Supermarket trolleys

daveboy

I've always put the trolley thing down to one thing - more people use the 'basket on wheels' shallow trolley because they are lazy and cannot be bothered to bend to place things into a deeper one.

I have seen people on many occasions fill a shallow one up to the extent that things just slide off the top and fall on the floor. That can only be laziness and nothing else.

As long as it's got 4 wheels that move, I'll use a deep trolley. It does the same job.

This being MSE, I know someone is about to shoot me. Feel free.

Mumstheword

daveboy wrote:

I've always put the trolley thing down to one thing - more people use the 'basket on wheels' shallow trolley because they are lazy and cannot be bothered to bend to place things into a deeper one.

I have seen people on many occasions fill a shallow one up to the extent that things just slide off the top and fall on the floor. That can only be laziness and nothing else.

As long as it's got 4 wheels that move, I'll use a deep trolley. It does the same job.

This being MSE, I know someone is about to shoot me. Feel free.

Hi dave, no shooting from me, but I will disagree with your opinion.
I get a shallow trolley due to mobility problems with the larger ones, and also to remind myself that I don't need very much. If it gets a bit full, I've overdone the shopping, lol!
The trouble with the big ones is that although they also meet your criteria of having 4 wheels, they are more prone to not working correctly than the lighter ones which have taken less of a loadbearing bashing over the years.

No laziness, just using my head and choosing the trolley which best suits my needs.

Mumxx

bylromarha

daveboy wrote:

This being MSE, I know someone is about to shoot me. Feel free.

BANG.

There was a thread kicking about this site somewhere where someone has mentioned they have swapped from a deep trolley to a shallow one purely as a psychological money saving trick. They don't put as much in the shallow trolley, so they spend less on their weekly shop.

Yes, this can be attributed to will power, but shallow trolleys help some people save money.

khizman

pfft
my local asda (sheffield handsworth) has a similar amount of small and large trolleys but guess what...
You need a pound coin for the shallow trolley!!!
How cheeky is that?

Norma_Desmond

Well, I'm a bit of a short a*se and can't quite reach the bottom of the deep ones.....I've lost count of the number of times I've been hanging over the sides of the damn things when I get to the checkout, both feet off the ground with my middle virtually cut in two. Really dignified!

Addy

Norma_Desmond wrote:

Well, I'm a bit of a short a*se and can't quite reach the bottom of the deep ones.....I've lost count of the number of times I've been hanging over the sides of the damn things when I get to the checkout, both feet off the ground with my middle virtually cut in two. Really dignified!

That's me, that is!!