Seattle never fails to disappoint. Instead of notifying stores that they have found their stolen equipment they punish them for being robbed.

@melioristicone333

2 жыл бұрын

Not just Seattle though, this is national. I work across the continental US yearly. Not just drug addicts taking them either as this video chose to word it. I've seen many people with $50,000 trucks mid 30s to mid 40s steal carts off the corner of lots. From LA to Philadelphia Metropolis to towns of a quarter of million in the heartland... Ignoring the subject of carts and exploring theft across the country, it would seem our issue is societal. Why does everyone say theft is so bad in public forums, and then engage in the behavior themselves?

@mattwaters9008

2 жыл бұрын

lmao fr

@mattwaters9008

2 жыл бұрын

@@melioristicone333 You say that as if everyone is stealing shopping carts, most people dont steal shopping carts.

@melioristicone333

2 жыл бұрын

@@mattwaters9008 literally not everyone of course. Figuratively... Societally, all internet forums are inundated with videos of people stealing s***. Almost five decades I've been alive, the number of thieving bastards per capita is much higher last 10 years or so. I'm going to guess the majority of them don't tell the people around them they are thieving bastards. Otherwise there'd be a lot more people in jail and theft wouldn't be so prevalent lol. Considering the amount of theft versus the number of people caught, one could rightly assume you are in close proximity at any given moment to a thieving bastard that will tell you they are otherwise.

@richardscott8159

2 жыл бұрын

Anything to rip off the people, they are going to charge you for being a victim of a crime and let the the criminals go free! Now the city is just as much of a criminal, as the criminals that stolen your property in the first place. "Let's Go Brandon"

The city should be arresting people for having the carts off store property. Isn't that shoplifting?

@doneown503

2 жыл бұрын

they are trying to go after whomever has the $$$

@joshballenger3629

2 жыл бұрын

That would cost more to tax payers. Plus its book n release. Homeless never show up to court

@SixtiesFan87

2 жыл бұрын

In SF and LA anything under 900$ is a misdemeanor and cannot be arrested

@1houndgal

2 жыл бұрын

It is stealing.

@so3683

2 жыл бұрын

@@SixtiesFan87 carts are more than 900and it's not just sf and la it's the entire state that promotes shoplifting and has had these policies for many years

This is bs , give the company's their STOLEN carts back. Charge the aholes with crimes who actually STOLE THE CARTS.

@LK-pc4sq

2 жыл бұрын

lol no ! city pays labor income to pickup and transport these carts the tax payer should not have to subsidize this.

@juliaweber212

2 жыл бұрын

I agree

@justinmanson2793

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to Seattle and Portland!

@auroramothergoddess

2 жыл бұрын

The gov just needs a way to make money

@thatsawesome2060

2 жыл бұрын

What about company label the cart with their name, so when we see one who push the cart, we will known where it stole it from.

$25 each to recover stolen merchandise is insane. Stop letting people walk away with them.

@Wulfenburg

2 жыл бұрын

Should stores open fire on cart thieves? :)

@plinko84

2 жыл бұрын

@@Wulfenburg You are exhausting. You responding like that only shows your lack of cooperation to humankind and progress. Try being helpful instead of sh!tting all over a reply you don't like. Have a lovely day.

@Wulfenburg

2 жыл бұрын

@@plinko84 I am exhausting, your girlfriend was exhausted after I ploughed her all night. She kept saying how you were so needy and pathetic :( And you have a good day too dude!

@juliaweber212

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly charge he those who steal

@Stig007

2 жыл бұрын

Don't think of it as paying $25 to get your $400 cart back think of it as paying for the resources it takes to round up your carts and put them in one area for you to come get them because you didn't hire somebody to go find your carts yourself. These carts aren't lost they know exactly where they are. But they don't wanna get them . Arresting the homeless just waste more money that comes out of the taxes you pay.

You could blame the thieves, but where's the profit in that? Better to extort the victims who have money. Plain common sense dictates not to destroy something that is useful and will only be replaced by a new item. Hmmm.... it seems to me that the people operating the cart jails are receiving stolen property.

