Shopping trolley left in the car park
02-September-2010
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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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Good job Zaichornok!

People like you whine when I make sure my trolleys are left away from the bin where they can't roll into your parked cars.

People like you whine when I make sure my trolleys are left in the bin, only to roll into your parked cars.

Damned if I do, damned if I don't!

Stop whining.
*Bobby Powell  09-Jul-2010 21:17

 
If you put your trolley back then watch it roll away - people will whine. get used to it.
It is our responsibility as considerate and sensible shoppers to manage our trolley from start to end. If the trolley doesn't fit in the bay, it is your duty to your fellow shoppers and parkers to find a safe place where it will stay. If you don't bother, who will?
Wake up plonkers, and stop blaming the tools or someone else.
*zaichornok.  09-Jul-2010 16:46

 
I can't stand when people whine that I don't leave my trolley in the trolley return.

These trolley returns cannot hold the trolleys properly! Every time I drop one off, no matter how secure it is placed in the gate, it always comes rolling out One time I had a trolley escape from the bin, it sped all the way across the parking lot and hit somebody's car.

These things are unreliable. Besides, the workers would save so much time collecting these trolleys next to the front door, instead of all the way across the parking lot.
*Bobby Powell  09-Jul-2010 15:15

 
Yep. I've seen that too. People are so selfish. They should fine the drivers, and the trolley abanoneers along with the plonkers who can't use the self service checkouts inside. People only seem to understand money - nothing else - so fine them.
*zaichornok.  09-Jul-2010 15:02

 
Hi All,

I work for tesco on the trollys I recently moved to this after 9 years instore and I thought I had seen all the stupid things drivers could do but since joining the trolly side of things wow my eyes have been opened big time. You would thing that wearing a reflective dayglow jacket would help drivers notice you never mind the train of 15 trollys ahead I get drivers looking straight at me knowing I cant stop quickly and still pull out infront of me then give me a dirty look also pick up piont means that for picking up not to get as close to the store as possible everyone is so impatient and in too much of a rush as for people ditching trollys and hitting cars they can be 2feet away from the bay and still walk away all ages from young to old
*morg  22-Jun-2010 09:37

 
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


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