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It seems to me that there is an “ethos” at different grocery stores that causes many people not to care if they leave their carts in the parking lot, or put them into the cart collection area. For example, at the Publix stores here, you hardly ever see a cart that hasn’t been put away. At the Walmart, they’re all over the place. They are in the same city, and presumably the same people go to both.
It’s sort of like the “broken window” syndrome.
At our Publix the employees take the carts to the cars, so of course they're not in the lot. And honestly at our Walmart and other stores, I just don't see loose carts, they're in the corrals. The Aldi's is across the street from our Walmart and no loose carts there either.
I just really don't think handing off a cart is much different anywhere, quarter or not. Many people give their carts to other shoppers as they're leaving. I mean, this is your community and generally most people are kind and helpful to each other.
And I do like the self checkout at Aldi's, hasn't been a problem.
When our small community had a local citizen, homeless man (by choice, but that is another story…..), the Aldi shoppers left their quarter in the cart for him to take. No one is or was losing money….. they were donating.
As he aged, and was no longer to take care of himself, he was placed in a local nursing home to care for him. He passed a few years ago.
At our Publix the employees take the carts to the cars, so of course they're not in the lot. And honestly at our Walmart and other stores, I just don't see loose carts, they're in the corrals. The Aldi's is across the street from our Walmart and no loose carts there either.
I just really don't think handing off a cart is much different anywhere, quarter or not. Many people give their carts to other shoppers as they're leaving. I mean, this is your community and generally most people are kind and helpful to each other.
And I do like the self checkout at Aldi's, hasn't been a problem.
Our Aldi doesn’t have self check outs, but they very seldom have more than one checkout open, and the line stretches to the back of the store. My husband won’t go there. It was funny…before Halloween the ALDIs was decorated. One of the unmanned checkouts had a skeleton draped over it, and the joke was that someone had finally succumbed while waiting in line.
I wasn’t sure where to put this, but I’m wondering if ALDIs is a kind of social experiment.
I just got back from ALDIs. If you shop there, you know that it takes a quarter to release a cart, and when you return it you get a quarter back.
Almost every time I go, someone who has just unloaded their cart, gives it to me instead of going to get their quarter back. I offer them a quarter, but they say no. I’m wondering if other ALDIs are like that, or if it’s a Georgia thing?
This led me to wonder if it’s ALDIs way of fostering a sense of community.
It's a result of Aldi's business model, which is based on low staffing levels and helps ensure carts are returned to the staging area.
I find that offering to grab someone's cart when headed into a regular grocery store after they have obviously just finished or almost finished unloading, fosters the same type of community you speak of also.
The thing about people being "lazy" and not returning carts.... some of those people have mobility issues. I do not always return my carts because it can be hard for me to talk back to the car without the support of the "buggy" as some of us call them in the south. I leave them near the handicap spaces because it also can help the next mobility-challenged person who parks there.
The thing about people being "lazy" and not returning carts.... some of those people have mobility issues. I do not always return my carts because it can be hard for me to talk back to the car without the support of the "buggy" as some of us call them in the south. I leave them near the handicap spaces because it also can help the next mobility-challenged person who parks there.
That’s understandable. I’ve done the same thing a few times….even though I’m usually a rules follower.
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