Shopping Carts

Twice in as many days I saw people leave their shopping carts in the parking lots instead of walking them to the stalls that stores provide in the lots (or at the front of the store.) In most cases, the stalls are usually within 5 spaces of where anyone parks.

So here's my .02 on this; please people, put your carts in the stalls. I had Cooper and Ava with me, and once I a cart started rolling into the path of vehicles (slope of the road caused it to start rolling), and the second time, the abandoned cart caught a stiff wind and started rolling into straight into the driver door of a parked vehicle. It would have taken no time to return the carts, and avoid the damage that the cart users were, now, no longer there to witness. Both times, I was able to rush with the kids and stop them, but it still bothers me.

Because the store provides a place to return the carts, the store is NOT liable for damage to the vehicles made by shopping carts. In fact, the person who left the cart out IS. That would mean if someone left a cart out, and a witness saw that cart hit another vehicle and took their information and reported it, the individual who left the cart (not the store) can be turned in/sued for the damage.

Another way to look at it is this; if you were assaulted with a baseball bat in a sporting goods store, who would be responsible? Not the store.