> Hasn't it occurred to you that, before a cart is dumped, it first has
> to be *stolen* from a supermarket? So where are the suggestions for
> prosecuting the thieves (who are also the litterers)?
It is actually very hard to prosecute someone for stealing a supermarket
trolley; you can only prosecute if the thief <can be proved to have the
intention to deprive the legitimate owner *permanently*>
This is hard to do - unless he takes it (for example) to a workshop equipped
with boxes of new 'Sainsbury' handles, heaps of discarded old 'Tesco' ones -
and the Law has evidence that he is flogging them to the former.
Leaving a trolley in the street, or canal, actually is not 'theft'. ("Sorry,
Guv - I fully intended to return it tomorrow, when my poor old leg was
feeling better, but some prat musta knicked it first. You found it in the
canal you say? Dear oh dear, the fings some kids do ....")
> at a conservative price of £50 a trolley
Hmmm - the present (socialist?) price is closer to £200 I'm told ... there
is only one real way round it and that is fitting a four metre vertical
metal pole to each trolley.
To make the system complete, simply remove that >buried< loop and replace it
with an uninsulated, high tension cable >supported< about 3.5 metres from
the ground. Pushers would then get a tingle or two if they tried to take the
trolley away from its normal home :-))>>
Please note that this is just a personal idea - do feel free to suggest your
own solution to the trolley problems, to your own local superstore!
Trevor S
[No shoppers were actually hurt during the writing of this email - although
a few electrons were temporarily inconvenienced]
