• sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz
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    11 months ago

    A friend of mine worked at Target and he said the best part of the day was collecting carts.

    EDIT: I guess I’m lucky to live where the “cold” in the winter is in the 50s, and the “hot” of the summer is in the high 80s.

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        11 months ago

        Hey it’s that or customers, I always wanted the trolley job. Only got to do it once when the usual guy was sick. Didn’t have to talk to a soul, could use my iPod. The day went so much faster.

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        11 months ago

        Especially in the heat of summer. I feel bad for the cart wranglers when I see them going around the parking lot in the middle of the day.

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          11 months ago

          What my man Edric here says is facts bc doing that in the summer or the winter is balls.

          It’s ok ish spring and late fall but between our car delivery people and the cart people two of them got hit by a car within 6 months or so.

          I’d much rather keep my annoying ass spot in electronics than be constantly pinching my fingers on carts and finnicking with the stupid cart wrangler controller in the hot sun or freezing winter

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      11 months ago

      The thing is, you still have to have someone collect them even when they’re in their proper spot you just don’t have parking spaces that could have had a car them filled with a shopping trolley, or trolleys rolling off and hitting parked cars. You also make that trolley guy’s day better by not making them have to pull the trolleys from places they aren’t supposed to be.

      I used to work at a supermarket and agree that the trolley collection was by far the best job but I still hate those motherfuckers that leave their trolley just anywhere especially in otherwise valid parking spots.

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      11 months ago

      Greatly depends on the time of day, and the environment.

      Cool breeze and an off hours so things are quiet and still? Yeah that’s not a bad way to spend 15-45 minutes. Middle of the summer when it’s 85F (30C) outside or middle of a downpour freezing water? Not so great. And don’t even get me started on blizzard conditions or people shoving carts up onto the grass cause the extra 20 steps to the cart corral was just too much.