by "E90M3" (e90m3)
Published 12/15/2017 at 16:46
by "E90M3" (e90m3)
Published 12/15/2017 at 16:46
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STARS: 7
Are those extra 5 feet really too much for you? Are you really that fucking lazy?
"Svend" (svend)
12/15/2017 at 16:53, STARS: 7
It’s why a lot or ours have these.
Put a pound coin in the slot, as you push it in it releases the chain from the trolley, once you’ve finished with it, push the chain end into the receiver again and your pound coin it returned.
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
12/15/2017 at 16:56, STARS: 1
The struggle is real.
"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
12/15/2017 at 16:57, STARS: 2
There’s a Midwest(?) chain called Aldi that also uses... chains to keep carts from wandering off because even lazy people like to keep their quarters
"My bird IS the word" (mybirdistheword)
12/15/2017 at 16:58, STARS: 2
As somebody who does this for money, yes. They are that lazy. It’s almost bizzare. I will watch people push a cart across the lot and leave it in front of the entrance instead of pushing the extra 10 feet (they already pushed it over 100) to put it where it belongs. Instead, I have to go make a special trip for it.
boggles the mind.
"cmill189 - sans Volvo" (cmill189)
12/15/2017 at 17:01, STARS: 2
You must be new here to Planet Earth. I’d recommend going back to your home planet. The humans are a lost cause.
"ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)" (adabofoppo)
12/15/2017 at 17:02, STARS: 4
Can confirm that those extra 5 feet will literally kill people. I worked PT as a cashier for Target some years ago and was assigned cart duty.
I hate people. Individuals I can tolerate on a case-by-case basis. But people, the unwashed masses, yeah fuck them all. Assholes, the lot of them.
"Svend" (svend)
12/15/2017 at 17:07, STARS: 3
We get the German chain Aldi here in the U.K. too.
You guys gets both Aldi Nord (Trader Joes) and Aldi Sud (Aldi).
Here we get Aldi Sud (Aldi).
Trolleys cost companies and absolute fortune so if they get lost, damaged or stolen it can be a great expense, also if you return the trolley because you have to, it saves on costs as you no longer need to pay someone to retrieve them from all around the car park.
"E90M3" (e90m3)
12/15/2017 at 17:08, STARS: 0
I worked PT at Target a few years back too! I worked as a cashier and in hardlines. I was happy I never had to do cart duty, that job always looked like it sucked.
"ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)" (adabofoppo)
12/15/2017 at 17:15, STARS: 1
When it was nice out, it was a welcome break from angry, entitled housewives and their screaming hell-spawn. It’s also great exercise when the cart-pushing robot was broken (which happened a lot).
When it was cold, wet, snowing, or super hot. Yeah...those days sucked.
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
12/15/2017 at 17:16, STARS: 4
Oh, now you’ve triggered me. Do you know how many times I have these damned things sitting in the handicap spots when I come to park? I always return my cart. If I, a frickin’ paraplegic, can do it, you sure as heck can!
@#$!&*!
Okay, now back to my cheerful holiday mood.
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
12/15/2017 at 17:16, STARS: 2
This is a good idea.
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
12/15/2017 at 17:17, STARS: 0
Our Aldi stores down here don’t use those that I can see. But then I don’t shop much at Aldi. Good on them if they do.
"Pistol Whipped Cream" (heynickhere)
12/15/2017 at 17:18, STARS: 1
yes. I see people all the time. I make it a point to grab the cart and put it away if i see them do it.
"Nick Has an Exocet" (nickallain)
12/15/2017 at 17:55, STARS: 0
You don’t understand. That half-smoked joint in the car isn’t going to smoke itself.
I feel like every time I go to target now I end up near someone who smells like they have a growing operation somewhere in their clothing.
"404 - User No Longer Available" (toni-cipriani)
12/15/2017 at 18:01, STARS: 0
That’s the norm in Canada. Commonwealth thing I guess.
"E90M3" (e90m3)
12/15/2017 at 18:05, STARS: 0
I’ve been meaning to ask, you’ve mentioned something about your chair before and now you mentioned you’re a paraplegic; however, you’ve never mentioned anything about hand controls and if I remember your RX-8 was a stick so I always assumed that you had some use of your legs. Is that accurate?
I mean don’t mean it as a slight, I was just genuinely curious.
"E90M3" (e90m3)
12/15/2017 at 18:06, STARS: 1
That’s interesting, my mom made a mention of having to give them a quarter to get a cart, maybe things are different in GA vs TX. I’ve never visited one in either state, so I can’t confirm one way or another.
