The internet has been buzzing about a photo of a shared trolley space between ALDI and Woolworths in a Melbourne supermarket parking lot.

Sharing on the forum site Reddit, a shopper who was just passing by noticed how strikingly different the two supermarket trolley lanes were: the lines of trolleys from ALDI were neat and straight, whereas the trolleys from Woolies were… a mess, to say the least.

At ALDI, customers need to put a gold coin or token in a slot to use a coin-operated shopping cart. In order to get their gold coin or token back, customers must line up their empty shopping carts neatly in front of another cart and attach them using a chain.

On the other hand, shoppers at Woolies don't have to pay anything to use the store's trolleys, so they have 'no real responsibility' to return them to an orderly state after use.

The shopper who witnessed the disparity in the parking lot snapped a photo of the supermarket trolleys, and then went on to upload it on social media with the caption: 'The difference $1 can make.'

The trolley lane for ALDI is so different from Woolies. Credit: Reddit.​

It wasn't long before the picture garnered the attention of many Aussies in the forum, all of which had their own opinions regarding the trolley habits of their fellow supermarket shoppers.

One user went on to say nice things about their fellow ALDI shoppers, saying that they usually put their trolleys back in the right place in the cart lanes. 'My local ALDI has two trolley types, both in nice tidy lines thanks to people wanting their dollar/token back,' they said.

A second user who claimed to know the particular parking lot wrote in the comments section: 'The Woolies trollies there are always super annoying.' They added, 'The problem is there are two types of trollies, and as soon as someone gets lazy and puts one on the wrong side, that's it; all hope is lost.'

Meanwhile, a third user pointed out that it's the dollar incentive that makes people willing to comply with the rules and put back their trolleys nicely. 'That's the point; people will all of a sudden stop being absolute s*** c***s to get back what's theirs, even if it's only a dollar.'

'Take that away, and it's total anarchy - as seen in this picture,' they went on to say.

Several users who claimed they work as trolley collectors also shared their feelings about the topic and their thoughts on how some supermarket shoppers use their trolleys.

'As a Coles trolley collector, I can confirm that when people see one that isn't in a bay, they follow suit,' one user wrote under the post, adding: 'It's so troublesome having to rearrange them neatly just so I can come back with the rover to then bring them in. And because we only have one of us on the roster at a time, it's hell.'

ALDI uses a gold coin system to get people to return shopping carts responsibly. Credit: Alamy.​

A spokesperson for ALDI caught wind of the trolley discussion that was happening on Reddit and then went on to say that the supermarket is happy with how shoppers have responded to its trolley system.

'It's great our customers recognise the positive impact our coin deposit trolley system has at our stores across the country,' the spokesperson told an online news source.

'If a customer does forget to bring a gold coin, they can use one of our baskets or our reusable $0.99 Trolley Token that can be picked up at the checkout and attached to their keyring, so they'll never be caught without a trolley if they're out of gold coins.'

Well, we have to agree with them on this one, folks, because it's true that most of the ALDI trolley lanes we see are well-organised!

What do you think; do you agree? Are the trolley lanes at Woolies usually messy, or does it depend on the situation? Share your thoughts with us in the comments!

 

[Thecla]

I love that you need a token for Aldi trolleys, means they all get back to where they have to be. What P*SSES me off is when I go to return my Aldi trolley and the TWO Aldi bays are filled up with every other trolley under the sun other than Aldi trolleys. At this point you have to start scouring the carpark for another Aldi bay. People out there do you know that both those lines for the trolleys are for Aldi trolleys not just the side that has the big arrow under Aldi's name. People are just plain lazy and leave trolleys where ever they want. I suggested to our centre management to try and get Coles and Woolies to have coin op trolleys to try and clean up the car park a little bit but no. It happens in some locations but not all. Come on people be noice and do the right thing.

 

[adorableagnes]

The internet has been buzzing about a photo of a shared trolley space between ALDI and Woolworths in a Melbourne supermarket parking lot.

