Cart for Cart's Sake

I was at a grocery store the other day where they have the regular carts and the little carts. I took a little cart ‘cause I only needed a few items. I question the need for these smaller carts – it’s not like we’re saving fuel (and saving the planet) by using them. I mean, what are we accomplishing with these smaller carts? Eliminating a traffic jam in aisle 3 maybe?

The real problem with the smaller carts is, if you’re unfamiliar with the store, you don’t know if it's for adults or if it’s a child’s cart. There’s nothing worse than going all the way through the store with the little cart and then finding a child pushing one in the dairy aisle next to his or her mother and her cart. At that point I suppose you can abandon the cart and maybe the employees will think a kid left it there.

For this reason it’s best not to use these small carts if you're buying liquor and cigarettes.