Excuse me, but I've got to ask this question, from all the carts-related posts : don't you need a token to get a cart, or something?

There are very few stores in the US that require a coin to get a cart. I suspect it's because the highest denomination of coin in common use is the quarter which is pretty low value, maybe enough to buy half a candy bar or 15 minutes on a parking meter. It's not enough to significantly deter cart abandonment and a token system would be expensive to implement and a real stumbling block for the multitude of idiots out there.

Don't sweat it LMW, it happens to everyone once in a while. So long as it's not a regular habit and you make an effort to get the cart out of the way so it's not blocking traffic and it's not in some ridiculous place like on top of a shrubbery it's forgivable. I almost always put mine back, even if it means walking the entire length of the parking lot to take it back to the store, but once in a while there are circumstances that mean I just can't. The other day for example I pulled through the space in the parking lot so my trunk was on the inside of the row. When I finished shopping I came back but as I was unloading a huge SUV pulled in to the space next to me so there was no way I could move my cart back out again. There was no way I was going to pull my car in to traffic to get the cart out because drivers are horrific in that lot and I didn't have time to park all the way across the lot (it was packed at that time) then walk back for it so I put it to the side as best I could. I'll bet the cart dude was cursing me considering I was parked right next to the corral but the only way I could have put it in would be to lift it over the barrier.

I know, right? THe doors to leave and come in is where the main cart area is. You HAVE to walk by it to get out. And there is no shortage of cart corrals at my store. but apparently, my self scan is a dumping place for carts. Occasionally, I catch people leaving them around and I tell them to get the cart the fuck outta there, in no uncertain terms. I do not push carts. I should not have to clear my area of carts every five minutes. However, if I'm too late, I push the cart right behind them and slam it into my pile of carts previously collected very loudly so they can hear my annoyance. Lazy fuckers.

If I see someone abandon their cart by the register when I'm shopping I call them out on it every time. A simple "excuse me miss, you forgot your carriage" usually does the trick.

At my store we had to have people take the carriages out again because there was really no space, if there was a carriage at the end of the register nobody could get by. If someone tried to leave it we'd tell them very politely to take it outside. I never once heard anyone complain about but I did have one ditzy woman totally misunderstand. She picked up her bags and went to leave and I said "Could you take your carriage out with you please?" She smiled and said "No thank you, I don't need it." She wasn't being sarcastic or mean or anything, she just didn't get the concept. The next customer in line started laughing and said she'd be happy to take the cart out for me. It was all a little surreal.

My store is across a HUGE parking lot from a large grocery store. For the last week, every time I pull into the tiny parking area allotted for our store, at least three of our parking spaces are blocked by carts.

It didn't used to be such an issue, but there are probably 20 total spaces, and we're a decently busy store.

I'm pretty sure it's cart breeding season.

Being disabled, I find it hugely annoying to find the handicapped spaces filled with shopping carts. Even if you put the carts in the hash marks, it can be a hazard for those that use wheelchairs. Its not another cart corral! I try to buy as much food as possible at once so I limit trips and then I ask for help getting it into my vehicle. If some idiot (including another handicapped person) has left their cart parked in the middle of a space or the hash marks, it makes it very difficult to maneuver the electric scooters and even the regular carts if all of the scooters are busy when I shop. Please, if you have to leave a cart in the handicapped spot, leave it at the very front of the hash marks so we have room to get in and out of our vehicles.

I hate that. Our cart corral at my B-Cubed is outside. But instead of taking their carts a few extra steps outside to where they got them, the custys leave their damn carts in the doorway. Hello, safety hazard people. They will sometimes leave them in the area just before the registers but still in the way and sometimes just at the register. I politely informed one custy I was checking out that the carts were outside and he rudely replied "I don't have to do that." What the fuck is wrong with people?

I dont understand why people are so lazy returning carts back to the area outside the store. I'm 27 and when I go shopping with the gf I beg to take the cart back because it gives me a excuse to build up some speed and ride the cart like you used to do as a kid. Sure I get some funny looks from people but I never hit any cars and its fun as hell lol

Sweden has the cards chained together so you have to insert a coin (Usually a five or a ten) to get one and people REALLY want their money back

I yelled at a customer once while I was at the grocery store. I was leaving and I seen a lady just throw her cart in the path of my car. Almost hit it! I got out and asked her to put her cart away. She told me she didn't have time. I told her I wasn't moving (I was in the path of her vehicle leaving) until she put her cart back. She shoved it into the corral. I think she was more pissed off about being caught than having to waste her time putting it back. People are just really lazy.

I to ride the cart back to the coral (I'm 22), carts here a 99% of the time coin-locked so very few carts are not returned.

I'm debating asking my dad to ride the cart inside next time...