to include things like furniture, large decor items and kitchenwares (including pots and pans) I've found use of the cart occasionally, even when only buying something like an end-table...or a wok, a dutch-oven and a set of rocks glasses.

The problem is the idiots that think they need a cart for six tee-shirts and a bicycle helmet. You can totally carry that shit...or use a handbasket if need be.

into the larger stores all that often, but when I do, I usually push a cart around and here's why...

I have anxiety disorders, and all the sensory stimuli (lights, noises, shiny floors, people, etc) sometimes make my anxiety worse, which then causes dizziness, which then causes even more anxiety, etc.

So I push a cart around for something to "ground" myself with...it helps me to feel a little less dizzy and disoriented.

Others may have their own reasons...

My "Where's my M-16 when I need it" about shopping carts is the clowns who park right in the middle of aisle and run their mouths, minimum of three, usually more. Then, look annoyed when they finally recognize those of us trying to shop and are forced to move.

The dog trots along the side and helps me avoid aisle-end collisions (she's REALLY good at that). Sometimes I'm only going after one thing, but it makes the walk easier.

I do see folks who are moving slowly or limping, or have a cane with them, and for them, the carts make sense (especially those little mini-carts).

It's the younger people with a pair of shorts and a swimsuit in their cart who are running up and down every aisle, knocking people over in their path.

That can be a big help or a big hazard if you aren't used to driving something longer than it appears to be.

Usually no more than 30 or 40 feet away from a cart corral rack; by able bodied lazy yahoos.

Gawd forbid they get any extra exercise walking twenty yards.

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I use carts at the stores I frequent and always return them to the designated spaces, or if I can carry all of my green bags I leave the cart in the store where they are all placed.

Trust me, shopping carts are a big help with places like TJMaxx/Marshells.

To be honest, it's a shopping ploy. They found that if you have space to carry more things you tend to fill them up with more items thus spend more money.