Sharing on the forum site Reddit, a shopper who was just passing by noticed how strikingly different the two supermarket trolley lanes were: the lines of trolleys from ALDI were neat and straight, whereas the trolleys from Woolies were… a mess, to say the least.

At ALDI, customers need to put a gold coin or token in a slot to use a coin-operated shopping cart. In order to get their gold coin or token back, customers must line up their empty shopping carts neatly in front of another cart and attach them using a chain.

On the other hand, shoppers at Woolies don't have to pay anything to use the store's trolleys, so they have 'no real responsibility' to return them to an orderly state after use.

The shopper who witnessed the disparity in the parking lot snapped a photo of the supermarket trolleys, and then went on to upload it on social media with the caption: 'The difference $1 can make.'

The trolley lane for ALDI is so different from Woolies. Credit: Reddit.​

It wasn't long before the picture garnered the attention of many Aussies in the forum, all of which had their own opinions regarding the trolley habits of their fellow supermarket shoppers.

One user went on to say nice things about their fellow ALDI shoppers, saying that they usually put their trolleys back in the right place in the cart lanes. 'My local ALDI has two trolley types, both in nice tidy lines thanks to people wanting their dollar/token back,' they said.

A second user who claimed to know the particular parking lot wrote in the comments section: 'The Woolies trollies there are always super annoying.' They added, 'The problem is there are two types of trollies, and as soon as someone gets lazy and puts one on the wrong side, that's it; all hope is lost.'

Meanwhile, a third user pointed out that it's the dollar incentive that makes people willing to comply with the rules and put back their trolleys nicely. 'That's the point; people will all of a sudden stop being absolute s*** c***s to get back what's theirs, even if it's only a dollar.'

'Take that away, and it's total anarchy - as seen in this picture,' they went on to say.

Several users who claimed they work as trolley collectors also shared their feelings about the topic and their thoughts on how some supermarket shoppers use their trolleys.

'As a Coles trolley collector, I can confirm that when people see one that isn't in a bay, they follow suit,' one user wrote under the post, adding: 'It's so troublesome having to rearrange them neatly just so I can come back with the rover to then bring them in. And because we only have one of us on the roster at a time, it's hell.'

ALDI uses a gold coin system to get people to return shopping carts responsibly. Credit: Alamy.​

A spokesperson for ALDI caught wind of the trolley discussion that was happening on Reddit and then went on to say that the supermarket is happy with how shoppers have responded to its trolley system.

'It's great our customers recognise the positive impact our coin deposit trolley system has at our stores across the country,' the spokesperson told an online news source.

'If a customer does forget to bring a gold coin, they can use one of our baskets or our reusable $0.99 Trolley Token that can be picked up at the checkout and attached to their keyring, so they'll never be caught without a trolley if they're out of gold coins.'

Well, we have to agree with them on this one, folks, because it's true that most of the ALDI trolley lanes we see are well-organised!

What do you think; do you agree? Are the trolley lanes at Woolies usually messy, or does it depend on the situation? Share your thoughts with us in the comments!

I will only shop in a stand alone Aldi because of the Aldi trolley bays at the major shopping centres being full of other supermarket brand trolleys

 

[Dorothy Kay]

The internet has been buzzing about a photo of a shared trolley space between ALDI and Woolworths in a Melbourne supermarket parking lot.

Sharing on the forum site Reddit, a shopper who was just passing by noticed how strikingly different the two supermarket trolley lanes were: the lines of trolleys from ALDI were neat and straight, whereas the trolleys from Woolies were… a mess, to say the least.

At ALDI, customers need to put a gold coin or token in a slot to use a coin-operated shopping cart. In order to get their gold coin or token back, customers must line up their empty shopping carts neatly in front of another cart and attach them using a chain.

On the other hand, shoppers at Woolies don't have to pay anything to use the store's trolleys, so they have 'no real responsibility' to return them to an orderly state after use.

The shopper who witnessed the disparity in the parking lot snapped a photo of the supermarket trolleys, and then went on to upload it on social media with the caption: 'The difference $1 can make.'

