Shopping cart retention has been an issue for a long
time. It’s apparently right up there with shoplifting as a factor in the rising
cost of goods.
There are companies that make a living sending trucks
round neighborhoods near supermarkets to pick up and return carts that that
have gone walkabout. And at some of its newer stores, Target has installed a
tech solution that combines a transmitter in their carts with something
embedded in the gribbly pavement that forms a barrier to parking lot exits.
Once the cart passes over the yellow raised dots, the wheels lock.
Well, that’s the theory, anyway. I haven’t tested it.
However, on one of my walks the other day I came across
this notice in a cart, which basically advises the consumer that it’s equipped
with that wheel-locking capability, so leave it in the parking lot:
However, the cart in question was about a mile from the
nearest grocery stores, so someone defeated the device.
Hmm—possibly someone from VW?
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