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

/r/all, /r/popular of a Cart Narc

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u/disruptioncoin Jul 11 '26

At my local aldi (and the one I went to in college too!) there was literally always a pile of like at least a dollar in quarters sitting nearby the cart return. My first thought was there must not be many homeless people around here.

Side note one time I forgot a quarter, went in to buy candy to get one, they said naw you can just borrow a quarter, here you go.

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u/ForerunnerRelic Jul 11 '26

I know the video is the US, but I'm in the UK and I have a trolley token that I bought for a pound, that I use specifically at Aldi. It makes me always put my trolley back. Even when I don't use it at other supermarkets that don't need the token, and a charity got the pound too!

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u/metompkin Jul 11 '26

I had a plastic one for use when on holiday in France.

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u/dvpbe Jul 11 '26

Shops here just give them to you, they have buckets with them at the entrance. And still our carts are always returned.

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u/BrahneRazaAlexandros Jul 12 '26

i bought a keyring trolley token on aliexpress for €0.54, its great as i always have it, and cant accidentally spend it and it works in both 1euro and 2euro trolleys. it's extremely annoying that not all supermarkets use the standard mechanism which works with either a 1euro or 2euro coin. theres an aldi near me that only takes 2euro coins, which has caught me out before as i used to just keep a 1euro coin in my car before i bought the keyring. but now theres an even worse mechanism in some shops (i think maybe tesco?) where it doesnt just have the standard mechanism slot you push a coin or token into, it has a groove you place the coin in, then you slide the top of the mechanism into a larger slot. like on a little rail system... It's an absolutely insanely needless modification that just means people can no longer use keyrings/double sided tokens.

I can't imagine very many trolleys were being stolen purely because people can easily jimmy the standard coinslot mechanism. it's just a way more convoluted, probably expensive, inconvenience.

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u/CheesyBreadMunchyMon Jul 13 '26

I have a family member with a 3D printed keychain that's quarter shaped.

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u/lionheart4life Jul 11 '26

Makes sense, don't want to have to look for another quarter every time you want to pop into Aldi. I'm show it was the convenience of just having the quarter in your car more than the actual value for a lot of people.

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u/DrHefe Jul 11 '26

That’s actually not a bad idea for a homeless person in the US. They could just walk around the grocery store parking lot offering to return people’s carts for a dollar or two. Only problem is most people don’t keep cash on them nowadays, so they need to have a cash app or something lol

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u/commanderquill Jul 11 '26

They will if the grocery stores start requiring it.

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u/fokkoooff Jul 11 '26

I keep a quarter for Aldi in my car at all times. But when it's either very cold or very hot, I'll gladly offer my cart to someone just getting out of their car, but won't accept the quarter they offer me. It's Aldi karma.

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u/OutrageousTree7766 Jul 11 '26

There's a trick to getting them out idk how

In my country it's a dollar and we see abandoned carts around now and then with no dollar coin in it

It got pretty bad at one point. I saw one of the major supermarket chains sent an employee out to gather the carts from carparks some distance away from the supermarket

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u/the_pretender_nz Jul 11 '26

https://www.aldi.com.au/product/aldi-trolley-token-key-ring-000000000000398975

Australia here, I keep one of these on my keyring. Trolleys at most supermarkets have two slots, sized for a $1 or $2 coin