@steveeddy6876

2 жыл бұрын

Yeeessss! Don't you love our greedy Beaucracts

@mystikalxs3996

2 жыл бұрын

well said 💯👏

@davidscott9572

2 жыл бұрын

100 to 1 the town is run by Democrats

@JimsEquipmentShed

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, go after the stores instead……. is the city totally made up of idiots, or are there any smart people trapped by red tape?

@senorpimps4678

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to see how you finally start to see how things work!

They're not allowed to stop people from stealing them. But you charge the store when people steal them? Guess stores are gonna stop having shopping carts to use

@m9078jk3

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent

@plinko84

2 жыл бұрын

I would buy my own cart and bring it. Make them collapsible. Anything to not hurt the stores and prevent the bums from being shitty.

@Kay0Bot

2 жыл бұрын

The stores should just build a moat around all their stores and a drawbridge

@robertcarmosino6563

2 жыл бұрын

Wait

@LetsDanceTampa

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kay0Bot that's actually a good idea. Buzz customers out lime in some pawn shops and jewelry stores. When they check out. If the have a cart, the bagger goes with them and bring the cart back.

Similar to allowing theft of retailers and prosecuting those who attempt to stop the thefts and then penalizing the general population with locking up merchandise and receipt checks and all of these other "measures" rather than dealing with the source issue. It's not that hard to hold criminals accountable, there is no validation or argument in favor of these current tactics. Penalizing the victims is wrong, period!

@kingofkingsmoonpie4075

2 жыл бұрын

Nailed it! Where is Bob the snob furburger? Well I will tell ya. He's trying to stop the moms demand action from humping his leg like a bunch of wild dogs. And taking away our 2nd amendment which will cause more shootings like bu buf Buffalo, Texas, and a like.

@eileeneclark9011

2 жыл бұрын

6/11/22...Aldi's in Atlanta---where I used to live--- + Central FL---where I now live--- have 🔒/ 🔗 system where ppl put in a quarter + pull out unlocked shopping cart 🛒 to use...THEN after using, ppl put the empty shopping carts 🛒 back + get their quarter back. The parking lot stays clear + nobody's vehicle gets damaged + stores don't have to hire/pay employees to retrieve shopping carts. EVERYBODY SEEMS TO WIN! BUT IT IS NOT FAIR FOR CITIES/ COMMUNITIES/LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO PENALIZE STORES FOR STOLEN + ABANDONED CARTS WHEN THEY REGUSE TO CHARGE ILLEGALS + HOMELESS FOR STEALING/USING/ LEAVING THESE CARTS ABANDONED ALL OVER THE PLACE! ESP WHEN THEY DELIBERATELY DESTROY THE DECENT/USABLE/ UNDAMAGED CARTS....THEN PAY RECYCLING BUSINESSES TO HAVE THESE CARTS DEMOLISHED + CHARGE THESE FEES TO THE STORES WITH MISSING CARTS! GOVERNMENT IS UNWILLING TO CHARGE THIEVES/VANDALS BUT SURE ARE QUICK TO BLAME THE VARIOUS STORES + CHARGE THEM FOR ALL THIS NONSENSE!

@rs6109

2 жыл бұрын

You just know it all, dont ya john, maybe the carts can carry guns and defend them selfs lol

@jlm3303

2 жыл бұрын

NOBODY checks my receipts.... PERIOD.... ILLEGAL SEARCH..... DO NOT COMPLY.

@thethingonthedoorstep3464

2 жыл бұрын

@@eileeneclark9011 Yes the Aldi's require the .25 deposit and it helps. I don't live in an affluent neighborhood but many people don't bother to get their money back. They leave the carts in the parking lot or use the .25 to get a cart for their belongings.

How can you destroy someone else's property that was stolen from them

I own a trucking company and a few times each year, I deliver brand new shopping carts to supermarkets. These are considered "high value" loads because each new cart costs so much. To destroy these carts after they've been stolen is ridiculous and an insult to the grocery stores as well as the people who build them. 🙄

@LetsDanceTampa

2 жыл бұрын

And adding more unnecessary items to our landfills!

