I used to think people would judge me so I wouldn't do it, until one day I watched a 60+ year-old feller do it with no fucks given. I felt so inspired that I do it too now with no fucks given
My favorite walmart story:
I'm in my 20s. I ride the cart down the aisles, especially when empty (edit: the aisles, not my cart). I'm heading down the frozen aisle looking for pizza or something, ridding along at high speed to get to the other side.
At the end of the aisle comes a cart barreling around the corner. An older 60-70 year old man is ridding his cart at a good speed, and we both ride past the other cart having a stare down as we cross in opposite directions.
After that moment, as the carts keep on wheeling down, we both give a couple more kicks to gain speed. I get to the pizza section, he disappears around the corner. Never to meet on the racing track again.
My favorite Walmart story: Wife and I shopping, I head down one aisle to grab some deodorant while she heads down the next to grab some conditioner or something. I hear this huge crash. I come around to look and the cart is on its side, contents spilled all over and the wife is sprawled out on the floor next to it.
She was riding and tipped it over backwards.
Sadly, not a single person was around to witness it.
I loved doing that as a kid, but stopped when I got too old for it to be cool, and was worried people would judge me.
Lately I've been trying to push my comfort zone a lot for personal growth, and after putting my groceries in my car I felt a strong urge to ride the cart back to the cart storage thing. Instantly the little voice in my head was telling me not to do it, that you're too old for this shit and people will stare.
I told that little fucker idgaf and rode that bitch all the way across the parking lot. So worth it.
My 60 year old mother does it every time I'm ever leaving a grocery store with her. It makes me see the young version of her come out and bring much joy in my life.
I push carts at a grocery store, and there is this one older guy who does thks everytime he's done. It's hilarious, you guys are a dying breed unfortunatly though 😪
Fuck them, I'm 36 with a head full of gray hair.
I pick up terminal velocity coming out of the store, steer by dragging my foot on the ground and hanging off the side (and I'm good at it, like I can fucking slalom) and whenever there's room I slide into parallel park next to the truck.
I swear that crack-heads begging on the side of the street don't get the dirty looks that mothers with kids give me.
That's usually when I lean over the handle bar and do Matt Hoffman's "Condor" trick while popping the front wheels off the ground...
Fuck 'em all, nobody's gonna harsh my mellow!
I'm a cart pusher at a large retail chain, after we close and the parking lot is empty it's a free for all. Ride until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death...
I don't even see kids doing it anymore. Every once in a while I think "Fuck it, I'm a grown ass man now. If I want to ride the shopping cart to my Toyota I will"
Que 26yo man of 6'4 riding shopping cart with angry expression
take comfort in the fact that my s/o does this in every. single. parking. lot.
I'm usually wearing heels, so I hang back and let him coast all the groceries to the car and start loading them in while I casually - and carefully - stroll through the lot. By the time I get to the car he's already bagged most of the shit so I can just get in and go home.
Ironically, I'm usually too heavy for the weight of the food in my cart to keep it from flipping back onto me. I will however, take every opportunity to ride things with wheels like road cases (which are a regular occurance in my line of work)
I work at a grocery store and I ride shopping carts/u-boats/the other smaller not shopping carts as much as possible. some of the smaller carts have u-boat style wheels (fixed in the middle and castors on the ends) which result in some crazy physics when riding. when I'm a customer on my way out, I run full speed into the parking lot on my way, jump on, and see how far I can go.
OMG I park in the back of the lot for 2 reasons, my damn TA's car door are huge, and the parking lot at wal-mart is on a down hill slope... ROLL FOR DAYSS
Ever learn how to brake steer rubbing your feet on the wheels? I'm ready to take on Pikes Peak!
I'm a grown man who has kids nearly as tall as me and the cart is heavy. If the slope is there and the coast is clear, game on. I'm all Tony Hawk with that bitch. A legend of the parking lot in the making here.
Sometimes these days I put my kids in the basket if we only got a few things and I push them as fast as I can run. It's as safe as anything else we do (bumper cars, bumper boats, riding bikes), and they fucking love it and laugh like crazy people.
It's true, so few people do this nowadays. I push carts at a busy grocery store and I only see a couple people do this per shift. Interesting enough I've noticed that most of the people that do are either less than 20 years old or more than 50.
I do this with my three kids hanging onto the basket. I get dirty looks as I'm racing down the parking lot with 3 kids screaming, "Faster, dad! Faster!".
I witnessed an older couple (probably in their 70's) racing their carts down the parking lot at Walmart, giggling like little kids the whole way. Really made me happy for the rest of the night.
