with these devices. And perhaps some places give up.
There is also a market in returning carts… These carts are abandoned; other people can easily pick them up if needed.
I think the stores would have to try a lot harder to really stop the shopping cart problem.
You just need to borrow a big van and kidnap one of those carts. Then get an engineer handy type to disassemble it for inspection. (Oh, I can’t help it. I like drama.)
What an interesting idea. Under cover of darkness again. And preferably in dark clothes. While listening to the theme music for mission impossible.
Dude, I’m sure we can get a 1982 GMC, black with a red stripe, for the dirty deed…
Er… not that we were planning any such mission. This is, in fact, a hypothetical mission.
This blogger disavows any knowledge of any attempt to investigate first-hand, what happens to a shopping cart when it is taken from its lot. This blog will self-destruct…
Was in that store again last night. Seems like they have fascist warning signs all over.
Do not double bag. That wastes resources. Our bags are thick enough.
Do not sample the bulk items. (Fair enough.)
Use the foot pedal to advance the groceries (to pack them yourself.)
Warning… Do not stop here, even for a moment. Children crossing cannot be seen by drivers.
Do not breath as it wastes resources. Do not touch our shopping carts.
Btw… noticed a shopping cart way out in the back of the parking lot, that appeared to be foreign to the store.