@juliemorgan4937

2 жыл бұрын

Not helping climate change any what a waste and a scam Its theft

@XJ9sodypop

2 жыл бұрын

I always appreciate a sturdy piece of equipment, but F these stores tbh. they pay their cart pushers 8/hr and expect them to work outside in the summer 10 hours a day. my coworker was always exhausted. so glad i refused to fill in when he got sick. they should pay for exploiting his mexican ass

That is the dumbest thing because if people are stealing them it is not the stores fault. So Seattle decides to punish the stores for criminals actions.

@foesseauau4178

2 жыл бұрын

Would you let people steal from you?.

Are the police actually gonna respond if the store calls and report somebody stealing a cart? Or are the stores supposed to physically take it away from the person, possibly injuring them and facing a lawsuit?! I feel like the government, whether it’s city, state, county or federal defend the criminal and not the tax payers.

@jerrynadler2883

2 жыл бұрын

The city of Seattle is a giant racket. City officials siphon MILLIONS for themselves and their crony buddies.

@philipchampion566

2 жыл бұрын

That's democratic America for you

@ronnie32567

2 жыл бұрын

The bastards always have, the damned criminals have more rights than law abiding tax payers

@mesasandifer838

2 жыл бұрын

@@philipchampion566 lol when people say this under comment threads does it magically fix the issue at hand? Or

@theresagomez2605

2 жыл бұрын

@@mesasandifer838 fix it, no. It does explain how we got here though.

I do not understand this state. Why is the government, both city and state, penalizing the businesses for legally creating a drug addict's utopia that caused this effect? This is just expediting and amplifying the damages that the legislatures are doing to our ecosystem and economy.

@fordtuff2600

2 жыл бұрын

Vote Inslee out

@chrisredfield4017

2 жыл бұрын

VOTE !

@daleestep9518

2 жыл бұрын

Liberals

@auroramothergoddess

2 жыл бұрын

The gov just needs a way to make money

@shiwan45

2 жыл бұрын

Because these states are greedy for money .

This is... This is so stupid. It's hard to imagine this policy is real.

@ronkostars4258

2 жыл бұрын

It's the democrats... again.

@Stig007

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry but asking the city or a personal individual to do work for a retail entity for free is stupid. It takes time fuel and other resources to round up these carts.

Maybe the Seattle government should be the ones finding and returning the carts to the stores where they were stolen from. The blame isn’t on the stores…and they shouldn’t have to pay fines…..the blame is on the people who run that city and allow crime and criminals to run rampant and also allow homeless people to get away with whatever they want too. That city government should be out working to collect all those carts and return them to the stores by their own hands. Hold those accountable who are accountable…..none of the stores are guilty of anything.

It's illegal for me to recycle a cart without showing proof I didn't steal it. Yet it's okay for the city to impound a stolen cart and then recycle the stolen cart. Wow.

That's Washington state for you, it's stolen property and the state makes a profit not only from taxes that are paid but financial gain from policing stores for more money with fines. Just a thought, what if someone took a cart from that "cart jail"? Would that be called a jailbreak? And now that the person has said cart, is that person harboring a fugitive and be sent to prison? Slippery slope council members.

@timfeeley714-25

2 жыл бұрын

What about the carts rights ???

@LK-pc4sq

2 жыл бұрын

walmart can pay for it ...stop supporting Fasshist companies! Though Walmart is a publicly traded company, more than 50 percent of its shares are in the hands of the Walton family - 51.11 percent, to be precise. These shares are controlled primarily through two entities: Walton Family Holdings Trust and a holding company, Walton Enterprises. Members of the Walton family also have shares they control individually. The three most prominent members of the family are Jim, S. Robson (Rob) and Alice, each estimated to be worth about $46 billion. They are the surviving children of Sam Walton, co-founder of the company. Other members of the family include Ann Walton Kroenke and Nancy Walton Laurie, children of Bud Walton, the other co-founder; Christy Walton, the widow of one of Sam’s sons; and 10 grandchildren (such as Lukas, worth about $16 billion, and Steuart, who is on the company’s board of directors).

How do we know that the people that own these shopping cart “jails” aren’t paying the homeless to steal them???

There actually is several solutions. Airports figured out decades ago. Deposits. Not only would it fix the problem but you would incentivise customers to return carts rather then have baggers collect them.

