The beating I saw as a kid in the parking lot, of all places “Liberty” Market stuck with me I was 10 maybe a little younger standing in front of the McDonalds, as I read the op’s post I remember seeing the victim yelling at the guy in the Buick or Cadillac and then the driver getting out ever so calmly and reaching into his open backseat window and pulling out a baseball bat, in seconds I heard the crack of the bat make contact with the yelling guys head. The noise I can stil hear and see the blood spraying everywhere, I remember it took two three hits for him to collapse, and then it was like batting practice. The guy doing the swinging then stopped and opened the yelling guys trunk and began dragging him to it as the cops arrived. My Grandmother grabbed me at that point and pulled me into the McDonald’s with the Vulcan death grip. In the mid 80’s the guy doing the Ted Williams impersonation got shot trying to collect protection from the owner of a body shop and was dropped dead like a flounder with one to the face.

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Originally posted by Skins2881:

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Originally posted by Beancooker:
I don’t have this problem. I park out in the middle of BFE. No cars, no looking for a spot, and no carts. No one wants to park that far from the store.
It’s all older people and shade hunters around here. They park close. I’ll take the easy way out and walk a little.

Furthest spot away that is upslope.

I’m out there with you guys. With one spot between us.

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Originally posted by Ozarkwoods:
Maybe all stores should be like ALDIs put a quarter in it to acquire then when you return it you get your quarter back. Those carts that are left are returned by someone who wants that quarter.

Not bad--$0.25 buys yourself a cart.

I had a funny parking lot incident yesterday. I was parked and there weren't many cars around. A fellow across from he commented on my being old and getting out of my Corvette. We had a good laugh and started chatting cars. A lady came out of the store to her car with a cart. As she loaded her packages the cart started to roll towards us. We just watched and the lady turned around and was surprised to see it rolling and us laughing. She walked over with a smile, her purse was in the cart, pushed the cart to the return lane. Commented "You guys are funny" and left.

I grab a empty cart in the parking lot and push it in.

I’m not doing it for integrity etc.

I’m doing it because I want to make sure I get one without one of those irritating screwed up wheels. If it wobbles, I put in a cart corral and grab another one.

I hate it when I get a cart in the store and it wobbles and vibrates and it doesn’t go straight.
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Originally posted by Keystoner:

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Originally posted by Ozarkwoods:
Maybe all stores should be like ALDIs put a quarter in it to acquire then when you return it you get your quarter back. Those carts that are left are returned by someone who wants that quarter.

Not bad--$0.25 buys yourself a cart.

And a BBQ grill! Bonus!
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Originally posted by Hay2bale:

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Originally posted by darthfuster:
I have a dent in my tailgate because someone couldn't be bothered to put the cart away and a gust of wind drove it into my truck.

Wow!

Thanks for the laugh, this thread was depressing me.

Whoever thought a pickup truck would ever get a dent in the tailgate? Just about everyone who ever owned a pickup?

My favorite Mazda pickup truck's tailgate got so many dents in it that it fell off completely.

About 80% of pickups are really luxury cars and aren’t used as work vehicles. Maybe they occasionally tow something, but I’ve seen tons of $80,000 trucks with 100,000 miles and perfect paint inside the bed. Everybody doesn’t drive a hooptie truck (I do), and they don’t deserve dents in the tailgate of their vehicle.

The people who leave carts in random places in a parking lot are the same kind of people who leave targets hanging after they are done, nor do they police their brass. Is it a big deal? Not really. But it sucks when you have to clean up after someone before you can set up to start shooting.

Can't we all just get along ?

I don't pay too much attention to cart ditchers . I'm more pissed off at the people that steal handicapped parking spots .

I've seen carts in the parking lots but I've never seen anyone do it personally.
I wouldn't say anything if I saw it because my perception of most people is low to begin with. I wouldn't waste my energy on someone who doesn't care.

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Originally posted by PASig:
So everyone is calling ME out for being a Karen?

Hilarious

This jerkoff was right in the middle of leaving his cart in the open spot next to his car, why should we just let this crap continue?

Dude…not mocking you or criticizing. Just saying you are running a little hot over something so seemingly trivial.

Everything OK in your world otherwise?

