Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.

[Darren]

@packrat said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

So regarding shopping carts, does the USA not have the thing where the carts have a chain and lock to each other, meaning you can only remove one from the stack by putting in a coin, that is then released when the cart is returned and chained back up again?

Here leaving a cart (or shopping trolley to use local parlance) rolling around the car park means you are leaving a £1 coin in it and so people rarely do such things.

Aldi is the only place I know of that does this. It costs much less though-- 25 cents, which works out to about 18p-- probably because most Americans hate the $1 coins and refuse to use them.

[Tinuviel]

@darren said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@packrat said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

So regarding shopping carts, does the USA not have the thing where the carts have a chain and lock to each other, meaning you can only remove one from the stack by putting in a coin, that is then released when the cart is returned and chained back up again?

Here leaving a cart (or shopping trolley to use local parlance) rolling around the car park means you are leaving a £1 coin in it and so people rarely do such things.

Aldi is the only place I know of that does this. It costs much less though-- 25 cents, which works out to about 18p-- probably because most Americans hate the $1 coins and refuse to use them.

It's probably just that you're more likely to have a quarter in your pocket than a dollar coin. It's less about the expense itself and more about the idea of not wanting to waste money needlessly.

[GreenFlashlight]

From an outcome-focused viewpoint, there's no difference between not returning your cart because you can't and not returning your cart because you don't want to, because the kid pulling carts has to go get it either way.

But if we're taking an outcome-based viewpoint, there's no difference between arguing for responsibility and being judgmental, because people feel judged either way.

All things being equal, you should return your carts. I hope people can remember that very few things in this world are actually equal.

[Tinuviel]

@greenflashlight Well from an outcome-focused viewpoint, there's no difference between arguing philosophical ideas here and slamming my genitals in a car door.

[Too Old For This]

@tinuviel When you end up in the hospital physically bleeding and with burst testes from arguing philosophical points here, I want to know.

[Tinuviel]

@too-old-for-this said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@tinuviel When you end up in the hospital physically bleeding and with burst testes from arguing philosophical points here, I want to know.

That would be a better outcome when compared to many of the 'discussions' here.

[Too Old For This]

@tinuviel No argument, but I still want to know. I'll put in the call to Guinness World Records.

[Tinuviel]

@too-old-for-this said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@tinuviel No argument, but I still want to know. I'll put in the call to Guinness World Records.

I don't think I'm authoritarian enough for their interests.

[Too Old For This]

@tinuviel I don't know, man, spontaneous testicle bursting HAS to be a record of some kind.

[Atomic]

@faraday

..sorry, couldn't resist.

[Ganymede]

A friend of mine posed the following retort:

The true metric is not with the person who used the cart, but the person who sees the cart in the parking lot. Who left the cart there? Why did they not return it? These are pointless questions: the real question is whether you will return it for them.

[Missingno]

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[Cobalt]

Screams into the void, then curls up and cries.

[Tinuviel]

@ganymede said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

A friend of mine posed the following retort:

The true metric is not with the person who used the cart, but the person who sees the cart in the parking lot. Who left the cart there? Why did they not return it? These are pointless questions: the real question is whether you will return it for them.

That sounds an awful lot like taking responsibility for being the change you want to see in the world.

And that sounds an awful lot like work. Work I'm not being paid for, but doing for the betterment of my community.

And that sounds an awful lot like SOCIALISM!

[Ganymede]

@tinuviel said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

And that sounds an awful lot like SOCIALISM!

[Prism]

@cobaltasaurus Hope you're okay.

[mietze]

to add a cherry on top to an already shitty day in my stressful life, I just got rear ended at a red light on my way home this evening. Thank god not hard enough to even deploy airbags (people haul ass on that road so i'm lucky). It was just enough to bend up my trunk, not just do in the bumper. Bumpers I can deal with. But this means my car is out for awhile once I get it fixed and I'm just struggling pretty hard with not crying my eyes out. I don't have the time. my head hurts. i work in a job that requires significant labor which means if this isn't just adrenaline then maybe i'll be out unpaid (i don't get pto at my job), and i'm not sure how to make my healthcare premium payment if i miss too much work (it takes 75 percent of my paycheck to insure my family, it's pretty much the only reason why I work, it's still cheaper than buying it on the market).

I don't know. today sucked.

[Cobalt]

@prism said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@cobaltasaurus Hope you're okay.

I'm alive, I'm safe, I have a roof over my head. After the day I have had I'm counting my blessings.

@mietze said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

to add a cherry on top to an already shitty day in my stressful life, I just got rear ended at a red light on my way home this evening. Thank god not hard enough to even deploy airbags (people haul ass on that road so i'm lucky). It was just enough to bend up my trunk, not just do in the bumper. Bumpers I can deal with. But this means my car is out for awhile once I get it fixed and I'm just struggling pretty hard with not crying my eyes out. I don't have the time. my head hurts. i work in a job that requires significant labor which means if this isn't just adrenaline then maybe i'll be out unpaid (i don't get pto at my job), and i'm not sure how to make my healthcare premium payment if i miss too much work (it takes 75 percent of my paycheck to insure my family, it's pretty much the only reason why I work, it's still cheaper than buying it on the market).

I don't know. today sucked.

I am so sorry. If you need help please reach out, we can probably organize a gfm or something for you, and share it around.

I'm also just sorry your day was really shitty. I hope tomorrow is better.

[GreenFlashlight]

@ganymede said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

A friend of mine posed the following retort:

The true metric is not with the person who used the cart, but the person who sees the cart in the parking lot. Who left the cart there? Why did they not return it? These are pointless questions: the real question is whether you will return it for them.

I appreciate the sentiment but I'm not sure that's a good idea in America at this exact instant. I'll revisit my reluctance after more of my countrymen get vaccinated.

[Ganymede]

@greenflashlight said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

I appreciate the sentiment but I'm not sure that's a good idea in America at this exact instant. I'll revisit my reluctance after more of my countrymen get vaccinated.

The threat of disease is a good reason not to do it, of course. I think the sentiment implies some sort of safety in doing so; e.g., if the shopping cart is filled with rabid wolverines, I will likely not go near it.

That said, I like the sentiment, and I'm supposed to be COVID-immune for another few months.