As you can see it’s shiny new and still has its packaging on it. It’s was so smooth and quiet!

  • @Stovetop
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    Brand new and already has rust. Classic.

    • @LifeOfChanceOP
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      In fairness this probably sat outside for 6m waiting to be put together. It’s also winter here so it’ll speed it up.

    • @kn33
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      I wonder if they know that spot is prone to rust so that’s actually grease to help prevent it.

      • @LifeOfChanceOP
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        That’s a great thought however this specfic cart had a couple small spots of rust the one pictured is the worst. It’s winter here which is pretty rough on these.

  • @AquaTofana
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    OPs reaction is how I envision my parents reacted to my birth:

    “Oh she’s so shiny and new and still has the packaging on! She’s so smooth and quiet!”

    Little did they know the busted, loud, dirty ho I would one day become.

    • @toynbee
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      My parents would say: “oh, you were so cute. [pause] What happened?”

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        Psh, Imma say you grew up to be even cuter!

        • @toynbee
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          <3

          Very kind for someone who never met or even saw me. :)

  • Nougat
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    Walmart carts are always shit because they use those power pushers to bring them in from the lot, which invariably tweaks the frame and wheel alignment.

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      I mean are you gonna go get the whole row yourself, especially when you need to get like fifty in the thing at a time?

      I used to do carts at a Sam’s Club. Tbh I kinda liked it; easy job, got me moving and outside, and we got free Gatorade and such (they provided water and sunscreen as well). On busy days that garage full of carts could be empty in minutes, so it was just a constant flow of bringing them back in when we were out.

      Also I remember the time we got a whole shipment of brand new carts. That was an exciting day, even just bringing them out and around from the dock.

      • @[email protected]
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        I did the same for Kroger, except we were given rope to tie them all together cause someone broke the cart thing

      • Nougat
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        With a power pusher, you don’t get the feedback when something is binding, and the machine just keeps pushing. And you can push a huge line of carts, which causes a great amount of pressure on the ones closest to the pusher, because the load of all the carts ahead is carried on the ones behind.

  • @BleatingZombie
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    This makes me uncomfortable. Can you bend the wheels a little to make it better?

    • @LifeOfChanceOP
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      My little ones reaction was “I miss the bumps they felt funny” lol

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        Haha. Fun, rhythmic ride that’s so bumpy it’s almost like a roller coaster vs no stimuli grocery shopping

        I’m on their side 100% 2/10. Would not sit in basket

  • Scratch
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    Do all 4 wheels spin? NA is waaay behind when it comes to shopping cart tech.

    • @Lawnman23
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      IKEA carts do that. I both love it and hate it sometimes.

      • @[email protected]
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        Gotta do the old cart spin, the wife hates it because I’m “knocking over children and old people”, but nothing beats seeing that KALLAX do the ol’ 800 gon spinaroo :italian_hand:

      • @[email protected]
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        I hate it. I almost never want my cart to go sideways and it takes so much effort to keep the thing rolling straight.

    • @ccunning
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      Carts with four swiveling casters are so much harder to steer. Rigid rear and swivel front is the better configuration.

      • Scratch
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        Some are not yet ready to ascend to the glory of omnidirectional movement.

        • @agent_flounder
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          I guess they’re good for a core workout?

    • @DrCake
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      At Costco in the UK they have them like this one where the back wheels don’t spin and it’s infuriating. The technology exists, use it

      • @cosmicrookie
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        A guess is that the ones that dont turn, are meant to go on escallators (or whatever you call those escalator ramps).

        The wheel rims slot into the escalator surface and stops them from rolling, like brakes. If the wheels could turn, there mayde is a higher risk of them not stopping on the ramps

        • @grue
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          No, Ikea carts have both four-wheel swiveling and can go on the travellator.

          • @cosmicrookie
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            OK - my theory did not hold 👍

            I also just now noticed that OP has shared a picture of a cart with stiff rear wheels and no brakes

    • @LifeOfChanceOP
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      Yupp! Flawless haven’t seen new carts in 20ish years so I was thrilled.

    • @LifeOfChanceOP
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      It’s a new site man not reddit where this would have died. It’s something that is by all definition mildly interesting ESPECIALLY to those of us past our kinder ages.

    • @LifeOfChanceOP
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      Push test I did but I’m the guy you see videos of when the cart decides it wants to play rodeo lol

    • @LifeOfChanceOP
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      Walmart Carts infamously have 3 kinda working wheels and 1 that likes to just do its own thing. This bad boy had 4 wheels working flawlessly not needing to be forced in any direction.