I’m always looking for topics to write about.
Writing a different post every day can sometimes be difficult. However, I like a challenge, so I follow unusual Facebook pages and receive a lot of e-newsletters on varying subjects to keep my curiosity fed. Today I stumbled upon a question worthy of consideration, and that made me think of another, more important question.
If you fly, you know that you have to place small bags, laptops, wands, jackets, liquids, shoes, belts, and furry monsters (under three ounces please) in gray bins that then go through the scanners. One passenger can easily use three or four bins.
As people gather their items after they themselves go through the “assume the position” scanner, all those now empty bins are lying there, slowing down the conveyer belt. On a good day, a TSA employee is removing the bins faster than you can empty them, but that is the exception. So here is the question:
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Do you take your bins down to the cart at the end, do you take all the bins you see down to the cart at the end, or do you leave the bins where they are sitting?
This question was tweeted by Meg! Lewis! (I learned about it in a Nat Geo e-newsletter.) No one responded that they left their bins behind. I’m not surprised. Someone who does that isn’t the type to read travel tweets.
However, there was a split between those who only take their own bins and those who take all the bins. I do either, depending on how long I have before boarding.
You can let me know your answer to this question, but I would rather know the answer to the following connected question.
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Do you take your empty grocery cart to the collection site in the parking lot, or do you just leave it near your vehicle?
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Do you take other orphaned carts to the collection site?
Not everyone flies, but everyone goes grocery shopping and uses a cart sometimes (I prefer a basket, but it’s not an option when I’m buying cat food.) So, what do you do with your cart?
I always, always, always, return my cart, and sometimes I rescue other carts. Abandoned carts are a huge pet peeve of mine.
Feel free to let me know your answer in the comments. I won’t judge you. Of course, I hope that no one just abandons their cart, but obviously, some people do. I see them all the time.
For those who help others by collecting bins or grocery carts, thank you very much.