SOLUTION: Do Like Aldi's in the South (KY) The Carts are lined up with padlocks on each/with slot for quarter/. It costs the consumer 25 cents to get a cart /Then you get your Quarter back when you return your cart/ and padlock it to get your quarter . PROBLEM SOLVED. Also no cart chasing or vehicle damage from runaway carts.

@bhazerelli7611

2 жыл бұрын

In Washington State that wouldn't help...people constantly give money to addicts and homeless so they will have no problem acquiring quarters to get a cart with....

@LK-pc4sq

2 жыл бұрын

IS this the same ALDI from Europe????

@Stig007

2 жыл бұрын

@@bhazerelli7611 But is the city kicking homeless people out of their carts to take them and impound them? Or was this video just about abandoned carts. Carts that ghetto people or the homeless have taken and then left unused somewhere else.

@vanrajsindha9918

2 жыл бұрын

we shopped at aldi in coralville Iowa same thing quarter in quarter out

@9thplace612

2 жыл бұрын

Aldi's in the Midwest is the same

This is such a stunning example of government stepping in and making a problem so much worse.

Police will not bother to arrest the thieves when they see it happening.

@chrisredfield4017

2 жыл бұрын

Don't blame the Police. They do not make policy. The elected officials do

@masonjarhillbilly

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrisredfield4017 Police enforce laws. They do not get to pick and choose which ones. RCW 9A.56.270. (1) It is unlawful to do any of the following acts, if a shopping cart has a permanently affixed sign as provided in subsection (2) of this section: (a) To remove a shopping cart from the parking area of a retail establishment with the intent to deprive the owner of the shopping cart the use of the cart; or (b) To be in possession of any shopping cart that has been removed from the parking area of a retail establishment with the intent to deprive the owner of the shopping cart the use of the cart. (2) This section shall apply only when a shopping cart: (a) Has a sign permanently affixed to it that identifies the owner of the cart or the retailer, or both; (b) notifies the public of the procedure to be utilized for authorized removal of the cart from the premises; (c) notifies the public that the unauthorized removal of the cart from the premises or parking area of the retail establishment, or the unauthorized possession of the cart, is unlawful; and (d) lists a telephone number or address for returning carts removed from the premises or parking area to the owner or retailer. (3) Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. (1) It is unlawful to do any of the following acts, if a shopping cart has a permanently affixed sign as provided in subsection (2) of this section: (a) To remove a shopping cart from the parking area of a retail establishment with the intent to deprive the owner of the shopping cart the use of the cart; or (b) To be in possession of any shopping cart that has been removed from the parking area of a retail establishment with the intent to deprive the owner of the shopping cart the use of the cart. (2) This section shall apply only when a shopping cart: (a) Has a sign permanently affixed to it that identifies the owner of the cart or the retailer, or both; (b) notifies the public of the procedure to be utilized for authorized removal of the cart from the premises; (c) notifies the public that the unauthorized removal of the cart from the premises or parking area of the retail establishment, or the unauthorized possession of the cart, is unlawful; and (d) lists a telephone number or address for returning carts removed from the premises or parking area to the owner or retailer. (3) Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

this what happen when you dont punish thieves

I’m getting more confused the more I try to understand this situation

Just keeping running the businesses away. Yep that's the plan. 🤬 Stupid! Why punish retailers?

@LK-pc4sq

2 жыл бұрын

Walmart can afford it Though Walmart is a publicly traded company, more than 50 percent of its shares are in the hands of the Walton family - 51.11 percent, to be precise. These shares are controlled primarily through two entities: Walton Family Holdings Trust and a holding company, Walton Enterprises. Members of the Walton family also have shares they control individually. The three most prominent members of the family are Jim, S. Robson (Rob) and Alice, each estimated to be worth about $46 billion. They are the surviving children of Sam Walton, co-founder of the company. Other members of the family include Ann Walton Kroenke and Nancy Walton Laurie, children of Bud Walton, the other co-founder; Christy Walton, the widow of one of Sam’s sons; and 10 grandchildren (such as Lukas, worth about $16 billion, and Steuart, who is on the company’s board of directors).

@Jedimindset

2 жыл бұрын

@@LK-pc4sq it’s still stupid

@chrisredfield4017

2 жыл бұрын

VOTE !