"Svend" (svend)
12/15/2017 at 18:06, STARS: 0
It’s a common Euro thing too.
Though as I’m a Brit, I prefer your answer. ;)
"E90M3" (e90m3)
12/15/2017 at 18:06, STARS: 0
Aren’t you in California?
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
12/15/2017 at 18:12, STARS: 0
Don’t worry, you can always ask anything you want.
I had the 4-speed auto. I did post a couple of times with pics about my controls to the FP, I think, to help out someone. It’s just spring loaded levers bolted to the steering column and attached to the pedals. Unfortunately, I can’t do a stick. This is proving to be a slight impediment in my quest to find and deliver a 5-speed Integra for my sister.
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
12/15/2017 at 18:13, STARS: 1
So I have only gone in sparingly. I hope they do do it here.
"gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish)
12/15/2017 at 18:23, STARS: 2
Nothing makes you lose faith in humanity faster than working with the general public every day
"E90M3" (e90m3)
12/15/2017 at 18:24, STARS: 1
Wait, those were only a 4-speed? That’s surprising; I always assumed that most modern autos were at least 5 speeds. Unless it’s a Jeep, cause apparently 3 speeds are a Jeep thing and I wouldn’t understand.
Since you can’t do a stick, the good news is that DCT M3s are cheaper. So I’ll just have to start posting those for you. Seriously, look how cheap this is.
I don’t think I ever saw any pictures of the hand controls. I always though there would be a steep learning curve and my brain would be like nope, too many things to do with hands. Although, it’s probably like learning stick, or probably even driving in general, it’s difficult at first but with enough practice it’s second nature.
"Future next gen S2000 owner" (future-next-gen-s2000-owner)
12/15/2017 at 18:34, STARS: 1
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
Tremendously hard.
"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
12/15/2017 at 19:04, STARS: 2
I always put my car away, but now I can have my kid do it!
"just-a-scratch" (just-a-scratch)
12/15/2017 at 19:06, STARS: 1
I’m guessing it’s about 20 feet pushing an average of 3 pounds, so 60 lb-ft of work.
As for the hardness, I don’t know how to apply hardness tests to fuckong especially if I have tp figure it put in such a public setting. Performance anxiety
I’ll stop the bad jokes and leave now.
"facw" (facw)
12/15/2017 at 19:46, STARS: 0
I’ll admit that I take carts from the parking space where I park (because I don’t trust someone not to hit my car with it if I leave it there), and leave them haphazardly by the store entrance. This is obviously not the nicest thing I could do, but it doesn’t seem like it should create more work (it’s a random cart either way), and I don’t feel like enabling the store’s crappy cart cleanup by doing their job for them. They desperately need more cart returns (whole parking aisles don’t have any), though even that might not be enough, carts are just strewn all over the lot.
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
12/15/2017 at 19:58, STARS: 2
The 04 was 4 speed. Them they moved to the 6 the next year. In practice you like to rev the rotary anyway, so I never felt too slighted.
I left my car with a friend for a week, and he ended up using the hand controls half the time. You pick it up in 5 minutes. And you can always use the pedals like normal. I’ll post a pic later.
If you post M3s to me, make it interesting and give me colors or cool interior combos. Black on gray or white on black etc BMWs put me to sleep. I did really enjoy the Z4 M vert I drove. Made me smile.
"wafflesnfalafel" (wafflesnfalafel1)
12/15/2017 at 21:52, STARS: 1
I absolutely hate that - a microcosm of many issues with American society today, (greed, laziness, self centered, lack of respect for fellow man, etc...) Don’t be a wanker.
"AdverseMartyr" (ewilliamson)
12/16/2017 at 01:42, STARS: 0
If there was a screaming baby involved then anything past clearing the car door may have been too much.
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
12/16/2017 at 06:29, STARS: 0
our Aldi stores have those too
"bhtooefr" (bhtooefr)
12/16/2017 at 10:16, STARS: 0
Here in the US, that only happens at “poor people” stores like Aldi (as Takuro Spirit pointed out).
It’s a good idea, though...
"Svend" (svend)
12/16/2017 at 10:20, STARS: 0
Here it’s not necessarily company dependent but store and location dependent, as in some Aldis do, some don’t, some Tescos do while some don’t, etc... it all depends on how many go missing or stolen for what ever reason.
"Nick Has an Exocet" (nickallain)
12/17/2017 at 14:16, STARS: 1
Yeah, I suppose I should just expect it.