Archived The carts, the carts are banging.

[MegaMench]

Every day I stand in the front for hours on end, and every day I have a headache from the plastic carts banging when people take them from the row. I've actually thought about wearing earplugs but as Ap not sure that would be acceptable. Am I alone in this struggle?

 

[Kartman]

Yes - you are alone in this struggle.

 

[Patty]

I hate the carts. They are heavy, very difficult to maneuver and they do bang. I think people do it on purpose because they are frustrated with how difficult the darn things are to move around. Wear earphones anyway, tell the lods it is a safety precaution. You wont hear the screaming children.

 

[Flabbergasted]

The unattended children who scream & run about throughout the day are WAY louder than plastic carts. Maybe get your hearing checked.

 

[RedMan]

The plastic carts are so much quieter than the metal ones.

 

[Kartman]

Someday... carbon fiber!!!

 

[Retail Girl]

Be thankful you aren't in a store with the metal carts.

My beef is the guests who set off the alarm and then go back through it five or six times. There's no one in store who cares...just go home!

 

[mrknownothing]

Am I the only one who misinterpreted the title of this thread before opening it?

My apologies. I'm a child.

 

[Kartman]

I wish I was a child.

My future would be unbounded!

 

[POGguy]

I think we are the only store in the district that still has metal carts.....Oh how much I hate them.

Every other remodel in our district got plastic carts.....not us.

 

[sigma7]

I miss the metal carts. The plastic ones look pretty, but the previous generation of carts were more sturdy. Stuff slides out of a full plastic shopping cart since it has a big gap around the top edges and they don't hold shelves as well. They're also basically all but impossible to push with the cart pusher. But they look pretty.

 

[sigma7]

And unfortunately, his is just one of several times that Target seems to have valued style and appearance over substance and efficiency.

 

[Kartman]

Bug gap?

 

[signingminion]

I miss the metal carts. The plastic ones look pretty, but the previous generation of carts were more sturdy. Stuff slides out of a full plastic shopping cart since it has a bug gap around the top edges and they don't hold shelves as well. They're also basically all but impossible to push with the cart pusher. But they look pretty.

We don't use ours for the plastic carts. Not sure why we have one. Our guys can handle a dozen carts without it no problem.

I rarely out more than two shelves in a cart. That's what tubs are for.

I adore the plastic ones. Lighter, look nicer. Plus we've rarely had an issue with full carts losing bags.

 

[qmosqueen]

lol...

 

[thatcashierdude]

They're also basically all but impossible to push with the cart pusher.

I wouldn't say that. I found it pretty easy to get 20 or so carts going with the pusher, our CAs regularly use the pusher.

 

[qmosqueen]

just be glad you dont have this ...

 

[signingminion]

just be glad you dont have this ...

I am. Visited a two level store back in college with my best friend and her mom. Mom in a wheel chair. Can you say nightmare?

 

[Flabbergasted]

I think those stores also have elevators, @coolerqueen.

 

[commiecorvus]

I am. Visited a two level store back in college with my best friend and her mom. Mom in a wheel chair. Can you say nightmare?

No elevator access?

 

[Leonhart621]

If you hate that, don't ever work receiving

 

[sigma7]

Bug gap?

fixed it.

 

[redeye58]

We got the plastic ones just last yr & many of them already have a little 'patch' piece on the sides just down from the handle where it cracked.
I've also noticed kids riding on the bottom more than ever but nobody says anything any more, even when we had to cut a little girl's hair loose from one of the front wheels.
Yeh, she looked lopsided.....

 

[signingminion]

No elevator access?

Yes, but trying to juggle a cart, two people and another in a wheelchair around the store was taxing. The up and down was just bleh.