Everyone has them…things that annoy, frustrate, piss us off and just plain get on our last nerve. I have a few of them, but there is one that comes to mind that I witnessed on Sunday that needs sharing.

I live in a condo, that just happens to be walking distance from a Winners, No Frills and a Walmart. When I first moved in, the WalMart hadn’t opened yet, but the other two stores had. On a regular basis the first several months, I would come home to my home, and see several shopping carts from the stores either in the underground, at the back of the building, and at times, even in the hallways of the buidling. Why do people feel the need to bring these carts, which are private property to the stores they are essentially stealing from to the condo.

I understand that not everyone has the luxury of a car. BUT, there are countless types of carts, buggies and carry type products available in the market for people who walk to purchase to carry their parcels.

Back to the story….I had been shopping at Walmart and was driving out of the parking lot to my condo and noticed a sign that said something to the effect of, “Do not remove shopping carts. Past this boundary, the wheels lock and you will be unable to remove”. Just then, I notice two people with a WalMart shopping cart ahead of me in the parking lot unable to move the cart.

I stopped and rolled down the window. The woman says to me (in broken english), “He cannot move the cart, it is stuck”. To which I reply, “the sign over there says that the wheels will lock if you try to remove the cart”. She looks at me dumbfounded and says, “oh really, I did not know that”….. Really, you just walked by the sign 10 steps behind where you were standing.

I drive away shaking my head and thinking maybe ignorance really is bliss.