The trolley lane for ALDI is so different from Woolies. Credit: Reddit.​

It wasn't long before the picture garnered the attention of many Aussies in the forum, all of which had their own opinions regarding the trolley habits of their fellow supermarket shoppers.

One user went on to say nice things about their fellow ALDI shoppers, saying that they usually put their trolleys back in the right place in the cart lanes. 'My local ALDI has two trolley types, both in nice tidy lines thanks to people wanting their dollar/token back,' they said.

A second user who claimed to know the particular parking lot wrote in the comments section: 'The Woolies trollies there are always super annoying.' They added, 'The problem is there are two types of trollies, and as soon as someone gets lazy and puts one on the wrong side, that's it; all hope is lost.'

Meanwhile, a third user pointed out that it's the dollar incentive that makes people willing to comply with the rules and put back their trolleys nicely. 'That's the point; people will all of a sudden stop being absolute s*** c***s to get back what's theirs, even if it's only a dollar.'

'Take that away, and it's total anarchy - as seen in this picture,' they went on to say.

Several users who claimed they work as trolley collectors also shared their feelings about the topic and their thoughts on how some supermarket shoppers use their trolleys.

'As a Coles trolley collector, I can confirm that when people see one that isn't in a bay, they follow suit,' one user wrote under the post, adding: 'It's so troublesome having to rearrange them neatly just so I can come back with the rover to then bring them in. And because we only have one of us on the roster at a time, it's hell.'

ALDI uses a gold coin system to get people to return shopping carts responsibly. Credit: Alamy.​

A spokesperson for ALDI caught wind of the trolley discussion that was happening on Reddit and then went on to say that the supermarket is happy with how shoppers have responded to its trolley system.

'It's great our customers recognise the positive impact our coin deposit trolley system has at our stores across the country,' the spokesperson told an online news source.

'If a customer does forget to bring a gold coin, they can use one of our baskets or our reusable $0.99 Trolley Token that can be picked up at the checkout and attached to their keyring, so they'll never be caught without a trolley if they're out of gold coins.'

Well, we have to agree with them on this one, folks, because it's true that most of the ALDI trolley lanes we see are well-organised!

What do you think; do you agree? Are the trolley lanes at Woolies usually messy, or does it depend on the situation? Share your thoughts with us in the comments!

 

[Esme Evans]

The internet has been buzzing about a photo of a shared trolley space between ALDI and Woolworths in a Melbourne supermarket parking lot.

Sharing on the forum site Reddit, a shopper who was just passing by noticed how strikingly different the two supermarket trolley lanes were: the lines of trolleys from ALDI were neat and straight, whereas the trolleys from Woolies were… a mess, to say the least.

At ALDI, customers need to put a gold coin or token in a slot to use a coin-operated shopping cart. In order to get their gold coin or token back, customers must line up their empty shopping carts neatly in front of another cart and attach them using a chain.

On the other hand, shoppers at Woolies don't have to pay anything to use the store's trolleys, so they have 'no real responsibility' to return them to an orderly state after use.

The shopper who witnessed the disparity in the parking lot snapped a photo of the supermarket trolleys, and then went on to upload it on social media with the caption: 'The difference $1 can make.'

The trolley lane for ALDI is so different from Woolies. Credit: Reddit.​

It wasn't long before the picture garnered the attention of many Aussies in the forum, all of which had their own opinions regarding the trolley habits of their fellow supermarket shoppers.

One user went on to say nice things about their fellow ALDI shoppers, saying that they usually put their trolleys back in the right place in the cart lanes. 'My local ALDI has two trolley types, both in nice tidy lines thanks to people wanting their dollar/token back,' they said.

A second user who claimed to know the particular parking lot wrote in the comments section: 'The Woolies trollies there are always super annoying.' They added, 'The problem is there are two types of trollies, and as soon as someone gets lazy and puts one on the wrong side, that's it; all hope is lost.'

