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At TJs, yesterday I had put a package of pork tenderloins in my cart, in the
kid seat section and Iris, my checkout girl must've missed it and I didn't
notice either. Then, today I thought, hmmm... I thought I bought some pork
tenderloins but I don't remember unbagging them.

So, I checked the fridge and it wasn't there. Maybe it slipped out of the bag
and is in the trunk of my car. Nope. I wondered was I charged? So, I dug out
the receipt from the trash and no pork tenderloins!

So somewhere in the parking lot at TJs there's a shopping cart with two pork
tenderloins in it. So sad. More likely that a lucky shopper found it in the
cart before entering the store and tossed it in their car? How unknowingly
Robin Hood of me.

Who goofed?

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Andy wrote:
> At TJs, yesterday I had put a package of pork tenderloins in my cart,
> in the kid seat section and Iris, my checkout girl must've missed it
> and I didn't notice either. Then, today I thought, hmmm... I thought
> I bought some pork tenderloins but I don't remember unbagging them.
>
> Who goofed?
>

I know nothing about TJ's since there isn't one within 100 miles of me. I
do know my regular grocery store has a sign as you approach each check-out
that says something like "please remove items from under the cart [where
people often place cases of soda, water, etc.] and the child seat and place
on the conveyer belt". So, I'd say if you didn't do that, it's not the
cashier's place to give your cart the once-over. At least you weren't
charged for an item you didn't actually purchase

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On Oct 2, 2:06?pm, jmcquown wrote:

> I know nothing about TJ's since there isn't one within
> 100 miles of me. I do know my regular grocery store
> has a sign as you approach each check-out that says
> something like "please remove items from under the
> cart [where people often place cases of soda, water,
> etc.] and the child seat and place on the conveyer belt".
> So, I'd say if you didn't do that, it's not the cashier's place
> to give your cart the once-over. At least you weren't
> charged for an item you didn't actually purchase


None of the TJ's I've shopped (about a dozen) have conveyors. The
clerk unloads your cart.


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> On Oct 2, 2:06?pm, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> I know nothing about TJ's since there isn't one within
>> 100 miles of me. I do know my regular grocery store
>> has a sign as you approach each check-out that says
>> something like "please remove items from under the
>> cart [where people often place cases of soda, water,
>> etc.] and the child seat and place on the conveyer belt".
>> So, I'd say if you didn't do that, it's not the cashier's place
>> to give your cart the once-over. At least you weren't
>> charged for an item you didn't actually purchase

>
> None of the TJ's I've shopped (about a dozen) have conveyors. The
> clerk unloads your cart.


I did say I know nothing about TJ's. I gather the closest one to me is
somewhere in Missouri.

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jmcquown said...

> KevinS wrote:
>> On Oct 2, 2:06?pm, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>> I know nothing about TJ's since there isn't one within
>>> 100 miles of me. I do know my regular grocery store
>>> has a sign as you approach each check-out that says
>>> something like "please remove items from under the
>>> cart [where people often place cases of soda, water,
>>> etc.] and the child seat and place on the conveyer belt".
>>> So, I'd say if you didn't do that, it's not the cashier's place
>>> to give your cart the once-over. At least you weren't
>>> charged for an item you didn't actually purchase

>>
>> None of the TJ's I've shopped (about a dozen) have conveyors. The
>> clerk unloads your cart.

>
> I did say I know nothing about TJ's. I gather the closest one to me is
> somewhere in Missouri.
>
> Jill



I guess Trader Joe's maximizes shopping space by the "no conveyor"
checkouts. I don't think I could be a cashier there, having to bend down to
unload carts all day! Bending and lifting and turning is just the perfect
way to throw out your back. I'm going to ask a cashier there "How's your
back?" out of curiosity.

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"Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
>
> I guess Trader Joe's maximizes shopping space by the "no conveyor"
> checkouts. I don't think I could be a cashier there, having to bend down
> to
> unload carts all day! Bending and lifting and turning is just the perfect
> way to throw out your back. I'm going to ask a cashier there "How's your
> back?" out of curiosity.
>
> Andy



I've not seen many ole timers working there. Maybe they're already getting
workers' comp?

One thing about TJ's is that I can have a basket load of items and get thru
the line faster than anyplace I've ever shopped, and usually not have to
look at a sullen face while they're checking, and they will have a little
time for a chit-chat.
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enough people to make it worth the effort."


