If you are illegal and have no license nor vehicle, is it ok to steal a shopping cart to get your groceries home? There used to be many carts piled up around local apartments from WalMart and everyone in town has seen who was pushing them but the cops couldn't catch them all. WalMart purchased carts with wheel brakes that activate when so many ft. from the store! LMFAO!
2006-07-31 14:04:35 · 22 answers · asked by tripledigit67 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
buy the way check out the price of a shopping cart and decide the offense!
2006-07-31 14:05:37 · update #1
an officer arrested and charged a kid from my high school for running over carts with his 4x4.
2006-07-31 14:13:42 · update #2
No, but I think you've appointed yourself judge and jury here, and your only seeing one side to this question. There are many people that can't afford the luxury of owning a car. To grow up very poor, as in my case, my momma couldn't afford to buy a car, you see, circumstances in her life made it difficult to get luxuries like a car, it's not just illegals as you stated, that take shopping carts home, my mom did it also. She hated to do it, but we lived a mile away from the grocery store and we couldn't fit all the groceries we needed for a family of five in our arms, although
, many, many, times we tried. She was eventually able to buy a wagon that helped eliminate taking what she knew she shouldn't, but at the time, we didn't feel we had much of a choice. I know there are people in the same situation we were in, and there are
some people that take shopping carts home, that are not necessity, and that's just not right, but maybe you should have a little more empathy for the people that haven't had it as easy as you have had it, apparently. We always tried to take back the carts, but sometimes they had someone hired to find carts around town, and they beat us to it, and yes we knew that came out of the stores or customers pockets, but, we did what we had to do, even if we were thought of as thieves.
2006-07-31 15:07:44 · answer #1 · answered by junkmail 6 · 4⤊ 4⤋
Try to find out if these are left by normal people walking home with groceries or kids taking them. I lived right behind a huge grocery store before, most normal people don't take carts again and again while walking. Most reuse same one or carry the bags. Sounds like more of a problem than that. Make & post a big professional looking sign somewhere visible where the carts are being left. Or on mailboxes. (maybe at night) Have it read, " (name of store) shopping carts have been frequently found in this area. (The store) will now be looking out for any persons taking the carts off the store property." Or keep calling and complaining, ask for the district # too.
2016-03-27 11:18:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You already know what stealing is and you know it is wrong. There is no justification for it. And by the way when people steal shopping carts the other customers have to pay for them. How is that you say? The store has to buy new carts to replace the stolen ones and they have to put that cost in the price of their merchandise. So when you steal something your really stealing from the other customers. Not good.
2006-07-31 14:25:00 · answer #3 · answered by Captleemo 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's only OK to steal a shopping cart to get your groceries home if you are homeless, living on the streets, are an illegal alien, or are some other person who contributes nothing to society but feels it's perfectly acceptable to steel things to make his/her life easier. Way to go Wal Mart! That store rocks!
2006-07-31 14:10:57 · answer #4 · answered by westernndguy 4 · 2⤊ 4⤋
There is this senior citizen home which happens to be across the street....Calhoun's Grocer understand that they need to take the shopping carts home so, they send a sacker to the parking lot to collect the baskets....
As long as there is an understanding...
2006-07-31 14:19:44 · answer #5 · answered by say it ain't so 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. The shopping cart is private property of the store.
2006-07-31 15:55:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
the only ppl who really steal shopping carts are the homeless.. aka. legal americans. Everyone else just uses them because they buy a lot of groceries, but never really keep them forever.
2006-07-31 14:08:15 · answer #7 · answered by sly 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No it is not ok to steal shopping carts. It is NOT ok to steal anything.
It is also NOT ok to be in this country illegally.
Call the cops each time it happens.
2006-07-31 14:09:07 · answer #8 · answered by Bluealt 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, I don't think it's wrong, as long as you take it back to the store with you the next time you go...that way you only take one cart instead of building a massive cart pile on your lawn or something. :)
2006-07-31 14:08:20 · answer #9 · answered by Julia L. 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Once again your "ignorance" is in full bloom......
Are you trying to justify your "WOMAN" stealing that cart cuz you were to drunk to start the truck.......(even though it doesn't really start, you just tell her that)
*You screwed Walmart though....you rigged up those carts she steals........didn't you, didn't you.......go ahead...slap yourself on the back. Not too many men like YOU... would be capable of that.*
2006-07-31 14:15:43 · answer #10 · answered by sqwirlsgirl 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