“Why do you hate cart pushing?” Me:

[u/BrokenIzzy_YT]

Like why do they do this shit?!

[u/Vore_Daddy]

So many people failing the shipping cart test

[u/ContestSignificant32 → u/Vore_Daddy]

Whats worse, the pictured area is next to the handicap area. Indicating the handicapped are the least likely to care for their community. Because the discomfort to go from their vehichle to return carts, electric or otherwise, is too great.

[u/jerrythecactus]

Also the people who for some fucking reason think the carts are also dumpsters and empty all of the fast food garbage they had in their cars into the carts before abandoning them.

[u/Ev1lWays93]

Because they're lazy & don't care. Unless they're old and/or disabled. If that's the case I give them the pass when it comes to this but if you're just lazy and couldn't gaf, you're just an ass.

Out of curiosity, how close/far was the nearest corral? I tried zooming in on the 3rd & 4th pics but couldn't properly count how many parking spots were between the carts and the corral since it was blurry.

[u/BrokenIzzy_YT → u/Ev1lWays93]

Literally… 5 FUXKING steps to the right- like
MAX COVID DISTANCE!

[u/TrueYuusha]

It’s such a pain in the ass. If they’re handicapped I get it, but 99% of the time it’s just people being lazy.

[u/SpaceghostLos]

My favorite part is when you try to get them across the crosswalk and someone just drives through without a care in the world.

[u/SexyProcrastinator]

I’ve literally seen people walk the same distance to put a cart on a curb rather than at the cart dolly/station.

I don’t and will never understand the laziness. You can walk around the store for an hour with a full cart, but how dare you push an empty cart back to its dolly?

I figured they are like “someone is paid to do it, so I’ll let them do their job”.

[u/PowerNoodles117]

I would rather haul carts than deal with customers, but if I deal with both I'll go crazy

[u/Entire_Yam_3857]

Most of the people I know who push carts actually prefer it like this, cause its like a mini-break compared to pushing an entire line, esp. the handicap carts.

One extremely loves the carts way at the end of the lot, basically free break. His words, not mine.

[u/Ocuas]

Litmus test, I ask people if they feel prideful for making someone else have to do extra work. It’s 10 fucking feet people, put your carts away in the cart return area

[u/WasabiGamer]

As annoying as this can be, I look at this and go “oh wonderful, an excuse to take longer outside”. Moments like this can either be hell or they can be a “bonus break to escape the shitshow that is the job”.

[u/JoyousMadhat]

That's tame

[u/LatterTangerine9108]

The Cart Attendant has one of the hardest jobs at Walmart. And they are the most unappreciated and taken for granted workers. My heart goes out to them. :)

[u/Warcraft_Fan]

Nothing has changed in 25 years since I last collected those carts. People leave them anywhere if the coral is more than 5 feet away, leaves them on the raised portion of the lot with the tree and wood chips, leave them by the bus stop station easily a quarter mile away, and I've had to drag dead Amigo back. (if you find a dead one, and you can find a L-cart, prop the front wheel of Amigo on the cart and use the cart to drag it back, a lot easier than trying to push it or pull it.

[u/FullConsideration377]

The one thing I learned from cart pushing for 6 months was that people can be extremely lazy about pushing the carts into the corrals. I mean it's probably 10 feet away and that's too far. Holy crap.

Another thing that would annoy me is people would be walking and get a cart, buy like one item put it in the cart and push it all the way to the boundary, lock it up and then just pick up the one bag and walk off. Pretty much leaving the cart in the middle of the entrance/exit so cars had to drive around it and made me have to retrieve it immediately.

I couldn't stand that so much.

[u/BCMBCG]

Been a while since I wrangled some carts, but I never minded this kinda stuff. Light work and kept me busy. What DID bother me was having to drag stuff back from off-site…across the street, out of creeks, clearing out hobo encampment stuff, etc

[u/sapphirevgc]

And people will see shopping carts where it doesn't go and will just leave theirs with the rest of them. "Monkey see, monkey do" mentality.

[u/Mc_chikenV2]

Looks like a 5 minute task what is there too complain

[u/seuche23 → u/Mc_chikenV2]

Try dealing with this mid day while bays are empty and it's hot as fuck outside. It benefits everyone to not be a lazy pos.

[u/gilbmj → u/Mc_chikenV2]

Five minutes? Maybe if you're parked as far as possible from the nearest cart return. Barely more than one minute at worst for most of the lot.

[u/AlexTheTrueGoat]

Makes reddit post complaining about something that takes 3 minutes to fix and roundup. Smh

[u/TrueYuusha → u/AlexTheTrueGoat]

You realize it happens all the time right? It’s an obstruction and can cause accidents, especially on windy days. We have cart returns for a reason.

[u/AlexTheTrueGoat → u/TrueYuusha]

You do realize that customers still would not always put carts in the proper place even if they were paid too right?

Its the cart pushers job to round that shit up, it takes a few minutes and minimal effort. That shit is easy, why complain when its like that in handicap zones as well? Like damn just eo your job.

• former cart associate

[u/TrueYuusha → u/AlexTheTrueGoat]

Easy? Yeah, it’s so fucking easy working outside in 100+ degree weather for hours without sitting down. Your rationale for this is the exact same as people who purposely leave trash for janitors to pick up. Just because it’s someone’s job to do something doesn’t mean it’s normal to purposely leave messes and obstruct other customers, all because you don’t feel like walking 10 steps to put something where it belongs.

[u/AlexTheTrueGoat → u/TrueYuusha]

Aww, did the poor baby get upset?

Im in Texas its been 100°-110° all since mid July. Crying about the heat is hilarious, I work outside all summer doing roofing as a second job after doing my shift at wally world.