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canarow t1_j6dad3p wrote

Reply to comment by Cajus in You can rent watering cans at our local cemetery by Derboman

I was under the impression that this kinda thing (like shopping carts) was also so that nobody has to go around collecting all of them and bringing them back? The people using them just do it for you if they want their money back

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Cajus t1_j6dalis wrote

Everyone just returns them here, there is no one going around. You grab a can near the faucet, use it, and return it to the faucet. The fact that these simple social behaviors don’t seem to apply in the us belgium (or anywhere, really) is sad to me

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Babbelbet t1_j6dhaju wrote

The picture is taken in Belgium, not the US

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svn5182 t1_j6dj4dg wrote

This doesn’t appear to be in the US. Look at the sign.

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las61918 t1_j6e7bih wrote

Shit talking US about a photo not taken in the US… crazy.

Anyway pretty sure those cart-quarter machines started in Europe. Know for a fact my German teacher 20 years ago explained the concept, long before anyone here had been to Aldi’s for the first time. Y’all literally invented the practice than judge others for using it? Hypocrite.

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Cajus t1_j6e7o0q wrote

I’m not even shittalking or judging, why are you so offended? If the scenario I described doesn’t happen in the Us the better. I just said this form of distrust in everyday live makes me sad and thankfully I haven’t experienced it in my country, doesn’t matter which country it happens.

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las61918 t1_j6e9bwp wrote

I’m not offended.

But you are using a picture from a Belgian cemetery to judge America, and then using a system developed in Europe to judge America.

Seems like you’re either working from bad info, or have a conclusion already decided and trying to make the points fit your desired end results. Either way it is disingenuous.

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canarow t1_j6dblu7 wrote

Yep! I’m from the US, and so are my parents. The difference in me vs my own mother is insane— when we’re at a grocery store she just pushes the cart behind someone else’s car, into grass, etc. I never understand why. All of her small acts of laziness throughout life (circling a parking lot until she finds a spot closest to the building open instead of parking far away, for example) has caused her to gain weight and then “it’s too far of a walk to return the basket” eyeroll

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Cajus t1_j6dc1w7 wrote

I've never seen this behaviour in europe with shopping carts. you maybe find a single cart randomly somewhere but thats super rare and there isnt any personal running around collecting them. I'm really sorry you have such narcissistic parents! Glad you can break the chain, I really hope future generations can learn from this and americans can adapt a more healthy, social behaviour in the decades to come

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nouille07 t1_j6dkyv0 wrote

If anything most people would bring the random cart back because it feels wrong for it to be there

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canarow t1_j6e9qbd wrote

Yeah it’s unfortunate that my parents are so lazy. They’ve worked hard their entire lives and feel entitled because of it. You live and you learn! I’ve learned a lot about what I want from what I don’t like about them lol

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Bad_Manners1234 t1_j6ejtjq wrote

that's because carts need a deposit and there is a reason they need a deposit, because the people are also lazy in Europe

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Mr_Happy_80 t1_j6djwc8 wrote

If there's one thing Germans love, it's following rules. Everyone knows to return the watering cans, so the watering cans are returned.

It is quite telling about the Dutch that despite having a deposit system on the cans they're essentially useless anyway as people have stolen the roses from the spouts.

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Bad_Manners1234 t1_j6ejlrw wrote

they don't return the shopping carts though, why do grocery stores in Germany need a deposit then if everyone likes following rules there

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Mr_Happy_80 t1_j6evock wrote

Because it was a joke about the Germans supposed love of rules and rule following. It's almost like it can be acceptable for one European national to joke about the habits of other European nationals.

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WeSaidMeh t1_j6dt42d wrote

I think people who visit their gone relatives in the cemetery are more likely to care about others, be respectful, and wanting their loved ones rest in a nice environment. That's why a deposit isn't necessary (in most places).

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