Meanwhile, a third user pointed out that it's the dollar incentive that makes people willing to comply with the rules and put back their trolleys nicely. 'That's the point; people will all of a sudden stop being absolute s*** c***s to get back what's theirs, even if it's only a dollar.'

'Take that away, and it's total anarchy - as seen in this picture,' they went on to say.

Several users who claimed they work as trolley collectors also shared their feelings about the topic and their thoughts on how some supermarket shoppers use their trolleys.

'As a Coles trolley collector, I can confirm that when people see one that isn't in a bay, they follow suit,' one user wrote under the post, adding: 'It's so troublesome having to rearrange them neatly just so I can come back with the rover to then bring them in. And because we only have one of us on the roster at a time, it's hell.'

ALDI uses a gold coin system to get people to return shopping carts responsibly. Credit: Alamy.​

A spokesperson for ALDI caught wind of the trolley discussion that was happening on Reddit and then went on to say that the supermarket is happy with how shoppers have responded to its trolley system.

'It's great our customers recognise the positive impact our coin deposit trolley system has at our stores across the country,' the spokesperson told an online news source.

'If a customer does forget to bring a gold coin, they can use one of our baskets or our reusable $0.99 Trolley Token that can be picked up at the checkout and attached to their keyring, so they'll never be caught without a trolley if they're out of gold coins.'

Well, we have to agree with them on this one, folks, because it's true that most of the ALDI trolley lanes we see are well-organised!

What do you think; do you agree? Are the trolley lanes at Woolies usually messy, or does it depend on the situation? Share your thoughts with us in the comments!

I agree all stores and shopping centres should have the $1 charge refundable for trolleys. It’s not just trolleys scattered through car parks sometimes knocking cars but also being left on streets and in suburbs. I realise this would take away jobs for many trolley collectors but this could be replaced maybe by more cleaners around the store/shopping centre car parks.

 

[Lynette Finnigan]

The coin in the trolley comes and goes, and comes and goes again....
It's a shame that some humans are so lazy that they have to be forced to do the "right thing"... but then there's people who don't have a coin, idiots who vandalise them because they think there's money inside, it costs for repairs and they change again.

 

[Ricci]

I don't know why it's so hard for designers and engineers to make trolleys of different carrying capacities still fit together. Woolies have two different sized trolleys and they don't fit together so the return bays often look a mess but at least shoppers are trying to do the right thing.

 

[Sloopy]

Having lived in Canberra, where all supermarkets used the coin/token system, it came as a shock when I moved some years back and found out how bad (and sometimes dangerous) the problems with trolleys had become. The floods this years also revealed many abandoned trolleys adding to the damage caused by water and other debris. If it takes the slight impost/inconvenience of needing a coin/token to make people do the right thing, bring it on!

 

[Evol P]

If you need a $1 to get a trolley you (or someone else) WILL put the trolley back.
If its a shared trolley bay you can see the evidence.

 

[Alexander]

The internet has been buzzing about a photo of a shared trolley space between ALDI and Woolworths in a Melbourne supermarket parking lot.

Sharing on the forum site Reddit, a shopper who was just passing by noticed how strikingly different the two supermarket trolley lanes were: the lines of trolleys from ALDI were neat and straight, whereas the trolleys from Woolies were… a mess, to say the least.

At ALDI, customers need to put a gold coin or token in a slot to use a coin-operated shopping cart. In order to get their gold coin or token back, customers must line up their empty shopping carts neatly in front of another cart and attach them using a chain.

On the other hand, shoppers at Woolies don't have to pay anything to use the store's trolleys, so they have 'no real responsibility' to return them to an orderly state after use.

The shopper who witnessed the disparity in the parking lot snapped a photo of the supermarket trolleys, and then went on to upload it on social media with the caption: 'The difference $1 can make.'

The trolley lane for ALDI is so different from Woolies. Credit: Reddit.​

It wasn't long before the picture garnered the attention of many Aussies in the forum, all of which had their own opinions regarding the trolley habits of their fellow supermarket shoppers.

