Question: What kind of person leaves their shopping cart in
some random parking space rather than returning it to the shopping cart return?
Answer: Every kind of person.
The old adage, “it takes all kinds” works well here, because
you’ll see all kinds of people leaving their carts in an inappropriate place.
You’re just as likely to see it at Wal-Mart as you are outside of Saks. Blacks,
whites, Hispanics, Asians; they all do it. People driving sports cars, mini vans,
pickups, or low riders; they’re all guilty. The elderly, the teenagers, the
middle-aged; not one is clean. It really does take all kinds.
But the question is why? Why not put the cart where it
belongs. I’ve seen carts left blocking a space just a few feet from the return.
Some people are clearly making it to the return with their cart, and yet others
just leave their cart in any arbitrary space, along as it’s out of their way. I’ve
even seen someone leave a cart blocking another vehicle.
Why? Are you too lazy to walk an extra 30 feet? Do you not
have time to make the extra 15 second walk? Or do you simply not care about
your society? I suspect that’s the real truth. The growing problem of shopping
carts being left in any random spot is indicative of the growing problem that
people simply don’t care anymore. It relates to laziness, but it would be
better defined as indifference. Some people just don’t care about other people.