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On Oct 2, 2:28?pm, jmcquown wrote:


> I did say I know nothing about TJ's.


I know. My comment is from the perspective of whether the
cart unloading procedure bears on who is more at fault
for the missing tenderloins.

>I gather the closest one to me is somewhere in Missouri.


Maybe someday.

I'm not a TJ's worshiper, by the way, even though I shop
there several days per week. I just think it's useful and
convenient. They offer some interesting products and
do a pretty good job of holding down prices.


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In article >, Andy <q> wrote:

> So somewhere in the parking lot at TJs there's a shopping cart
> with two pork tenderloins in it.


What do you mean by "somewhere in the parking lot"? Did you not
return the cart to the cart area in front of the store?

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Steve Pope said...

> In article >, Andy <q> wrote:
>
>> So somewhere in the parking lot at TJs there's a shopping cart
>> with two pork tenderloins in it.

>
> What do you mean by "somewhere in the parking lot"? Did you not
> return the cart to the cart area in front of the store?
>
> Steve



They have little shopping cart stalls in the parking lot as a convenience to
the customers. An attendant gathers them up and walks them to the storefront
every so often.

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Andy wrote on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:43:35 -0500:

??>> In article >, Andy <q>
??>> wrote:
??>>
??>>> So somewhere in the parking lot at TJs there's a shopping
??>>> cart with two pork tenderloins in it.
??>>
??>> What do you mean by "somewhere in the parking lot"? Did
??>> you not return the cart to the cart area in front of the
??>> store?
??>>
??>> Steve

A> They have little shopping cart stalls in the parking lot as
A> a convenience to the customers. An attendant gathers them up
A> and walks them to the storefront every so often.

But that does not stop a lot of people leaving the cart where
their car was parked :-(

James Silverton
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James Silverton said...

> Andy wrote on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:43:35 -0500:
>
> ??>> In article >, Andy <q>
> ??>> wrote:
> ??>>
> ??>>> So somewhere in the parking lot at TJs there's a shopping
> ??>>> cart with two pork tenderloins in it.
> ??>>
> ??>> What do you mean by "somewhere in the parking lot"? Did
> ??>> you not return the cart to the cart area in front of the
> ??>> store?
> ??>>
> ??>> Steve
>
> A> They have little shopping cart stalls in the parking lot as
> A> a convenience to the customers. An attendant gathers them up
> A> and walks them to the storefront every so often.
>
> But that does not stop a lot of people leaving the cart where
> their car was parked :-(



James,

This is true.

For some folks, just getting the cart to the car can be victory enough.

There was a cart left in front of my car. As I was getting into the car an
elderly couple walking by stopped me and asked "Is that your cane?" "No," I
replied. Someone had left it hanging on the cart.

They couldn't have gotten far. --JUST KIDDING--

Andy
Cane user once, so far.
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"Andy" <q> wrote in message ...

>
> For some folks, just getting the cart to the car can be victory enough.
>
> There was a cart left in front of my car. As I was getting into the car an
> elderly couple walking by stopped me and asked "Is that your cane?" "No,"
> I
> replied. Someone had left it hanging on the cart.
>
> They couldn't have gotten far. --JUST KIDDING--
>
> Andy
> Cane user once, so far.


--


However, it might have been one of the the eldery couple's cane and they
forgot that it was their's.
JUST KIDDING, TOO!
;-)

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"Andy" <q> wrote in message ...

> James,
>
> This is true.
>
> For some folks, just getting the cart to the car can be victory enough.
>
> There was a cart left in front of my car. As I was getting into the car an
> elderly couple walking by stopped me and asked "Is that your cane?" "No,"
> I
> replied. Someone had left it hanging on the cart.
>
> They couldn't have gotten far. --JUST KIDDING--
>
> Andy
> Cane user once, so far.


Yesterday there was a gallon of milk in the ice cream aisle of our local
Albertson's. I pointed it out to my daughter. As we were leaving the aisle
and had to swerve around it, some man said really snippily, "Did you forget
something?", and gave us a dirty look. It should have been obvious that it
wasn't mine since I had a little carton of milk in my cart. Daughter got
all bent out of shape at his attitude. Bugged her eyes out at him and just
stared.


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"Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
> Steve Pope said...
>
>> In article >, Andy <q> wrote:
>>
>>> So somewhere in the parking lot at TJs there's a shopping cart
>>> with two pork tenderloins in it.

