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[–] grue@lemmy.world 75 points 2 months ago (3 children)

That doesn't mean the concept is flawed; it just means those businesses were smart enough to put in countermeasures against bad people.

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It also means that the people who do leave the shopping cart in places without the deposit are the kind of cheapskates who can be bought for a euro. They're only neutral evil.

True chaotic evil assholes would pay the deposit on several carts only to leave them.

[–] 3ntranced@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That actually sounds like a hilarious way to spend 10$, especially when Aldi in the states still only requires a quarter

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 1 points 2 months ago

Then sit back and film the people returning the carts for the quarter. Put it on YouTube and profit.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They do this so they don't have to pay staff to return carts, one of many reasons Aldi is so cheap.

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago

"Cart returner" is not a job. It's a thing regular employees have to do because some folks choose to be lazy. If everybody would return their carts, these employees would simply work on other shit in the store like cleaning or re-arranging misplaced items. Leaving the cart does not create jobs, it makes existing jobs more tedious.

[–] arin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

That means there were enough bad people that businesses wanted to purchase a lock token system at the expense of convenience of customers and overhead costs of their businesses