People will gripe about ANYTHING

[Cholo]

Nothing surprises me, anymore. What's up with people and their cup holders? Wah wah wah, my new car only has six cup holders

I had a rule with my kids and grandkids: No sugar drinks in my vehicles! There are no exceptions or eventually one, or more, gets spilled, but it wasn't their fault. Not going to happen. What is it with kids, adults too, who always need to be sipping on something? It's gotta be an oral fixation thing.

I see this article about Costco getting new shopping carts. We call them buggies here, but most areas of the country call them carts. Now, Costco has always had the best carts. They ride glass smooth and never have a boogedy wheel like at Walmart. You let a Walmart cart go and it will veer straight into a wall of condoms, every time. Not at Costco(y)

So, Costco's getting new carts and the people are disgruntled. What's their main complaint? They still don't have cup holders. I :poop: you not!

"Why don't carts come with built in cupholders? We have the technology!" said one user." You mean the technology to mold plastic, they have that now? No, we're not that advanced.

"Still doesn't have a holder for cups for when we buy coffee / smoothies," another person added." Um, how 'bout drinking it in the food court where you're supposed to instead of spilling it all over the merchandise and floor for others to walk thru, meathead! What a novel idea :rolleyes:

Rant over (LOL)

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/li...8WjENMorKqjmYd_U70NScVc8VRopMc4CUUmYTs4KcKO5M

 

[Fox Mike]

Some would complain if they were being hung with a new rope.

 

[dweis]

I think Costco should be innovative when it comes to its shopping carts. After all some people have a lot of needs. The best additions for the upscale crowd are:

Cup holder so you don't spill your $4 coffee from Starbucks
Smart phone app so you can readily access texts an emails while shopping without needing to access a pocket or purse.
Paper towel holder so you can wipe your hands if you spill the coffee in them.
Voice activated directional display to direct you to whatever you want to buy.
Cooler to keep cold item cold while yoybshop.
Motor to propel cart because all add-ons will make it harder to push.

But my real gripe is that Costco does not have hand carry baskets so when you only are buying a few items you don't have to push a big cart around.
Happy New Year!

 

[hittman]

If drinking and driving is illegal then maybe cup holders should be banned from automobiles.
Nothing too random or ridiculous to mandate these days.

 

[caryc]

But my real gripe is that Costco does not have hand carry baskets so when you only are buying a few items you don't have to push a big cart around.
Happy New Year!

I could say the same thing about Home Depot.

 

[woodsy]

Around here, Big-Y and Market 32 have both small carts and large carts. We pick the small ones every time because how much does a couple of people need to buy? And they are so much easier to navigate.

 

[epags]

Around here, Big-Y and Market 32 have both small carts and large carts. We pick the small ones every time because how much does a couple of people need to buy? And they are so much easier to navigate.

You haven't seen my spouse's shopping list!

 

[BULL'S-EYE]

In most cases (Guns and Groceries excluded) I have an intense dislike for shopping. My SOP is to get in, get what I'm after, and get the OUT... As quickly as possible! A cup holder for my shopping cart has never once before reading this post, entered into my thinking. But, I have absolutely no doubt whatsoever that certain types would complain about such a ridiculous thing.

 

[Snake45]

Nothing surprises me, anymore. What's up with people and their cup holders? Wah wah wah, my new car only has six cup holders

I had a rule with my kids and grandkids: No sugar drinks in my vehicles! There are no exceptions or eventually one, or more, gets spilled, but it wasn't their fault. Not going to happen. What is it with kids, adults too, who always need to be sipping on something? It's gotta be an oral fixation thing.

I see this article about Costco getting new shopping carts. We call them buggies here, but most areas of the country call them carts. Now, Costco has always had the best carts. They ride glass smooth and never have a boogedy wheel like at Walmart. You let a Walmart cart go and it will veer straight into a wall of condoms, every time. Not at Costco(y)

So, Costco's getting new carts and the people are disgruntled. What's their main complaint? They still don't have cup holders. I :poop: you not!

