In 2020, you may remember something called the ‘Shopping Cart Theory’ went viral.
Basically, it was meant to determine whether or not you were a good person based on whether or not you’d turn a shopping cart into a bay if no one was watching.
The bold theory sent shoppers around the world into a frenzy as they shared what they would do in the situation, which was later described as “the ultimate litmus test of whether a person is capable of self-governance”.
Now, five years later, it seems there’s a new supermarket-based litmus test, and it will determine whether or not you’re an upstanding citizen or a “self-important, lazy d**k,” as he put it. eloquently a Redditor. .
A post on the Aldi Fans Facebook group started the discussion, showing a photo of a steak packet thrown over some furniture in the middle of the store.
“How lazy can you get?” asked the poster. “Usually there are only four lines with a junction halfway through!”
Commenters quickly echoed that sentiment, with one person saying: “Selfish. It only takes a minute to get it back where they took it from. This is called respect”.
Wasting food like this is the worst,” wrote another. “Unbelievable.”
“They just think someone else will take care of it,” added a third. “Or they think it’s funny,” said someone else.
Others said they’ve noticed it happening more and more lately.
“Seeing you all the time, unfortunately,” replied one member of the group. Another commenter also claimed that this “happens in most stores.”
“I don’t know how often I’ve found food going bad in random places, people forget how quickly it will go bad if it’s not kept cold or frozen,” replied one.
Others suggested that if you’re in a hurry, you should just give it to the checkout staff who will handle it.
“Or at least put it in the drinks fridge out front!” prompted someone else.
“We have to remove it if it’s room temperature or thawed,” claimed a supermarket employee.
This incident at Aldi appears not to be isolated.
On Reddit, users have shared similar stories about abandoned items they’ve seen.
On the Mildly Infuriating subreddit, stories included frozen dinners left in the pet aisle, laundry detergent thrown in the food aisle, and a rotisserie chicken found near the body wash.
Someone even said they once saw a frozen carton of milk sitting in the fridge.
Meanwhile, a supermarket worker shared a photo of four trolleys full of items they found at the end of their shift, which had been mistakenly left around the store.
So is this kind of behavior ever okay?
From a food waste perspective, absolutely not.
Every year, 1.3 billion perfectly edible foods are wasted worldwide in every part of the supply chain.
17 percent or 931 million tons of this is spent at retail and by consumers. In Australia, that number is 40 percent.
Given the scale of the problem, why not do a little bit, even if it seems easy, and put your food back where you found it?
Moreover – this is just the height of bad etiquette and makes the life of supermarket workers more difficult.
So he returns your misplaced items to their rightful places?
Or do you just sneak it somewhere and hope no one notices?
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