ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Greentext@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 days agoPosting the shopping cart theory because people had questions in a separate threadslrpnk.netimagemessage-square448fedilinkarrow-up11.31Karrow-down133
arrow-up11.28Karrow-down1imagePosting the shopping cart theory because people had questions in a separate threadslrpnk.netByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Greentext@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square448fedilink
minus-squareRegalPotoo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 days agoIn Germany (and other parts.od Europe as well to be fair) carts need you to put a coin in them to unchain them from their bay, which you get back when you chain them back up - so yeah, kinda, if you don’t put it back you loose your euro
minus-squareM0oP0o@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 days agoSame in Canada, (I hate that I need a loonie to shop with dignity). Even so, people still leave their carts around. And really that is even worse.
minus-squareGhoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoSame in the Netherlands, and I pretty much never see stray shopping trolleys anywhere around here. Seems to work really well.
In Germany (and other parts.od Europe as well to be fair) carts need you to put a coin in them to unchain them from their bay, which you get back when you chain them back up - so yeah, kinda, if you don’t put it back you loose your euro
Same in Canada, (I hate that I need a loonie to shop with dignity).
Even so, people still leave their carts around. And really that is even worse.
Same in the Netherlands, and I pretty much never see stray shopping trolleys anywhere around here. Seems to work really well.