'[They were] mean-mugging through their car window': Couple leaves their shopping cart in the parking lot, guy blocks their exit and returns abandoned carts for 15 minutes

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Isabella Penn
Oct 25, 2023 10:00 AM EDT

Abandoned carts in a parking lot are the WORST. I can't even count the number of times I've been cruising through a parking lot at a snail's pace, scouting for a decent spot, only to spot the perfect one, mentally bust out a happy dance, and then… bam. There's a darn cart smack in the way. It seriously tests your faith in humanity, doesn't it?

Well, our OP must deal with this parking lot madness daily because on this one fateful day, it was the final straw. There's this couple who didn't just leave their cart behind, nope. They left it right behind his car. The nerve! They were parked next to him, and they even made eye contact, but nope, they didn't budge. It's almost comical how absurd it is.

So, our OP decided to make the only reasonable petty response. He moved his car to block them in and then began his side quest to collect every abandoned cart in sight and return them one by one. Talk about sweet revenge while also being a good citizen!

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    Wheel - STOP PORER LOD
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    Font - 2 Posted by u/MechanicalSpirit 1 day ago You gonna block my exit with your shopping cart, am gonna block your exit with my car and collect all the shopping carts as you sit in your car.
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    Font - All this happened yesterday. I live by the coastline and there is constant gusts of wind meaning objects are being blown around.
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    Font - So yesterday, I decided to run to the store to grab a bunch of snacks and some drinks as I decided to chill for the weekend. Being a Saturday, such place is kinda busy and full of people. As I'm pulling into the parking lot,a couple jumps in front of me making me slam on my brakes pretty hard. I end
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    Font - up parking next to them at the far end of the parking lot. I grab my snacks and drinks and head out. I get at the parking and this couple is unloading their shopping and groceries from a cart to their car. As am pulling out of the
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    Font - parking by reversing, I see a shopping cart blocking the exit. Meaning I have to get out and push the cart away. I get out of the car and I look at the couple who just give mean looks, I stand there for 2 -3 seconds looking at them as they are mean-mugging me.
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    Font - This is where I get mad because next to them is a ramp where you can set the cart on the ramp and it will roll down to where the rest are stored. Also as a full-grown adult, I expect you to act responsible and reasonable. I get back to my car
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    Font - and reverse enough to block their exit meaning they can't get out unless I exit first. I decide if I can collect and push one cart why not take a couple more in the process? I start collecting shopping carts all around the parking and
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    Font - pushing them to the ramp. Set them on the hilly top ramp and watching one by one as they roll down to the storage area. At this point, the mean couple is looking at me as walk from one end to another looking for shopping carts. At the same
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    Font - time, I decide to call my gaming buddy, I could have texted him later but I had to ensure the couple didn't get a chance to talk to me. So am talking on the phone while pushing carts around with the wind blowing for the most part. The guy yells
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    Font - at me saying Buddy move your car and am like "One minute please". To avoid confrontation, I walked to the other end of the parking lot to look for carts while am still on the phone. The woman comes to me and taps my shoulder saying "Excuse me, sir can you move your car
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    Font - you are blocking our exit" and am like "Sorry, just give me a minute". As am doing this, am telling my buddy what am doing and he is laughing and telling me how wicked I am. I collect and push carts for a good 15 minutes, setting each on the ramp and
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    Font - watching every single one roll down as they are sitting in their car,mean-mugging through their car's windows. Finally, after making sure there are no unattended carts in the parking lot, I return to my car and slowly pull away.
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    Font - While inside the car, I thought of going back to the store and getting more snacks as they sat in their car but my buddy told me to let it go, they had learned their lesson.
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    Font - YahoooSeriouss - 1 day ago You should have said "just a minute, people keep leaving their carts out", as you kept delaying. 1.5k Reply Share MechanicalSpirit OP 1 day ago Good one. how I wish I had your vengeful spirit
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    Font - Forsaken-Yak-7581 1 day ago ● Well played. They were lazy. Pure and simple 805 Reply Share ... MechanicalSpirit OP 1 day ago 100 %. Am not cart police but you can do the minimum to avoid inconveniencing others
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    Font - An-Old-F 1 day ago I had a run in with someone who didn't want to properly put away their cart. There was a woman loading groceries into the trunk of her car parked next to mine. I got in my car, started it, and messed with the radio for a few seconds. I slowly backed up and, bang, I hit her empty shopping cart. She was just getting into her car when I looked at her. She made a sad face, shrugged, and continued to get in her car.
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    Font - I quickly got out, moved the cart to behind her car, and got back into my car. She did not see what I did and started to back out just as I was putting on my seat belt. She gave the cart a hard hit, slammed on her brakes, and looked at me. I made a sad face, shrugged, pulled out of the parking space, and left. 4482 Reply Share
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    Human body - Reese9951 1 day ago ● As a cart putter awayer, I applaud you. You're my hero
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    Human body - AmyPrice82. 1 day ago YTA, the best kind of AH, the Justifiable AH
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    Font - the805chickenlady 23 hr. ago As a grocery worker and a former cart getter I applaud this petty revenge. well done. and you made some courtesy clerk's job a million times easier that day. A+
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