• Fiona@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 day ago

    This is a completely artificial US problem that has been completely solved in Germany and many other countries by requiring a 1€ deposit to unlock the cart and returning it when you relock it. So, complain to the store for failing to use basic countermeasures.

    • nicerdicer@feddit.org
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      2 hours ago

      It was solved for a brief time. Now people have these plastic coins you sometimes recieve as a promotional gift and since it is not a real coin, people stop putting the carts to the corral. You can witness this every time holidays are coming up and people are stocking their groceries. And the culprit is always middle-aged Karens who also don’t indicate when leaving the parking lot in their SUV.

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      14 hours ago

      I never even knew that in other countries you could just grab one without putting a coin. Absolutely insane.

    • teegus@sh.itjust.works
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      1 day ago

      They have stopped doing that in Norway, at least here. Not sure if it was a corona effect or if they thought it wasnt worth it in terms of customers either shopping somewhere else or shopping less because they take a small shopping basket instead.