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I had to laugh, as I was shopping just now, I came upon
a woman muttering about her cart. I hear 'this isn't my stuff, this isn't my cart! I just put my cart right here! and someone took it! Oh man, glad it wasn't me. We were just talking about that. On the way out, I was paid back for laughing. I put my cart by the rest by the store, it kept rolling no matter how I angled it. Finally, it's not going anywhere. As I'm walking to my car with 8 bags in 2 hands, I hear it coming for me. Fast. I turned around and wham! got my hand between the racing cart and the front of a gold Mercedes. Bad words. I hurt my pinky. What, did they oil the friggin cart wheels this week? I was so mad. But, hey, the car didn't get scratched. nancy |
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"Steve Wertz" > wrote > On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 10:52:06 -0400, Nancy Young wrote: > >> I had to laugh, as I was shopping just now, I came upon >> a woman muttering about her cart. I hear 'this isn't my stuff, >> this isn't my cart! I just put my cart right here! and someone >> took it! Oh man, glad it wasn't me. We were just talking about >> that. > > I left my cart at the end of an isle once (like I usually do in > crowded stores), and when I went back, all the stuff from my cart > is sitting on an end-cap next to an empty hand-basket. Oh, I hope it was the woman you attacked. (laugh) Hey, what was she thinking, it's one thing to walk off with someone else's cart accidentally, it's another to take the stuff out so you can use the cart. That's ridiculous. nancy |
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Nancy Young wrote:
> Oh, I hope it was the woman you attacked. (laugh) Hey, what > was she thinking, it's one thing to walk off with someone else's > cart accidentally, it's another to take the stuff out so you can use > the cart. That's ridiculous. Some stores make you put a quarter in the cart to unlatch it from cart corral. You get your quarter back when you return it. In those cases, the cart is worth cash money! --Lia |
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Nancy Young wrote:
> I had to laugh, as I was shopping just now, I came upon > a woman muttering about her cart. I hear 'this isn't my stuff, > this isn't my cart! I just put my cart right here! and someone > took it! Oh man, glad it wasn't me. We were just talking about > that. LOL. BTDT. I was the "thief" - once. Took the wrong one. Luckily I realized it after putting only one or two more items in "my" cart. I also said bad words. I looked around for somebody "muttering", didn't see anybody, so headed back to where I had left the cart, found mine, dumped my stuff in it and left the "stolen" cart back there... Whew!!! ;) > > On the way out, I was paid back for laughing. I put my cart > by the rest by the store, it kept rolling no matter how I angled it. > Finally, it's not going anywhere. As I'm walking to my car with > 8 bags in 2 hands, I hear it coming for me. Fast. > > I turned around and wham! got my hand between the racing cart > and the front of a gold Mercedes. Bad words. I hurt my pinky. > What, did they oil the friggin cart wheels this week? I was so mad. > But, hey, the car didn't get scratched. You were sorta lucky there - pinkies usually heal by themselves ;). Had my car scratched more than once by those "runaways" (and once it was not even my cart!) <sigh> But my worst moan about carts is the ones that have that "one wheel" that won't turn, no-way no-how.... Grrrrrr. You either have to take the damn thing back to the bay and get another one (but usually there is no other cart in sight) or just put up with it. -- Cheers Chatty Cathy |
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"Chatty Cathy" > wrote > Nancy Young wrote: >> I had to laugh, as I was shopping just now, I came upon >> a woman muttering about her cart. I hear 'this isn't my stuff, >> this isn't my cart! I just put my cart right here! and someone >> took it! Oh man, glad it wasn't me. We were just talking about >> that. > > LOL. BTDT. I was the "thief" - once. Took the wrong one. Luckily I > realized it after putting only one or two more items in "my" cart. I also > said bad words. I looked around for somebody "muttering", didn't see > anybody, so headed back to where I had left the cart, found mine, dumped > my stuff in it and left the "stolen" cart back there... Whew!!! ;) (laugh) And get out of Dodge before anyone sees you. >> I turned around and wham! got my hand between the racing cart >> and the front of a gold Mercedes. Bad words. I hurt my pinky. >> What, did they oil the friggin cart wheels this week? I was so mad. >> But, hey, the car didn't get scratched. > > You were sorta