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Went shopping today and i had one shopping cart and my mom had another, she hadn't bought anything but a tube of toothpaste at the time, but she parked her cart to walk outside the door of the store to look at some fruit trees, i was a little distance away, Jacob wanted to see the flowers, i happen to look over and this couple comes strolling by, looks over in my moms cart, takes the toothpaste out of it and lays it over on a shelf, and steals the cart!!! :-5:-5

They probably figured that anyone needing a shopping cart just to buy tooth paste must have died and left the cart.:yh_rotfl

Hope6;1152522 wrote: Went shopping today and i had one shopping cart and my mom had another, she hadn't bought anything but a tube of toothpaste at the time, but she parked her cart to walk outside the door of the store to look at some fruit trees, i was a little distance away, Jacob wanted to see the flowers, i happen to look over and this couple comes strolling by, looks over in my moms cart, takes the toothpaste out of it and lays it over on a shelf, and steals the cart!!! :-5:-5


They may have figured the person left the toothpaste behind in the cart. I know hon, I've done it before myself.

A misperception that does happen. Sorry if your mom was inconvenienced. I don't believe most people are mean-spirited.

YZGI;1152525 wrote: They probably figured that anyone needing a shopping cart just to buy tooth paste must have died and left the cart.:yh_rotfl


well if it was me i would think maybe they just hadn't finished shopping yet!:D

besides she only left the cart for a minute! she couldn't take it outside the store with the toothpaste in it because she hadn't paid for it yet.

qsducks;1152526 wrote: They may have figured the person left the toothpaste behind in the cart. I know hon, I've done it before myself.


yeah i would think that too if the cart was outside the store maybe, but this one was still inside, but i guess they could have thought that, but its just weird to me because i would assume that a cart with anything in it was probably being used by someone.

but maybe thats just me!

along-for-the-ride;1152531 wrote: A misperception that does happen. Sorry if your mom was inconvenienced. I don't believe most people are mean-spirited.


it wasn't an incovenience, we doubled up and used the same cart, it was just really weird standing there and watching them take off with the cart!

some people would have probably yelled at them or something but i don't think it was that big a deal!

Hope I actually do find that extremely rude. why not just go to the trolley line and get one? I could imgine how I would feel if I walked off to the meat department and came back to find no trolley. some people just don't think.

Hope6;1152522 wrote: Went shopping today and i had one shopping cart and my mom had another, she hadn't bought anything but a tube of toothpaste at the time, but she parked her cart to walk outside the door of the store to look at some fruit trees, i was a little distance away, Jacob wanted to see the flowers, i happen to look over and this couple comes strolling by, looks over in my moms cart, takes the toothpaste out of it and lays it over on a shelf, and steals the cart!!! :-5:-5


because the cart was just there......they probably thought no one was using it.

Call 911!!

Grand theft, um, cart. :-2

fuzzywuzzy;1152567 wrote: Hope I actually do find that extremely rude. why not just go to the trolley line and get one? I could imgine how I would feel if I walked off to the meat department and came back to find no trolley. some people just don't think.


They did think. They thought "damn those carts are a long ways away"

Nomad;1152830 wrote: They did think. They thought "damn those carts are a long ways away"


I bet thats exactly what they were thinking!

Accountable;1152642 wrote: Call 911!!




You rang?

How rude! Like they can pick up their own blue light specials!

911;1153770 wrote: You rang?


Yeah, go retrieve that awol toothpaste will ya?:wah:

911;1153770 wrote: You rang?
:wah:

911;1153770 wrote: You rang?


:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

911;1153770 wrote: You rang?


:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

qsducks;1153772 wrote: Yeah, go retrieve that awol toothpaste will ya?:wah:


actually i saved the toothpaste i went and got it and put it in my cart! :yh_rotfl

Hope6;1152536 wrote: well if it was me i would think maybe they just hadn't finished shopping yet!:D

besides she only left the cart for a minute! she couldn't take it outside the store with the toothpaste in it because she hadn't paid for it yet. Hope, I sympathise greatly with you. I do all the shopping in our house and I have had run-in's with similar people three times this week. I thought it was the British public. People are rude, greedy and arrogant with little thought for others these days. Worse, they act like this infront of children and set an example. I like the quiet life so i say little to these people.