One user went on to say nice things about their fellow ALDI shoppers, saying that they usually put their trolleys back in the right place in the cart lanes. 'My local ALDI has two trolley types, both in nice tidy lines thanks to people wanting their dollar/token back,' they said.

A second user who claimed to know the particular parking lot wrote in the comments section: 'The Woolies trollies there are always super annoying.' They added, 'The problem is there are two types of trollies, and as soon as someone gets lazy and puts one on the wrong side, that's it; all hope is lost.'

Meanwhile, a third user pointed out that it's the dollar incentive that makes people willing to comply with the rules and put back their trolleys nicely. 'That's the point; people will all of a sudden stop being absolute s*** c***s to get back what's theirs, even if it's only a dollar.'

'Take that away, and it's total anarchy - as seen in this picture,' they went on to say.

Several users who claimed they work as trolley collectors also shared their feelings about the topic and their thoughts on how some supermarket shoppers use their trolleys.

'As a Coles trolley collector, I can confirm that when people see one that isn't in a bay, they follow suit,' one user wrote under the post, adding: 'It's so troublesome having to rearrange them neatly just so I can come back with the rover to then bring them in. And because we only have one of us on the roster at a time, it's hell.'

ALDI uses a gold coin system to get people to return shopping carts responsibly. Credit: Alamy.​

A spokesperson for ALDI caught wind of the trolley discussion that was happening on Reddit and then went on to say that the supermarket is happy with how shoppers have responded to its trolley system.

'It's great our customers recognise the positive impact our coin deposit trolley system has at our stores across the country,' the spokesperson told an online news source.

'If a customer does forget to bring a gold coin, they can use one of our baskets or our reusable $0.99 Trolley Token that can be picked up at the checkout and attached to their keyring, so they'll never be caught without a trolley if they're out of gold coins.'

Well, we have to agree with them on this one, folks, because it's true that most of the ALDI trolley lanes we see are well-organised!

What do you think; do you agree? Are the trolley lanes at Woolies usually messy, or does it depend on the situation? Share your thoughts with us in the comments!

Aldi trolleys are there outside the store when you want one. You will find Woolies trolleys on nature strips far from the store (they must be mechanised to get there) dumped in parks, pushed off the road, abandoned at the far end of the car park OR shoved in a trolley lane somewhere. Good luck finding one!!

 

[ElleJay]

All the Woolies, Coles and Aldi stores in my local area (Melbourne's outer east) use the coin/token system. It works really well, not sure why they don't do it everywhere. They still have trolley collectors to take trolleys back to the stores.

 

[Ezzy]

The internet has been buzzing about a photo of a shared trolley space between ALDI and Woolworths in a Melbourne supermarket parking lot.

Sharing on the forum site Reddit, a shopper who was just passing by noticed how strikingly different the two supermarket trolley lanes were: the lines of trolleys from ALDI were neat and straight, whereas the trolleys from Woolies were… a mess, to say the least.

At ALDI, customers need to put a gold coin or token in a slot to use a coin-operated shopping cart. In order to get their gold coin or token back, customers must line up their empty shopping carts neatly in front of another cart and attach them using a chain.

On the other hand, shoppers at Woolies don't have to pay anything to use the store's trolleys, so they have 'no real responsibility' to return them to an orderly state after use.

The shopper who witnessed the disparity in the parking lot snapped a photo of the supermarket trolleys, and then went on to upload it on social media with the caption: 'The difference $1 can make.'

The trolley lane for ALDI is so different from Woolies. Credit: Reddit.​

It wasn't long before the picture garnered the attention of many Aussies in the forum, all of which had their own opinions regarding the trolley habits of their fellow supermarket shoppers.

One user went on to say nice things about their fellow ALDI shoppers, saying that they usually put their trolleys back in the right place in the cart lanes. 'My local ALDI has two trolley types, both in nice tidy lines thanks to people wanting their dollar/token back,' they said.

A second user who claimed to know the particular parking lot wrote in the comments section: 'The Woolies trollies there are always super annoying.' They added, 'The problem is there are two types of trollies, and as soon as someone gets lazy and puts one on the wrong side, that's it; all hope is lost.'

