Random Observation
Today as I visited our local Wal-Mart grocery in the hood I had to dodge running over shopping carts in the middle of the road. Not one or two…but 8 (yes, I counted!). Seems many of their customers from ‘The Projects‘ next door use them to get their items home and do not return them. What puzzles me is why they are in the street.
I really like this Wal-Mart because it is one of the new smaller ‘neighborhood’ stores. They only carry essentials and grocery type items, so there is less selection. But if I only need a few things like milk and dog food, you can get in and out quickly. No lines. No parking 4 miles away. The downside is that it’s not in the best area, but if you look past the fact I’ve seen fights, police, and people stealing items….it’s not too bad. (Although my husband won’t let me go there alone after dark.)
Instead of returning them, they go to the trouble of taking them half-way back to the store and just leaving them in the street? As you can see one of the carts was flattened by a car. Wonder how the car looks after taking on that metal? Maybe it was that angry tree-hugging man in the matchbox car from the other day at the gas station. He was probably on his way to a protest or something.
I had a dream the other day that the angry man had a bumper sticker on his Hybrid that said: “My other vehicle is a Hummer.” Now that would be funny!
You can win a wireless laser mouse made by Rocketfish (retail $45) at Props & Pans. Winner will be announced Monday so be sure to go over and check it out. I was sent one to review and I must say it is very handy.
There are lots of new reviews up about where kids can eat free & some new blueberry juice, TrueBlue - which is absolutely delicious!
My name is Emily. I’m 30 years old. I have often been told that I ask a lot of questions, but I think I have more to say than ask.
The apartment building I used to live in had TONS of carts outback from the mall across the road. The mall had a service that used to drive around and collect their carts every weeks since there were so many missing. LOL
sounds like you pay for the “low prices” by dodging fights and theives.
I bet Wal-Mart isn’t too thrilled to be losing carts all the time.
I had no idea they are now opening “neighborhood Wal-Marts”. Interesting idea.
My mom hit a cart once, and it went into another car and dented it…. She paid for half of the damages. So annoying….but funny now!
There is, like, NO walmart near me. Kinda sucks….
We used to live in the French Quarter of New Orleans and were thrilled to death when Winn Dixie decided to open a store right outside of the Quarter. No more paying $4 for milk! Yea! Unfortunately, “right outside of the Quarter” meant right next to a Project.
About a month after they opened, all of the carts were gone. The local news station went to the project and interviewed some of the people strolling around with Winn Dixie carts, as it was no secret where the carts went. My absolute favorite was a guy who said this:
Why does The Man say I cain’t have no cart?! How in the hell am I ’sposed to get my stuff around?! How’m I gonna haul my wood?! It’s my right!
He was hauling plywood he had apparently stolen off of a nearby building. Classic.
I loved that guy. How in the hell, indeed.