The Great Grocery Cart Debate

I saw this yesterday and thought oh no!!  😆😆

ETA - did not see it on here, I don’t think it was mentioned.

THIS - or do kerbside pickup

The key phrase is "if you do not feel safe"-- if I felt in danger, I would not be returning a cart.

I have never shopped where I felt danger in the parking lot. I am glad I live in a safe 'hood and can go about life without looking over my shoulders.

I think common sense should be in play here. If I REALLY felt unsafe, like some creeper wandering around me, yeah, not putting the shopping cart away. That said, that has never happened to me. I'll be honest there has been a few times due to whatever circumstances I didn't put my cart away in my whole lifetime. I would say 98% of the time I do.

It's funny I remember once instance that I didn't years ago. I was totally laughing to myself because the Peas were in my head. It was snowing BAD, I went inside to shop and literally was barely snowing. I came out to a blizzard and couldn't even push my cart to the car, it was so bad, snow deep, blowing in my face, not prepared... It toook forever to get through the snow. I unload and put the cart near the car the best way I could (not blocking anything), but yeah, by the time I unloaded the cart I was exhausted. I thought the whole time, those peas are gonna get me.

I hate grocery shopping and do curbside pickup which would be a good option.

If I have to go into the grocery store, I purposely park in a spot next to or close to the cart return.

it's really not that hard.

How do you get your kids to the cart in the first place? So that same thing in reverse.

I saw her TT and she's a douche. Yes, if safety is an issue, then don't return the cart. Hell, don't even worry about the groceries at that point. But the TT she did said nothing about feeling unsafe. Maybe she came out with that later.

So, I just listened to her again. Original video nothing stated. In her follow up, she is spouting statistics of how many children are kidnapped out of cars, lawyers of parking lot crimes, touting her videos of predators and trafficers, how it is illegal to turn your car on and walk away in some states(so they have air).

So y'all are welcome for me taking the hit on listening to her Kourtney Kadashian lilt as she explained why she will not return the cart.

That is just over the top excuses... thanks for listening for us.. lol.... again common sense..

I swear sometimes I just wanna pull my hair out.  There isn't a dangerous person lurking in every corner of your life.  If you are loading/unloading groceries with kids and no one is around you, you are safe.  Yeah, there is a chance in a zillion that someone is going run up and kidnap you/kids. Cart or no cart.   If there are people around you, then take common sense precautions.  I have put kids in the car, unloaded groceries, quick lock the doors and take the cart back (which is usually nearby) and walk back to the car in less that 10 seconds. If you don't want to do that, push the kids with you and walk them back to the car.   How difficult is that?  Unless you are living in some kind of dangerous hood, which especially in her case, I highly doubt that is happening.  Just be alert to your surroundings. 

Ha!! She my post right above this. I was right

It must be exhausting to live one's life in constant fear.

In 2022, FBI juvenile missing persons stats:
249,950 (95 percent) were coded as Runaway, 2,386 (.9 percent) as Abducted by Non-custodial Parent, 296 (.1 percent) as Abducted by Stranger, and 10,447 (4 percent) as Adult (meaning vulnerable adult with conditions that make them at high risk e.g., dementia, cognitive issues, etc.)

Risk is INCREDIBLY low.

You leave the kids in the cart, take it to the corral, and walk your kids back to the car. There's not a cart magically waiting right beside your car when you park; you have to walk into the store to get one, or grab one from the corral.

Also, I don't think people are talking about the occasional shopper leaving a cart in the lot because they feel ill or some other instance; it's the people who habitually leave them because they don't care - no matter what "excuses" they give.

I am very much err on the side of kindness or try not to judge…too much so sometimes per my nephew and niece.  If it was a random person just leaving a cart that I saw I do not think I would be so quick…making a TikTok video of why I never return a cart with almost indignation makes it much easier to.  I am a never say never, so I may have it wrong but my judgement on this one doesn’t feel wishy washy.