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Shopping Cart Theory: the ultimate test of whether someone is a dick or a decent person | |
| Where Eagles Dare
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| Jim Beams Whipping Bottle
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| HempWillSaveTheWorld
User ID: 61456633 United States05/17/2020 11:18 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The shopping cart is the ultimate litmus test for whether a person is capable of self-governing. Quoting: Where Eagles Dare To return the shopping cart is an easy, convenient task and one which we all recognize as the correct, appropriate thing to do. To return the shopping cart is objectively right. There are no situations other than dire emergencies in which a person is not able to return their cart. Simultaneously, it is not illegal to abandon your shopping cart. Therefore the shopping cart presents itself as the apex example of whether a person will do what is right without being forced to do it. No one will punish you for not returning the shopping cart, no one will fine you or kill you for not returning the shopping cart, you gain nothing by returning the shopping cart. You must return the shopping cart out of the goodness of your own heart. You must return the shopping cart because it is the right thing to do. Because it is correct. A person who is unable to do this is no better than an animal, an absolute savage who can only be made to do what is right by threatening them with a law and the force that stands behind it. The Shopping Cart is what determines whether a person is a good or bad member of society. Love it HempWillSaveTheWorld Vi Veri Vniversum Vivus Vici |
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| Where Eagles Dare
(OP) Metal-American User ID: 73836248 United States05/17/2020 11:21 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It is an absolute honor to police up after your lazy ass, your fucking highness. Isaiah 40:31 - But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. “They’ve got us surrounded again, the poor bastards.” - U.S. Army Paratrooper at Bastogne |
| Battery
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| Red Hot Chilean Pepe
User ID: 76933812  Chile05/17/2020 11:24 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I agree with OP, and sadly, a very small proportion of people returns the carts. We live in a world of scant decent people, most pretend to be decent but this kind of behavior reveals the sad truth. All great truths begin as Blasphemies. G.B.S. GLP is like a diamond mine of information, in the sense that you have to shovel mountains of crap to find the diamonds, but it's still worth the pain. |
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| Where Eagles Dare
(OP) Metal-American User ID: 73836248 United States05/17/2020 11:27 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | What about the savages that throw their bags of McDonald’s trash in the parking lot? Quoting: Battery They're the same assholes that leave a shopping cart full of shit when they abandon it in the parking lot. Savages. Isaiah 40:31 - But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. “They’ve got us surrounded again, the poor bastards.” - U.S. Army Paratrooper at Bastogne |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 77225709 United States05/17/2020 11:28 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I agree with OP, and sadly, a very small proportion of people returns the carts. We live in a world of scant decent people, most pretend to be decent but this kind of behavior reveals the sad truth. Quoting: Red Hot Chilean Pepe In a way, can't blame them -- even shittier people drive like shit in parking lots, and walking across one to return and shopping cart may get you run over good deeds rarely are rewarded |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 25135701 United States05/17/2020 11:31 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The shopping cart is the ultimate litmus test for whether a person is capable of self-governing. Quoting: Where Eagles Dare To return the shopping cart is an easy, convenient task and one which we all recognize as the correct, appropriate thing to do. To return the shopping cart is objectively right. There are no situations other than dire emergencies in which a person is not able to return their cart. Simultaneously, it is not illegal to abandon your shopping cart. Therefore the shopping cart presents itself as the apex example of whether a person will do what is right without being forced to do it. No one will punish you for not returning the shopping cart, no one will fine you or kill you for not returning the shopping cart, you gain nothing by returning the shopping cart. You must return the shopping cart out of the goodness of your own heart. You must return the shopping cart because it is the right thing to do. Because it is correct. A person who is unable to do this is no better than an animal, an absolute savage who can only be made to do what is right by threatening them with a law and the force that stands behind it. The Shopping Cart is what determines whether a person is a good or bad member of society. They hire people to go retrieve the carts as a courtesy to the customers, so that the customers do not have to return the cart. You are trying to make a moral argument out of that? OP, should we also mop the floor on our way out? I mean , it might be morally irresponsible of us to leave dirt on the floor and make the grocery store hire someone to clean it up. |
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| Red Hot Chilean Pepe