Meanwhile, a third user pointed out that it's the dollar incentive that makes people willing to comply with the rules and put back their trolleys nicely. 'That's the point; people will all of a sudden stop being absolute s*** c***s to get back what's theirs, even if it's only a dollar.'

'Take that away, and it's total anarchy - as seen in this picture,' they went on to say.

Several users who claimed they work as trolley collectors also shared their feelings about the topic and their thoughts on how some supermarket shoppers use their trolleys.

'As a Coles trolley collector, I can confirm that when people see one that isn't in a bay, they follow suit,' one user wrote under the post, adding: 'It's so troublesome having to rearrange them neatly just so I can come back with the rover to then bring them in. And because we only have one of us on the roster at a time, it's hell.'

ALDI uses a gold coin system to get people to return shopping carts responsibly. Credit: Alamy.​

A spokesperson for ALDI caught wind of the trolley discussion that was happening on Reddit and then went on to say that the supermarket is happy with how shoppers have responded to its trolley system.

'It's great our customers recognise the positive impact our coin deposit trolley system has at our stores across the country,' the spokesperson told an online news source.

'If a customer does forget to bring a gold coin, they can use one of our baskets or our reusable $0.99 Trolley Token that can be picked up at the checkout and attached to their keyring, so they'll never be caught without a trolley if they're out of gold coins.'

Well, we have to agree with them on this one, folks, because it's true that most of the ALDI trolley lanes we see are well-organised!

What do you think; do you agree? Are the trolley lanes at Woolies usually messy, or does it depend on the situation? Share your thoughts with us in the comments!

This is the first time l can say I've seen a pile-up of trolleys like this, normally they are neat. Certainly a lot of lazy people doing this l believe.

Really, how hard is it to walk an extra metre & spend an extra 10 seconds to place a trolley properly? Is this going to make them late for something they need to do? People need to place themselves in the place of the person collecting these to take into the shop. Still, not as bad as those who take a trolley home with the shopping in it or, as l saw today, left at a Bus Stop. I bet if returning the trolley meant getting your $1 back they wouldn't be untidy or left in other locations!

 

[Alexander]

This is the first time l can say I've seen a pile-up of trolleys like this, normally they are neat. Certainly a lot of lazy people doing this l believe.

Really, how hard is it to walk an extra metre & spend an extra 10 seconds to place a trolley properly? Is this going to make them late for something they need to do? People need to place themselves in the place of the person collecting these to take into the shop. Still, not as bad as those who take a trolley home with the shopping in it or, as l saw today, left at a Bus Stop. I bet if returning the trolley meant getting your $1 back they wouldn't be untidy or left in other locations!

For a lot of people doing something that requires effort will mean that returning a trolly to recoup the $1 is not worth it. Besides if I do this ( ... ??? ... ) I can get my dollar out anyway just like so many others do. That is stealing and so many people say So what?

 

[maggiej]

Coles and Woolies are the same Trolleys everywhere and people treat them as if they own them. I think Aldi has the right idea. . Coles and Woolies trolleys are found all over the streets and in people's gardens occasionally. This is STEALING and Littering and should be stopped. Seems to me these twp stores don't care as it has to be calculated in the cost of what we buy when they have to pay someone to go around the streets and collect them up

 

[Esma Rose]