>>
>> What do you mean by "somewhere in the parking lot"? Did you not
>> return the cart to the cart area in front of the store?
>>
>> Steve

>
>
> They have little shopping cart stalls in the parking lot as a convenience
> to
> the customers. An attendant gathers them up and walks them to the
> storefront
> every so often.
>


That's what it's like on my planet too!


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> "Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
>> Steve Pope said...
>>
>>> In article >, Andy <q> wrote:
>>>
>>>> So somewhere in the parking lot at TJs there's a shopping cart
>>>> with two pork tenderloins in it.
>>>
>>> What do you mean by "somewhere in the parking lot"? Did you not
>>> return the cart to the cart area in front of the store?
>>>
>>> Steve

>>
>>
>> They have little shopping cart stalls in the parking lot as a

convenience
>> to
>> the customers. An attendant gathers them up and walks them to the
>> storefront
>> every so often.
>>

>
> That's what it's like on my planet too!



<VBG>

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"Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
> Steve Pope said...
>
>> In article >, Andy <q> wrote:
>>
>>> So somewhere in the parking lot at TJs there's a shopping cart
>>> with two pork tenderloins in it.

>>
>> What do you mean by "somewhere in the parking lot"? Did you not
>> return the cart to the cart area in front of the store?
>>
>> Steve

>
>
> They have little shopping cart stalls in the parking lot as a convenience
> to
> the customers. An attendant gathers them up and walks them to the
> storefront
> every so often.
>
> Andy


Andy, is this word, as you used it, "every" a colloquism (sp?) in your
region?

I've heard so many say "every," in this context, as well as "ever," so I
don't know which is a colloquism and which is not, at this point.

It's almost like the word, "nevertheless."


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Dee Dee said...

>
> "Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
>> Steve Pope said...
>>
>>> In article >, Andy <q> wrote:
>>>
>>>> So somewhere in the parking lot at TJs there's a shopping cart
>>>> with two pork tenderloins in it.
>>>
>>> What do you mean by "somewhere in the parking lot"? Did you not
>>> return the cart to the cart area in front of the store?
>>>
>>> Steve

>>
>>
>> They have little shopping cart stalls in the parking lot as a

convenience
>> to
>> the customers. An attendant gathers them up and walks them to the
>> storefront
>> every so often.
>>
>> Andy

>
> Andy, is this word, as you used it, "every" a colloquism (sp?) in your
> region?
>
> I've heard so many say "every," in this context, as well as "ever," so I
> don't know which is a colloquism and which is not, at this point.
>
> It's almost like the word, "nevertheless."
>
>
> Dee Dee



Dee Dee,

Sorry, but I've beem in the middle of fighting off a "from every
direction" anti-Andy assault all day long and now you ask about phraseology
at a time like this?

<VBG>

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Andy wrote:
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> Sorry, but I've beem in the middle of fighting off a "from every
> direction" anti-Andy assault all day long and now you ask about
> phraseology at a time like this?


Self-inflicted, I would say.
And well-deserved, unfortunately.
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"Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
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>
> Dee Dee,
>
> Sorry, but I've beem in the middle of fighting off a "from every
> direction" anti-Andy assault all day long and now you ask about
> phraseology
> at a time like this?
>
> <VBG>
>
> Andy



Ahhh, poor Andy ......

Andy, your life sounds too soft for me to commiserate ;-)
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Dee Dee wrote:
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> "Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
>> Steve Pope said...
>>
>>> In article >, Andy <q> wrote:
>>>
>>>> So somewhere in the parking lot at TJs there's a shopping cart
>>>> with two pork tenderloins in it.
>>>
>>> What do you mean by "somewhere in the parking lot"? Did you not
>>> return the cart to the cart area in front of the store?
>>>
>>> Steve

>>
>>
>> They have little shopping cart stalls in the parking lot as a convenience
>> to
>> the customers. An attendant gathers them up and walks them to the
>> storefront
>> every so often.
>>
>> Andy

>
> Andy, is this word, as you used it, "every" a colloquism (sp?) in your
> region?
>
> I've heard so many say "every," in this context, as well as "ever," so I
> don't know which is a colloquism and which is not, at this point.


I was raised in the upper Midwest of the US. We used "every so often".
I've lived in Southern California US for 26 years. It's "every so
often"
here.

To my ears, "ever so often" sounds Dixie.

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"Blinky the Shark" > wrote
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> To my ears, "ever so often" sounds Dixie.
>


Not even.



Have you lived in the south?