"Why don't carts come with built in cupholders? We have the technology!" said one user." You mean the technology to mold plastic, they have that now? No, we're not that advanced.

"Still doesn't have a holder for cups for when we buy coffee / smoothies," another person added." Um, how 'bout drinking it in the food court where you're supposed to instead of spilling it all over the merchandise and floor for others to walk thru, meathead! What a novel idea :rolleyes:

Rant over (LOL)

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/li...8WjENMorKqjmYd_U70NScVc8VRopMc4CUUmYTs4KcKO5M

Sounds like an idea for a new product. I can see/hear someone pitching a new "shopping cart cup holder" on Shark Tank and having at least two of the Sharks (one of them being Lori) fighting to make the deal. ;)

 

[RoninPA]

I have never taken something into a grocery store (or any other store) that I need a cup holder. The grocery store I shop at has a Starbucks in the store, right near where the carts are, but I don't see people stopping there to get something and then bringing it into the store, typically it's when they are leaving. I am willing to bet that less than 1% of the people I see in the store have anything in the cup holder. I do all the grocery shopping for the wife and I (she HATES doing the grocery shopping so I've been doing it for 48 years now). I love to grocery shop, I sometimes consider it my "me" time (other than when I go to the range, but she is getting into guns now also so she goes to the range with me at times). She does roll her eyes at times when I find something a bit "different" that I think we'll like.

 

[Pál_K]

Talk about First World Problems...

Pushing a shopping cart around? Sooooo 20th Century.

See, what you do beforehand on your shopping app is select all the things you want to get. Then drive to the parking lot while the store's drone fetches the items for you. Then the drone comes out to your car and you get your stuff.

But if you're getting only a few light items, the drone will fly them to your house.

 

[XUSNORDIE]

A lot of retailers these days are deploying new "technology" on shopping carts where the wheels lock up at the exit if the cart did not pass through a point of sale first. I watched first hand at a Home Depot recently where a cart was being pushed out the exit loaded with product not paid for.....it locked up, and the poor bad guy spilled his Red Bull (also unpaid for)......so maybe it's the ORC/Shoplifting crowd complaining about the cup holders.... :giggle: :rolleyes:

 

[dweis]

I could say the same thing about Home Depot.

Yes, to that. But I forgive them because i get a 10% veterans discount there.

 

[NC FNS]

From the over-think it dept.:
Make each cart like one of those zamboni-like floor cleaners. Then you can have cup-holders and not worry about the mess. Maybe even add a small trash compactor for when their cups are empty.

 

[RoninPA]

Talk about First World Problems...

Pushing a shopping cart around? Sooooo 20th Century.

See, what you do beforehand on your shopping app is select all the things you want to get. Then drive to the parking lot while the store's drone fetches the items for you. Then the drone comes out to your car and you get your stuff.

But if you're getting only a few light items, the drone will fly them to your house.

I would never use that system. Watch the store people that do that - they look at the list and go to that section and grab what is on the list. No looking for anything that is one sale, if it's fruit/vegetables, they don't care what condition they are in, the list says 2# of Granny Smith apples - they go there and pick 2# and never look at what they are picking. It says a 3# chuck roast, they go to that section and grab the first 3# roast they see. It says a package of bacon, they grab the first one, they don't look all the packages over to see the fat to meat ratio like I do.

I want to buy what I am willing to pay for, not something that is picked with no thought to anythng but get it in the basket and get it out to the waiting car.

 

[Kevin]

Many of the European cars don’t have cup holders. The models sold in Europe that is.

I remember looking at a Honda Minivan once. It had more than 20 cup holders. Heck, my truck has one per door, plus two in the front and 4 more for the back seat. So 10 total.

But as for shopping carts, I agree, I like a good cart with a cup holder. And smooth wheels are vital, you’re right.

Makes shopping far more enjoyable. Costco really missed out. People would spend more time browsing and shopping.

 

[protoolman]

Not for me. I drink with meals, that's it. No time to be wasted walking around with beverages all day.