lucky there - pinkies usually heal by themselves ;). Oh, this is the one I really hurt a few years ago and hasn't been right since. That's okay, it's puffy, there won't even be anything left to whine about in a couple hours, as you say. > Had my car scratched more than once by those "runaways" (and once it was > not even my cart!) <sigh> But my worst moan about carts is the ones that > have that "one wheel" that won't turn, no-way no-how.... Grrrrrr. You > either have to take the damn thing back to the bay and get another one > (but usually there is no other cart in sight) or just put up with it. Gawd, I used to just cringe when I would get one of those. It would wait until I was about 30 feet into the store, lock up and screeeeech everywhere you went. So embarrassing. They keep them in better repair these days, I guess, that hasn't happened to me in forever. nancy |
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Nancy Young wrote:
> "Chatty Cathy" > wrote > > Oh, this is the one I really hurt a few years ago and hasn't been > right since. That's okay, it's puffy, there won't even be anything > left to whine about in a couple hours, as you say. Didn't realize that. Murphy's Law... it would have to be *that* pinky - Ouch! sorry Nancy... > > Gawd, I used to just cringe when I would get one of those. It would wait > until I was about 30 feet into the store, lock up and screeeeech everywhere > you went. So embarrassing. They keep them in better repair these days, I > guess, that hasn't happened to me in forever. Dunno. Murphy seems to strike me too... On any given day that I am in a hurry, (i.e. just need to get this shopping done now!) I get one of *those* carts. Must have been real bad in a previous life ;) -- Cheers Chatty Cathy |
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I've had my cart taken. I rolled the cart that was not mine around the
store until I found the person who took it. Boy, were they embarrassed. No need to be really. Lynne "Nancy Young" > wrote in message . .. >I had to laugh, as I was shopping just now, I came upon > a woman muttering about her cart. I hear 'this isn't my stuff, > this isn't my cart! I just put my cart right here! and someone > took it! Oh man, glad it wasn't me. We were just talking about > that. > > On the way out, I was paid back for laughing. I put my cart > by the rest by the store, it kept rolling no matter how I angled it. > Finally, it's not going anywhere. As I'm walking to my car with > 8 bags in 2 hands, I hear it coming for me. Fast. > > I turned around and wham! got my hand between the racing cart > and the front of a gold Mercedes. Bad words. I hurt my pinky. > What, did they oil the friggin cart wheels this week? I was so mad. > But, hey, the car didn't get scratched. > > nancy > |
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> I left my cart at the end of an isle once (like I usually do in
> crowded stores), and when I went back, all the stuff from my cart > is sitting on an end-cap next to an empty hand-basket. > > I looked around and saw this lady and her daughter eye me just as > she headed up an isle with a cart. I caught up to her, stopped > her (my) cart, emptied out all her stuff into the middle of the > isle as she stood there wild-eyed. I announced to about 5 other > shoppers nearby: "Watch out for this lady or she'll steal your > cart like she just did mine". > > At least I *think* I had the right culprit judging from her > behavior and reaction. Otherwise I would have looked pretty > silly. Who knows - maybe she wasn't one who stole my cart? > <shrug> We'll never know. Sounds like it would be fun to do it to arbitrarily chosen shoppers. > > -sw |
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In article >,
Steve Wertz > wrote: > On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 10:52:06 -0400, Nancy Young wrote: > > > I had to laugh, as I was shopping just now, I came upon > > a woman muttering about her cart. I hear 'this isn't my stuff, > > this isn't my cart! I just put my cart right here! and someone > > took it! Oh man, glad it wasn't me. We were just talking about > > that. > > I left my cart at the end of an isle once (like I usually do in > crowded stores), and when I went back, all the stuff from my cart > is sitting on an end-cap next to an empty hand-basket. > > I looked around and saw this lady and her daughter eye me just as > she headed up an isle with a cart. I caught up to her, stopped > her (my) cart, emptied out all her stuff into the middle of the > isle as she stood there wild-eyed. I announced to about 5 other > shoppers nearby: "Watch out for this lady or she'll steal your > cart like she just did mine". > > At least I *think* I had the right culprit judging from her > behavior and reaction. Otherwise I would have looked pretty > silly. Who knows - maybe she wasn't one who stole my cart? > <shrug> We'll never know. > > -sw Damn. You seriously had a set of brass ones. ;-) Where did you buy them just to keep it on topice? -- Peace! Om "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson |