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Dee Dee > wrote:

>"Andy" <q> wrote in message ...


>> An attendant gathers them up and walks them to the
>> storefront every so often.


>Andy, is this word, as you used it, "every" a colloquism (sp?) in your
>region?


>I've heard so many say "every," in this context, as well as "ever," so I
>don't know which is a colloquism and which is not, at this point.


To me they are different phrases and neither is colloquial. I would
say "every so often" means occasionally, while "ever so often" means
frequently. "He comes to London ever so often" would mean the person
visits London more than most people do, or more often than one
might expect.

It's possible though that in the American south people might
say "ever' so often" to mean "every so often"; if so, then that
is colloquial.

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Steve Pope wrote:
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> To me they are different phrases and neither is colloquial. I would
> say "every so often" means occasionally, while "ever so often" means
> frequently. "He comes to London ever so often" would mean the person
> visits London more than most people do, or more often than one
> might expect.


Yes, that is how we used them!


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Dee Dee wrote:
> "Andy" <q> wrote in message
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>> Steve Pope said...
>>
>>> In article >, Andy <q> wrote:
>>>
>>>> So somewhere in the parking lot at TJs there's a shopping cart
>>>> with two pork tenderloins in it.
>>>
>>> What do you mean by "somewhere in the parking lot"? Did you not
>>> return the cart to the cart area in front of the store?
>>>
>>> Steve

>>
>>
>> They have little shopping cart stalls in the parking lot as a
>> convenience to
>> the customers. An attendant gathers them up and walks them to the
>> storefront
>> every so often.
>>
>> Andy

>
> Andy, is this word, as you used it, "every" a colloquism (sp?) in your
> region?
>
> I've heard so many say "every," in this context, as well as "ever,"
> so I don't know which is a colloquism and which is not, at this point.
>
> It's almost like the word, "nevertheless."


'Every so often' is commonly used in UK, as is, 'nevertheless'


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Steve Pope > wrote in message
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> In article >, Andy <q>
> wrote:
>> So somewhere in the parking lot at TJs there's a
>> shopping cart with two pork tenderloins in it.
>>

> What do you mean by "somewhere in the parking lot"?
> Did you not return the cart to the cart area in front of
> the store?


I leave my carts "somewhere in the parking lot," too. The two TJ's
I current patronize have cart corrals throughout their respective
lots so I don't ever walk mine back to the front of the store...

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The Ranger wrote:
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> Steve Pope > wrote in message
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> > In article >, Andy <q>
> > wrote:
> >> So somewhere in the parking lot at TJs there's a
> >> shopping cart with two pork tenderloins in it.
> >>

> > What do you mean by "somewhere in the parking lot"?
> > Did you not return the cart to the cart area in front of
> > the store?


A guy that vandalizes bread would do that?

> I leave my carts "somewhere in the parking lot," too. The two TJ's
> I current patronize have cart corrals throughout their respective
> lots so I don't ever walk mine back to the front of the store...


The way I look at it, the supermarket expects carts
to be left "somewhere in the parking lot". I always
move it to the nearest concrete island or cart
collection structure so that it's not going to roll
and it's not blocking a parking space. But my part
of the social contract between supermarket and
customer ends there.

If I were to roll it all the way back to the store,
I'd be depriving the livelihood of the guys hired
by the store to have collecting carts as part of
their job responsibility.
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The Ranger wrote:
> Steve Pope > wrote in message
> ...
>> In article >, Andy <q>
>> wrote:
>>> So somewhere in the parking lot at TJs there's a
>>> shopping cart with two pork tenderloins in it.
>>>

>> What do you mean by "somewhere in the parking lot"?
>> Did you not return the cart to the cart area in front of
>> the store?

>
> I leave my carts "somewhere in the parking lot," too. The two TJ's
> I current patronize have cart corrals throughout their respective
> lots so I don't ever walk mine back to the front of the store...
>
> The Ranger


I got so ticked yesterday when I stopped at Target to buy some books. One
of the cart corrals was just opposite where I parked and a few steps up.
Yet some a**hole left their cart in the aisle and it had rolled into the
back of my car. Fortunately it hit the bumper, but still... grrrr. How
friggin lazy can you get?


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[snip bump-goes-the-stray-shopping-cart]
> How friggin lazy can you get?


Visit a Costco some time; it'd amaze you just how friggin lazy
someone can get...

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The Ranger said...

