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Numerous-Stuff t1_j6czsgn wrote

Looks like a deposit not renting.. u get ur money back if you return ur can..

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IneverAsk5times t1_j6ehsex wrote

It's sad they need to but it's nice that they used the coin deposit mechanism. Then again it would be nicer if they properly took care of the area.

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Derboman OP t1_j6d051l wrote

Exactly

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KindlyContribution54 t1_j6e90bf wrote

Wow, people really hate the word Exactly

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DeTrotseTuinkabouter t1_j6eabmv wrote

In this case it's not about the word, but that OP incorrectly used renting in the title while agreeing that it's borrowing.

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Derboman OP t1_j6f0w44 wrote

Yeah, and I can't change it. I realized a second after pressing submit. Me responding with 'Exactly' was my way of confirming I know of said error

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coach111111 t1_j6fy22s wrote

Yea well your other comment seems doomed to Reddit downvote hell. Once the hive mind starts spinning at full effect it’s almost impossible to reverse, it feeds on the insecurities of the next redditor and becomes stronger with each click.

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Cajus t1_j6d8q7l wrote

every cementery in germany (and every other countires cementery I've been to) has watering cans without deposit. they just lay around next to a faucet for everyone to use and return. Its really sad that you need to use those means of distribution due to the seemingly widespread stealing?

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canarow t1_j6dad3p wrote

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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jestemzturcji t1_j6f5mlw wrote

I bought one for my dads place in the cemetery and put it on his place, when I’m back after 2 weeks it was gone. Then I bought another one and wrote our surname on it. After 2 weeks again it was gone :/

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Neither_Rich_9646 t1_j6e2b3w wrote

It's not that stealing is widespread, but we still treat everyone like criminals. How do you think we keep putting up these mass incarceration numbers year after year? Prison industrial complex.

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[deleted] t1_j6e7vd6 wrote

You’re equating a coin deposit of a watering can in a country that isn’t the US (look at the sign) to the prison industrial complex in the US?

Reddit moment

It has nothing to do with treating anyone like a criminal. Have you ever been to a grocery store? People routinely don’t put carts back which is why Aldi’s does the same thing in the pic to get a shopping cart. It’s amazing how many people will walk their ass back up to the store just to get their quarter back.

Not everything is a dark dystopian conspiracy…

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shrocky2 t1_j6cz5mm wrote

Is this cemetery located outside an Aldi? /s

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LT-monkeybrain01 t1_j6da08x wrote

it's not renting. you get your money back in full after returning the sprinkler.

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elpaco313 t1_j6dc6cg wrote

…the watering cans are also cursed.

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hearnia_2k t1_j6dno2f wrote

Looks like you just pay a deposit, rather than rent them. This is like supermarket trolleys (looks like the exact same mechanism), it's simply designed to make sure you put them back.

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JealousGuy0 t1_j6dl6fs wrote

Every cemetery I’ve seen have this in Sweden. But not deposit, they are just there for anyone to borrow

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Bobzeub t1_j6cx3tg wrote

Interesting ? This is the most depressing thing I’ve seen in a long time

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jungerfrosch t1_j6d65qq wrote

Why do you say depressing? It's a deposit to encourage people to return them.

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augenblik t1_j6dea34 wrote

Well exactly. The fact that otherwise people would be stealing watering cans from cemeteries is depressing.

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Im_riding_a_lion t1_j6fni24 wrote

Its probably not about stealing, but people would just leave them all over the place. This system encourages people to put them back in the central spot.

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coach111111 t1_j6fyj3r wrote

How many redditors does it take to figure out the reason for a deposit on watering cans in a cemetery?

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MousseandTurnip t1_j6d6i2m wrote

Its so people can water the flowers they planted for their loved ones. It’s actually very sweet

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Bobzeub t1_j6d7ajs wrote

Of course, that’s why it should be free . It’s sad that some “entrepreneur” saw a business opportunity in other people’s grief .

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SiHaze t1_j6d7s3p wrote

It's more of a deposit as the connection looks like the same you find on shopping trolleys.

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Bobzeub t1_j6d8si7 wrote

Touché! In that case it’s borrowing more than renting and it’s a sweet idea .

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SiHaze t1_j6d94dr wrote

100%, it is a shame we live in a world where the deposit is required but it's fair enough and as you say, it is a sweet idea.

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User2079 t1_j6ejg6j wrote

Ours just has empty milk jugs on ropes draped around the spigots. Just put it back. No fee.

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wonko1980 t1_j6d7n7t wrote

That’s quite usual here

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IThinkIKnowThings t1_j6duiqc wrote

My grandmother is in a cemetery that has watering cans and other gardening equipment for rent like this. It's so you can tend to any flowers you leave at the grave. Honestly it always seemed like a racket to me - The place charges you annually if you plant flowers. They charge you a fee if you let the flowers die and they have to remove them. And they charge you to rent gardening equipment to maintain the flowers.

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El3m3nTor7 t1_j6eedt7 wrote

Paying money at a cemetery.. Wow

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finthir t1_j6h0dyp wrote

It's not paying. You just put a coin in to unlock it and you get it back when you put it back in its place.

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Poorkiddonegood8541 t1_j6enpr4 wrote

I guess you have to buy their water to put in the watering can! Hell, why don't they just charge and entrance fee when you pull in while they're at it?!?

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Qu3st1499 t1_j6ff6mj wrote

In my town in italy they are free, but an old mean lady will haunt you down if you don’t return them

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confusing_noises_ t1_j6forbf wrote

I'm fairly certain Zombies grow naturally, so I fail to see the point in this.

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jessica1999_ny t1_j6icqbx wrote

I've watered the dead, they never grow back

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scrappydoo_42 t1_j6flvh9 wrote

The American cemetery my dad is buried in has freely available watering cans, no deposit required.

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