@Stig007

2 жыл бұрын

It's $400 for a new cart. That's a huge expense you would figure that they would protect their investment a bit better. . . The resources they use to round up these carts and hold them or crush them doesn't come from nowhere it's not free the labor is charged and if the city is doing it it's just coming out of your tax money taxes that could be spent elsewhere so either pay the $25 to get your cart back which is a bargain compared to how much a new one costs or let it go to crush and pay for that . Small businesses will suffer a little bit but again replacing a cart that is gone is more expensive than just paying $25 to get it . You can't pick and choose on who these fees apply to Everybody has to be treated equally so big retail giants have to be treated the same as small businesses in regards to certain Instances. . . Do you really want a big retail giant benefiting from free taxpayer funded labor or do you want them to pay their way like everybody else?

@hazmat2277

2 жыл бұрын

@@Stig007 it's a punishment for having your property stolen no matter how you look at it.

I watched a woman drive an electric cart out of a store up and over the hill. I called the service desk and informed th and last I seen the woman was still cruising down the road. I would think an electric cart is quite expensive. You would think they might have made an effort to recover it.

Destroy them ? Give them back ! I mean it's easier than destroying them.

@LK-pc4sq

2 жыл бұрын

Then the retailers can PAY THE CITY the back labor for picking up the carts and storing them!!!

Roughly 10 years ago, it was a crime to stop someone from stealing your carts. Businesses need to move away from the insanity before you are sued into oblivion.

That's crazy. You're going to make the store owner pay for a stolen cart 🛒, or hold it hostage, or even WORST make them pay a fine. This literally sounds like racketeering.

I tried to contact a store once to pickup one of their carts on my street and was unable to. The stores could easily create a program to make reporting stray carts easier so they can send people out to pick them up. This way the city would not feel the need to get involved.

@chrisredfield4017

2 жыл бұрын

You completely missed the point. Enforce the laws already on the books. Vote these progressive clowns out of office.

@edgarkoen1230

2 жыл бұрын

It is a good solution to deal with the current situation.

@Stig007

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrisredfield4017 I'm not sure what the point was to miss but my boss did the same thing we have a lot of carts come to our business property from stores all over he called the stores they had no interest in coming to pick up the carts. But we are left to deal with them and that takes time and time is money so somebody should have to pay for that we don't do work for free. We are a family own business and all the baskets come from big retailers. . And the recycling centers won't accept it if the retailer's name is on the basket so I had to hack up the baskets which took time.

Why not simply return the carts?

typical. punish businesses for failed democrat policies.

@LK-pc4sq

2 жыл бұрын

ahahah no true!!! you dont understand INCOME INIQUALITY the wall marts of the retail world are super rich thanks to off shoring good paying us jobs to china that do not abide by international law when it comes to humans rights and co2 emissions. Though Walmart is a publicly traded company, more than 50 percent of its shares are in the hands of the Walton family - 51.11 percent, to be precise. These shares are controlled primarily through two entities: Walton Family Holdings Trust and a holding company, Walton Enterprises. Members of the Walton family also have shares they control individually. The three most prominent members of the family are Jim, S. Robson (Rob) and Alice, each estimated to be worth about $46 billion. They are the surviving children of Sam Walton, co-founder of the company. Other members of the family include Ann Walton Kroenke and Nancy Walton Laurie, children of Bud Walton, the other co-founder; Christy Walton, the widow of one of Sam’s sons; and 10 grandchildren (such as Lukas, worth about $16 billion, and Steuart, who is on the company’s board of directors).

@steveeddy6876

2 жыл бұрын

Yeeeeeeeessssss!

@simp2234

2 жыл бұрын

Greatjob

Bubbles wld be losing his mind

Some stores have a system that’s like an electric dog collar for carts! There is an invisible barrier surrounding the edge of the parking lot & if a cart goes up to that line the wheels lock on the cart 🛒 the only problem I noticed with that is that some of the stores don’t know how to unlock the wheels once it’s been activated so they’re parking lot ends up looking like this junk yard! Or they could just pay someone $25 an hour to make sure their carts don’t leave the property

@glizzyap4912

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly and I thought every big store chain definitely had that lol. Costco has one and it works great

There holding these stores property hostage! If my bike gets stolen and found it’s my property and it gets returned free of charge. They need to sue the city!

