Somebody keeps leaving uattended Home Depot shopping carts all over my neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

This kinda sounds like a prank, especially if it just started recently.

[Anonymous]

When I first moved into my neighborhood, I would gather up the carts and take them back to the store. Mostly, because they were always in the alley behind my house, but I also wanted the locals to see me cleaning up their mess. I got tired of doing it after about a year and gave up. These folks are just the worst!

[Anonymous]

You must live in "PG County"

[Anonymous]

I live in SF and every shopping cart has a lock that engages when the cart reaches a certain point x number of feet away from the store.

The homeless people here have those granny carts, or old shopping carts from the 90's or strollers they've repurposed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Supermarket carts are rigged so the wheels lock if they are pushed outside the parking lot. Homie D and the rest need to get with the program.

Only Shoppers, no?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in SF and every shopping cart has a lock that engages when the cart reaches a certain point x number of feet away from the store.

The homeless people here have those granny carts, or old shopping carts from the 90's or strollers they've repurposed.

even the homeless are hipsters in SF, lol

[Anonymous]

The grocery store by my house has sensors on their shopping carts so if someone attempts to take the cart off the property, then the wheels automatically lock up.

I think every business should invest in their lead.
There is nothing else a store can do aside from hiring an on-site security guard to man the carts daily.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There was a target cart in my hood for a while. I called Target and they did not care. They said they don't pick up carts outside of their parking lot. So, I called the County (MOCO) and they came and picked it up and took it to the dump.

Same thing here in Fairfax. Store would not pick up cart left in our yard. I had hoped maybe "someone" heading in the direction of the store would roll it back, but nope. Went out on a cleanup day when all garbage is accepted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Supermarket carts are rigged so the wheels lock if they are pushed outside the parking lot. Homie D and the rest need to get with the program.

Only Shoppers, no?

Target in Wheaton Plaza does that also.

[doodlebug]

people w/o cars (like me) can invest in a cart of some kind, a nice quality backpack and some reusable bags. I have a good backpack and a Burley Travoy and panniers that I can use when I'm on my bike. If I were desperate, I could use uber. If someone is flat broke, I can see where even those items would be a luxury.

[Anonymous]

I saw some traffic cones from WalMart in Jordan once. As in the country of Jordan.

[Anonymous]

You would think that someone would notice a person pushing bright orange carts through the neighborhood. How is this happening so frequently w/o anyone knowing who is doing it?

Is it possible that kids are taking the carts and then using them for some type of "race" or stunt at night?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was at the grocery store this morning, and a woman was wheeling around a TjMaxx cart. We were in Giant. Cart stealers are everywhere.

In the UK they make you deposit a pound coin in order to get a cart. You only get it back upon return. No stolen carts.

Yeah Aldi does that here. Problem is that 90% of the time I don't have a quarter on me and so I only buy what I can carry in my hands. Their policy actually makes me buy less.

It is a strategy to keep prices down. You can always ask the cashier to give you some change or lend you a quarter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Supermarket carts are rigged so the wheels lock if they are pushed outside the parking lot. Homie D and the rest need to get with the program.

Only Shoppers, no?

Safeway's carts have the locking mechanism as well. The last two times I've been there, they've locked up in the lobby area before I even got outside. I saw plenty of carts in the parking lot so not sure why these were locking up so soon.