User ID: 76933812 Chile05/17/2020 11:33 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Some grocery stores require a loonie/$1 to get a cart. When you return it, you get your loonie back. Quoting: Anonymous Girl Walmart tried that here as well, but it didn't last. It depends on the sociocultural background. Here where I live they rent you a cart in the local farmers market, by a fraction of a USD but you need to leave a USD 3 deposit and if you want to get it back you have to return the cart in 90 minutes. Somehow it works very well for that farmers market. All great truths begin as Blasphemies. G.B.S. GLP is like a diamond mine of information, in the sense that you have to shovel mountains of crap to find the diamonds, but it's still worth the pain. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 77399006 United States05/17/2020 11:38 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The shopping cart is the ultimate litmus test for whether a person is capable of self-governing. Quoting: Where Eagles Dare To return the shopping cart is an easy, convenient task and one which we all recognize as the correct, appropriate thing to do. To return the shopping cart is objectively right. There are no situations other than dire emergencies in which a person is not able to return their cart. Simultaneously, it is not illegal to abandon your shopping cart. Therefore the shopping cart presents itself as the apex example of whether a person will do what is right without being forced to do it. No one will punish you for not returning the shopping cart, no one will fine you or kill you for not returning the shopping cart, you gain nothing by returning the shopping cart. You must return the shopping cart out of the goodness of your own heart. You must return the shopping cart because it is the right thing to do. Because it is correct. A person who is unable to do this is no better than an animal, an absolute savage who can only be made to do what is right by threatening them with a law and the force that stands behind it. The Shopping Cart is what determines whether a person is a good or bad member of society. They hire people to go retrieve the carts as a courtesy to the customers, so that the customers do not have to return the cart. You are trying to make a moral argument out of that? OP, should we also mop the floor on our way out? I mean , it might be morally irresponsible of us to leave dirt on the floor and make the grocery store hire someone to clean it up. You're not very smart. |
| Roobit
User ID: 76617686 United States05/17/2020 11:40 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Being a former bagger from almost 20 years ago, I'll say you're a fucking dick if you can't walk that cart to the collection bin. Someone still has to push it into the building, but they shouldn't have to wander the lot because you're too lazy. The Abyss stares back... Glp ping pong champ... |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 78797581 Canada05/17/2020 11:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Some grocery stores require a loonie/$1 to get a cart. When you return it, you get your loonie back. Quoting: Anonymous Girl Walmart tried that here as well, but it didn't last. It depends on the sociocultural background. Here where I live they rent you a cart in the local farmers market, by a fraction of a USD but you need to leave a USD 3 deposit and if you want to get it back you have to return the cart in 90 minutes. Somehow it works very well for that farmers market. The only place I really see carts not returned is Walmart and that's just a few, not a lot. Costco, the other stores I go to, people return the carts. |
| Red Hot Chilean Pepe
User ID: 76933812 Chile05/17/2020 11:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | How about standing in line and they are taking too long to check out so you just leave the cart filled with crap and walk out of the store? What’s that make you? Hmmmm? This thread is boring. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78703779 People that is not decent will always find justifications for their indecent behavior. They will try to shift the blame to anything but their own fault. A decent person, when in fault, accepts personal responsibility and assumes the consequences. All great truths begin as Blasphemies. G.B.S. GLP is like a diamond mine of information, in the sense that you have to shovel mountains of crap to find the diamonds, but it's still worth the pain. |
| Red Hot Chilean Pepe
User ID: 76933812 Chile05/17/2020 11:45 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Some grocery stores require a loonie/$1 to get a cart. When you return it, you get your loonie back. Quoting: Anonymous Girl Walmart tried that here as well, but it didn't last. It depends on the sociocultural background. Here where I live they rent you a cart in the local farmers market, by a fraction of a USD but you need to leave a USD 3 deposit and if you want to get it back you have to return the cart in 90 minutes. Somehow it works very well for that farmers market. The only place I really see carts not returned is Walmart and that's just a few, not a lot. Costco, the other stores I go to, people return the carts. Well, Canada is a land that is known for having a higher proportion of decent people than elsewhere so you are probably right, darling. Last Edited by Red Hot Chilean Pepe on 05/17/2020 11:46 AM All great truths begin as Blasphemies. G.B.S. GLP is like a diamond mine of information, in the sense that you have to shovel mountains of crap to find the diamonds, but it's still worth the pain. