Trust me, I know there are a whole lot of other things in the world, nay the universe, to ponder, but this morning I have to give voice to the question, “Why do people leave their shopping carts strewn about the parking lot?” There can be a perfectly good cart return five cars down and I’ve seen people leave their cart standing. I’m not talking about the elderly, mothers with young children, or handicapped people. I’m talking about your average Joe or Joelene.
It really bugs me and rather than think that possibly I’m obsessing about something fairly trivial, I’ve decided it’s symbolic of facets of our society as a whole. It’s disregard and disrespect for other people’s property, i.e. the store’s cart and even more importantly, the cars it could damage in the parking lot. It’s a fundamental lack of courtesy. It’s slothfulness — leaving it for someone else to pick up after oneself. See, it is no longer simply an errant cart abandoned in a parking spot — it is the manifestation of societal ills making themselves known in a public forum.:o
Okay, so maybe I am obsessing :)…just a little, but does this bug anyone else?
