I've been here a little while, even had an account back when I first finally ended up deciding to come see for myself what all the fuss was about having nothing better to do for reasons, which I indeed lost after most recent kerfuffle. It doesn't matter but after all that for all the reasons that possibly could've been to finally decide to make a new account and have my say once again dagnamit I never would've predicted a debate over the returning of the hallowed shopping carts would be the thing to do it.
What a time to be alive.
True this one isn't demanding women wax their balls on threat of legal actions or poisoning confused children both mentally and irreparably physically but I wasn't aware that was a requirement for lolcowdom
. In fact something so light-hearted as this may be what attracts me and dare I say find fairly refreshing in the midst of... Things. In fact for all those praising and heralding the return of their cart messiah what if I told you he in truth wants people to leave their carts out? Simple fact if there are no carts left out there are no videos and if there are no videos we have a very bored, potentially penniless, lolcow in need of a new outlet for his very obvious and clearly cowish tendencies even to someone who has watched a number totaling somewhere in the vicinity of zero of his videos.
But, for the record, I always return my carts. Not because it's the 'right' thing to do or 'morally correct' or even because it may be helpful to the wranglers whom I get the feeling actually enjoy chasing down the carts funnily enough or even simply good manners and in fact where I'm from while they used to use coins as an insurance policy in recent years they have gone high tech. The store has a perimeter and if one attempts to remove a cart from said perimeter electronic brakes immobilise it until a wrangler arrives to disable them. Which is probably a good idea in theory at least but still rather optimistic as my store happens to be literally overlooking a large river and if anyone tells you where they're from people always return their carts they just don't have any rivers nearby. There aren't many certainties in life but one is stores + rivers = carts in rivers.
But as I say I return my cart every time for none of those reasons. Much like when I go out for a nice walk perhaps taking my camera or some paper to do some sketching I don't do it because I am 'great artist' or all should stand in awe of great such works with my steps heralding the coming of such greatness perhaps for a 'second' time. I do it because I enjoy it. I enjoy when I'm returning it to the corral and perhaps someone on their way in spots me and offers to take it off my hands briefly excahnging pleasantries as we go off on our way or other such mildly enjoyable social events such as someone seeing me sketching/photographing asking what I'm up to or perhaps wanting to have a look also. Much like practically everything I choose to do in life I simply just like doing it.
If I were to spot this fellow at my store I might well find myself in a paradox regarding what I quite like more in fact. Needless to say, let's not let logic and reason intrude on an otherwise thoroughly autistic slapfight, Godspeed all you exceptional individuals.
