David Mack mentioned .. A friend from my student days had the answer to that one. He had pulled a trolley out of the river which had obviously been there for some time, and was covered in slime and weed. He wheeled it back to Tesco, asked for the Store Manager and requested a donation to some student society he was involved with, for returning the trolley. When the Manager refused, he left the trolley in the middle of the store, dripping muddy water all over the floor and rang the Council to report a health hazard...
Hi David, Ooo - I liked that :-) I might hazard a guess that, once 'canalised', his soggy store trolleys would have to go away to be cleaned and sanitised - and that would affect his profits (and bonuses). Far better (and personally cheaper) to simply write them off as 'stolen' and claim on their insurance policy. Our local Tesco Superstore has two 'fully disabled' trolleys, the kind where the passenger simple sits, strapped in, whilst the pusher/carer gets on with their shopping. We live at least three miles, as the trolley goes, from that store and I found one of the two shoved into the bushes behind our local shops. Because I was aware of how important these trolleys are to some shoppers (including my sister-in-law) I rang Tesco *four* times during that week - whilst monitoring its movements around the locality - and also made two personal visits to the store. Nothing happened, of course, at least not until I threatened to contact the local radio stations with my story - at which point it was 'suddenly', and mysteriously, collected. Trevor - publicity can be a wondrous thing!
