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ProfessorGAC

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52. Adding On...

Tue Jan 12, 2021, 06:46 PM

Jan 2021

...because they go outside, water displaces the lubricant in the wheel bearings, eventually.
Doesn't take long for rust to seize the bearing.
We never see the carts with 4 bad wheels, because when the staff can't move them, they scrapped to use the metal to build new!
The wheels might be romvable so they can be replaced. I never checked.
But, I'm certain that scrapped grocery carts become new shopping carts.

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Why do so many grocery carts have a wheel that's out of whack? [View all] raccoon Jan 2021 OP

Dude. coti Jan 2021 #1

I don't know the answer, but why do I ALWAYS wind up with said cart? True Dough Jan 2021 #2

+1000 catbyte Jan 2021 #6

Got 'ya one better...... MyOwnPeace Jan 2021 #8

I thought it was only one cart and I just keep getting it every time I shop. skylucy Jan 2021 #3

You left out the constant squeaking, clattering, grinding hlthe2b Jan 2021 #4

Reminds me... "Life is Like a Mop" coti Jan 2021 #20

Wheels wear out and break, just like anything else. Girard442 Jan 2021 #5

And the parking lots don't do any favors ether. n/t Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2021 #46

I think it is because some shoppers use the cart like a battering ram. Grammy23 Jan 2021 #7

That's part of it. Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2021 #34

They tire out? tavernier Jan 2021 #9

That's wheelie bad. nt JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2021 #57

Don't spoke of it again. tavernier Jan 2021 #58

Because people shove them up over curbs and into the parking lot landscaping, lodge them there BusyBeingBest Jan 2021 #10

You caught me. Polly Hennessey Jan 2021 #36

It's wheel socialism DonaldsRump Jan 2021 #11

LOL. marybourg Jan 2021 #35

Indeed! The bad wheels all stick to the left! DonaldsRump Jan 2021 #42

Always test drive your cart before you commit ornotna Jan 2021 #12

I find the ones at Walmart with the orange handle are newer and work better. marie999 Jan 2021 #23

That's funny ornotna Jan 2021 #26

I often get one with awesomerwb1 Jan 2021 #13

Cart gnomes. n/t Pobeka Jan 2021 #14

Antifa is sabotaging them all to drive us crazy. nt Binkie The Clown Jan 2021 #15

They go woobly in the store but zip like a bandit in the parking lot to go dent your car! Ziggysmom Jan 2021 #16

Depends where you shop! LeftInTX Jan 2021 #17

Because dirt and gunk get into the wheels and eventually one of them jams. nt. Mariana Jan 2021 #18

Adding On... ProfessorGAC Jan 2021 #52

George Soros & the New World Order are behind it. CaptainTruth Jan 2021 #19

So no one will steal them. NightWatcher Jan 2021 #21

I'm not saying it's gremlins... JHB Jan 2021 #22

OMG YES! BumRushDaShow Jan 2021 #24

These replies are hilarious mdelaguna Jan 2021 #25

If you get a bad one and put it back the next one you pick is worse! njhoneybadger Jan 2021 #27

This OP made me LOL as it is to TRUE!! beaglelover Jan 2021 #28

They must be Republican wheels. ananda Jan 2021 #29

Like fruit cake, there is only one randr Jan 2021 #30

I've returned plenty of carts that have the wobbly wheel. Now shopping at a new Meijer store sarcasmo Jan 2021 #31

Cart Guy occupant Jan 2021 #32

But the CEO needed a new ski condo, so . . . marybourg Jan 2021 #38

He's a hero! StarryNite Jan 2021 #51

It's not the age old problem that you're describing, but I also suspect Chiyo-chichi Jan 2021 #33

You need to hire Bubbles, professional shopping cart repairman, to select one for you Brother Buzz Jan 2021 #37

Happens to me all the time. TrishaJ Jan 2021 #39

I think it is because Meowmee Jan 2021 #40

Because it's not a wheel, it's a caster Spider Jerusalem Jan 2021 #41

They are put there just in case you are really having a bad day and Marie Marie Jan 2021 #43

LOL Cetacea Jan 2021 #44

...and why do I aways wind up with one? spanone Jan 2021 #45

Lounge!!! USALiberal Jan 2021 #47

SOROS!!!! hatrack Jan 2021 #48

3 out of 4 cart wheels approve of this message nt backtoblue Jan 2021 #49

That's funny I just came from Walmart the cart I had was doing that nt doc03 Jan 2021 #50

entropy surrealAmerican Jan 2021 #53

It's the Democrats, Dummy. theneworiginal Jan 2021 #54

Nice post, Andy Rooney!! madinmaryland Jan 2021 #55

Because 1) most of the good ones have been stolen, and 2) the fresh veg NCjack Jan 2021 #56

The wheels are really OK... SeattleVet Jan 2021 #59

It's a motspur muriel_volestrangler Jan 2021 #60

It's a communist conspiracy, Mandrake! pecosbob Jan 2021 #61