Future Profession #1834 Eliminated
Well, it turns out that another profession has been added to my list of things I will never become: thief. I couldn't even steal a shopping cart today.
The grocery store is a good mile from campus. One of my roommates and I were purchasing heavy things, including a case of soda. As we stood in the check-out line and saw the food piling up, we made a surreptitious plan to make off with a shopping cart. We would take it back to campus, bring the groceries to our room, and then feel bad for not wanting to take the shopping cart back to the store.
Unfortunately, the shopping cart was more clever than us. Just before we cleared the parking lot, thinking we were home free because no one stopped us, the cart jerked to a stop. We moved it back and forth, but one of the wheels was locked. When we brought the cart back to the designated rolling area, it began working again.
It turns out there was a sign which we had ignored entirely when carrying out our plan. Apparently shopping carts now come with an automatically locking wheel which activates when you try to take it beyond a certain area. The sign warned us that it would work, even if we thought it wouldn't. Apparently there had been too many like-minded folks and hobos making off with the shopping carts. We stared at the locking wheel in wonder. The fact that people jack shopping carts has always just been a fact of life.
I was very impressed, but also very annoyed.
The grocery store is a good mile from campus. One of my roommates and I were purchasing heavy things, including a case of soda. As we stood in the check-out line and saw the food piling up, we made a surreptitious plan to make off with a shopping cart. We would take it back to campus, bring the groceries to our room, and then feel bad for not wanting to take the shopping cart back to the store.
Unfortunately, the shopping cart was more clever than us. Just before we cleared the parking lot, thinking we were home free because no one stopped us, the cart jerked to a stop. We moved it back and forth, but one of the wheels was locked. When we brought the cart back to the designated rolling area, it began working again.
It turns out there was a sign which we had ignored entirely when carrying out our plan. Apparently shopping carts now come with an automatically locking wheel which activates when you try to take it beyond a certain area. The sign warned us that it would work, even if we thought it wouldn't. Apparently there had been too many like-minded folks and hobos making off with the shopping carts. We stared at the locking wheel in wonder. The fact that people jack shopping carts has always just been a fact of life.
I was very impressed, but also very annoyed.
posted by Meredith at 11:39 PM
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