@Stig007

2 жыл бұрын

On an individual perspective that works but when you're talking about a big profitable entity expecting an individual or the city to collect their property and give it back free of charge is charge is silly they are expecting somebody to do work for you for free. I understand there are small business suffering from this. But if you are that small then you don't have a lot of carts to loose. And are more likely to keep track of your $400 investment.

@ripperfisher182250

2 жыл бұрын

@@Stig007 government isn't a business. It's a governing and enforcing body. The correct thing would be to return the property if marked clearly. If not move on to a recycling program to help prevent unnecessary trash from building up.

So, then wouldn’t the city be guilty of receiving stolen goods? The DA should then prosecute the city.

When they're charged for destroying abandoned carts,large companies make it a tax write off. There is absolutely zero penalty for the companies who can afford to actually do something about the problem,andthe cost is passed down to small and independent businesses.

In Ireland carts have a wheel lock on them. So if you attempt to wheel the cart out of the car park of the store the wheels lock and it is pretty much impossible to push because the wheels won’t move. Perhaps the independent store in the US could look into that however, I’m sure thieves would attempt to take the lock off if the car park wasn’t supervised for long enough.

@XJ9sodypop

2 жыл бұрын

we have that already. people arent weak dude theyll just slide the cart

So if a store employee confronts a thief, they get arrested and fired. If the city recovers the stolen shopping cart, they’ll sell back the cart to the store (victim) and if the store refuses to buy its stolen cart back, the city fines/charges the victim for recycling that cart. The city is hustling like the mafia. This is a shake up by the city punishing law abiding businesses for actions of criminals.

@XJ9sodypop

2 жыл бұрын

racketeering

That guy laughing about stores not having any carts when you need them while HE is the one destroying them really enraged me.

@XJ9sodypop

2 жыл бұрын

it sucks. im not a leftist but these companies can afford it. 20 bucks to regain a $400 piece? done deal. if kroger doesnt like it they should pay for a security guard

Wait, the karts are stolen and they fine the store???? How about we prosecute the thiefs??? Complete bat poop crazy!

How can you charge someone to get there get their property back when somebody else stole it from them so if someone breaks into my house steals my TV I'll call the cops I have to pay to get it back from the cops

@martenkrueger8647

2 жыл бұрын

The cities do it to everyone ever have your car stolen? well it goes too impound..when the police recover it and you the victim get raped by the city!

Disgusting... instead of going after the homeless .. the city is too scared so they go after the law abiding citizens

@AlmaVasquezjr

2 жыл бұрын

Because arresting a homeless person gives them a home. Jail is free fresh cooked food, a nice clean dry bed with no bugs or vermin,, a roof, air conditioning or heat depending on the season, clean freshly laundered clothes, and maybe medical attention. A bathroom, indoor plumbing, a nice shower with soap, and maybe even a tv, and books to read, all of these resources without having to do any work.

@laurafranich4807

2 жыл бұрын

What makes you think the homeless aren't law abiding citizens? I'm sure some aren't and I'm sure many are. I'm also pretty sure people who live in houses may occasionally commit crimes. Do we then ask;"Why don't they go after homeowners instead of law abiding citizens?"

@namewithheld7835

2 жыл бұрын

@@laurafranich4807 1. "What about... " is not a defense. 2. We are talking about the *crime of stealing shopping carts. 👏👏👏Good effort, though... B for effort .. F for execution and substance

@laurafranich4807

2 жыл бұрын

@@namewithheld7835 I'm sorry for veering off course a little. I didn't realize you had been appointed moderator of the comment section.

Nobody gets a shopping cart to take their groceries home. People take carts for convenience. Stores do not have recovery Officers for carts. Four hundred dollars is a misdemeanor and thieves do not care. Now maybe making it a federal crime to take carts, maybe that would stop this type of theft.

This is one of the reasons I hate liberal states and cities. They are punishing the stores for the actions of thieves. They are forcing stores to "buy back" their stolen shopping carts for $25 each, and if they don't, they get charged double for the city to get rid of them. Keep in mind that these costs get passed onto the consumer. I have a much better idea. How about a $5,000 fine for anyone caught with a store's shopping cart off the store's premises? If they can't pay the fine, then they have to do community service and work for the store they stole from by retrieving carts in the store's parking lot. And if they don't show up, sent them straight to jail.

lmao Government can't fix Potholes.