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Steve Wertz > wrote: > On 21 Sep 2006 10:36:28 -0700, -bwg wrote: > > > Sounds like it would be fun to do it to arbitrarily chosen shoppers. > > On one of those Candid Camera-like shows they had people that > would shop from other people carts. You see something in > sombody's cart, you just take move it over to yours. > > I did that once, too. *******! I once had the _perfect_ Christmas gift picked out and in my cart, and it was the last one... Turned my back for a couple of minutes to do more shopping, and it was gone from my cart. :-( I was SO ****ed, I'd have embarrassed the hell out of the person that did it! Might even have pulled out the pepper spray. It was 3 days before Christmas....... -- Peace! Om "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson |
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Steve Wertz wrote: > On 21 Sep 2006 10:36:28 -0700, -bwg wrote: > > > Sounds like it would be fun to do it to arbitrarily chosen shoppers. > > On one of those Candid Camera-like shows they had people that > would shop from other people carts. You see something in > sombody's cart, you just take move it over to yours. > > I did that once, too. I did that once, with Parmesan cheese - couldn't find it anywhere in the store and about the 3rd time around, saw some in an unattended cart, so I just lifted it out and put it in mine. I was embarrassed about doing it, but not enough to put it back. I thought my co-workers would die laughing when I mentioned what I had done. N. |
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I've had one of those little hand baskets taken from me when I had set it down to look for something. All my small purchases were dumped out, I looked for the jerk who took it but didn't see any guilty parties. My two biggest gripes are the folks who leave their cart in the check out line like that is the proper place. I always bring it to their attention that's not where they got it, I'm not moving it, take it with you please. I get some awfully dirty looks but repeat remove the cart. My other pet peeve is the lazy assholes who leave their carts right where they've unloaded them in the parking lot even though the cart return area is just two aisles away. GRRRRRRRRR |
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itsjoannotjoann wrote: > I've had one of those little hand baskets taken from me when I had set > it down to look for something. All my small purchases were dumped out, > I looked for the jerk who took it but didn't see any guilty parties. > > My two biggest gripes are the folks who leave their cart in the check > out line like that is the proper place. I always bring it to their > attention that's not where they got it, I'm not moving it, take it with > you please. I get some awfully dirty looks but repeat remove the cart. > My other pet peeve is the lazy assholes who leave their carts right > where they've unloaded them in the parking lot even though the cart > return area is just two aisles away. > > GRRRRRRRRR My pet peeve is when I see someone take something they don't want out of their cart and just stick it anywhere instead of returning it to where they got it. I've never said anything directly to someone about it but I have at times said, "Well gee, this (insert name of item lazy person left) doesn't go here." making sure that the guilty person can hear my comment. |
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"itsjoannotjoann" > wrote > My two biggest gripes are the folks who leave their cart in the check > out line like that is the proper place. I always bring it to their > attention that's not where they got it, I'm not moving it, take it with > you please. You mean, people do that?! Someone did that to me once, they walked off leaving their cart there in the checkout aisle. Hello, who am I your servant? I'm supposed to move it? I was *steamed*. nancy |
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On 21 Sep 2006 13:54:45 -0700, " >
wrote: >My pet peeve is when I see someone take something they don't want out >of their cart and just stick it anywhere instead of returning it to >where they got it. I've never said anything directly to someone about >it but I have at times said, "Well gee, this (insert name of item lazy >person left) doesn't go here." making sure that the guilty person can >hear my comment. I'm passive-aggressive, too. :D |
