When you park at the grocery store, grab a cart that is in the parking lot and take it with you into the store. Come on, you need one anyway. Even if you don’t need one, push it on in. The car dent you save may be your own. If someone is nearly finished unloading their groceries into their car, offer to take the cart off their hands so they don’t have to find the cart return spot. You need one anyway! Keep paying it forward!
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Great advise Patty! I see a lot of people doing that and it always makes me smile! Plus the cart on the way in gives you someplace to throw your recycle grocery bags and purse into- so you can go about texting someone, no doubt.
Thanks Lori! I feel validated now.
You’re headline says it all. . . it just makes sense! Why not?!
I agree – if you are feeling especially generous push two or three carts back to the store. I’ve seen these things flying across the parking lot in the wind. It is so frustrating for find a good parking place and then find out that someone left a cart in it.
I love this website.
Do the deed!
Thank-you! My mother fell and broke her clavecle trying to prevent a stry cart from crashing into autos!
The headline does say it all! Why not grab a cart on your way? You’re going to need it anyway and with no extra effort on your part you’ve cleared a parking space and may have prevented a car from getting scratched. That is just common sense and being a good citizen.
Don’t be too enthusiastic – cartpushing gives my handicapped son a job!! But I have always tried to take just one cart in, too.
VERY GOOD…I to worked at a grocery store, you would be suprised the trouble the carts will get people into.
I was leaving the store after shopping the other day and there was a cart that was being blown in the parking lot, I noticed it picked up momentum and started going straight for a car…FAST. I picked up the speed ran over and grabbed it seconds before it hit the car. It would have done some damage if it hit. so…1) it makes the curtousy clerks at the store. 2) It keeps peoples cars from getting dinked 3) You already have a car in hand…
thank-you! My mother chased a cart once that was left standing loose. She ended up in the hospital with a fractured clavical!
My children and I do this everytime we go. At one point in the snow blizzard there were three carts blocking spaces close to the store and we took them all in thru the slush! My kids thought they were pretty strong to push those carts thru the snow! win win for everyone!!
Think of the work you are saving the poor soul who works there who’s job it is to gather the carts. This is actually very physically demanding work in the extreme heat and cold and rain! I work at Walmart and the guy who does this job only makes $8.00 an hour.