interesting phenomenon

[RedMF40]

(quoted from post at 00:19:56 12/08/23) one grocery had a sloping parking lot & carts frequently got away & went rampaging down the slope. Once I saw a cart freewheeling downhill & it hit the side f a parked car. The cart hit & jumped straight up 3 feet, came down & hit the car again.

Bad day for the car owner. My car, I wouldn't care so much, has a lot of battle scars, many of them from other cars in the parking lot.

Recently I was getting ready to drive away, saw some commotion. The carts had broken loose from their cart corral. I guess the gate had failed, and now there was a whole herd of them making their way across the parking lot. What struck me is that it was reminiscent of the old westerns, where the cattle is being driven and they fan out at the head. It was just like that. Some people over in that area dealt with the situation, started grabbing carts before they hit any cars.
Gerrit

 

[Hoofer B]

I fella should bring his own perhaps. Customized like Festival Foods in WI. If you have time looks it up, Sorry I cant find a way to connect you to their hot rod shopping cart. Bill

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

(quoted from post at 09:27:52 12/07/23) There are signs now at our grocery store parking lot stating: WHEELS WILL LOCK UP BEYOND THIS POINT.
Smart carts? I wonder how much that cost?

The grocery store down the street from where I worked in 1999 had carts that would lock up at the edge of the parking lot. It was in a very urban neighborhood so cart theft was common. Even with the anti-theft devices people would try to steal them. The perimeter of the parking lot was littered with smashed shopping carts.

So, nothing "smart" about the carts. Just a simple anti-theft device that has been around for decades.

 

[Skyhighballoon(MO)]

Butch - God help me if they put a Rural King close to me...nearest is 100 miles east of me right now. Orscheln sold out to Tractor Supply and I haven't set foot in one in two months since the local ones whole store clearance sales ended and the conversion started.