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I've got a couple of theories about the improvement in our shopping
trolleys (carts).... eons ago you'd almost NEVER see a guy shopping for groceries - if he was married his wife always did the shopping, if he was single his mum or girlfried would shop. take a good look around in your shopping centres - large proportion of men now who regularly shop, either for themselves or their entire family. ergo the improvement in shopping trolleys! and by the same regard, more men are now house-husbands, mum going off to earn the salary while dad stays home & looks after their brood. in the last few years a miraculous development took place - baby capsules attached to trolleys, twin seater trolleys for toddlers/children. Makes me laugh when I think on the times just 18 years ago when I would have KILLED for one of these state-of-the-art trolleys! Used to plop my twins in one trolley (standing or sitting with a book or toy or so) and drag a second trolley along behind me with the weekly shop safely out of their reach. No wonder I had muscles on muscles! The fact that the trolleys seem to behave themselves these days is probably also due to more male shoppers.... let's face it, our mums and grandmothers always had to do battle with wonky trolleys... seems odd that once men start actually using them they suddenly get 'improved'.... don't you think? cheers, LadyJane -- "Never trust a skinny cook!" and on the stolen trolley syndrome, one elderly couple who live in a nearby suburb have been banned from our local shopping centre (on threat of prosecution) for stealing fully laden - and aldready PAID for!!!! - shopping trolleys, taking it/them quickly to their car and bolting with the stolen loot!!!! Seriously! (they were aprehended after being seen performing their regular weekly act on closed circuit cameras!) |
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"LadyJane" > wrote: > The fact that the trolleys seem to behave themselves these days is > probably also due to more male shoppers.... let's face it, our mums > and grandmothers always had to do battle with wonky trolleys... seems > odd that once men start actually using them they suddenly get > 'improved'.... don't you think? I represent one of those guys drifting around in stores with the grandtoddlers that you describe. Why would we have bothered to improve shopping trolleys (carts) until those things affected us? That's tongue in cheek! Really! Wobbly wheels are my nemesis. I generally know the problem within twenty feet and get another cart, thoughtfully leaving the other conveniently located for the next shopper. leo -- <http://web0.greatbasin.net/~leo/> |
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Leonard Blaisdell wrote: > Wobbly wheels are my nemesis. I generally know the problem within twenty > feet and get another cart, thoughtfully leaving the other conveniently > located for the next shopper. I hate the filthy, dirty carts that have damaged safety straps. In a couple stores I frequent, I have to pull out 4 or 5 carts to get a decently clean one that actually has intact straps for DS. -L. |
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itsjoannotjoann wrote: > My other pet peeve is the lazy assholes who leave their carts right > where they've unloaded them in the parking lot even though the cart > return area is just two aisles away. > > GRRRRRRRRR I have done that a couple times when it is really hot outside, and I have DS in the car and couldn't park close to the cart return (which I always try to do). I always situate it so that it can't roll, but there's no way I'm leaving him alone in a hot car even for a few minutes. Sometimes I am able to unload him last - other times I have to put him in first. It sort of depends on his demeanor and what I am unloading. Somebody once gave me a dirty look for doing so. I gave them the finger and a great big grin. :D -L. |
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-bwg wrote: > > Sounds like it would be fun to do it to arbitrarily chosen shoppers. > Somebody did this to me the day before Thanksgiving one year - removed stuff from my cart and put someone else's stuff into mine. I was shopping with my brother, had a *tone* of stuff in the cart and got distracted so I didn't notice. I got home with stuff I had no intention of buying and without essentials I needed. I was ****ed as hell. -L. |
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Nancy Young wrote:
