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bewitchedbumblebee t1_iuedao1 wrote

"Where I live, nobody steals shopping carts, so they’re not locked."

It's not aimed at preventing shopping cart theft.

The goal is to motivate shoppers to return their cart to the where it belongs, rather than having carts scattered all throughout the parking lot.

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MackeyH t1_iuggkbb wrote

And it works well too. If I’m feeling lazy I leave the cart (hell, it’s a quarter) and someone’s more than happy to take it back. Seriously.

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