Unloading trucks is loads worse. It's heavy bullshit labor, hurried, and everyone around can't stop talking and has no teeth.
Next time I see someone with a long line of carts I'll offer my help.
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[QUOTE=Funcoot;30757915]I dodge asshole tourists in gocarts working at a gocart track fixing wrecks that happen. If we go a week without a workmans comp claim, we get free pizza.[/QUOTE]
That says a lot about the amount of claims there are. :v:
I took my shopping cart back inside once, I got yelled at for doing it, If I didn't I would be doing it everytime instead of at night when I have to get some extra stuff.
i never put my carts back.
that is because i steal them to make shitty music videos for my failing record label.
[QUOTE=GrabbinPills;30758627]i never put my carts back.
that is because i steal them to make shitty music videos for my failing record label.[/QUOTE]
Me and my friend return stolen ones for the 1 euro all of the time.
[img]http://samhateseverything.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/shopping-trolley.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Funcoot;30757915]If we go a week without a workmans comp claim, we get free pizza.[/QUOTE]
That's probably illegal but hey, pizza
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[QUOTE=Captain Bald;30758507]Unloading trucks is loads worse. It's heavy bullshit labor, hurried, and everyone around can't stop talking and has no teeth.[/QUOTE]
They didn't give you an electric jack
We had one it was a fucking riot
[QUOTE=Zeke129;30758704]That's probably illegal but hey, pizza[/QUOTE]
lol lol lol. that could be a response to so many things, and it'd be hilarious every time.
[QUOTE=plazzydan;30758731]lol lol lol. that could be a response to so many things, and it'd be hilarious every time.[/QUOTE]
It's also a good response to holding up a pizza place at gunpoint.
[QUOTE=Chickens!;30758639]Me and my friend return stolen ones for the 1 euro all of the time.
[img]http://samhateseverything.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/shopping-trolley.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
I just pull it out
I work at a grocery store, and I have to push carts every half hour for 6-9 hours a day, and it really isn't nearly as bad as the OP says it is.
Sure, you have to watch for cars, but it's not that difficult. If you take 6-10 carts at a time, they're super maneuverable and can turn on a dime. The only real issue I have is when people put carts perpendicular into the "home" inside the store, so that I have to stop the carts halfway inside the doors (on a downhill slope), run in, push the other cart out of the way, and run back before the carts go careening into the parking lot.
Well, that and [url=http://www.specialtystoreservices.com/ProductImages/9663.jpg]these unwieldy things[/url].
Those will just fly apart if you apply slightly too much force, but once you get used to it, it's a cinch.
Also, we have no ropes, that means slow stopping or kablam carts everywhere. You just have to learn to live with these things.
Stop complaining, at least until you have to do freight and carry hundreds of pounds of merchandise to high shelved locations.
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[QUOTE=yuki;30758270]I hate you motherfuckers who leave trash in your carts. You walk by like 30 trash cans on your way out you lazy fucks. Even worst is when I find half-eaten fruit in carts.[/QUOTE]
Where I work, you don't have to clean out the carts before pushing them.
In the 3 weeks I've worked there I've found a half eaten pizza, half empty cigarette containers, and the packaging of one of our 125 kilogram pound pools.
Your boss is an inconsiderate prick, and a terrible boss.
It's fair enough pushing the carts, but with a sprained ankle is completely different.
Would you have been able to complain?
[QUOTE=elitehakor v2;30756133]30 C is 86 F[/QUOTE]
I was a cart pusher at Walmart in Texas. 86 degrees doesn't sound so bad.
[QUOTE=SEKCobra;30758747]I just pull it out[/QUOTE]
That's how I prevent babies
once i was trying to leave wal-mart and some jackass left like 20 fucking carts just chillin in the fuckin road so i get the fuck out and i'm trying to move these fucking carts and HOLY FUCKING SHIT THOSE SHITS WOULD NOT FUCKING MOVE and then the guy comes running over like i'm some kind of crazy ass for, you know, trying to leave the fucking parking lot without jumping through a bunch of god damn hoops.
[QUOTE=Jooie Kazooie;30758921]I was a cart pusher at Walmart in Texas. 86 degrees doesn't sound so bad.[/QUOTE]
he's canadian so he's acclimatised to lower temperatures
plus you have to factor in humidity
[QUOTE=Mr. Bleak;30758827][url=http://www.specialtystoreservices.com/ProductImages/9663.jpg]these unwieldy things[/url][/QUOTE]
Luckily, those things seem to go missing the fastest. Mixed feelings about that, though - not sure if I'm angry about the jerks that steal them or happy about not having to have dealt with them.
Pushing carts in 110 F, 15% humidity was fun. You don't have to put up with people's crap, you just have to put up with their garbage. Don't like touching garbage? Buy some neoprene/leather hybrid gloves - I've used the shit out of those. If your store doesn't put garbage cans in the corrals, toss the crap in your lead cart.
