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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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[–] elxeno@lemm.ee 84 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 5 points 2 years ago

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

[–] AquaTofana@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years 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.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

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[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] CodyCannoli@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

Permanently

[–] LifeOfChance@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 10 points 2 years 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.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.

[–] kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years 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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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 9 points 2 years ago

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

[–] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] LifeOfChance@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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

[–] user1234@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

It’s vintage!

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Did you do the push and ride?

[–] LifeOfChance@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

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

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] LifeOfChance@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years 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.

[–] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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

[–] Lawnman23@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

[–] DoctorSpocktopus@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 years 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:

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years 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.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I guess they're good for a core workout?

[–] DrCake@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years 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

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years 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

[–] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

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[–] LifeOfChance@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Yupp! Flawless haven't seen new carts in 20ish years so I was thrilled.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 6 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Amaltheamannen@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This just looks like a normal shopping cart?

[–] LifeOfChance@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years 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.

[–] Cap@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] 0xb@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

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

[–] bluebadoo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago
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