Do You Always Return Your Trolly for The Dollar

Trying2SaveABuck on 05/02/2023 - 21:44
Last edited 05/02/2023 - 21:44

Here as Ozbargain we discuss the real issues….

I have noticed at my local supermarket people are just leaving their trolly wherever and leaving them with 1 and 2 dollar coins in them….for the trolly dude to collect or frugal randoms like myself to return and take the coins…

Now i live in a 'not rich' area in the Western Suburbs of Melbourne so it kind of 'shocks' me that this 'laziness tax' is becoming more common the last 2 trips to the super market ive cleaned up like 7 bucks in change from returning trollies to the bays that were like 10-20meters away.

so the poll below is exclusive to trollies that require a 'coin' to use - as i think we have all been too lazy to return the ones that dont have a coin in them…

[Poll] Do you always return your trolly to get your coin back or is this a laziness tax you are happy to pay

Poll Options

  • 649
    I have always returned my trolly
  • 20
    I have left my coin in the trolly before
Food & Grocery

Comments

  • Bafranz on 05/02/2023 - 21:48
    +53

    I always check if anyone has left their dollar in trolleys

    • drfuzzy on 06/02/2023 - 22:10
      +76

      I do too but people get annoyed and want to keep pushing their trolley.

      • rakerr on 07/02/2023 - 14:19
        +2

        thanks for the lol!

    • ankor on 07/02/2023 - 10:43

      Do you also look for used durries on the ground?!

      • nikey2k27 on 07/02/2023 - 18:22

        eww but some people do that.

        • JIMB0 on 08/02/2023 - 07:24
          +1

          I often see people doing both at the same time. Enterprising folk.

    • skillet on 08/02/2023 - 09:04

      I live in middle class area very rare to find a coin in an abandon trolley.

  • SF3 on 05/02/2023 - 21:53
    +40

    One would use a "Removable Shopping Trolley Coin Token Key Unlocker", so real money ain't used and don't need to leave in behind.

    • Bruceflix on 05/02/2023 - 22:25
      +3

      This is the (ozbargain) way

    • NigelTufnel on 06/02/2023 - 14:35
      +5

      Aren't those things about $1 each anyway? The real ozbargainer glues two 5c pieces together to use as a $2 coin. Like we used to be able to with some older vending machines…

      • TEER3X on 06/02/2023 - 18:44
        -1

        So you waste 10c everytime or do you go back to get your otherwise unusable coins?

        I don't think you've thought this through.

        • NigelTufnel on 06/02/2023 - 19:22
          +10

          Use it like a normal coin or reusable token. But it costs 10c outlay instead of $1, and uses otherwise useless 5c coins. And if I did forget/lose it, I'm only out 10c.

          I always return my trolleys (even if no coin used), I'm not a sociopath.

          • resisting the urge on 07/02/2023 - 15:47

            @NigelTufnel: But for this poll to be accurate, it needed an option for 'Never return my trollEy for such small change'

          • TEER3X on 09/02/2023 - 20:29
            -1

            @NigelTufnel: fair enough, i always put my trolley behind the back of the car next to mine. i don't like people parking near me, even if i wasn't there first.

            • NigelTufnel on 09/02/2023 - 23:03

              @TEER3X: You should probably put a trolley in the empty bay next you you if that's your goal…

            • Yola on 10/02/2023 - 10:19

              @TEER3X: Recently my car was scratched across 3 panels by someone who also did not like cars parked next to them. The manager of the car wash that was nearby told me that other cars had also been vandalised. Unfortunately, there was no proof and I was out $600 for the excess.

    • field1985 on 06/02/2023 - 14:54
      +9

      One should use a Trolley Key. If you leave a token behind, you still lose the token. The key can't be left behind.

      • SF3 on 06/02/2023 - 15:51
        +2

        yep, if one searches for "Removable Shopping Trolley Coin Token Key Unlocker", that is what they'll find. :)

        • field1985 on 06/02/2023 - 16:26

          True. I thought you were talking about the trolley token's that they sell for $1 at some supermarkets. My mistake. :)

      • ihfree on 06/02/2023 - 16:52
        +1

        Oh wow, that is awesome!

        I hate keyring trolley tokens and carrying cash. One of those looks like it will fit into my key organizer nicely.

      • Nickels n Dimes on 06/02/2023 - 21:50
        +1

        This is the best option, or you could use a small pair of bolt cutters 😉

      • Serapis on 07/02/2023 - 14:33

        I'm going to print some to sell too….

