On 5/18/2013 12:21 PM, S Viemeister wrote:
> On 5/18/2013 12:05 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> No Aldi's here but I haven't seen the trend for paying for carts yet. I
>> understand the logic behind it. But I have never, *ever* left a cart in
>> a parking lot or just shoved it off to the side for someone else to deal
>> with. I'm grateful I have two good legs. I use them to take the cart
>> back. Regardless of whether or not it's refundable, I wouldn't be happy
>> if they started charging me to do what I've been doing all along.
>>
>> How does that work, anyway? Do you have to show a cart receipt and wait
>> for someone to give you back your quarter? What a colossal waste of
>> time. I'm pretty sure some people don't care about that quarter, in
>> which case store employees still have to go gather up the abandoned
>> carts.
>>
> Inserting the coin unlocks the cart. When you return it, you nest your
> cart into another cart, then insert the tab attached to the free end of
> the chain on the other cart, into the slot on your cart. The coin then
> pops out, and you can remove it.
>
Hmmm, okay. What happens when the mechanism fails and the quarter gets
stuck?

Jill