> I had to laugh, as I was shopping just now, I came upon > a woman muttering about her cart. I hear 'this isn't my stuff, > this isn't my cart! I just put my cart right here! and someone > took it! Oh man, glad it wasn't me. We were just talking about > that. > (snippage) I had some older man accost me once in a grocery store because I had my purse in the kiddy-seat of the cart. He grabbed my cart and ran off with it, then came back and lectured me, "You see how easy someone could take your purse, young lady?" I wasn't young and I have never been a lady! LOL I replied, "You know how fast I could have pulled out my gun and shot you? And by the way, I don't keep my money in my purse." We both laughed about it but I wasn't joking. He thought he was "saving" me from something. While we were on our trip it got so windy in Davenport we watched a shopping cart actually leave the little collection area at the HyVee supermarket and careen into someone's brand new SUV. I guess it was trying to make a statement. Jill |
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> I represent one of those guys drifting around in stores with the > grandtoddlers that you describe. Why would we have bothered to improve > shopping trolleys (carts) until those things affected us? > That's tongue in cheek! Really! > Wobbly wheels are my nemesis. I generally know the problem within twenty > feet and get another cart, thoughtfully leaving the other conveniently > located for the next shopper. > Never take a loose cart sitting next to the line of carts. It is almost certainly a reject, left there by the last victim. Skip it and take one from the line. |
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jmcquown wrote: > I had some older man accost me once in a grocery store because I had my > purse in the kiddy-seat of the cart. He grabbed my cart and ran off with > it, then came back and lectured me, "You see how easy someone could take > your purse, young lady?" > > Jill I see this ALL the time. A purse in the kiddie-seat and the woman is at the other end of the aisle, a good 20-30 feet away all engrossed in finding her item and not paying attention to her purse/cart in the least. I wonder how many women have had missing items/money from their purses after a trip to the store and don't connect leaving their property unguarded with missing money/items? |
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"jmcquown" > wrote > I had some older man accost me once in a grocery store because I had my > purse in the kiddy-seat of the cart. He grabbed my cart and ran off with > it, then came back and lectured me, "You see how easy someone could take > your purse, young lady?" I wasn't young and I have never been a lady! LOL > I replied, "You know how fast I could have pulled out my gun and shot you? > And by the way, I don't keep my money in my purse." We both laughed about > it but I wasn't joking. He thought he was "saving" me from something. Well who the hell annointed him purse cop. Mind your own business! World's worst pickup line. One elderly woman told me, horrified, someone could walk off with your purse! I thanked her, but ... don't worry about it. I'm not saying I want my pocketbook stolen, but I don't keep enough in there that it would be the end of the world, either. She and I were the only people around, and she'd just rolled up. > While we were on our trip it got so windy in Davenport we watched a > shopping > cart actually leave the little collection area at the HyVee supermarket > and > careen into someone's brand new SUV. I guess it was trying to make a > statement. (laugh) Funny. Last year sometime, I caught a movement out of the corner of my eye ... it was this cart going 80 miles and hour, perfectly straight, between cars headed right for this woman! Man, I didn't know what to do. I forget how it ended, I'm pretty sure she caught it and deflected it with her cart. A shopping cart going straight? Without anyone pushing it? Now, that's a cart. I have no idea how it squeezed between the cars without touching. nancy |
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"Nancy Young" > wrote: > I had to laugh, as I was shopping just now, I came upon > a woman muttering about her cart. I hear 'this isn't my stuff, > this isn't my cart! I just put my cart right here! and someone > took it! Oh man, glad it wasn't me. We were just talking about > that. > > On the way out, I was paid back for laughing. I put my cart > by the rest by the store, it kept rolling no matter how I angled it. > Finally, it's not going anywhere. As I'm walking to my car with > 8 bags in 2 hands, I hear it coming for me. Fast. > > I turned around and wham! got my hand between the racing cart > and the front of a gold Mercedes. Bad words. I hurt my pinky. > What, did they oil the friggin cart wheels this week? I was so mad. > But, hey, the car didn't get scratched. Actually, it isn't a laughing matter. My sister had a similar thing happen to her a few years ago. She left her purse on the shopping cart. The cart was moved and her purse was gone. All her money, license, car keys, house keys, and checks for her business, all gone in an instant. That incident took my sister about six months to recover from, mostly replacing the checks. People should be careful, especially about leaving a purse or wallet in a shopping cart. |
