7 Grocery Cart Pet Peeves
How many of you despise using grocery carts? I hate them and try to avoid using them as much that I can. Why do I hate them? Well, I’m going to tell you! That’s right…time for another “Shelly Vent Post” all about those nasty grocery carts!
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1. I don’t like fighting for a parking spot with a grocery cart! Why can’t people walk them over to the cart return area or back up to the store’s front door? LAZY is all I can say about that!
2. Grocery carts are one of the grossest and germ-filled things on planet earth! They’re big carriers of bacteria and virus’s. I wish stores would spray them down with antiseptic cleaners to help disinfect them. I hate touching them and I certainly hate that the things I’m purchasing are going into that filthy-dirty cart! Ewww!
3. Trash. People are lazy and let all kinds of “trash” items in their carts! Please take your trash along with you…they’re NOT garbage cans!
4. I swear that every time I’m forced to use a grocery cart that the wheels are jacked-up! Why can’t I ever find a cart that rolls correctly? quietly? These days they’re few and far between.
5. Parents…please don’t let your children push the cart through the store! I’m tired of carts ramming me in the back or running over my feet. Be responsible, if your kid can’t push the cart as good as an adult (or better), then they shouldn’t be doing it.
6. Accidents waiting to happen. When I used to work in the ER we used to see children on a weekly basis for grocery cart accidents. What do I mean? Young kids falling out of carts or carts running over their feet and causing foot injuries. Which reminds me…NEVER LEAVE YOUR CHILDREN UNATTENDED IN A CART!!!
7. Time for a new design! Grocery carts look the same today as they did 40 years ago. They need to be redesigned for proper posture (handles up higher) and for ease-of-use. We need a new design for modern times! We’re all using carts that are decades, upon decades old.
Well, there are 7 of my personal pet peeves when it comes to grocery carts. How do you feel about them? Got any pet peeves to add to the list?
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