A Good Year for the Outlaw

I think it’s among the most lazy, arrogant, rude, selfish things being done in our everyday lives.

“The shopping cart in the middle of the parking spot.”

You’ve all seen it. A shopper will walk 70-100 feet or more, pushing a shopping cart from the store exit to the trunk of their car. They’ll take the time to unload it, which makes perfect sense, because after all, they did BUY the stuff, and then, they’ll walk a few feet and put the cart…oh, wait, nope, they don’t!

They leave it. Right next to their car, usually in the spot next to them, or between their car and the one next to them. Then they just drive away. Keep in mind they’re usually no more than 10-20 feet away from a “cart corral”. I’ve even sat in amazement and watched people parked NEXT to a cart corral empty the cart on the side of the car away from the corral, and then just leave the cart sit there. Can’t be bothered to walk an extra FIVE feet, I guess.

These people sicken me. If you’re one of those who does this, you sicken me. Put the freakin’ cart back where it’s supposed to go, for pete’s sakes. Three times in the last year, I’ve parked my car in front of a store and returned to find a cart bumped up against the side of it. Why even bother having a nice car anymore? Most everyone only gives a crap about themselves. 

Oh, and just so you know, since this IS a pet peeve of mine, I not only return my cart to a cart corral EVERY time, but I will grab stray ones on the way IN to a store and do the same thing, and just this evening I took a cart from an elderly gentleman outside the Kewanee Menards as I was walking to my car. He was headed for the corral, about 20 feet away, and I was going right past it, so I said “I’ve got it, sir, it’s right on my way.” He then pointed to his car and said, “thanks, you take this one, I’ll go get the other one somebody just shoved up against the door of my car.” We both just shook our heads and laughed.