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Imagine on a Saturday morning, ready to do your shopping. You have your list in your hand, your bag that can be reusable at hand, but when you grab a shopping cart is the drama: no piece or token in the pocket. This situation, far from being isolated, is happening to many of us. Don’t panic. This article is going to reveal simple but awesome tricks to get a cart without paying a penny.
Why a token for the cardy? A question of effectiveness
Before getting to the heart of the matter, understand why supermarkets have implemented this system. A few years ago, a friend told me an anecdote that made me think a lot. He had forgotten his token, so he decided to take a caddie without unlocking it.
In a few minutes, he realized that he had left a real battlefield in the parking lot, the caddies left to the left. It is precisely to avoid this kind of inconvenience that supermarket chains recover the cartoons; to get customers to bring them back to their place in exchange for a token or a coin.
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When token forgetting turns into a puzzle
Who has never had this moment of anxiety, with an empty purse and hands full? It is like these little everyday jokes that put our patience to the test. You enter the store, the cardy awaits you, but fate has decided otherwise: no token on the horizon. Sometimes it happens at the most inopportune moment, when you’re in a hurry to move fast. This common experience, I shared with friends, and it almost became a rite of passage for shopping enthusiasts.
The key to a cart: your unexpected solution
Let’s move on to the solution: did you know that you can avoid fiasco by using a simple key? Yes, an ordinary key, like your mailbox. When I discovered this trick, a revelation came about. I was in a supermarket, again desperately looking for a cart, and I saw a person using his key to unlock the cart.
It seemed brilliant to me and of disarming simplicity. It works, especially with keys with a round end, which often have the same diameter as a one-euro coin. Just insert it into the location provided for this purpose, and lo and behold, the cart is yours.
Attention to caddies models
However, this method is not universal. Some caddies have mechanisms that actually require a room or a token to unlock. But don’t let that discourage you. In most supermarkets with standard caddies, you can use this technique without worry. Over the years, I’ve gotten into the habit of checking before I go, and that’s got me a lot of stress away from me.
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