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[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I uh, avoid taking a cart, because I have a big ass reusable shopping bag. I'm not sure where that leaves me.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I've gone out of my way multiple times to put up multiple cats that were blocking parking spaces, including handicap spaces. While the handicap ones make it seem like the person is an extra asshole, I wonder if it's the handicap person that leaves it there and it just moves into the space. There's are very few stores that put a corral by handicap spaces.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (8 children)

Interesting idea... Is human morality (in situations where no punishment exists) a result of the societies we live in and our societal expectations, our upbringing, or is there some inherent morality (guilt from doing something bad, or satisfaction from doing the right thing) within most people?

Whilst I do live somewhere that has trolleys with coins, sometimes you get one that is damaged and doesn't require a coin. Yet I still return those ones, because why wouldn't I? It only takes a minute.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Another possibility is that people that don't return the cart may not be having their needs met. A person who is tired after walking across the hot parking lot may not return it out of a desire to maintain a modicum of health. Or, perhaps, they may not think about it because their cognition is temporarily hindered by hunger, exhaustion, or some other carnal need.

On Maslow's hierarchy, I'd say if a person meets all of their physiological and safety needs they are more likely to return the cart than those who do not.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Around here there are definitely consequences in the form of pesky looks and headshakes. Well at least coming from me.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What if you take them home to burn leaves in?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Likewise if you're a smoker - you should go directly to jail.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (7 children)

hmm no this seems wrong. If the parking lot is a mile long and there are no cart returns it makes me a bad person if I rack the carts in a line with all the others in the boonies? If you are getting abandoned carts its probably because you don't have enough cart returns, not because people are bad

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