> jmcquown > wrote in message
> ...
> [snip bump-goes-the-stray-shopping-cart]
>> How friggin lazy can you get?

>
> Visit a Costco some time; it'd amaze you just how friggin lazy
> someone can get...
>
> The Ranger



There's one ACME I shop at where the storefront carts are lined up but
they're on a few degrees downhill incline so they actually lock up together
somehow and you can't pull one out. I had to ask the shopping cart
attendant how to separate a cart. A quick 5 seconds later I was master of
yet another universe!

Sure beats looking stupid! What, with superhuman strength and getting
defeated by a measly shopping cart?!! DOES NOT impress the ladies!!!

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"The Ranger" > wrote in message
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> jmcquown > wrote in message
> ...
> [snip bump-goes-the-stray-shopping-cart]
>> How friggin lazy can you get?

>
> Visit a Costco some time; it'd amaze you just how friggin lazy someone can
> get...
>
> The Ranger

And Costco has almost constant pickup of these carts left by these lazy
slobs, but the lots are still full.
We don't have a "nice" car, but I see people there with nice cars parking
clear at the end of the lot, to evade the car door dings, as well as letting
a cart roll down onto it. You don't want to park at the bottom of the
slope!

Actually after standing, stopping, shopping, for so long in the store, I
don't mind hopping-to-it with the cart to the stall, gets me going.


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"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> I got so ticked yesterday when I stopped at Target to buy some books. One
> of the cart corrals was just opposite where I parked and a few steps up.
> Yet some a**hole left their cart in the aisle and it had rolled into the
> back of my car. Fortunately it hit the bumper, but still... grrrr. How
> friggin lazy can you get?
>


I've seen this happen.
We make it a practice to always take our carts back to the area where they
belong, no matter where that is. We always make sure that our cart won't
roll before we start unpacking it. It's a pet peeve of mine to see carts
sitting all around the lots. Many stores hire employees to pick them up.
The stores will request you please return them because it will make your
groceries cost more -- it doesn't matter, people still leave them in the
parking lot.

Although if I knew it were a mom who had to leave her children alone to put
it back, I would say leave it anywhere! Maybe I'll just take a different
viewpoint when I see those carts, and just pretend that all of them belonged
to watchful mums.

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>> I got so ticked yesterday when I stopped at Target



I was at Target today and I bought an embroidered t-shirt that says...

"I got out of bed for this?"

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"The Ranger" > wrote in message
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> Steve Pope > wrote in message
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>> In article >, Andy <q> wrote:
>>> So somewhere in the parking lot at TJs there's a
>>> shopping cart with two pork tenderloins in it.
>>>

>> What do you mean by "somewhere in the parking lot"?
>> Did you not return the cart to the cart area in front of
>> the store?

>
> I leave my carts "somewhere in the parking lot," too. The two TJ's I
> current patronize have cart corrals throughout their respective lots so I
> don't ever walk mine back to the front of the store...
>
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> I leave my carts "somewhere in the parking lot," too. The two TJ's
> I current patronize have cart corrals throughout their respective
> lots so I don't ever walk mine back to the front of the store...


Heh. Around here (RSA) there is a "Clever Plan". Lots of would-be
homeless people and/or so-called "under qualified" people work as "car
guards" in the various shopping mall parking lots... They are either
"self employed" or work for a "car guard" company. These people wear a
sort of "apron/uniform" that identifies them and they keep an eye on
your car while you are shopping (car theft is rife here). They survive
on "donations" doled out by grateful people like me - and it seems to
earn them a living, because they are all over the place. I know some of
them "personally" - as they have been working at the same shopping malls
for years!

However, the big bonus is this: they always rush over to help shoppers
who are pushing their carts back to their cars to off-load them and then
they return the carts to the respective stores...

It works well. Gives some people a (sort of) job - who would otherwise
be jobless - cuts down on the car theft AND the shopping carts get
returned to their rightful place back at the store (without one having
to return the cart oneself). Think they might also earn a "finders fee"
for returning the carts to the stores too. Those carts are expensive, so
if they "go missing"... - probably saves the stores a fortune.
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On Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:41:19 +0200, ChattyCathy
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>The Ranger wrote:
>
>>
>> I leave my carts "somewhere in the parking lot," too. The two TJ's
>> I current patronize have cart corrals throughout their respective
>> lots so I don't ever walk mine back to the front of the store...

