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ASDraptor@lemmy.autism.place 1 week ago
Flawed. Here, you must insert a coin (or if you have it, a token with the shape of the coin) that will only be returned after you put the cart in the correct place.
So you actually lose something if you don’t return the cart.
Mhm. That said, only a few places around where I live have “coin operated” carts. I guess the places that do have them got tired of the selfish, inconsiderate sobs who didn’t return the carts.
To me it feels so utterly strange to just dump a cart in the middle of a parking lot and, seemingly, think nothing of it.
In the US Aldi requires a quarter. Depending on the area, there are absolutely people who will give up their 25 cents to not walk their lazy ass to return the cart.
Florida is full of inconsiderate selfish assholes.
Flawed. Here, you must insert a coin (or if you have it, a token with the shape of the coin) that will only be returned after you put the cart in the correct place.
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What, you gonna knock back some brews?
In case you weren’t joking:
Look at the bottom part of it. You can insert it into the coin “slot” to unlock the cart and pull it out right after.
No more losing a tiny little plastic chip or searching for the right coin - especially if you prefer to pay without cash.
(Also, I do return my carts.)
on some carts there’s a sliding door to insert the coin, and this wouldn’t work
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Where I shop there is the token system but you just have to ask the security agent to get a free token. So there is no need to return your cart because you can get a free token each time you got to the store.
Seing guides and fake coins to trick it was pretty depressing.
That sounds like more work than just putting the cart back…
Yep. I kinda dislike the idea of paid carts and am for pirating… But there it’s paying or putting extra effort to make other people deal with your cart.
That’s common in England, but a lot of larger shops don’t bother with that system.
It’s the opposite here in Sweden, in some larger supermarkets you did need a coin but in no smaller shops
Anyways that’s all gone now since no one carries coins anymore
We don’t do that here, that’s mall-level bullshit.
Yeah, I’d just not shop there. I never have change with me, and I’m not bringing change just because the store requires it. It might not be the first trip or the third, but over time, I’d shop there less and less because convenience matters.
Then you’ll either start bringing change, get a token that you can use, or starve. No supermarket here has “free” carts. The baskets are free, but they are smaller.
I’d probably just use a basket then, and buy less.
grue@lemmy.world 1 week ago
That doesn’t mean the concept is flawed; it just means those businesses were smart enough to put in countermeasures against bad people.
bstix@feddit.dk 1 week ago
It also means that the people who do leave the shopping cart in places without the deposit are the kind of cheapskates who can be bought for a euro. They’re only neutral evil.
True chaotic evil assholes would pay the deposit on several carts only to leave them.
3ntranced@lemmy.world 1 week ago
That actually sounds like a hilarious way to spend 10$, especially when Aldi in the states still only requires a quarter
bstix@feddit.dk 1 week ago
Then sit back and film the people returning the carts for the quarter. Put it on YouTube and profit.
shalafi@lemmy.world 1 week ago
They do this so they don’t have to pay staff to return carts, one of many reasons Aldi is so cheap.
Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
“Cart returner” is not a job. It’s a thing regular employees have to do because some folks choose to be lazy. If everybody would return their carts, these employees would simply work on other shit in the store like cleaning or re-arranging misplaced items. Leaving the cart does not create jobs, it makes existing jobs more tedious.
arin@lemmy.world 1 week ago
That means there were enough bad people that businesses wanted to purchase a lock token system at the expense of convenience of customers and overhead costs of their businesses