On 12/2/2010 6:00 PM, Dan Abel wrote:
> In article
> >,
> > wrote:
>
>> Beats me why people have to have their carts right beside them when
>> they shop. Just back from Costco where the book/video aisle was
>> crammed with carts taking up space that three or four people could
>> have used. Jeez, like someone's going to steal stuff that hasn't been
>> paid for yet.
>
> I was kind of incredulous when I read about people "stealing" carts at
> Costco. And then it happened to me! My daughter and I had a big list
> of stuff to buy. We got a cart and went in the store. We parked the
> cart in the electronics area to look for a couple of things. When we
> got back, the cart was gone! It was empty, but my daughter had to go
> back out and get us another cart. I've read several times about people
> who lost carts that weren't empty. Somebody wanted their cart, so they
> just dumped everything onto the nearest shelf and took it!
>


This is *almost* worse than when people take clothes out of the
washing machine in the laundromat. Ugh.

-Tracy