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Mine has to be some dude that insisted that advertising is a "30,000 year old technology"

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[–] [email protected] 65 points 23 hours ago (7 children)

One of the first argument I've got myself into was returning the shopping cart to the designated spot. This person was replying to like 5 people at once justifying why they don't always return the cart, because the weather is hot and the corral is far, etc. while we disapproved.

Got some reddit argument PTSD from that lol

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I didn't think not returning a trolly was something worth defending πŸ˜‚.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

They weren't defending that, the argument was whether someone who doesnt return a trolley is a bad person or not. Some people argued it was a trivial thing that meant nothing either way, some argued it meant they were evil, and some argued in the middle somewhere.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

it's a low stakes indicator.

someone who doesn't return their cart isn't automatically a bad person, but rather is more likely to be a bad person than someone who does return their cart.

people are lazy and in a hurry, so will often not say the full long version, and this applies to many things people often say. People then get "um actually" about it because the short version is technically wrong.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Lmao I think I remember that one! Big Cart has a network of Lemmy shills, trust no one. πŸ•΅β€β™‚οΈ

[–] [email protected] 7 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I started an argument like that once. I made a joke about how there is literally always at least one person who defends not putting the cart back.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

I don't put the cart back because the workers at my grocery store keep telling me not to

To be fair I walk with a limp and a cane and hobbling back to my car is more of a pain then just popping the front of the cart up and hitching it on the planters. So it doesn't roll into someone.

The workers there know me well and I show up 10 mins before closing on my way to work every day to get a snack for work.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago

Only reason to not put it back is when you don’t wanna fight the homeless person bringing it back for you to keep the deposit coin.

Or when you’re drunk, going downhill with friends, crash and total it and take it home to make a grill out of it.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 21 hours ago

I suspect that person would also justify littering in order to "ensure street cleaners don't lose their jobs"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 16 hours ago

I used to not take my cart in, but I worked at Walmart at the time and pushed carts for them when needed. I didn't mind doing it all, and didn't care where anyone left their carts. Now that I've been at a better job for a while I put them up. Don't want to be out of touch with Cary pushing.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 21 hours ago

Shopping cart theory strikes again

[–] [email protected] 5 points 22 hours ago

Skee boo wee CART NARC 🚨