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The initial question, IMO, is less about something that you witness once and more about a chronic behavior. Sure, maybe all the loose carts in the parking lot are from individual people having an individual bad day, but they also might be the result of people who chronically think, "Screw it, this is someone else's menial job." The phrase "character is what you do when no one is looking" comes to mind.
Right. It might not really say a lot about whether you are 'good' or 'bad', but it does speak to whether you are considerate and thoughtful of others. And that in turn says much about your overall character.
OK so I thought of this thread the other day when I went to the grocery store! I thought about it because the store I generally go to has corrals for carts throughout the lot, and it also has carts parked by the entrance, so no one ever has to push a cart from the parking lot to inside the store.
But here's what I saw - I saw a cart pushed up NEXT to the cart corral, but not inside it (and no, it wasn't full and I've never seen any corrals there full, not even during the busier holiday season). So - someone pushed the cart to the corral, but then couldn't put the cart IN the corral. Ugh! And by the way, the cart was blocking an otherwise prime parking space - right next to the cart corral. Someone would have to get out of their car, move the cart, and THEN park.
For the record, I had to park further "up" in the parking lot but my route into the store took me right past that cart and the corral it was butted up against, so I put the cart inside the corral as I walked past it.
Listen, non cart corrallers - your carts that you leave in the parking lot often do either block the parking space or roll into cars and scratch them. And no, sorry, but based on my observations, I do not believe that most people who don't put carts in the corrals "place the carts so they don't roll."
There are simply very few legit excuses for leaving a cart in a parking lot, not in a corral.
I DO pay attention to how a person treats other people. Like it was said earlier in the thread "Character is what you do when you think no one is watching."
Be considerate of others, even when you think no one is watching.
I try to get a parking spot near the corral, then I have no excuse not to put it there. Also, that spot often has extra room so there's a bit of a buffer from door dings, etc.
But it took me a long time to consistently return the cart to the corral.
That said, I don't think it makes me a bad person if I don't. If I don't return it, I place it so it can't roll or get blown into someone's vehicle.
Even people in jail justify their actions. Not many people are willing to admit that their actions aren't justified or that they are not good people.
Just put your carts where they belong, folks. It's just not that hard to do. I'm pretty sure that no one who leaves a cart in a parking lot actually WANTS their cart to damage someone else's vehicle or block a parking space. They just aren't thinking about that - which means they really aren't thinking about what's best for others.
But how do you know it is done by "default"? I assume you are saying if that person consistently does or does not return their cart?
Unless you are a stalker you DON'T know if that behavior is consistent or if something was going on today that resulted in them behaving differently. And you certainly don't know what that catalyst was.
I personally/randomly don’t know if it is a habit, but the person and those who routinely see him or her there—and store videcams—would see.
You, on the other hand seem to be confusing the distinction between integrity and honest-because-I-might-get-caught. The latter is not “good.” It is merely self-careful.
I personally/randomly don’t know if it is a habit, but the person and those who routinely see him or her there—and store videcams—would see.
You, on the other hand seem to be confusing the distinction between integrity and honest-because-I-might-get-caught. The latter is not “good.” It is merely self-careful.
Uhm, no. I'm not talking about integrity or honesty at all. I'm talking about whether you can reliably tell if someone is a good or bad person from observing them on a single occasion returning their cart to a cart corral.
\Which raises another question-if someone is parked at the back of the parking lot they should be expected to walk back to the store to return the cart and then back to their car again?
Yes...
It doesn't matter where you park. If you use a cart, put it back where it belongs. Why is that such a hard concept for people to understand?
Uhm, no. I'm not talking about integrity or honesty at all. I'm talking about whether you can reliably tell if someone is a good or bad person from observing them on a single occasion returning their cart to a cart corral.
I never said seeing someone on a single occasion of leaving the cart around was a good test of good or bad. You must be mixing up my posts with those from someone else.
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