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Posting the shopping cart theory because people had questions in a separate thread (slrpnk.net)

submitted 2 months ago by ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] SSJMarx@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (24 children)

I'm a fan of the Capitalist Realist Shopping Cart Theory, myself.

Putting shopping carts away is bad for society and you should stop doing it.

The reason is that putting a shopping cart away requires labor, labor requires a person to do it, and the person who has to do it is employed by the grocery store.

Thus, if enough people refuse to put their shopping carts back, enough excess labor will be generated at grocery stores around the country that they will be forced to hire more people to do it, creating jobs.

QED

[–] Electric_Druid@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (7 children)

This is just "littering is fine because it's someone's job to pick it up" with extra steps.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Littering has environmental impact, and looks bad. Carts being put back by the company or the customer doesn't hurt the environment. If it looks bad the company creates a job to ensure the customer keeps coming.

[–] Electric_Druid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The cart carrier's job will still be there regardless. I take my cart to the stall, they take it to the store, and nobody has to deal with loose carts. My social responsibility is not impacting anyone's job in this case.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

Yarp, that agrees with everything I said and what most people do.

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