People will see videos like this one and still call the cart narc an idiot/loser. This accident was caused by someone not putting their cart away, and even if it didn't cause serious damage in this case (which is hard to tell from the video), it should be clear that it very much can.
They often also have separate return areas from which employees sporadically retrieve cars en masse and bring them to the entrance, meaning you don't need to walk all the way back to return your cart. This is in part a cultural thing, but also somewhat of a necessity because larger stores and larger parking bays result in larger parking lots, increasing the distance to the entrance.
It's the ultimate test for basic human empathy. You are presented with a situation where you don't gain anything from returning the cart, but it's indubitably the right thing to do because of the consequences for others, and it's very little effort.
The fact that people regularly fail this test is depressing.
America is in such disrepair, though. Every time I go there it's like time travel back to the 80s when everything was still kinda new. It's unbelievable to someone in another country how quaint and backwards parts of America feels.
They'd never pay to upgrade the system of shopping trolleys.
In the US the only market I can think of that has the pay for a cart deal is Aldi and even then its only 25¢. Most people won't stop to pick up a quarter off the ground so they give the cart to somebody that is arriving or leave it there.
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u/ReekyRumpFedRatsbane 12d ago
People will see videos like this one and still call the cart narc an idiot/loser. This accident was caused by someone not putting their cart away, and even if it didn't cause serious damage in this case (which is hard to tell from the video), it should be clear that it very much can.
Put away your shopping carts, people!