finally I did it

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(04/18/2013)[-]

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(04/18/2013)[-]

for all of you dont know the awesomeness that took place, some stores have that little mechanism on the cart, so you need to put a coin in to use the cart. the idea is that if you put the cart back in the corral, you can get your coin back. if you leave it out, they get your coin

the little key thats plugged into is next to impossible to plug into itself. I have spent hours of my life trying to plug that little ****** in on itself, and its finally been done :'D

#43 to #7 - eatinyojello

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(04/19/2013)[-]

You've spent hours shopping at the same store?

#50 to #43 - spambassador

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(04/19/2013)[-]

I know I have been in a store in for more then an hour before, and I know ive been to a store more then once. it compiles.

#32 to #7 - ROTFLcopter**User deleted account**

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(04/19/2013)[-]

I don't get it. What do you mean plug the key in on itself?

#14 to #7 - fuckyouiamcat

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(04/18/2013)[-]

Where is this? I've never seen it in the U.S. This definitely needs to be everywhere.

#15 to #14 - ctenop

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(04/19/2013)[-]

Really? Wow, every shop (bar tesco) uses this in the uk. You put a pound, euro or token (you can buy it and have it on a key ring). Also lots of places have magnets in the wheels meaning you can't take them away from the store, and on travelators (imagine escalators without the stairs) they stay still. In a town center near me, there is a signal stopping you from taking trolleys past a certain point.

#153 to #15 - fuckyouiamcat

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(04/19/2013)[-]

Yes, we have those travelators here in Peru too. (I'm an American living in Peru, sorry for any confusion)

And here in Peru, we also have lockers with the same concept. You put in a coin, lock your stuff in the locker and take out the key. When you put the key back in and get your stuff, you get your coin back.

#161 to #153 - ctenop

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(04/19/2013)[-]

Yeah, we have that too haha. But to be fair, you put a £ in, you nick the trolley and all you lose is a £ haha. We even have lockers to put your trolly in while you eat a cafe or summin haha

#35 - pretzalman

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(04/19/2013)[-]

I'm am so ******* confused, is this a European thing? What is it? Why is it amazing? So many questions....

#38 to #35 - mrjweezy

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(04/19/2013)[-]

they got those ******* in new york state too.

#83 to #38 - ephyra

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(04/19/2013)[-]

'Straya as well.

#99 to #38 - elmosays

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(04/19/2013)[-]

if it's not in New York City it doesn't matter.

#52 to #35 - yourbuddynick

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(04/19/2013)[-]

They have this Canada that was my face when i first saw it

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#40 to #36 - thereisaguy

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(04/19/2013)[-]

It's called a security deposit, it incentivizes returning your cart so the employees don't have to hike around the parking lot collecting them.

#68 to #40 - texasredneck

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(04/19/2013)[-]

So... I completely got mad seeing the word "incentivizes" because, hell that doesn't even sound like a real word. But rather than immediately rage like an illiterate Neanderthal I looked it up on Google; lo and behold it's an actual word... The English language really sucks. Kudos on your vocabulary 'ol chap. Gif unrelated.

#44 to #40 - fuzzysixx

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(04/19/2013)[-]

Plus it can be good profit for homeless people.

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#39 to #36 - pretzalman

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(04/19/2013)[-]

Thanks, I live on the west coast so I guess I'm a little ill-informed

#169 to #39 - mizzycupcakes

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(04/20/2013)[-]

west coast never gets the cool stuff like the east does v.v

#64 to #36 - betterguygreg

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(04/19/2013)[-]

Are you in southern/central/northern Illinois?

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#125 to #35 - octaviano

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(04/19/2013)[-]

Wait, YOU 'mericans don't have this awesome thing?

HA!

#10 - joshythehipster

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(04/18/2013)[-]

HFW

#47 - levchenko

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(04/19/2013)[-]

HOW DARE YOU!

#56 - prisonerzero

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(04/19/2013)[-]

THATS... IMPOSSIBLE

#70 - emcemc

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(04/19/2013)[-]

This is like bagged milk all over again. What the **** is this **** even about?

#116 to #70 - anon id: f2ea6589

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(04/19/2013)[-]

That's not like bagged milk at all. This is in the US. And bagged milk is a diluted concept which only someone who's spent too much time near radiation would consider. That's a cart with a return reward/punishment. You give a coin to that box, if you stick that key in you get it back. Well, the idea is that you can't just get your coin with your cart and leave it randomly about. What I always did was found someone who wasn't paying attention and cart locked them and left.

#172 to #116 - emcemc

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(04/20/2013)[-]

#21 - teddyripper

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(04/19/2013)[-]

Proud to be American where you don't pay to use a cart

#33 to #21 - brigettasandra

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(04/19/2013)[-]

Proud to be educated so I can prove that not all American's are stupid.

From Aldi's website,

"Why do I need a quarter to use a shopping cart at ALDI?

At ALDI, we cut costs every way we can to keep prices low. Our shopping cart deposit system is a good example. You insert a quarter to release a cart. When you return the cart, you get your quarter back. This system cuts down on the labor of collecting carts left in the parking lot, damage to cars, and we pass the savings on to you."

#34 to #33 - brigettasandra

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(04/19/2013)[-]

*Americans

#98 - dollydagger

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(04/19/2013)[-]

I've been trying to do that for years