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As you can see it's shiny new and still has its packaging on it. It's was so smooth and quiet!

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[–] [email protected] 85 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

This is hilarious. Can't believe I've never seen it before!

[–] [email protected] 60 points 8 months ago (1 children)

did it have that new cart smell?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I wonder what it tastes like.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

I imagine it tastes like sweet sweet covid.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Brand new and already has rust. Classic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if they know that spot is prone to rust so that's actually grease to help prevent it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

That's a great thought however this specfic cart had a couple small spots of rust the one pictured is the worst. It's winter here which is pretty rough on these.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

In fairness this probably sat outside for 6m waiting to be put together. It's also winter here so it'll speed it up.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago (1 children)

OPs reaction is how I envision my parents reacted to my birth:

"Oh she's so shiny and new and still has the packaging on! She's so smooth and quiet!"

Little did they know the busted, loud, dirty ho I would one day become.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

My parents would say: "oh, you were so cute. [pause] What happened?"

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Steal it...? No no no, I'm not a criminal

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Permanently

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Far to much work in the middle of a massive ice storm

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Walmart carts are always shit because they use those power pushers to bring them in from the lot, which invariably tweaks the frame and wheel alignment.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I mean are you gonna go get the whole row yourself, especially when you need to get like fifty in the thing at a time?

I used to do carts at a Sam's Club. Tbh I kinda liked it; easy job, got me moving and outside, and we got free Gatorade and such (they provided water and sunscreen as well). On busy days that garage full of carts could be empty in minutes, so it was just a constant flow of bringing them back in when we were out.

Also I remember the time we got a whole shipment of brand new carts. That was an exciting day, even just bringing them out and around from the dock.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

I did the same for Kroger, except we were given rope to tie them all together cause someone broke the cart thing

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

Quick, help it make its migration to the river to reproduce!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This makes me uncomfortable. Can you bend the wheels a little to make it better?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

My little ones reaction was "I miss the bumps they felt funny" lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Haha. Fun, rhythmic ride that's so bumpy it's almost like a roller coaster vs no stimuli grocery shopping

I'm on their side 100% 2/10. Would not sit in basket

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

It’s vintage!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Do all 4 wheels spin? NA is waaay behind when it comes to shopping cart tech.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (2 children)

IKEA carts do that. I both love it and hate it sometimes.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

Gotta do the old cart spin, the wife hates it because I’m “knocking over children and old people”, but nothing beats seeing that KALLAX do the ol’ 800 gon spinaroo :italian_hand:

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

I hate it. I almost never want my cart to go sideways and it takes so much effort to keep the thing rolling straight.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Carts with four swiveling casters are so much harder to steer. Rigid rear and swivel front is the better configuration.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Some are not yet ready to ascend to the glory of omnidirectional movement.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I guess they're good for a core workout?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

At Costco in the UK they have them like this one where the back wheels don’t spin and it’s infuriating. The technology exists, use it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

A guess is that the ones that dont turn, are meant to go on escallators (or whatever you call those escalator ramps).

The wheel rims slot into the escalator surface and stops them from rolling, like brakes. If the wheels could turn, there mayde is a higher risk of them not stopping on the ramps

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

No, Ikea carts have both four-wheel swiveling and can go on the travellator.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

OK - my theory did not hold 👍

I also just now noticed that OP has shared a picture of a cart with stiff rear wheels and no brakes

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

All this time and making the front page was this easy!?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

It's a new site man not reddit where this would have died. It's something that is by all definition mildly interesting ESPECIALLY to those of us past our kinder ages.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Did you do the push and ride?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Push test I did but I'm the guy you see videos of when the cart decides it wants to play rodeo lol

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Jackass crew: So, we took that as a challenge.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This just looks like a normal shopping cart?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Walmart Carts infamously have 3 kinda working wheels and 1 that likes to just do its own thing. This bad boy had 4 wheels working flawlessly not needing to be forced in any direction.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

just recently read how much those cost and damn, you really got a treat today

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)
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