        • resisting the urge on 07/02/2023 - 15:45
          +1

          Kudos if you can sell them in a vending machine out front of a supermarket

  • apsilon on 05/02/2023 - 21:55
    +8

    Place I shop doesn't have trolleys with tokens but I return it anyway but on my keyring I have one of those tokens you can remove for those trolleys and wouldn't return it in those cases simply because I don't like the concept so I'm weird and don't fit any of your poll options.

  • SBOB on 05/02/2023 - 21:59
    +38

    i think we have all been too lazy to return the ones that dont have a coin in them

    I'm pretty sure, if there's a heaven, the simple act of placing a shopping trolley back in a trolley bay when there is no direct monetary insentive, is one of the top entry criteria.

      • [Deactivated] on 05/02/2023 - 23:00
        +10

        What time is it now in your part of the world?

      • jjjaar on 05/02/2023 - 23:41
        +15

        The people who get paid to relocate trolleys are actually paid to bring them from the car park return locations back into the store, not collect them from every single space in the car park.

        If everyone left their carts scattered around the car park instead of putting them in the return location, the stores wouldn’t put more staff on, they’d expect the same number of staff to deal with it.

        • AustriaBargain on 05/02/2023 - 23:43
          -8

          Well they do collect them from the car park, so it would still cost thousands of jobs. I don't think it's true that the store would pay the same and give the same hours either way.

          • disturboed on 06/02/2023 - 09:36
            +8

            @AustriaBargain: how would putting your trolley back into the designated bay cost thousands of jobs?? They still have to get from the bay to the store…..

            • BeauKilla on 08/02/2023 - 14:50
              +1

              @disturboed: People used to poop on the floor before toilets, how many millions of mer jerbs have been lost due to that!

      • CrowReally on 06/02/2023 - 00:57
        +16

        I had a mate who used to leave popcorn boxes and other junk on the floor of the cinema and make jokes about how he was a philanthropist and giving the cleaners work, etc.

        Later he got a job at Hoyts and pissed and moaned about cinema slobs (without irony).

        This was a high school memory so uh, I guess, you are … here [TEENAGE INSIGHT].

          • RMBC on 06/02/2023 - 17:48
            +13

            @AustriaBargain: Or you could just clean up after yourself and not be a shitty person

            • AustriaBargain on 06/02/2023 - 18:02
              -1

              @RMBC: And if there is a staff member standing near you waiting for you to get up so they can clean, wouldn't you be embracing them in front of their manager by cleaning up after yourself? Like if you're at a friend's house for dinner, it would cause them feelings of shame if you did something yourself that the host was mean to do for you. It may cause you shame to have the host do things for you, but that's because you aren't a gracious guest.

              • Gervais fanboy on 06/02/2023 - 18:11
                +9

                @AustriaBargain: Dude, at first I thought you were only trolling but I am seriously doubting that possibility now.

                You don’t clean up after yourself out of whatever you are trying to suggest here.
                You do it coz that’s the right thing to do.
                Period.
                Depending on how one is brought up, it’s just a natural instinct/habit that people have in them.

                • AustriaBargain on 06/02/2023 - 18:23
                  -3

                  @Gervais fanboy: And then your waiter/host gets/feels scolded for having the guest do their job for them.

                  • RMBC on 06/02/2023 - 18:31

                    @AustriaBargain: Assuming you aren't trolling, it's very simple, you ask if there is anything you can do to help, or offer to assist

                    If they insist you don't, so be it. This is however a long way from the previous scenarios with cleaning up after yourself, putting a trolley you've used back in the allocated spot, or not making more of a mess than necessary. Yes people are employed for these things, but that doesn't mean you make more work for them to justify their employment

                    • AustriaBargain on 06/02/2023 - 18:42
                      -2

                      @RMBC: Why not grab a mop and do five minutes of mopping next time you're at Woolworths? These corporations make billions a year, they don't actually need you to do their work for them.

                  • Gervais fanboy on 06/02/2023 - 19:46
                    +1

                    @AustriaBargain:

                    And then your waiter/host gets/feels scolded for having the guest do their job for them.

                    And what planet is that happening on?
                    Have you never worked a job in your whole life?

                    • AustriaBargain on 06/02/2023 - 20:50

                      @Gervais fanboy: I work as a waiter at McDonald's. My job is to clear the tables for the guests after dinner service.