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"Stan Horwitz" > wrote > "Nancy Young" > wrote: > >> I had to laugh, as I was shopping just now, I came upon >> a woman muttering about her cart. I hear 'this isn't my stuff, >> this isn't my cart! I just put my cart right here! and someone >> took it! Oh man, glad it wasn't me. We were just talking about >> that. > Actually, it isn't a laughing matter. My sister had a similar thing > happen to her a few years ago. She left her purse on the shopping cart. > The cart was moved and her purse was gone. All her money, license, car > keys, house keys, and checks for her business, all gone in an instant. Then her purse was stolen. You can't tell me someone checked out and didn't notice a purse. That's a different matter. She should have told store personnel who could have made sure her purse did not leave the building. nancy |
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itsjoannotjoann wrote:
> jmcquown wrote: > >> I had some older man accost me once in a grocery store because I had >> my purse in the kiddy-seat of the cart. He grabbed my cart and ran >> off with it, then came back and lectured me, "You see how easy >> someone could take your purse, young lady?" > >> >> Jill > > > I see this ALL the time. A purse in the kiddie-seat and the woman is > at the other end of the aisle, a good 20-30 feet away all engrossed in > finding her item and not paying attention to her purse/cart in the > least. I wonder how many women have had missing items/money from > their purses after a trip to the store and don't connect leaving their > property unguarded with missing money/items? But you snipped my point. I don't keep my money in my purse when I'm shopping and by the way, is it someone elses business if I set my purse in the cart? And I NEVER walk 20-30 feet away from my cart. That would be silly, don't you think? What's the cart for if not to push towards the items you want to buy and contain the items you already have selected? What I can't stand are the huge "toy" carts that are designed to look like fire engines or school busses or whatever. Big plastic monstrosities that take up half an aisle and are designed more for ferrying kids around than for shopping. Hey folks, the grocery store is *not* a McDonald's playground! The rest of us would like to be able to manueuver in the grocery store, thanks very much. Jill |
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Nancy Young wrote:
> "Stan Horwitz" > wrote > >> Actually, it isn't a laughing matter. My sister had a similar thing >> happen to her a few years ago. She left her purse on the shopping cart. >> The cart was moved and her purse was gone. All her money, license, car >> keys, house keys, and checks for her business, all gone in an instant. > > Then her purse was stolen. You can't tell me someone checked out and > didn't notice a purse. That's a different matter. She should have told > store personnel who could have made sure her purse did not leave the building. > > nancy > > Have you noticed that with the advent of self-checkout, there's hardly any store personnel left? Sadly, I doubt that, even given a 30 minute head start, most stores could gather enough employees to catch a thief. gloria p |
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"jmcquown" > wrote: > Nancy Young wrote: > > I had to laugh, as I was shopping just now, I came upon > > a woman muttering about her cart. I hear 'this isn't my stuff, > > this isn't my cart! I just put my cart right here! and someone > > took it! Oh man, glad it wasn't me. We were just talking about > > that. > > > (snippage) > > I had some older man accost me once in a grocery store because I had my > purse in the kiddy-seat of the cart. He grabbed my cart and ran off with > it, then came back and lectured me, "You see how easy someone could take > your purse, young lady?" I wasn't young and I have never been a lady! LOL > I replied, "You know how fast I could have pulled out my gun and shot you? > And by the way, I don't keep my money in my purse." We both laughed about > it but I wasn't joking. He thought he was "saving" me from something. <lol> Since I've started "carrying", I use a fannypack holster so my "purse" is around my waist. No more worrying about walking away from my cart for a minute with a purse in it. :-) My main purse stays in the car under cover and I just take the checkbook and/or coin purse into the store. Maybe a comb and handkerchief at most... Dedicated fannypack holsters have the gun up against