Coin locks and supermarket trolleys
Jul. 10th, 2014 02:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
andrewduckerBBC article here, talking about Morrisons removing all of the coin locks on their trolleys.
And I have mixed feelings. Because it is a pain having to ensure you have a pound coin with you whenever you go shopping*. And I don't like being treated as if I'm going to steal a trolley.
On the other hand, I do remember when they first came in, and we went from never being able to find a small trolley, to suddenly there being a load of them available at all times...
*Or constantly carrying a thing which is the same shape as one. and also seems to always cost £1.
And I have mixed feelings. Because it is a pain having to ensure you have a pound coin with you whenever you go shopping*. And I don't like being treated as if I'm going to steal a trolley.
On the other hand, I do remember when they first came in, and we went from never being able to find a small trolley, to suddenly there being a load of them available at all times...
*Or constantly carrying a thing which is the same shape as one. and also seems to always cost £1.
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Date: 2014-07-12 02:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-07-12 02:56 pm (UTC)But I did used to bump into them on the side of the road near Sainsbury's here.