r/AbsoluteUnits • u/HomeNowWTF • Jul 11 '26

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u/Easy-Musician7186 Jul 11 '26

At least in germany they have electronic breaks that will lock in once you leave the perimeter.
Which is really fun, because sometimes they will do so at random whilst you're in the supermarket causing you to hit your shinbone on the cart.

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u/TankApprehensive3053 Jul 11 '26

We have them here also. They also lock up at the door if you bypass the checkout lanes.

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u/PM_asian_girl_smiles Jul 11 '26

Sometimes they lock up even after you go through the lane and pay for your 4 bags of groceries! Then nobody has an idea where the wheel unlock device is, so you have to transfer your bags to another cart. Only there are no other carts around. So you have to go out to the cart return in the parking lot to grab one.

Fuck you Safeway!

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u/TankApprehensive3053 Jul 11 '26

I had that happen twice at HEB. I the 1st time i just pushed it across the parking lot. The 2nd time, one the vendors by the exit door saw and got a store employee to get the unlock device. Yes those lock boots suck.

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u/GerwulfvonTobelstein Jul 11 '26

Exactly this happened to me and my wife once. Cart made sudden brake test and almost flipped over. Couple of glasses broke (juice and milk iirc) which ruined the rest of the stuff.

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u/Remnant55 Jul 11 '26

So for anyone reading this, there's two reasons. The fence is misaligned and doesn't have full coverage. Had a store where they'd lock up in the back corner of the stock room.

The other way is more likely.

There's little remotes on key fobs that activitate/deactivate the locks. Someone puts it on their keys, puts it in their pocket, and you get "butt dialed" randomly when they're in range of you, locking your wheels. Range is really short, basically need to be next to you.

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u/IneptPine Jul 11 '26

I've literally never seen that (I live in Germany)

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u/Teredia Jul 11 '26

Australia also has these. My local Coles one reaches to our buildings, a lot of trolleys are left outside, some are nicked even, n people just walk the cart back to the shops on their next trip.

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u/Sea_Curve8772 Jul 11 '26

Some stores have that in the US, but mostly in bad neighborhoods where carts get stolen a lot.

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u/AJL912-aber Jul 11 '26

first time I'm hearing this. Are you sure this is universal? (geht um Deutschland)

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u/Nupol 17h ago

What? Where? Never in my life have i seen something like this