your body with a 1.5" belly strap so it's secure and comfortable and it's in it's OWN compartment separate from everything else. Good ones have a cord opener for fast draw. They are inexpensive, usually at just under $30.00. The front part of the fannypack has extra zip pouches for coin purse, checkbook etc. There is an extra magazine of ammo under the checkbook, and a can of pepper spray... > While we were on our trip it got so windy in Davenport we watched a shopping > cart actually leave the little collection area at the HyVee supermarket and > careen into someone's brand new SUV. I guess it was trying to make a > statement. > > Jill Whatever works.... :-) -- Peace! Om "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson |
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In article >,
Stan Horwitz > wrote: > In article >, > "Nancy Young" > wrote: > > > I had to laugh, as I was shopping just now, I came upon > > a woman muttering about her cart. I hear 'this isn't my stuff, > > this isn't my cart! I just put my cart right here! and someone > > took it! Oh man, glad it wasn't me. We were just talking about > > that. > > > > On the way out, I was paid back for laughing. I put my cart > > by the rest by the store, it kept rolling no matter how I angled it. > > Finally, it's not going anywhere. As I'm walking to my car with > > 8 bags in 2 hands, I hear it coming for me. Fast. > > > > I turned around and wham! got my hand between the racing cart > > and the front of a gold Mercedes. Bad words. I hurt my pinky. > > What, did they oil the friggin cart wheels this week? I was so mad. > > But, hey, the car didn't get scratched. > > Actually, it isn't a laughing matter. My sister had a similar thing > happen to her a few years ago. She left her purse on the shopping cart. > The cart was moved and her purse was gone. All her money, license, car > keys, house keys, and checks for her business, all gone in an instant. > > That incident took my sister about six months to recover from, mostly > replacing the checks. People should be careful, especially about leaving > a purse or wallet in a shopping cart. The beauty of fanny packs... I have an extra worry now. The last thing I want to do is arm a thief with a $400.00 weapon. :-( -- Peace! Om "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson |
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Steve Wertz wrote: > > I left my cart at the end of an isle once (like I usually do in > crowded stores), and when I went back, all the stuff from my cart > is sitting on an end-cap next to an empty hand-basket. > > I looked around and saw this lady and her daughter eye me just as > she headed up an isle with a cart. I caught up to her, stopped > her (my) cart, emptied out all her stuff into the middle of the > isle as she stood there wild-eyed. I announced to about 5 other > shoppers nearby: "Watch out for this lady or she'll steal your > cart like she just did mine". > > At least I *think* I had the right culprit judging from her > behavior and reaction. Otherwise I would have looked pretty > silly. Who knows - maybe she wasn't one who stole my cart? > <shrug> We'll never know. When my sister and I were about ten years old we would accompany our mom to do the grocery shopping. We enjoyed picking up expensive items and tossing them into someone's cart when they weren't looking. |
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Steve Wertz > wrote: > On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 14:01:43 -0500, OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote: > > > I just take the checkbook and/or coin purse into the store. Maybe a comb > > and handkerchief at most... > > Shouldn't that be a brush and a Kleenex? > > -sw [ducking] <lol> Whatever works........ ;-) -- Peace! Om "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson |
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Steve Wertz wrote:
> Not all carts have improved, either. I have one store in town > where I can't take full strides because the tops of my feet hit > the bar across the bottom of the cart. The Walgreens I patronize has narrow little carts, so my feet often hit the wheels as I walk. > And don't you hate it when you get a cart smeared with greasy hand > lotion? I wonder not only how these women can pick up anything > with that much grease on their hands, but how much of my produce > they've fondled. Your stores haven't gone to the sanitary wipes by the carts? People got all ascared when some report came out that there were germs on shopping cart handles, so many stores have wipes available. I reasonably happy if I get one that rolls straight. Brian -- If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who won't shut up. -- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com) |