Peter Lake;1154168 wrote: Hope, I sympathise greatly with you. I do all the shopping in our house and I have had run-in's with similar people three times this week. I thought it was the British public. People are rude, greedy and arrogant with little thought for others these days. Worse, they act like this infront of children and set an example. I like the quiet life so i say little to these people.


that has happened to me before. Turn around for a second and your cart disappears! And mine at the time was loaded with food.:-5

qsducks;1154170 wrote: that has happened to me before. Turn around for a second and your cart disappears! And mine at the time was loaded with food.:-5 I get my revenge in a non confrontational manner. I wait until they are not looking and i take things off the shelf and add them to their cart. They never notice until they get to the checkout. If they ram me with their cart, again when they are not looking, I take their cart off and dump it two aisles away. :wah:

Peter Lake;1154177 wrote: I get my revenge in a non confrontational manner. I wait until they are not looking and i take things off the shelf and add them to their cart. They never notice until they get to the checkout. If they ram me with their cart, again when they are not looking, I take their cart off and dump it two aisles away. :wah:


How long do you take at the store? You could be gone for hours except on the weekend where it's usually packed.:wah: Which would probs make it easier to throw in a few goodies into someone else's cart:wah:

qsducks;1154179 wrote: How long do you take at the store? You could be gone for hours except on the weekend where it's usually packed.:wah: Which would probs make it easier to throw in a few goodies into someone else's cart:wah: The weekend shop is always much better for adding things to people's carts. I try to go for the non essential items such as olives in yaks milk and see the look of wonder on their faces as they get to the checkout. I shop around three times a week mainly because Oscar has absolutely no interest in food shopping what so ever. In fact she has no concept of how food gets from the shop into the cupboards. I have been caught before but i just apologise and claim that i thought it was my cart. Do you have this coin nonsense for getting a cart? Here you have to put a £1 coin in them. This means you have to wheel your cart a mile to where your car is parked, empty your shopping into the car and walk all the way back to get your coin back.

Peter Lake;1154182 wrote: The weekend shop is always much better for adding things to people's carts. I try to go for the non essential items such as olives in yaks milk and see the look of wonder on their faces as they get to the checkout. I shop around three times a week mainly because Oscar has absolutely no interest in food shopping what so ever. In fact she has no concept of how food gets from the shop into the cupboards. I have been caught before but i just apologise and claim that i thought it was my cart. Do you have this coin nonsense for getting a cart? Here you have to put a £1 coin in them. This means you have to wheel your cart a mile to where your car is parked, empty your shopping into the car and walk all the way back to get your coin back.


:wah: Yes, we have those stupid carts, but the blessing is you usually meet someone who is waiting for the cart while you unload it. So nice of them to stalk me for a freekin cart:wah:, the probs really want my parking spot. Oh, I've never been caught throwing other things in (I did it a few times, lol). Maybe I should move into the meat dept. and throw good cuts of beef in next time, the expensive ones, but I was thinking if a man is shopping I should really get gross and throw maxi pads/tampons in:wah:.

qsducks;1154185 wrote: :wah: Yes, we have those stupid carts, but the blessing is you usually meet someone who is waiting for the cart while you unload it. So nice of them to stalk me for a freekin cart:wah:, the probs really want my parking spot. Oh, I've never been caught throwing other things in (I did it a few times, lol). Maybe I should move into the meat dept. and throw good cuts of beef in next time, the expensive ones, but I was thinking if a man is shopping I should really get gross and throw maxi pads/tampons in:wah:. I like that :wah: I should try that. If he's a man throw in some ladie's pants and watch the fur fly at the checkout when the wife see's them.

It has been known when it's very busy to be stalked by a mad person wanting your cart. They try thrusting a £1 coin at you before you've even loaded up. It's then that i pretend i'm Polish and don't understand what they are saying. You see what Oscar misses? She could have such fun!

I'm off for some rest now Duckie. It's been lovely talking to you whiling away the late hours here in England. Oscar will be away for a few days soon for her big race. I understand she is putting a bet on a horse for you? Between you and I, if the tip off has come from her brother, it's rarely wrong. If it's the same one she has backed, it should win. She knows what she's doing in that area. Me, I haven't a clue, they all look the same to me. :wah: I'll say goodnight and catch you again.

Peter Lake;1154194 wrote: I like that :wah: I should try that. If he's a man throw in some ladie's pants and watch the fur fly at the checkout when the wife see's them.

It has been known when it's very busy to be stalked by a mad person wanting your cart. They try thrusting a £1 coin at you before you've even loaded up. It's then that i pretend i'm Polish and don't understand what they are saying. You see what Oscar misses? She could have such fun!

