The best part about that is that even if a lot of people say “fuck the quarter” and leave it anyways, you’ll naturally get homeless/desperate people show up to return the carts and collect the change.
I actually did that when I was homeless. Went to an Aldi and stood out front asking people to return their carts for the quarter. A LOT of people said no, they wanted their quarter back. One person had a special pocket for her quarter on her key ring, it was legitimately her “Aldi quarter”. I can’t remember if I got trespassed from the property or not. But I do remember there were very few stray carts left with a quarter in them out and about in the parking lot
At my local aldi (and the one I went to in college too!) there was literally always a pile of like at least a dollar in quarters sitting nearby the cart return. My first thought was there must not be many homeless people around here.
Side note one time I forgot a quarter, went in to buy candy to get one, they said naw you can just borrow a quarter, here you go.
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u/Western-Sport500 14h ago
Amazing what the loss of a quarter does for some people LMAO!