It's not just shopping carts.

Maybe it was bored of its life. Maybe it wanted to pretend it was on a ride at an park. A roller coaster. Heck maybe it just needed a quiet place to think for a bit. I mean would you like to have to carry luggage day in and day out for your entire life?

Then there is the conundrum of the room service trolley.

The little card delivered with the meal gives the number to call to have it removed and we do. Only to have no one turn up. So we call again, and tell them as it is now quite late, we will leave it outside the door. Where it remains as we exit at breakfast time. In a really good hotel. SMH.

Perhaps the cleaning staff put it there? Maybe they found one in the hall or in a room and failed to call the front desk telling them they are sending it back down?

dh and I were in a hotel, and they must have been doing some work on a room, cuz when the door opened there was a cabinet riding by itself!

now I know why I can never find one at a hotel when I want one!

My mother's assistant living had a house dog. She used to ride the elevators all the time by herself. One of the staff would push the button and send her along her way. That was kind of weird to encounter -- Hi Shanti, how was the ride?

Or maybe it was put there by someone who experiences pain with every step and this was the best they could do
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Who said you had to do anything? If the elevator is big enough, get in with it.  If not, move it to the hall and continue on your way.

I've seen that done a few times before--people put it on the elevator empty, knowing that it will go back to the ground floor!

Well I worked for a hotel, and that doesn't bother me at the least.  Lots of people use the carts and put back in the elevator empty.  Someone will take it off or another customer will use it.