I'm off for some rest now Duckie. It's been lovely talking to you whiling away the late hours here in England. Oscar will be away for a few days soon for her big race. I understand she is putting a bet on a horse for you? Between you and I, if the tip off has come from her brother, it's rarely wrong. If it's the same one she has backed, it should win. She knows what she's doing in that area. Me, I haven't a clue, they all look the same to me. :wah: I'll say goodnight and catch you again.


Yes, she is betting a horse for me. How exciting! A birthday gift on my end:-4. Very thoughtful of Oscar....I know she can be very serious about things on the FG but I see the funny side of her.

Peter Lake;1154168 wrote: Hope, I sympathise greatly with you. I do all the shopping in our house and I have had run-in's with similar people three times this week. I thought it was the British public. People are rude, greedy and arrogant with little thought for others these days. Worse, they act like this infront of children and set an example. I like the quiet life so i say little to these people.


we have had people to make off with our carts before but it was before we had actually put anything in them, but for someone to actually take something out of a cart in order to make off with it, is a new one on me!

We have mini carts here for small shopping and they are elusive. In order to secure the cart I hit the produce section first and put my veggies in. And the best part is Quin likes to climb into the bottom of the cart:wah: so that makes it even more secure.

I'm glad I live in Texas, where people are polite! :p :wah:

sunny104;1154287 wrote: I'm glad I live in Texas, where people are polite! :p :wah:
Never heard of a cart theft in Kansas either.

YZGI;1154317 wrote: Never heard of a cart theft in Kansas either.


heck, people here will even give you their cart! If you're standing behind someone waiting to grab a cart they'll give you theirs and grab another one for themselves. :wah:

YZGI;1154317 wrote: Never heard of a cart theft in Kansas either.


the only time I ever took a cart was when we had to load a keg into it and push it down a dirt path....that was eons ago.:wah:

I like to slip items into unsuspecting shoppers carts. Preperation H, organic apricot juice.......

Nomad;1154977 wrote: I like to slip items into unsuspecting shoppers carts. Preperation H, organic apricot juice.......


Oh, was just talking to Oscar's OH the other night about slipping unsuspected items into other peeps carts especially men's carts. Like tampons/maxi pads, etc.:wah:

qsducks;1155238 wrote: Oh, was just talking to Oscar's OH the other night about slipping unsuspected items into other peeps carts especially men's carts. Like tampons/maxi pads, etc.:wah:


Whats better than that ? Nothing thats what, it doesnt get any better.

I bet God even laughs.

The only downside is when people see you chuckling to yourself while looking at pork chops. Now all of a sudden youre "that weird guy"

Nomad;1155271 wrote: Whats better than that ? Nothing thats what, it doesnt get any better.

I bet God even laughs.

The only downside is when people see you chuckling to yourself while looking at pork chops. Now all of a sudden youre "that weird guy"


:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl Oh it is so fun to chuck stuff into other peeps carts especially men's carts. Oh I'm thinking now of chucking rubbers into women's carts!:sneaky: What do you think?

qsducks;1155278 wrote: :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl Oh it is so fun to chuck stuff into other peeps carts especially men's carts. Oh I'm thinking now of chucking rubbers into women's carts!:sneaky: What do you think?


Rubbers industrial size ky jelly and a cucumber. And take the price off the ky so they have to call over the intercom.

Nomad;1155289 wrote: Rubbers industrial size ky jelly and a cucumber. And take the price off the ky so they have to call over the intercom.


Or better yet, bring a permanent marker with me next time:wah:. Erase the code, hahahahaahha.

Nomad;1155289 wrote: Rubbers industrial size ky jelly and a cucumber. And take the price off the ky so they have to call over the intercom.


:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Odie;1155312 wrote: :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl


yes, that is def. something a woman would throw into a man's cart!:yh_rotfl

qsducks;1155315 wrote: yes, that is def. something a woman would throw into a man's cart!:yh_rotfl


he can have the bill to!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

I feel violated.

Accountable;1155602 wrote: I feel violated.


I won't throw anything into your cart:wah:

Now I feel rejected.

Accountable;1155638 wrote: Now I feel rejected.


So, do you want me to throw in some women's products?:wah:

ya'll are just mean! :p :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Hope6;1156087 wrote: ya'll are just mean! :p :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl


they are!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl



love your sigy!

Odie;1156093 wrote: they are!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl



love your sigy!


thanks honey! i just went to photobucket and typed in hope and there it was!

Hope6;1156087 wrote: ya'll are just mean! :p :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl


Umm, what to throw in Hope's cart? Any ideas?:yh_rotfl