this post was submitted on 23 Mar 2024
31 points (87.8% liked)

Mildly Interesting

17334 readers
3 users here now

This is for strictly mildly interesting material. If it's too interesting, it doesn't belong. If it's not interesting, it doesn't belong.

This is obviously an objective criteria, so the mods are always right. Or maybe mildly right? Ahh.. what do we know?

Just post some stuff and don't spam.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

As you can see it's shiny new and still has its packaging on it. It's was so smooth and quiet!

top 39 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] elxeno@lemm.ee 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 3 points 7 months ago

This is hilarious. Can't believe I've never seen it before!

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

did it have that new cart smell?

[–] UckyBon@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I wonder what it tastes like.

[–] Deepus@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

I imagine it tastes like sweet sweet covid.

[–] AquaTofana@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

OPs reaction is how I envision my parents reacted to my birth:

"Oh she's so shiny and new and still has the packaging on! She's so smooth and quiet!"

Little did they know the busted, loud, dirty ho I would one day become.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

My parents would say: "oh, you were so cute. [pause] What happened?"

[–] AquaTofana@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Psh, Imma say you grew up to be even cuter!

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 points 7 months ago

Quick, help it make its migration to the river to reproduce!

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Walmart carts are always shit because they use those power pushers to bring them in from the lot, which invariably tweaks the frame and wheel alignment.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I mean are you gonna go get the whole row yourself, especially when you need to get like fifty in the thing at a time?

I used to do carts at a Sam's Club. Tbh I kinda liked it; easy job, got me moving and outside, and we got free Gatorade and such (they provided water and sunscreen as well). On busy days that garage full of carts could be empty in minutes, so it was just a constant flow of bringing them back in when we were out.

Also I remember the time we got a whole shipment of brand new carts. That was an exciting day, even just bringing them out and around from the dock.

[–] kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

I did the same for Kroger, except we were given rope to tie them all together cause someone broke the cart thing

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Why does it matter it a person pushes it or a machine?

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 1 points 7 months ago

With a power pusher, you don't get the feedback when something is binding, and the machine just keeps pushing. And you can push a huge line of carts, which causes a great amount of pressure on the ones closest to the pusher, because the load of all the carts ahead is carried on the ones behind.

[–] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

This makes me uncomfortable. Can you bend the wheels a little to make it better?

[–] Amaltheamannen@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This just looks like a normal shopping cart?

[–] LifeOfChance@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Walmart Carts infamously have 3 kinda working wheels and 1 that likes to just do its own thing. This bad boy had 4 wheels working flawlessly not needing to be forced in any direction.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

All this time and making the front page was this easy!?

[–] LifeOfChance@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

It's a new site man not reddit where this would have died. It's something that is by all definition mildly interesting ESPECIALLY to those of us past our kinder ages.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Did you do the push and ride?

[–] LifeOfChance@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Push test I did but I'm the guy you see videos of when the cart decides it wants to play rodeo lol

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Brand new and already has rust. Classic.

[–] LifeOfChance@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

In fairness this probably sat outside for 6m waiting to be put together. It's also winter here so it'll speed it up.

[–] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Do all 4 wheels spin? NA is waaay behind when it comes to shopping cart tech.

[–] Lawnman23@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

IKEA carts do that. I both love it and hate it sometimes.

[–] DoctorSpocktopus@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

Gotta do the old cart spin, the wife hates it because I’m “knocking over children and old people”, but nothing beats seeing that KALLAX do the ol’ 800 gon spinaroo :italian_hand:

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee -1 points 7 months ago

I hate it. I almost never want my cart to go sideways and it takes so much effort to keep the thing rolling straight.

[–] DrCake@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

At Costco in the UK they have them like this one where the back wheels don’t spin and it’s infuriating. The technology exists, use it

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

A guess is that the ones that dont turn, are meant to go on escallators (or whatever you call those escalator ramps).

The wheel rims slot into the escalator surface and stops them from rolling, like brakes. If the wheels could turn, there mayde is a higher risk of them not stopping on the ramps

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

No, Ikea carts have both four-wheel swiveling and can go on the travellator.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Carts with four swiveling casters are so much harder to steer. Rigid rear and swivel front is the better configuration.

[–] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

Some are not yet ready to ascend to the glory of omnidirectional movement.

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)
[–] LifeOfChance@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Far to much work in the middle of a massive ice storm

[–] CodyCannoli@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Steal it...? No no no, I'm not a criminal

[–] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

Permanently

[–] user1234@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee -1 points 7 months ago

It’s vintage!