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 77963296 United States05/17/2020 11:45 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The shopping cart is the ultimate litmus test for whether a person is capable of self-governing. Quoting: Where Eagles Dare To return the shopping cart is an easy, convenient task and one which we all recognize as the correct, appropriate thing to do. To return the shopping cart is objectively right. There are no situations other than dire emergencies in which a person is not able to return their cart. Simultaneously, it is not illegal to abandon your shopping cart. Therefore the shopping cart presents itself as the apex example of whether a person will do what is right without being forced to do it. No one will punish you for not returning the shopping cart, no one will fine you or kill you for not returning the shopping cart, you gain nothing by returning the shopping cart. You must return the shopping cart out of the goodness of your own heart. You must return the shopping cart because it is the right thing to do. Because it is correct. A person who is unable to do this is no better than an animal, an absolute savage who can only be made to do what is right by threatening them with a law and the force that stands behind it. The Shopping Cart is what determines whether a person is a good or bad member of society. By not returning the shopping cart you are creating jobs. If everyone puts the shopping carts back you wouldn't need as many bag boys to round them up in the parking lot. And what about people who take the cart to their house if they live near by? Are they supposed to bring the cart back. Most of them are elderly or don't have transportation plus that's another job for someone who drives around the area picking up those loose carts.  |
| Where Eagles Dare
(OP) Metal-American User ID: 73836248 United States05/17/2020 11:46 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The shopping cart is the ultimate litmus test for whether a person is capable of self-governing. Quoting: Where Eagles Dare To return the shopping cart is an easy, convenient task and one which we all recognize as the correct, appropriate thing to do. To return the shopping cart is objectively right. There are no situations other than dire emergencies in which a person is not able to return their cart. Simultaneously, it is not illegal to abandon your shopping cart. Therefore the shopping cart presents itself as the apex example of whether a person will do what is right without being forced to do it. No one will punish you for not returning the shopping cart, no one will fine you or kill you for not returning the shopping cart, you gain nothing by returning the shopping cart. You must return the shopping cart out of the goodness of your own heart. You must return the shopping cart because it is the right thing to do. Because it is correct. A person who is unable to do this is no better than an animal, an absolute savage who can only be made to do what is right by threatening them with a law and the force that stands behind it. The Shopping Cart is what determines whether a person is a good or bad member of society. They hire people to go retrieve the carts as a courtesy to the customers, so that the customers do not have to return the cart. You are trying to make a moral argument out of that? OP, should we also mop the floor on our way out? I mean , it might be morally irresponsible of us to leave dirt on the floor and make the grocery store hire someone to clean it up. You like to believe that because you're a lazy fuck. You know why you have to stand in line when 10 cash register lines are unmanned? Corporate DOESN'T hire enough people to police up after lazy ass shoppers. And you know that one poor gal that is ringing you up when you finally get to the front of the line? At the end of the night, SHE is the person going out in the parking lot to corral the cart that you were too fucking lazy to return. You're an asshole, and the reason that this thread exists. Last Edited by Where Eagles Dare on 05/17/2020 11:50 AM Isaiah 40:31 - But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. “They’ve got us surrounded again, the poor bastards.” - U.S. Army Paratrooper at Bastogne |
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| Where Eagles Dare
(OP) Metal-American User ID: 73836248 United States05/17/2020 11:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Does taking the cart to the spot in the lot count or are we talking all the way back to the entrance here? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77027558 Take the cart to the parking lot collection area. That is all. There are too many people that are too lazy to even do that, though. If your new car ever got dinged by a runaway cart, you'd understand the reason for this thread. Last Edited by Where Eagles Dare on 05/17/2020 11:55 AM Isaiah 40:31 - But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. “They’ve got us surrounded again, the poor bastards.” - U.S. Army Paratrooper at Bastogne |
| Where Eagles Dare
(OP) Metal-American User ID: 73836248 United States05/17/2020 11:56 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Morality is wholly subjective and eventually all things, life itself, reduces to nihilism. So i think i'll just do whatever the fuck i want... How about that??? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78281824  Isaiah 40:31 - But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. “They’ve got us surrounded again, the poor bastards.” - U.S. Army Paratrooper at Bastogne |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 78797581 Canada05/17/2020 11:57 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Some grocery stores require a loonie/$1 to get a cart. When you return it, you get your loonie back. Quoting: Anonymous Girl Walmart tried that here as well, but it didn't last. It depends on the sociocultural background. Here where I live they rent you a cart in the local farmers market, by a fraction of a USD but you need to leave a USD 3 deposit and if you want to get it back you have to return the cart in 90 minutes. Somehow it works very well for that farmers market. The only place I really see carts not returned is Walmart and that's just a few, not a lot. Costco, the other stores I go to, people return the carts. Well, Canada is a land that is known for having a higher proportion of decent people than elsewhere so you are probably right, darling. :) |
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