                      • Gervais fanboy on 07/02/2023 - 03:31
                        +2

                        @AustriaBargain: ‘Waiter’?
                        You mean you are a crew member that also waits on tables amongst other things..

                        And you are suggesting that your manager ‘scolds’ you if a patron was to clean up after themselves?

          • smartazz104 on 07/02/2023 - 07:42
            +5

            @AustriaBargain: Either you are trolling or just plain dumb. Either way, stop posting drivel.

      • SBOB on 06/02/2023 - 06:20

        Thanks for illustrating my point

      • coffeeinmyveins on 06/02/2023 - 10:42
        +4

        Are you type of twat that throws their rubbish on the floor or leaves their food at maccas tables because "someone else" will clean it up?

        • AustriaBargain on 06/02/2023 - 11:07
          -4

          Well it's not there on the table when I come back the next time, so someone else must have cleaned it up. My local McDonald's advertises itself as having "table service", what does table service even mean if you have to bus your own table at the end of the meal?

          • coffeeinmyveins on 06/02/2023 - 11:40
            +7

            @AustriaBargain: Yeah, you're that twat.

            • AustriaBargain on 06/02/2023 - 11:44

              @coffeeinmyveins: If you were at a restaurant that had table service, at the end of your meal would you be walking into the kitchen with your plates in your hand looking for a bin to scrape them into?

              • smartazz104 on 07/02/2023 - 07:43
                +4

                @AustriaBargain: No, because everyone with half a brain knows a how a restaurant works, as opposed to a place like McDonalds.

          • Ramrunner on 10/02/2023 - 13:33

            @AustriaBargain: I ran out of negative votes just reading your drivel.

            So I'll put one in manually

            -1

            Seriously mate you need help if what you write is in any way true in your mind. I'm concerned about you mentally.

      • macrocephalic on 06/02/2023 - 14:41
        +1

        Broken Window Fallacy.

      • Save 50 Cent on 06/02/2023 - 14:44

        Is that also why your throw your rubbish on the ground for the cleaners to collect? And leave your big mac wrappers on the table? You are creating jobs after all and doing the world a favour.

        • AustriaBargain on 06/02/2023 - 14:46

          The McDonald's maître d' could get in trouble if the owner of the store saw me bussing my own table.

      • smartazz104 on 07/02/2023 - 07:41

        No.

    • Kozhutki on 06/02/2023 - 19:23

      i would agree but then we wouldn't have cart narc

    • drfuzzy on 08/02/2023 - 12:28

      By your logic, driving your trolley interstate and dumping it is a solution to global unemployment.

    • OsakaBoi on 08/02/2023 - 12:39

      Yeah this is the shopping trolley test

      https://i.redd.it/l8fxt7vb3lz41.png

  • [Deactivated] on 05/02/2023 - 22:00
    +6

    $1 per 'trolly' … you could earn a fortune returning the 'trollies' on OzB 🤣

    • Trying2SaveABuck on 05/02/2023 - 22:01
      +6

      tax free

      • cktftw on 06/02/2023 - 14:40
        +1

        ATO report sent!

        • derrida derider on 06/02/2023 - 18:01

          Robodebt letter despatched …

        • resisting the urge on 07/02/2023 - 16:06

          "Your report has been rejected.

          Others have reported an intention to avoid paying tax relating to this citizen's IMEI number already"

          (SkyNet AI beat you to it by 20ms or so)

        • drfuzzy on 08/02/2023 - 12:31

          Returning one trolley to obtain $1 would not be sufficient to be considered ordinary income in the tax act.
          If you were to regularly return trolleys that might be a different story.

  • Gervais fanboy on 05/02/2023 - 22:02
    +3

    I don’t think that I have ever seen a trolley with a lingering coin in it.
    People down here in the South-East must be really skint. lol

    • Trying2SaveABuck on 06/02/2023 - 09:31
      +1

      Probably the increased home loan repayments are having a bigger impact on that side of town

  • brendanm on 05/02/2023 - 22:05
    +8

    I take the ones from colesworths to use at aldi, no coin required.

    • TEER3X on 06/02/2023 - 18:45

      Depends on the area, lots of Coles require a gold coin

      • brendanm on 07/02/2023 - 14:49
        +1

        Must be a rough area for Coles to need a coin.

    • superhans on 08/02/2023 - 06:19

      Me too, but it's not for everyone as the trolleys are quite heavy to lift into the boot of your car

      • brendanm on 08/02/2023 - 08:03

        Helps with your deadlift as well as not having to keep a coin.

