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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy do so many grocery carts have a wheel that's out of whack?
And goes bump, bump, bump, all over the place and drives you nuts? Whats really happening?
That's pretty deep.
True Dough
(17,313 posts)And, to make matters worse, I ALWAYS get in the slowest-moving checkout line!!
Don't shop with me. You've been forewarned!
MyOwnPeace
(16,936 posts)I'm the "wizard" at checkout lines AND lines in the bank!
skylucy
(3,739 posts)hlthe2b
(102,320 posts)coti
(4,612 posts)Girard442
(6,081 posts)Once one wheel goes, people favor the better carts. After a while, they all end up with one bad wheel.
Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)Grammy23
(5,810 posts)They are kamakazi shoppers and the carts are tough but after being banged into each other hundreds of times they get out of whack. When I pull out a cart and it goes lump lump or is wonky, I go back for another one. Life is too short for that sh*t.
Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)Especially kids that think banging them together.
And parking lots that are in bad shape don't help.
tavernier
(12,394 posts)Sorry.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,356 posts)tavernier
(12,394 posts)BusyBeingBest
(8,058 posts)instead of putting them into the cart corrals.
Polly Hennessey
(6,801 posts)DonaldsRump
(7,715 posts)If there weren't wheel welfare, wheel health care, and wheel unemployment insurance, along with wheel economic stimuli, these wheels would learn to take care of themselves and not depend on others.
Damn' socialist wheels!
(of course)
marybourg
(12,633 posts)DonaldsRump
(7,715 posts)ornotna
(10,804 posts)That's a must at Walmart, theirs are the worst.
marie999
(3,334 posts)ornotna
(10,804 posts)I always try to get them too when there.
awesomerwb1
(4,268 posts)a wheel that hardly spins or a cart that pulls HARD to one side(this one pisses me off the most).
Pobeka
(4,999 posts)Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)Ziggysmom
(3,409 posts)Why?
LeftInTX
(25,440 posts)I never have a problem at HEB
I do have problems at WalMart and Target
It's all about maintenance
Mariana
(14,858 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,111 posts)...because they go outside, water displaces the lubricant in the wheel bearings, eventually.
Doesn't take long for rust to seize the bearing.
We never see the carts with 4 bad wheels, because when the staff can't move them, they scrapped to use the metal to build new!
The wheels might be romvable so they can be replaced. I never checked.
But, I'm certain that scrapped grocery carts become new shopping carts.
CaptainTruth
(6,598 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)I knew someone who had a small store and said that smooth carts disappear, wobbly or noisy ones last forever. Shoppers complain but they still shop there so why bother or repair.
JHB
(37,161 posts)...but it's gremlins.
BumRushDaShow
(129,228 posts)And as some posted up thread, the ones that squeal and squeak all loud, which is embarrassing when you are walking down an aisle. And then it'll suddenly start shuddering when a wheel gets stuck, forcing you to push the thing so that it slides (not rolls) forward, so you can keep moving.
mdelaguna
(471 posts)njhoneybadger
(3,910 posts)beaglelover
(3,487 posts)ananda
(28,869 posts)randr
(12,412 posts)It just gets around a lot.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)Brand new cars, no wobbly wheels.
occupant
(166 posts)Having worked in the grocery business all my life, I recall 30 yrs ago we had a cart guy. Yup, a guy in a box truck used to come by once every 3 months or so and he fixed the carts. He changed broken wheels, fixed cracked handles and smoothed out any rough spots, then he powerwashed 'em all. It was awesome !
marybourg
(12,633 posts)StarryNite
(9,456 posts)Chiyo-chichi
(3,583 posts)that the relatively new "anti-theft wheel locks" that many stores have these days kind of lock up when they shouldn't.
Brother Buzz
(36,449 posts)TrishaJ
(798 posts)And it's usually the LAST available cart!
Meowmee
(5,164 posts)One, they arent well designed, two, they get a lot of use and misuse, and three they are not maintained well etc. The worst for me are the noisy wheel ones that go bump, bump etc. and the ones that verge to one side. I ditch them for a new one. Costco and Wholefoods seem to have the best carts. One Bjs in our area just replaced all of theirs with a new design which has a smaller higher front seat area which I dont like because I put large boxes of cat food there so as not to have to lift them too much. They also seem to be wider. I think the plastic Target carts are the best but they seem to get noisy wheels quickly.
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)A wheel rotates around a single axle; a caster is a wheel mounted in such a way that it also rotates around its vertical axis. This is easily knocked out of alignment and wobbles.
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)you thought things couldn't get worse...
K&R
spanone
(135,855 posts)USALiberal
(10,877 posts)hatrack
(59,590 posts)ANTIFA!!!
LIBTARDS!!!!
HER EMAILS!!!!
backtoblue
(11,344 posts)doc03
(35,358 posts)surrealAmerican
(11,362 posts)that, and shoddy maintenance
theneworiginal
(302 posts)I read it on the internet on Cart-Anon. They hate shoppers' freedom. Damn Liberals.
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)🤣🤣🤣
NCjack
(10,279 posts)and fruit manager has taken the rest of them into receiving area, where he loads them with stuff to be put out for sale. If you bribe that manager, you can get his worse shopping cart.
SeattleVet
(5,477 posts)but there's a really wicked windstorm going on 3 inches above the ground.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,336 posts)(noun)
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