First they need to pass a law making shopping cart theft a felony, even if it's possession. I understand that it cost money to collect them. If they actually clean and sanitize them plus deliver them to the stores a small fee should be applied to recover the cost, or maybe enact a tax. Clearly anyone stealing a cart should be arrested and if they have an income like ssi or s.s. should garnish their check to pay for it. Once again liberals and their policies are rotting society to the core.

@davidperry4013

2 жыл бұрын

No it shouldn’t be a felony. But, theft of a shopping cart should still be jail time. 90 days in the slammer and/or up to a 1000 dollar fine will fit the crime.

A lot of those carts without names could be donated to senior homes or apartments to help people with groceries to their door! Many apartments already have them.

Why don't they just call and tell them to pick them up wherever they are? It's stolen property. They shouldn't have to pay to get their property back.

The government is just cashing in left and right on these problems that they helped create

@steveeddy6876

2 жыл бұрын

Yeeeeeeeessssss!

Outrageous!

My neighbor's car was stolen. The thief abandoned it, and it was towed. She had to pay the towing fee and storage fee to retrieve her car.

Charge Seattle with posession of stolen property. This is illegal. File a civil RICO lawsuit. They can't charge victims.

This is BS. Citizens if you see a cart and can bring it back to the store do it. It's crap it's come to this but we can't allow the cities to run off good businesses and it's a cheap good deed. The stores could offer gift cards for carts brought back or something like that too. Idk just thinking of solutions until the people making these unfair ridiculous rules up get voted out of there.

@XJ9sodypop

2 жыл бұрын

its not really the citizens problems. im not gonna sweat for a rich company either. if they cant pay a measly 25 bucks then F em. cheap store only wants to pay people 9/hr then F em

And if you think it's going to get any better around Seattle and Gomorrah you were born yesterday

...and who pays for the fines, the consumers.

Charging a business for stolen carts is extortion on a expanded level great job guys 🤯

How many Police Officers drive past cart thieves (who in all fairness would say they found it) a hundred times per day?

@chrisredfield4017

2 жыл бұрын

So it's the cops fault ? Elected officials make policy, not cops.

@GoodGuy-wq4md

2 жыл бұрын

Those carts cost $300.00. That's theft. The scallywags are taking advantage of the system, they're opportunist, they'll steal whatever is not nailed down. The Police have higher priorities, but some scolding wouldn't hurt much for the retailers. Just saying...

If you see someone with a shopping cart rolling down the street arrest them for possession of stolen goods. Throw them in jail so they have to spend a couple days without their precious drugs. STOP protecting the worst of society. They are not protecting you.

@LetsDanceTampa

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!

The city police should return the stolen carts to their owners. If the city does not return the carts they should reimburse the stores.

This sort of program is used in many states successfully... it cuts down on the amount of stray carts everywhere, which helps discourage use by those who take them off property to begin with as they arent as easily accessible. In California our target district paid a fairly minimal expense to a few families who collected stray carts and returned them to our locations monthly. We began paying for monthly high pressure washes of our carts and focusing the funds that would other wise be spent consistently ordering new carts to instead supporting gigs in the community. The program was a win and it would have never taken place if it weren't for the city/country imposing fines for stray carts to convince the larger retailers to focus funds on collection vs replacement.

Why would a tax paying local business be expected to pay a fee to recover stolen property? If it were my business I would report them stolen daily. Hopefully the the city council would figure out it is cheeper not to charge a fee then to pay an officer to respond and write up a stolen report every day.

@bhazerelli7611

2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't be surprised if the city council has instructed the police not to respond to those calls.

state sponsored extortion

@steveeddy6876

2 жыл бұрын

Yeeessss!

Stupid, stupid, stupid!!! The stores are getting robbed twice! And the thieves get away without anything to hold them accountable for their actions. Where has common sense flown to?!

This gives me an idea, find stolen cars and have people bail it or punish them for it being destroyed if they don’t bail it out

extortion...