In the South we call them buggies. Do not ask me why. I have bigger things to be concerned about, but see why it irritates some people.

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Originally posted by Ronin1069:

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Originally posted by PASig:
So everyone is calling ME out for being a Karen?

Hilarious

This jerkoff was right in the middle of leaving his cart in the open spot next to his car, why should we just let this crap continue?

Dude…not mocking you or criticizing. Just saying you are running a little hot over something so seemingly trivial.

Everything OK in your world otherwise?

I’m fine and normally pretty non-confrontational with people. I usually try to avoid other people to be honest.

Normally I just mutter and shake my head but as I pulled in and watched this perfectly able bodied 25-30 or so year old pushing his cart off to the side when the corral was 25 feet behind him, it just set me off.

Probably wasn’t the best move in retrospect and could have turned ugly fast.

I’m not going to confront anyone any longer as it IS really stupid of me to risk getting my ass kicked or shot over a stupid shopping cart.

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Originally posted by bigwagon:
That would be a dumb thing to get shot over. I always put my carts away, but I have more important things to worry about in life than keeping order in the parking lot of a multi-billion dollar corporation.

Second this.

Yeah. When you go looking for confrontation don’t be surprised when you eventually find it. Any “teaching moment” you intended, assuming you intended one, was probably lost somewhere about the “Lazy Dick” part. I have to believe that somewhere in internet-land there is a guy telling a story this morning on a forum about how he’ll never leave his house again without concealed carry after being confronted by a complete stranger in the Lowes parking lot over a shopping cart. “Better to have one and not need it than to need one and not have it” his friends will say.

Alternatively, you could have asked him if you could use his cart or volunteer to put his cart away for him.

If you had done this instead then we wouldn’t be having a predictable conversation about not starting fights with strangers over their not putting buggies (i.e., shopping carts) away properly at big box store parking lots and we could discuss something really important like College Football.

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Originally posted by PASig:
I’m not going to confront anyone any longer as it IS really stupid of me to risk getting my ass kicked or shot over a stupid shopping cart.

I think you went wrong right here when you said:

“OK, let me handle for you since you’re apparently incapable of doing it YOU LAZY DICK!”

But if it still bothers you and you still want to say something, Maybe try a smile and a pleasant conversation? If they act like dicks, move on. But maybe some will think about it and put that cart back.

In our Metro area there is at least one shooting per day on average . Now , they aren't over trivial things like shopping carts usually . However , these same savages probably go to Walmart or grocery stores on occasion . Why risk a confrontation over a shopping cart ? Move it , go around it , whatever . I pick my battles wisely .

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Originally posted by Ronin1069:

Dude…not mocking you or criticizing. Just saying you are running a little hot over something so seemingly trivial.

Everything OK in your world otherwise?

It’s windy here many times of the year. 20mph gusts 20mph sustained. 30mph gusts. You know how many times I’ve seen an abandoned cart have 20+ mph wind hit it and carry it right into a door, a fender, etc of a vehicle and put expensive damage on it? I cannot count. I’ve literally sprinted to save someone’s vehicle many times. On one occasion I barely caught a cart from hitting a Merc with paper plates on it at Costco. The driver was close and jogged towards me and started to cuss me out when I corrected him, no it was not my cart, I haven’t even been into the got damn store yet. This is me being a decent human and trying to save your fancy Merc from damage ass hole. He quickly changed his tune and thanked me, and apologized for jumping the gun. I pushed the cart towards him and said you can do the other half dude and rack it. I need to get my food and walked into the store and didn’t look back.

But I’m serious. I’ve seen these carts slam full speed into many vehicles. I mean even today I park in BFE and there will be an abandoned cart close. I’ll have to go over to it, rack it on the grass, put it some place on insure it won’t hit a vehicle or just push it inside myself. OP is just tired of narcissist behavior in general and tired of having to deal with ass holes everywhere. We all are. Read between the lines, societal change, narcissistic behavior, entitlement, and we’re all fucking sick of it.

A while back me and a lady to the left of me were unloading our carts at the same time into our cars.
We finished at the same time. She gave her cart a gentile push and it stopped right behind the car to her left.
I pushed my cart behind her minivan.
We got in our cars, she was playing with her phone. I tapped my horn, she looked at me, I smiled and waved at
her and drove off.