It isn't too physically demanding if you're pushing fewer than 10 carts at a time. Hell, I've found it harder to [i]turn[/i] single carts bulging with a large order than to push [i]and[/i] steer a line of 8 carts. It also requires half the effort if you use a hook/rope thingy.
If you think pushing and steering 10 carts at a time is physically demanding, imagine a grocery load of 30 pallets just came in. You're unloading it. The driver is union and will not help.
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If it really pisses you off that people leave carts out of the corral, imagine that for each cart left out, that person tipped you (hourly wage / amount of time spent / number of stray carts).
I don't see any reason why a customer wouldn't put their cart back where they originally got it from, I do it all the time and it's a pushover.
I feel worse for the people who live out here and have to push carts.
It was 114F (44C) today here in Arizona with zero cloud cover.
[QUOTE=Furnost;30759145]I don't see any reason why a customer wouldn't put their cart back where they originally got it from, I do it all the time and it's a pushover.[/QUOTE]
I don't know about other countries but in Australia all of the supermarkets have bays in the parking lot for people to put their trolleys in.
I always push my cart back in place
[QUOTE=Faren;30759657]I don't know about other countries but in Australia all of the supermarkets have bays in the parking lot for people to put their trolleys in.[/QUOTE]
They do, doesn't mean people aren't incredibly lazy and just half-push the cart into place. Most of the time, I'd rather they just leave it outside the corral than lazily push it in sideways so I have to reorganize the whole thing.
The people in your country are just assholes. Here in the Netherlands, everyone (with a few possible exceptions) returns their cart back where they came from. Although on a side note, we have to put in coins, which we get back when we return the cart of course.
No, the thing I hate most about shopping carts are the people blocking complete hallways with them, and don't even care.
Yeah, with the small amount of work experience I have, the stereotypes about Americans being [u]extremely[/u] lazy are seeming more and more true.
[QUOTE=FreeBee;30759951]The people in your country are just assholes. Here in the Netherlands, everyone (with a few possible exceptions) returns their cart back where they came from. Although on a side note, we have to put in coins, which we get back when we return the cart of course.
No, the thing I hate most about shopping carts are the people blocking complete hallways with them, and don't even care.[/QUOTE]
I assumed all supermarkets had that coin system...
[QUOTE=Mr. Bleak;30759904]They do, doesn't mean people aren't incredibly lazy and just half-push the cart into place. Most of the time, I'd rather they just leave it outside the corral than lazily push it in sideways so I have to reorganize the whole thing.[/QUOTE]
I've got no idea what a corral is and your description of the bay is confusing.
[img]http://www.interclamp.com/Images/interclamp_trolley_bay.jpg[/img]
How does one push a cart into that sideways?
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Corral?
[img]http://media.gamerevolution.com/images/misc/Image/corral.jpg[/img]
[i]an enclosure or pen for horses, cattle, etc.[/i]
Well, generally they are sideways inside the in store corral.
And ours are much wider with no dividers.
And in America they are called cart corrals, because it's similar to a long, narrow area you walk a horse into.
Here we have the coin system, if it applies one corral in frront of the store and multiple throughout the parking lot.
I am paid to do this very job. (Pushing the "carts" [We call them trolleys])
Everybody who has done it more then once can easilly do more then 20 at once. A guy I work with once dislocated his shoulder before showing up for work, and still did it.
Moral of my story: Harden up.
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[QUOTE=FuhFuhFresh;30755820](Protip: No customer ever actually complains to the management)[/QUOTE]
I completely missed somebody with a trolley one day. And still got a complaint. Your on drugs.
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[img]http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5282/5191449756_9544eb94f5.jpg[/img]
These pieces of crap are really heavy to push by the way.
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;30757227]I haven't seen any of these.[/QUOTE]
Most trolleys in the UK, and as far as I know, Europe, have these security locks where you need to put in a pound or a euro to release it from the next trolley in line (connected via chains). To get your pound/euro back you need to find another trolley and put its chain into the other side of the thing. And no, the chains attached aren't long enough to reach its own lock.
Found a pretty picture for you
[img]http://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/WI/223/4107/PreviewComp/SuperStock_4107-64526.jpg[/img]
Moral dilemma: Is it better for me to push the carts into the "cart corral" (bay or whatever) where the carts belong, or to simply leave them next to my car where I parked?
If more carts are left strewn about the parking lot, the store has to hire more workers. This creates more jobs, but makes it harder for the business to operate, and makes the cart-pusher's job harder.
If more are put into the corrals, it is easier for the employees, but at the same time, requiring less work, it requires fewer of them, and fewer people have jobs.
Seriously this bugs me every damn time. Ultimately, though, I always end up putting the cart away.
ITT: Arguments about shopping trolley and supermarket terminology
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