BS: Shoppin' carts,,, Grrrrr....

Subject: BS: Shoppin' carts,,, Grrrrr....
From: Bobert
Date: 09 Jan 09 - 07:51 PM

What the Hail is goin' on with shoppin' carts these days???

They just don't do right... They hard to push... They either pull to the left or right... They bump...

Don't much matter where ya' are, the sumabiches is all messed up...

Whaddayathink???

B:(

Subject: RE: BS: Shoppin' carts,,, Grrrrr....
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 09 Jan 09 - 08:49 PM

You often can't test a shopping cart out nowadays because many stores have installed some sort of rough surfaced flooring like natural cobbles or stiff corrugated "welcome mat" stuff in the entranceway where the shopping carts are stored. This rough surface keeps you from evaluating the cart's handling until you've already pushed the thing the fifty feet or so to the beginning of the "real" store. Then, when you finally hit smooth flooring and find the cart wobbles like a 56 Desoto with bad tie rod ends, you have to make a decision: do you want to turn around and walk the extra fifty feet to take it back, get another, and hope for better results, or would you rather just say "Screw it!" and put up with a wobbly cart?

Subject: RE: BS: Shoppin' carts,,, Grrrrr....
From: Bobert
Date: 09 Jan 09 - 09:02 PM

Heck, Beezer...

I went back girr 4 of them wobblies at the Walmarks and gave the heck up... Thay was all junk...

B~

Subject: RE: BS: Shoppin' carts,,, Grrrrr....
From: catspaw49
Date: 09 Jan 09 - 09:22 PM

What do I think?

I think you're fucked up.

You bitch, piss, and moan, about damn near everything and its getting worse all the time.

Shopping carts?

For the love of Christ Bobertz, in what alternative reality were shopping carts any paradigm of excellence? The first cart I remember pushing was at the A&P back home when I was maybe 4 or 5 and it went everywhere it wasn't supposed to go and one wheel kept sticking. Since then I've pushed thousands and thousands of the damn things and they have ranged from "Not So Bad" to "Fuck This Thing!"   I've seen bums wheeling them down the street and watched as 50 mph winds blew an entire fleet into the corner of a lot where they slammed into a 944.

As the weirdest cart I ever saw, well........That one goes to some redneck jackass racing hobby stock at the local third mile back in the 70's sometime. He'd "fabricated" his own racing seat from a Kroger cart. I know this because the guy actually thanked Kroger for allowing him to steal their cart right on the side of his jalopy. I anxiously awaited the day he'd pile up and wind up wrapped in the mesh.

But back to you............You're worrying about all the wrong crap Man. Really.......Like who can possibly get too uptight over a grocery cart? Evidently you....but I think you need to worry about shit that's really important, like, "How long is my dick going to keep functioning" and stuff like that. Get a grip Bobertz..........and preferably on your Johnson!


Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Shoppin' carts,,, Grrrrr....
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 06:32 AM

4 wheel steering doesn't work. Also, if those guys with the little battery trucks didn't push them around in long lines. like they are playing trains, you wouldn't get any flat spots on the wheels either.
It needs two, on the thing to keep them right.
What bugs me, is the people who sidle up beside you when you're looking at something on the racks, who then reach across in front of you to get something off the shelf. So you move back to let them at it, and you find the dumb arse has their trolley right behind you, so you sustain a painful, trolley scar.
Then there's the ones who gossip to their mates and block the aisle,or the families who go round with 2 trolleys and about 6 kids. One of the kids always wants to drive the trolley, and when allowed to, wrecks the shins and ankles of several old age pensioners.
Then of course there's the parking lot, geez, don't get me started on them.
Why do people use the disabled parking spaces illegally? Because they are a normal size and need to get out of their cars before they can go into the store.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Subject: RE: BS: Shoppin' carts,,, Grrrrr....
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 11:26 AM

What about the trolleys that wants to be fish?

They keeping making bids for freedom by landing upside down in rivers and canals all over England. What is up with that?

My guess is it is the abusive crap they have to endure from bad trolley drivers.

Subject: RE: BS: Shoppin' carts,,, Grrrrr....
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 11:46 AM

abusive carp?

Subject: RE: BS: Shoppin' carts,,, Grrrrr....
From: David C. Carter
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 11:58 AM

I think the bastards are programmed to drag you sreaming towards the most expensive crap in the supermarket!