ANOTHER subject that gives me the "irits." There are times when I am ashamed of people like I ran into once. And DO NOT call me an attention seeker either. I am I & you are you. When I had a car I drove it for 70 yrs & in that time, if I was returning my trolley I'd get half way with the future shopper going HER half way. "Want my trolley luv?" Always worked. The few times I had to trot back to return it, I'd see another trolley, put them together & proceed to the bay. This fellow had passed me often over time, and I somehow knew he was going to say something. The woman was coming abreast to me with around 8 trolley's to take in the shop being her job. I hitched on my 2 with hers & she replied, "Don't you get tired of doing that?"" Nooooo of course not," I replied. She blew me a kiss & off she toddled. We met for years like that, same time, same place. The fellow was still close so I turned to him & said, "I had the feeling you were going to say something to me." "What was it Sir?" He replied sheepishly, "I don't think there's any need for you to do that." Oh why would you come to THAT conclusion?" When he answered , "You are not on the Staff!" I moved away from him without a word. I am content NOT to know people like him. He never ruined my day in the least. Up went the head to enjoy the rest of the day. Weeks later I had a bad fall outside the Store. All hands came from EVERYWHERE from Coles Mooroolbark to get me an ambulance & into hospital. They were so kind, thoughtful & understanding. The least showing of a good turn, we are more than just rewarded, even though that is NOT entirely how it works. All those faces I knew. They were helping ME. and and, they made me feel special. xx

 

[Ezzy]

ANOTHER subject that gives me the "irits." There are times when I am ashamed of people like I ran into once. And DO NOT call me an attention seeker either. I am I & you are you. When I had a car I drove it for 70 yrs & in that time, if I was returning my trolley I'd get half way with the future shopper going HER half way. "Want my trolley luv?" Always worked. The few times I had to trot back to return it, I'd see another trolley, put them together & proceed to the bay. This fellow had passed me often over time, and I somehow knew he was going to say something. The woman was coming abreast to me with around 8 trolley's to take in the shop being her job. I hitched on my 2 with hers & she replied, "Don't you get tired of doing that?"" Nooooo of course not," I replied. She blew me a kiss & off she toddled. We met for years like that, same time, same place. The fellow was still close so I turned to him & said, "I had the feeling you were going to say something to me." "What was it Sir?" He replied sheepishly, "I don't think there's any need for you to do that." Oh why would you come to THAT conclusion?" When he answered , "You are not on the Staff!" I moved away from him without a word. I am content NOT to know people like him. He never ruined my day in the least. Up went the head to enjoy the rest of the day. Weeks later I had a bad fall outside the Store. All hands came from EVERYWHERE from Coles Mooroolbark to get me an ambulance & into hospital. They were so kind, thoughtful & understanding. The least showing of a good turn, we are more than just rewarded, even though that is NOT entirely how it works. All those faces I knew. They were helping ME. and and, they made me feel special. xx

Think you were special. How many people would bother doing as you had for so many years? Your willingness to share a part of yourself with those people has returned to you when you needed help most. Karma or what goes around comes around, perhaps?

 

[Thecla]

ANOTHER subject that gives me the "irits." There are times when I am ashamed of people like I ran into once. And DO NOT call me an attention seeker either. I am I & you are you. When I had a car I drove it for 70 yrs & in that time, if I was returning my trolley I'd get half way with the future shopper going HER half way. "Want my trolley luv?" Always worked. The few times I had to trot back to return it, I'd see another trolley, put them together & proceed to the bay. This fellow had passed me often over time, and I somehow knew he was going to say something. The woman was coming abreast to me with around 8 trolley's to take in the shop being her job. I hitched on my 2 with hers & she replied, "Don't you get tired of doing that?"" Nooooo of course not," I replied. She blew me a kiss & off she toddled. We met for years like that, same time, same place. The fellow was still close so I turned to him & said, "I had the feeling you were going to say something to me." "What was it Sir?" He replied sheepishly, "I don't think there's any need for you to do that." Oh why would you come to THAT conclusion?" When he answered , "You are not on the Staff!" I moved away from him without a word. I am content NOT to know people like him. He never ruined my day in the least. Up went the head to enjoy the rest of the day. Weeks later I had a bad fall outside the Store. All hands came from EVERYWHERE from Coles Mooroolbark to get me an ambulance & into hospital. They were so kind, thoughtful & understanding. The least showing of a good turn, we are more than just rewarded, even though that is NOT entirely how it works. All those faces I knew. They were helping ME. and and, they made me feel special. xx

That is a fantastic story and I am glad all those "staff"were there to help you out. It does pay to be nice and kind and it really gives you warm fuzzy feelings when you do do something out of the ordinary.