I do it until I hit a bump and pop a cart wheely, almost crushing myself under the cart. Then I serious the fuck up and walk like an adult, blushing and hoping nobody saw.
It's REALLY nice when you find a cart with bald tires at Walmart. I'll fucking race through there, whip the back end and slide on my shoes (some Laurens slip ons with no tread left). I don't give a fuck what people think (except some women).
I'm a cart drifting master. What embarrasses me is that I sometimes do sound effects and don't realize for a while. By then, i don't know how long I've been making noises for.
I just had the rare opportunity to do this for maybe 800 feet yesterday (I guess like 250 meters if I were pretty much anywhere else) and it was joyous!
I'm in my late thirties... totally got some intense, motion-blurred glares from other adult parkers.
I'm 38. My Costco parking lot is all down hill. Ballin' out with $200 bucks worth of shit I don't need in the cart and a giant thing of toilet paper that I came for.
As a guy who works at a grocery store, don't do this if the cart is empty, those things will capsize and you could get hurt. And don't do it if you're fat, the carts aren't meant to be used that way and they can and will get damaged. Also, unless you're younger than 4, don't ride in the cart where food goes, that really damages the carts and I will make fun of/yell at you for it.
I used to work at albertsons and the coolest motherfucker I've ever encountered there rode his cart around the whole store the whole time like that.... with a case of beer... every time. And he was like 50
25 year old male here. All of my grocery shopping is wondrously concluded by a race to my car on a cart. Instead of worrying about how my actions are perceived by others in a negative sense, I only hope it inspires to revel in those little things that make them happy.
If you want to have a lot of fun with a cart, grab the front and push it backwards, then kick off a bit at an angle, this will cause the cart to spin around really fast and start going forwards while you are flying backwards. 10/10
I recommend having a bit of weight in the cart before trying this.
I ALWAYS do this at Costco because they have huge heavy carts that never tip and smooth wide long aisles where you don't have to worry about people popping out of nowhere. Also necessary for the long journey across their massive parking lot to the car.
I used to do this all the time because a.) it's fun and b.) it embarrasses the shit out of my and kids. I can't do it anymore because I sustained some pretty massive injuries during a seizure about a year ago. I can't take the risk of injuring one of my shoulders or back.
If you push yourself up on your hands while it's gliding, and dangle your feet just above the wheels, you can selectively push your L or R foot down on a wheel to alter the direction of the cart. Extra effective if you are heading on a slight downslope.
I usually hang on the handlebars and drag me feet along the floor. One time I used a wrong type of cart and it tipped over. Broke a front tooth and gave me nosebleed
I was riding down an aisle with a cart in IKEA. A worker was walking by and I got embarassed so I stopped, but he chuckled and said, "Is that all you got? Go faster."
I was killing time one day in the warehouse at Ikea, wandering around aimlessly like a lost little child.
I bumped into one of those flatop shopping carts and noticed how well it tracked. Hopped on and gave it a test push... fantastic.
Went for a zip across the warehouse, exhilarating. I suck at skateboarding but this was awesome. Another guy saw me do it, hopped on one too. Pretty soon there were half a dozen of us zipping around the warehouse straight up Tony Hawk.
Nobody stopped us. Kept it up until she was done. Best Ikea trip ever. Of all time.
I turned into an aisle right behind a guy who thought it was empty and he did this. It made me smile knowing he probably didn't know I was there. That sentence came out a lot creepier than I thought it would.
I do it all the time fuck the world. I did it at Costco once in the long flat bed cart and I spun out of control and hit a 360 in the lot...a few people laughed ..I hopped back on and continued to kick push all the way to car
My boyfriend does it. I will sort of do it for a few seconds but I'm clumsy and afraid of either ramming a car or somehow managing to flip my cart and eat shit
The flatbeds at IKEA are the most amazing ride there is. Combine those with a smooth polished concrete floor and a large warehouse area and you should fully expect to see grown men getting their carts up to 30 mph.
I do this all the time. I used to do it when I worked in a shop. Customers used to threaten to complain about me being unprofessional, but by the time I had been there a month I was the hardest working employee and I hated my job. My boss knew both of those things so I knew I wouldn't get in trouble for doing something to brighten my day a little bit. Go ahead and complain you fuck, people like you are the reason I'm whizzing about on a trolley in the first place.
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u/ORAMYOU Jul 13 '15
Riding on shopping carts in the parking lot. It's like a scooter with a basket on it.