18-March-2010

Shopping trolley left in the car park

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I dread going shopping at the big supermarkets such as Tesco where they don’t operate a deposit system. You know the one where you have to pay a £1 to use the trolley. Sometimes you need to go and buy a token but the idea is still the same.

This is where shopping the trolley should be parked

You might be asking yourself, why is it such an issue for me? Well, it’s the lazy gits who don’t put their trolleys back that cause me to loose my temper.

How many trolley scratches has your car received recently because of some idiot just leaving their trolley in the car park? This is a real problem when it’s a windy day or there is a slope. It basically means the thing is just free to just bounce from car to car wherever the wind or gradient may take it.

It’s just selfish and irresponsible behaviour leaving them there like that. For goodness sake just take it back and park it in the bay where it’s supposed to be left!

There’s another thing that the deposit system could help to put a stop to. People who steal supermarket trolleys and then dump them in the street or in a nearby river. How many times have we seen that? I’m sure they’d soon quit if it cost a pound every time they wanted to push their drunken mates up the road in one.

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I have stopped shopping at Aldi as even if you do shop at the store they think you are fair game and can be clamped and charged £60. If you thought I was there for hours it was only 20 minutes and the main thing I did was go to a hole in the wall to get some money to do my shopping. I have been trying for three months with to get my money back with no luck.

clampingtheft 13-Feb-2010 22:52

on moving to my flat...which has a large garden...i discovered an asda trolley...i told them 3 or 4 times.. but despite promises to remove it.."as they are expensive" ......nothing happened. ok
its only been 18 months.lol.. now I have wriiten to the MD.,on my last visit in July I warned them I would charge for storage,,,now ive given them 10 days or face additional disposal costs over the £50 so far. !!! watch this space!

andy 19-Sep-2009 18:31

It's "LOSE" your temper, not "LOOSE" your temper. Why can nobody in this country spell it correctly??? Now there's a gripe I should be posting....!

Blartman 28-Jul-2009 16:00

In France, you had to pay a franc, now a euro to use the trolleys- great idea, meant there wern't any lying around.

Hannie 29-Apr-2009 21:30

I am mechanical engineering student who also finds the catering of trolleys about the car park very irritating due to the same reason of cars being scratched by the trolleys, I am currently doing a project, my project is about having a brake system on the trolley which will stop the trolleys straying about even when left unattended. Just as a research, do you think having a trolley with a lever brake system that will stop the trolleys straying would be useful? If so can you email me your opinions or comments to peedi_c@hotmail.com. Thank you. I would really appreciate your opinions and comments.

said 17-Dec-2008 12:02

I am mechanical engineering student who also finds the catering of trolleys about the car park very irritating due to the same reason of cars being scratched by the trolleys, I am currently doing a project, my project is about having a brake system on the trolley which will stop the trolleys straying about even when left unattended. Just as a research, do you think having a trolley with a lever brake system that will stop the trolleys straying would be useful? If so can you email me your opinions or comments to peedi_c@hotmail.com. Thank you. I would really appreciate your opinions and comments.

said 17-Dec-2008 11:40

FYI Tesco also have a company, who retreive their trolleys from rivers or streets, called TCS (01392882210)

Barry Dipp 17-Oct-2008 16:40

we found three shoping trollys in the creek wat do we do?

josh 22-Sep-2008 08:17

Sounds a bit harsh Darren. After all, you are not vandalising the trolley, just cashing in on someone else's laziness or forgetfulness.

I would personally think that the police are wrong - who is going to profit from the £1 left in the trolley if not you or another passer by? Why, Tesco of course.

Perhaps you could take the trolley back to Tesco for them, thus earning the £1?

Nikki 04-Aug-2008 19:05

I have been banned from my local tesco for taking £1 coins out of any shopping trolley that I find abandoned I want an opinion
is it wrong to take a pound coin out of a shopping trolley if I find it abandoned tesco say yes its stealing but how can it be stealing if I take a £1 coin abandoned by someone else my mother and father say no tesco say yes the police say yes and my friends say no so can you please help me

darren hilbert 04-Aug-2008 09:25

Thats there fax number sorry. it should be 01633 892362

Stewart 09-May-2008 21:13

Good news for all Sainsburys shoppers !!! They employ a company called trolleywise who operate nationwide on there behalf, just give them a ring and they will take it away for you. 01633 896618.

stewart 09-May-2008 20:45

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