>
>Heh. Around here (RSA) there is a "Clever Plan". Lots of would-be
>homeless people and/or so-called "under qualified" people work as "car
>guards" in the various shopping mall parking lots... They are either
>"self employed" or work for a "car guard" company. These people wear a
>sort of "apron/uniform" that identifies them and they keep an eye on
>your car while you are shopping (car theft is rife here). They survive
>on "donations" doled out by grateful people like me - and it seems to
>earn them a living, because they are all over the place. I know some of
>them "personally" - as they have been working at the same shopping malls
>for years!
>
>However, the big bonus is this: they always rush over to help shoppers
>who are pushing their carts back to their cars to off-load them and then
>they return the carts to the respective stores...
>
>It works well. Gives some people a (sort of) job - who would otherwise
>be jobless - cuts down on the car theft AND the shopping carts get
>returned to their rightful place back at the store (without one having
>to return the cart oneself). Think they might also earn a "finders fee"
>for returning the carts to the stores too. Those carts are expensive, so
>if they "go missing"... - probably saves the stores a fortune.



Sounds like "old" New York City when a window washer pounced on your
car at every stop light.
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On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 14:43:32 -0700, "The Ranger"
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>Steve Pope > wrote in message
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>> In article >, Andy <q>
>> wrote:
>>> So somewhere in the parking lot at TJs there's a
>>> shopping cart with two pork tenderloins in it.
>>>

>> What do you mean by "somewhere in the parking lot"?
>> Did you not return the cart to the cart area in front of
>> the store?

>
>I leave my carts "somewhere in the parking lot," too. The two TJ's
>I current patronize have cart corrals throughout their respective
>lots so I don't ever walk mine back to the front of the store...
>

When I was a kid working in a grocery store, we hated the people who
returned the carts. For kids like me it was heaven to get outside for
a few minutes and pick up the carts, even in the rain. It was a few
minutes of peace and quiet and a chance to get away from the old
purple-haired women who bitched and whined and people who dropped
produce and left it in the floor to be stepped on and people who
dropped bottles of stuff we had to mop up, and people who couldn't
find the Wheaties they were standing next to, and people who walked
out of the store and left carts full of stuff we had to put back into
stock. And stocking is the most boring job in the world, and cleaning
the restrooms after some slob trashes it out is the nastiest. We used
to fight each other for the right to go out and pick up carts, and
once we got outside we took our sweet time getting back in. I bet that
hasn't changed one bit. In fact, at Wal-Mart, where they use the
electric cart pushers, I see them making a game of it, to see how long
a line of carts they can string together. They'll go all the way
across the parking lot to fetch a single cart and roll it all the way
back to add it to the cart string. Good for them. I can relate.
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> and cleaning
> the restrooms after some slob trashes it out is the nastiest.



I once used the ACME men's room but some fidiot pee'd on the roll of toilet
paper!!! Grossest thing I ever saw. I used the women's room! Sorry.

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"Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
> raymond said...
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>> and cleaning
>> the restrooms after some slob trashes it out is the nastiest.

>
>
> I once used the ACME men's room but some fidiot pee'd on the roll of
> toilet
> paper!!! Grossest thing I ever saw. I used the women's room! Sorry.
>
> Andy


Some poster said they used to clean women's restrooms and they were more
gross than men's. So far, I have not seen peed-on toilet paper, just plenty
of it on the floors.

Must've been a pervert!
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> I once used the ACME men's room but some fidiot pee'd on the roll of toilet
> paper!!! Grossest thing I ever saw.
>



Do you think he might have been righteously paying back the store for
discontinuing his favorite brand of toilet paper?

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> At TJs, yesterday I had put a package of pork tenderloins in my cart, in the
> kid seat section and Iris, my checkout girl must've missed it and I didn't
> notice either. Then, today I thought, hmmm... I thought I bought some pork
> tenderloins but I don't remember unbagging them.
>
> So, I checked the fridge and it wasn't there. Maybe it slipped out of the bag
> and is in the trunk of my car. Nope. I wondered was I charged? So, I dug out
> the receipt from the trash and no pork tenderloins!
>
> So somewhere in the parking lot at TJs there's a shopping cart with two pork
> tenderloins in it. So sad. More likely that a lucky shopper found it in the
> cart before entering the store and tossed it in their car? How unknowingly
> Robin Hood of me.
>
> Who goofed?
>
> Andy


Well, at my TJ's they empty the cart as they ring it up, so in that case, it would be
them, I suppose. At the average grocery store, I'd blame me.

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