Comment by wildzzz
1 day ago
We have an Aldi that has coin slots on carts, only store in the area that does this. I rarely have cash on me and never carry coins so the few I do have stay in the car for the rare coin-only parking meter. My wife likes to be nice and not get the quarter back after we return the cart. She'll get mad at me if I make an effort to get the quarter back or if someone hands me their quarter in exchange for the one already in the cart. Like, I'm not trying to be stingy. I could give a shit about paying an extra 25¢ to grocery shop. The issue is that I don't have many quarters and don't feel like getting cash back or digging through the junk drawer to find another quarter. That quarter is worth more to me than face value.
Yeah, I like Aldi’s products and prices a lot but this is always frustrating if I stop there unexpectedly and don’t have a quarter.
It’s compounded because they’re also the only store near me that doesn’t have handbaskets, so you need to either grab a cart or hope there’s a loose cardboard box in the store (which there often is because they expect customers to use them, but you may not find it quickly).