 

[GasGuzzler]

I see this article about Costco getting new shopping carts. We call them buggies here, but most areas of the country call them carts. Now, Costco has always had the best carts. They ride glass smooth and never have a boogedy wheel like at Walmart. You let a Walmart cart go and it will veer straight into a wall of condoms, every time. Not at Costco

At my local WM you have to scout out a good cart by first checking the wheels from a distance. You see, this store just renovated the carts and the ones with new wheels can be seen from afar. Next is the pull test. Will it go 5' without veering more than 3-6" either way? If yes, continue to the smooth roll test. Does it clunk on a flat spotted wheel or come to a stop as soon as you quit pushing? If no, you're ready to shop.

The smaller carts at Tom Thumb (they have two sizes) have a cup holder formed into the metal wire that makes up the basket but for some dumb reason, it's towards the front of the cart (see below), away from the operator. Never found the need for a cup holder on a shopping cart.

As for the front (or back) of a cart ... my wife insists on calling the part closest to the operator, where the handle is, the FRONT of the cart. The part leading you can't reach from the handle is the BACK for her. Explain that!

 

[Busterswoodshop]

I could say the same thing about Home Depot.

Home Depot has buckets to carry your stuff in.

 

[Johnny-Baseball]

Home Depot has buckets to carry your stuff in.

Dammmmm...you beat me to it.:D

 

[bigbillyboy]

Those worn out carts work better if you " pull " them from the front . They follow you a little better than fighting to steer them .........

 

[caryc]

Not for me. I drink with meals, that's it. No time to be wasted walking around with beverages all day.

Right. To me it's kind of comical to see all those people sucking on water bottles everywhere I go. I think it's also comical to see that anytime a bunch of people are in one location, they all have their heads bowed. But, not in prayer, they are all diddling around on their smart phones. I think the room could be on fire and no one would notice.

 

[Joe Reilly]

I’d rather have a cart with spilled coffee or pop in it than the barefoot kid standing or sitting in it. I don’t put ANYTHING in the kid seat.

 

[caryc]

I'd rather have a cart with spilled coffee or pop in it than the barefoot kid standing or sitting in it. I don't put ANYTHING in the kid seat.

KIDS.....Bah Humbug

 

[el caminero]

At my local WM you have to scout out a good cart by first checking the wheels from a distance. You see, this store just renovated the carts and the ones with new wheels can be seen from afar. Next is the pull test. Will it go 5' without veering more than 3-6" either way? If yes, continue to the smooth roll test. Does it clunk on a flat spotted wheel or come to a stop as soon as you quit pushing? If no, you're ready to shop.

The smaller carts at Tom Thumb (they have two sizes) have a cup holder formed into the metal wire that makes up the basket but for some dumb reason, it's towards the front of the cart (see below), away from the operator. Never found the need for a cup holder on a shopping cart.

As for the front (or back) of a cart ... my wife insists on calling the part closest to the operator, where the handle is, the FRONT of the cart. The part leading you can't reach from the handle is the BACK for her. Explain that!

My mother, some warehaus dockworkers, and certain mechanics working on my ol vw have the same idea, the end they work from is the front.

 

[crstrode]

Some folks complain about being hung with a new rope.

(usually only once)

This is the right kind:
The rope will be of manila hemp, at least 3/4, inch and not more
than 1% inches in diameter and approximately 30 feet in length.
The rope will be boiled and then stretched while drying to elim-
inate any spring, stiffness, or tendency to coil. The hangman's
knot (figure 7) will be used in the preparation of the noose. That
portion of the noose which slides through the knot will be treated
with wax, soap, or grease to insure a smooth sliding action through
the knot. The noose will be placed snugly around the prisoner's
neck in such a manner that the hangman's knot is directly behind
his left ear.
(Department of the Army. Procedure for Military Executions, December 1947, p. 15)

 

[Ranger]

I know. I once read about a guy complaining about people complaining. ;-)

FWIW: I know someone who complains a lot - to the point that people avoid him.