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-L. wrote:
> Leonard Blaisdell wrote: >> Wobbly wheels are my nemesis. I generally know the problem within >> twenty feet and get another cart, thoughtfully leaving the other >> conveniently located for the next shopper. > > I hate the filthy, dirty carts that have damaged safety straps. In a > couple stores I frequent, I have to pull out 4 or 5 carts to get a > decently clean one that actually has intact straps for DS. > > -L. I saw something on the news recently about some grocery stores offering cleaning cloths (I would guess like Clorox pop-up wipes) for customers to clean the seats and handles of the shopping carts. My (rhetorical) question is, why is it the customers responsibility to clean the carts? Stuff breaks (as the egg thread proves). An employee of the store should be hosing down those carts as part of their job every day, with a sudsy pressure-washer type thing. Just my two cents. Jill |
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jmcquown wrote: > > I saw something on the news recently about some grocery stores offering > cleaning cloths (I would guess like Clorox pop-up wipes) for customers to > clean the seats and handles of the shopping carts. My (rhetorical) question > is, why is it the customers responsibility to clean the carts? Stuff breaks > (as the egg thread proves). An employee of the store should be hosing down > those carts as part of their job every day, with a sudsy pressure-washer > type thing. Just my two cents. > > Jill I totally agree - some of the carts here have not been washed in months, I am sure. I do appreciate the sanitary wipes, though, and I also bring my own. I don't want to put my hand in dried blood or manure from produce, or have DS do the same and then stick it in his mouth Yes, I'm a germaphobe and proud to be one. ;). -L. |
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jmcquown wrote:
Hey folks, the grocery store is *not* a McDonald's > playground! The rest of us would like to be able to manueuver in the > grocery store, thanks very much. What would a shopping cart look like that was both efficient for shopping and safe for kids? I agree that the giant plastic toys are annoying to the other customers, but just putting the kids in the regular cart is dangerous. As one who made it to adulthood without helmets or seatbelts, I was surprised when I learned how dangerous the regular carts can be. We're not talking about a single freak accident when a particularly unruly kid tumbles out ot the cart. We're talking about lots of emergency room visits and serious injuries. There are plenty of good engineers and design experts in this county and on this list. What a good one look like? --Lia |
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jmcquown wrote:
> I saw something on the news recently about some grocery stores > offering cleaning cloths (I would guess like Clorox pop-up wipes) for > customers to clean the seats and handles of the shopping carts. My > (rhetorical) question is, why is it the customers responsibility to > clean the carts? That's not what those are for, they are disinfecting wipes to get rid of germs on the handles. There was a study that came out about how much bacteria and such other people leave on the cart handles. Brian -- If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who won't shut up. -- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com) |
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Default User wrote:
> That's not what those are for, they are disinfecting wipes to get rid > of germs on the handles. There was a study that came out about how much > bacteria and such other people leave on the cart handles. Is that really the sort of bacteria that causes illness or that isn't washed away with regular handwashing with regular soap? I'm trying to get a handle on how dangerous the cart really handles are that they need special disinfecting wipes. I can understand that people with compromised immune systems (the sick, the elderly, those undergoing chemotherapy for cancer) are sometimes recommended to be extra careful, but in those cases, they bring their own wipes. For everyone else, there's usually a scare about all the nasties found somewhere (on hotel room bedspreads, on computer keypads, on the bottoms of women's pocket books), but the nasties don't actually make people sick. They're grody and make me feel icky, but there isn't actually anything there that makes people ill. Meanwhile, the anti-bacterial everything only helps the bacteria to become resistant. The best advice that I can see is still just to wash your hands frequently with ordinary soap and water. --Lia |
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