Then you have the "intelligentsia" who insist on stopping at the bottom of the moving ramp,heading for the car park!You are right behind them,and someone's behind you!
I love shopping!

David

Subject: RE: BS: Shoppin' carts,,, Grrrrr....
From: paula t
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 12:17 PM

I am expecting any day now to end up on a special edition of "Supermarket you've been Framed". Our local store has a steep hill as a car park. Everything is fine until you come out with a full trolley.......and head off at breakneck speed to the bottom of the car park - whether you are parked in that area or not.Any attempt to slow down results in a sideways slither while shouting "Excuse me! Sorry........!" to passing motorists and other equally unfortunate shoppers with equally unyielding trolleys .

I suspect that there is a special camera set up so that staff on their break can have a laugh .I can't wait to try this in icy conditions!

Subject: RE: BS: Shoppin' carts,,, Grrrrr....
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 12:23 PM

Carte diem, Bobert. Carte diem.

Subject: RE: BS: Shoppin' carts,,, Grrrrr....
From: Bobert
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 12:31 PM

Cart for a day, SRS???

Well, okay... I guess if I had to be a shopping cart for a day I might have a greater sensitivity toward their feelings...

B;~)

Subject: RE: BS: Shoppin' carts,,, Grrrrr....
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 12:41 PM

Bring your own.

Subject: RE: BS: Shoppin' carts,,, Grrrrr....
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 12:53 PM

You could play Cart-er Family songs Bobert

Subject: RE: BS: Shoppin' carts,,, Grrrrr....
From: Little Hawk
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 12:58 PM

Are you familiar with the Canadian TV comedy show "Trailer Park Boys", Bobert? If you are not, don't walk...RUN to your nearest video rental place and rent the entire first season and watch it. It's frikkin' hilarious. It's about people who are roughly at the same level of life as Shane, more or less, but you really do get to like them as you get to know them.

Anyway, one of the three main protagonists is a guy called "Bubbles", and he makes a living by recovering (stealing) and repairing old grocery store shopping carts and selling them back to the local groceries for maybe 10 bucks or something like that. Bubbles lives in one of those little utility storage huts that you use to store your garden tools and stuff in. He drives a go-Kart that is powered by a lawn mower engine, and he wears glasses that are as thick as old Coke bottles, which makes his eyes look ENORMOUS, hence the name "Bubbles".

If not for busted up, lousy, poorly functioning shopping carts, Bobert, Bubbles would be totally destitute and would have to live on the street! And his 25 kitties would be starving!

So just stop yer whinin' about those crummy shopping carts, cos without them Bubbles would be fucked. ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: Shoppin' carts,,, Grrrrr....
From: CarolC
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 01:02 PM

They have moving ramps in UK supermarkets?

Subject: RE: BS: Shoppin' carts,,, Grrrrr....
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 01:12 PM

David lives in Paris I believe, Carol.

Subject: RE: BS: Shoppin' carts,,, Grrrrr....
From: CarolC
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 01:20 PM

They have moving ramps in French supermarkets?

Subject: RE: BS: Shoppin' carts,,, Grrrrr....
From: catspaw49
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 01:24 PM

Oh good......This'll be fun...............

I think he lives in Madrid Carol.

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Shoppin' carts,,, Grrrrr....
From: CarolC
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 01:26 PM

Nope. It's France. I checked. But I think he's originally from the UK, judging by his terminology.

Subject: RE: BS: Shoppin' carts,,, Grrrrr....
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 01:35 PM

Yup he's one of us.
Spaw, behave yourself.

Subject: RE: BS: Shoppin' carts,,, Grrrrr....
From: catspaw49
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 01:36 PM

Hmmmmmm.............Not working out..............lemmee take another shot.................

Maybe he's in Budapest temporarily?

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Shoppin' carts,,, Grrrrr....
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 01:41 PM

Moving ramps are for accessing upper level of store and or car park. Supermarkets in UK are enlightened compared to US. The cashiers have nice comfy office chairs. No standing all day in one place. Civilised that is.

Subject: RE: BS: Shoppin' carts,,, Grrrrr....
From: Bobert
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 02:02 PM

Why woyuld I bother renting them viseos, Amos, when what have described is life right here in Pine Grove Holler... Our Bubbles has a couple names... Half the people call him "Stinky" and the other half call him "Stop Sign"...

