well, i really don't quite follow the fascination some of you have with all this sort of thing, but here, once more, we are. exactly where we are is, yes, more shopping trolley action for your consideration, and indeed entertainment, look you see.
no, i absolutely totes do not go out looking for this sort of thing. as it happens, i seldom, if ever, go out looking for anything in particular. i suppose these days my eyes are just drawn to sights such as discarded and abandoned shopping trolleys (trollies?), for i know that there are people out there who would appreciate a bit of a gander at such.
it would be fair, and also honest, to say that the trolley pictured above has seen better days. actually, i suspect that it will not see many more days at all, as surely one so damaged is less likely to be saved, salvaged and repaired, and more likely to be beautifying a scrapyard. with the strict rules, regulation and reporting expected of scrapyards these days, this will of course be done in an off the books, cash is tax free way.
as you can (probably) see in the above, this trolley has suffered some severe, likely career ending damage to the front right wheel. there is some reason for this. i am not going to say whether that is a good or bad reason, for that is for you to determine by your own moral code. should you have no quarrel or issue with people retaining their shopping trolley for long beyond the time they used it at the shop which ostensibly owns it, well then yes.
hopefully the video above shows you (reasonably) clearly why the right front wheel was hacked off with little in the way of mercy. that seems to be where the "special magnetic lock" is, which kicks in and stops the trolley being moved beyond a specified distance from the shop of origin. it is quite miserable and unfair of them to do this, for where else are people supposed to be able to get shopping trolleys (trollies?) from?
by the way, yes, if you are reading this in America, shopping trolley is the (correct and proper) way we refer to what you call a "shopping cart". i have never, ever understood the American obsession with the word "cart", but there you go. so far as i am aware, in Japan they call them shoppingukāto, or if you like ショッピングカート. i rather like the Japanese name for them.
the second trolley to be featured here, and pictured above, is indeed unblemished and still in perfectly serviceable, presumably working condition. so i suppose it is quite boring in comparison to the one above, but then for all i know some of you may well prefer to see a trolley as it was intended to be.
not a lot left for me to say here on this subject, and if we are honest that was just as true at the start of this. all i can do is say i hope you enjoy the images and video.
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