  • stralya on 05/02/2023 - 22:18
    +5

    In the early days of coin operated Aldi trolleys, there was one occasion I forgot to get my $1 coin out. I just put the trolley back in the bay and forgot about it. Remembered only when I got home, so didn't bother going back. So, some of it could be forgetfulness rather than laziness.

    • superhans on 08/02/2023 - 06:21

      Happened to me too in April 1984. Still stings …

    • wiltonson on 08/02/2023 - 13:24

      Happened to me just this Saturday at Costco. Lesson learned for me, I'll be glueing together a few 2x 5c now and keep them in both cars

  • AustriaBargain on 05/02/2023 - 22:41
    +1

    It's a treat for the kids or some poor adult to find one with a dollar still in it.

    • JIMB0 on 06/02/2023 - 10:11
      +1

      There's the needy and the greedy. What if it's a rich ozbargainer collecting?

    • drfuzzy on 08/02/2023 - 12:33

      Or a wealthy OzBargainer on $200k.

  • xtremehell on 05/02/2023 - 23:07

    I stopped seeing the coin op ones around in SA. They were around like 10 years ago. I guess ALDI still has them here?

    Maybe they should still have them, as people dump them, e.g.I seen a bunch of Woolworth trolleys dumped into the river Torrens at Walkerville a few years ago.

    • macrocephalic on 06/02/2023 - 15:00
      +1

      Someone who dumps them in the river is going to find a way around the coin lock. The coin is just to get lazy people to return them to bays.

  • cashless on 05/02/2023 - 23:26
    +6

    Always trying2reclaimabuck

  • bobbified on 05/02/2023 - 23:30

    Not sure if the $1 coin makes things better or worse. On one hand, it might encourage some people to take the trolley back to get their dollar back. On the other hand, someone might feel that they have the right to leave the trolley there because they're "paying" the dollar.

    • BewareOfThe Dog on 06/02/2023 - 09:26
      +3

      It's very rare you see abandoned Aldi trolleys, like you do with CW, DM, B etc

  • wasdw246 on 06/02/2023 - 01:19

    inflation must have made the dollar worth(less).
    next thing u know, the trolley will require 5 dollar note to operate

    • smartazz104 on 07/02/2023 - 07:45
      +1

      They'll make you scan your credit card, so they know who the last person who used it was; that way if it ends up on a random street or in a river, they can just charge that person.

  • KaTst3R on 06/02/2023 - 02:23
    +2

    Returning my trolley so I dont end up being called out on some Youtube video.

  • andrek on 06/02/2023 - 06:45
    +5

    Need another option for the poll:

    I never use a dollar in the first place

    • superhans on 08/02/2023 - 06:24

      These are great!

  • samcro on 06/02/2023 - 07:20
    +5

    I 3d print removable tokens, so no need to use coins. I do always return the trolley though.

  • TrumpisKing on 06/02/2023 - 08:05
    +4

    It's general human decency to return the trolley to the trolley bay. You used it, put it back where it belongs.

  • sunnyboys2 on 06/02/2023 - 08:27

    Username checks out

  • Hedgehog on 06/02/2023 - 08:35

    Use an old credit card and make a fake $2 shape leaving a handle to retrieve and you can retrieve the $2 coins WITHOUT returning the trolley. A trolley boy on the Gold Coast allowed me to trace his 'Master Coin" lol

  • subydooby on 06/02/2023 - 08:40
    -2

    $1 or $2 for the trolley, 15 cents each for the bags, shopping is getting expensive even before the groceries.

  • BewareOfThe Dog on 06/02/2023 - 09:22

    Foxpop.

    Currently 3 for $20 Delivered. Sorry SOLD OUT.

    Singles are $8 each delivered

  • McEels on 06/02/2023 - 09:41
    +13

    Return?? I thought it was $1 to buy. I have a collection of trolleys at home. When I get enough, I'll take them to the metal scrap yard and collect.

    • BewareOfThe Dog on 06/02/2023 - 10:16

      Or put them out the front, and report them. Hopefully win $$$

    • Typical16-bitEnjoyer on 06/02/2023 - 10:18

      Lay them on their side. Great bogan barbecue.

  • Typical16-bitEnjoyer on 06/02/2023 - 10:18

    I guess many haven't discovered the joy of click n collect. I don't need a trolley, nor enter the store.

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