Then we have Donnie "I'm-a-drunk" whoes mode of transporation is a 30 year old riding lawn mower without the mower deck... Believe it or not the sheriff has been to his trailer and warned him about driving it on the road if he's drunk??? Man, that would be embarrassin' to get a DUI on a lawn mower...

Nah, think I'll take a pass on the videos...

B~

Subject: RE: BS: Shoppin' carts,,, Grrrrr....
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 02:05 PM

Bunch of chronic complainers here.

I am perfectly happy since our local Safeway foodstores installed cupholders on their carts, a place to put the latte from the in-store Starbucks.

Subject: RE: BS: Shoppin' carts,,, Grrrrr....
From: CarolC
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 02:14 PM

Are there supermarkets in the UK and/or France (or Madrid or Budapest) that have more than one level?

Makes sense to let them sit down. I don't see that ever happening here in the US, though. It makes too much sense.

Subject: RE: BS: Shoppin' carts,,, Grrrrr....
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 02:21 PM

Our all new all singing and all dancing Sainsburys has an upper level car park by which you can access the cafe and a creche (kiddy drop while you shop), the rolling ramp takes you and your trolley down to shopping area.

Subject: RE: BS: Shoppin' carts,,, Grrrrr....
From: CarolC
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 02:27 PM

So many good ideas we'll probably never see here. Ah well.

Subject: RE: BS: Shoppin' carts,,, Grrrrr....
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 02:36 PM

Spaw, don't be so rough. Bobert just wants somebody to talk to.

It's an open secret that Bobert is a rocket scientist in disguise. Actually, he owns a personal shopping cart with an old Corvette engine. He has stepped the power down using an array of sewing-machine foot pedals linked together in series.

But if all you folks are living in areas where nobody can manage a fleet of shopping carts, then I suggest you move to Kansas City. Kansas City is an engineering center, and we know how to do this stuff. I haven't had a shopping cart with a wobbly wheel for several years.

When I shop, I park far from the door, and I try to get a cart that's been left out. I figure that the cart gives me a bigger silhouette and reduces the chance of being run down by some idiot who's talking on the cell and listening to the Ipod while driving.

Subject: RE: BS: Shoppin' carts,,, Grrrrr....
From: Little Hawk
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 03:10 PM

Bobert, if you don't take my advice and rent "Trailer Park Boys", I will send Chongo down there to personally kick your ass!

It would be criminal of you not to expose yourself to this unique bit of Canadiana. I know you will reconsider and do what is right...

Subject: RE: BS: Shoppin' carts,,, Grrrrr....
From: Bobert
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 03:21 PM

Well, LH... I could use a good butt whuppin'... Sho nuff could but, hey, I'll rent the danged retarded, ahhhhhhh, mentally challenged movie and just hope that the P-Vine don't find it 'er I'll sho nuff get that butt whuppin'...

B~

Subject: RE: BS: Shoppin' carts,,, Grrrrr....
From: catspaw49
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 03:35 PM

Geeziz I DO try leenia but like right now, he's even moanin' about watching a video ferchrissakes...........

Damn Bobertz...........Ya' know I bet you'd bitch if you was hung with a new rope.

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Shoppin' carts,,, Grrrrr....
From: Little Hawk
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 03:38 PM

No one wants to be hung with a rope that hasn't at least been broken in some! A new rope can chafe, and that's very uncomfortable.

Subject: RE: BS: Shoppin' carts,,, Grrrrr....
From: Bobert
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 03:38 PM

Only if it was scratchy, Spawzer... I hate scratchy rope... Only good fir smokin'... Not worth a crap fir hangin'...

Subject: RE: BS: Shoppin' carts,,, Grrrrr....
From: gnu
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 03:41 PM

They can do that?

Subject: RE: BS: Shoppin' carts,,, Grrrrr....
From: Bert
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 04:51 PM

With apologies to Connie Francis.
Tune "My heart has a mind of its own"


At the local grocery store, I found a shopping cart
But one of its wheels just wouldn't start
although the other three, they all turn left you see
Guess my cart has a mind of its own.

I wanted aisle thirteen to buy some baking goods
but these wheels, they don't turn the way they should
and so I ended up, in personal feminine stuff
Guess my cart has a mind of its own.

The butcher fancies me, each tim I pass him by
he looks me up and down and winks his eye.

I tell this cart of mine to find the checkout line
but it wants to go around just one more time.
I've been around this store eleven times or more
Guess my cart has a mind of its own.

Guess my cart has a mind of its own.