Nancy Young wrote:
>
> "biig" > wrote
>
> >> Two questions come up, why does it only rarely notice I
> >> have stuff down there and how the heck can it tell? With all
> >> the legs and carts going by, a detector would be going off all
> >> the time.
> >>
> >> Perhaps the eye in the sky is spying on the customers?
>
> > There must be sensors on the product. Our Sobeys cashiers have to
> > pass meat packages over a de-activator so we don't set off alarms when
> > we leave the store.
>
> Huh, interesting. It's just odd to me that it almost never happens.
> I could see that, but when I tell them, they don't make me drag
> them up and put them on the belt.
>
> > Also, I was leaving the parking lot of a new No
> > Frills store the other day and there was a sign that said their shopping
> > carts lock if you try to take them from the perimeter of the parking
> > lot.....
>
> That's a good idea, annoying that people steal them, for any number
> of reasons.
>
> nancy

It seems that you mostly see them at apartment buildings. Maybe by
people who don't have a car and rationalize that they will return them
on their next grocery run. A couple of years ago my Mom and I were
scouting out a seniors building for her to move into. They had an
agreement with a nearby grocery store that the seniors could use the
cart to take their groceries home, and then put them in a special spot
to be picked up by the store. .....Sharon

Nancy Young wrote:
>
> "biig" > wrote
>
> >> Two questions come up, why does it only rarely notice I
> >> have stuff down there and how the heck can it tell? With all
> >> the legs and carts going by, a detector would be going off all
> >> the time.
> >>
> >> Perhaps the eye in the sky is spying on the customers?
>
> > There must be sensors on the product. Our Sobeys cashiers have to
> > pass meat packages over a de-activator so we don't set off alarms when
> > we leave the store.
>
> Huh, interesting. It's just odd to me that it almost never happens.
> I could see that, but when I tell them, they don't make me drag
> them up and put them on the belt.
>
> > Also, I was leaving the parking lot of a new No
> > Frills store the other day and there was a sign that said their shopping
> > carts lock if you try to take them from the perimeter of the parking
> > lot.....
>
> That's a good idea, annoying that people steal them, for any number
> of reasons.
>
> nancy