@May9ninth

2 жыл бұрын

Facts

The cart jail is located right off pacific just north of Milton coming into the SOUTH END of federal way city limits…LIBERATE THOSE SHOPPING CARTS 🛒 behind lowes and home depot

Extremely stupid, how can the stores prevent this? Some stores put poles on their carts, so they can't be taken outside, but that's not practical when it comes to groceries and other household needs

Why should stores pay for their own carts? Seattle is nuts.

In southern CA we have guys that drive around and pick up shopping carts off the streets. They take them back to the stores and charge a small fee for each cart. And in most stores now you can't take the carts out the parking lot because the wheels lock up when you do.

They should pass a law to jail the homeless for using and stealing the carts

I did that in 82, I took a cart home in winter because I couldn't afford a cab, I took the cart home, emptied it, and then took it back to the store. A man would go around the neighbourhood on Sundays and pick up carts and take them back to the store. Seemed to work. They tried the locking wheels thing at one time.

@PyroShields

10 ай бұрын

That would make sense to do that or the worst take it back to the store next time you shop.

This city is a disgusting mess. Give the stolen property back like any decent person should.

Best thing about my neighborhood grocery store isn't just that it's a discount grocery. But that they allow the locals to use the carts to get their groceries home. Then you just leave the cart where they can see it & they send out a truck to collect them. They always seem to have enough carts still at the store.

Bubbles would be more than happy to take these carts. Some of you will understand this, some won't.

If the store property is take off the physical location its not the stores liability anymore

Seems that lowering the recovery price would be more of an incentive for store owners to reclaim them. If the store owners don't want them, then offer them to public for recovery cost minus the identifier.

Imagine that, being charged for the recovery of your Stolen Items!?

Many European markets use an automated cart deposit system that almost eliminates the stolen shopping cart problem. Inserting a one euro coin releases a cart for use. When the cart is returned and locked into the system, a one euro coin is returned to the shopper. Works like a dream.

The police do nothing to recover the stolen property, the absolute insanity prosecutor the victims.

Should be like BC where you have to put a $.25-$1 deposit.

@LK-pc4sq

2 жыл бұрын

yes I used to live there it works very well

Love the idea of giving unmarked carts to the homeless instead of destroying them. Also I have seen a lot of housed people using carts to walk their groceries home. Maybe there is a way to rent one to make that possible. That would probably help with the carts being returned

How does it make sense to punish the people who were the victims?!??

Solution: fine anyone outside the parking lot in possession of a cart. It’s no different than shoplifting.

That 'jail' is in possession of stolen goods. Throw the jailer into jail!

New shopping cart 400 dollars is STRAIT BULLSHIT

Great example of how some laws just didn’t work as expected and need to be repealed. Punish the people STEALING!!

The stores should file a police report against these cities for possession of stolen property and extortion and take it as far as they need to, to get to a sane Judge.

Wow where do the towns get the right to punish thrift victims! Grow up!!!!

Sounds like stores should stop providing carts and force people to buy less food.

Ohhh that’s why Craigslist has been posting about collecting shopping carts for a while now lol. Thx for the video

Bubbles would lose his mind if he seen that many carts 🤣

In Chicago, where I grew up, stores have iron fences around the entrances, you can bring the cart that far to put groceries in the car, and that's as far as the cart goes.

That doesn’t seem right. They are stolen, you have to pay to get your stolen stuff back. Sounds like extortion.

I worked for two days for a thrift store( there were 3 stores) that told employees at a meeting that they would pay us $25 per shopping cart we would bring them for the stores. I decided I didn’t want to work for a company that asked its employees to commit a crime for $25

Another city where politicians sit around trying to figure out a new revenue, which probably just go's into someone's pocket. Catch the crooks who steal the carts and punish them.

Anybody who steals a shopping cart should be charged with a misdemeanor and around 90 days in the local slammer.

I like that they are blaming homeless people and then charging the stores.... Maybe they should focus on fixing homeless problems

This is also a problem here in Northern New York State. Solving the problem would be putting a device on each cart that would not let the cart go past a certain point a censor type of device that would sense the property line and the cart would lock up the wheels

JFC, stores need to do decent cart management and all other organizations/entities need to be reasonable. For crying out loud, we got enough problems. So irritating.

There are some stores who lock their carts, charge a quarter to their customers, and when the cart gets returned the customers get their quarter back.