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Jul. 31st, 2008 07:55 pmSomeone on my MySpace list had posted one of those questionnaire thingies yesterday. Most of the questions were the usual lame ones that you see every other time, but there was one that was actually different and it caught my attention. The question was "do you return your shopping cart?" I'm assuming they mean return it either to one of the depository thingies provided for that purpose, or return it to the actual store. I've gotta say, I'm usually really good about doing either of those things, because I can't stand to see them just sitting around the parking lot of the grocery store. But my first instinct smartass reply to "do you return your shopping cart?" was "no, I take it home with me." But then I realized, that's really not as funny or strange as you might think.
When I lived in Knoxville, there was a rather underwhelming apartment complex not too far away from my condo. There was also a Walmart and a Food City grocery store within walking distance of where I lived. It was not uncommon to see shopping carts all along the road leading up to these apartments. I got the impression that many of the residents of this apartment complex did not own cars, so they'd do their shopping at either Walmart or Food City, then take the buggy with them so they didn't have to carry a bunch of bags. Then instead of returning it (or maybe they did on their next trip), they just left it parked. You know, on the street, where anyone would leave it.
There would be times that I'd happen upon 8-10 of them parked by the side of the road on the way into my condo. One time I actually saw a lady walking up the street pushing her groceries, and I really wanted to put down my window and yell "I do hope you're planning to return that?" But I didn't.
I don't know why I just wrote all this out. It was really sort of inconsequential. But I guess I just wanted to note that I live in a place now (oddly enough, also within walking distance of Food City), where shopping carts are not commonly left by the side of the road, and that's actually pretty cool.
When I lived in Knoxville, there was a rather underwhelming apartment complex not too far away from my condo. There was also a Walmart and a Food City grocery store within walking distance of where I lived. It was not uncommon to see shopping carts all along the road leading up to these apartments. I got the impression that many of the residents of this apartment complex did not own cars, so they'd do their shopping at either Walmart or Food City, then take the buggy with them so they didn't have to carry a bunch of bags. Then instead of returning it (or maybe they did on their next trip), they just left it parked. You know, on the street, where anyone would leave it.
There would be times that I'd happen upon 8-10 of them parked by the side of the road on the way into my condo. One time I actually saw a lady walking up the street pushing her groceries, and I really wanted to put down my window and yell "I do hope you're planning to return that?" But I didn't.
I don't know why I just wrote all this out. It was really sort of inconsequential. But I guess I just wanted to note that I live in a place now (oddly enough, also within walking distance of Food City), where shopping carts are not commonly left by the side of the road, and that's actually pretty cool.
