the first time I shopped at an Aldis I did not know about the 25 cent "deposit". I parked my car next to a lady with 3 kids and offered to take her cart off her hands, thinking I was being gallant. She looked at me funny, thought it over for a few seconds, shrugged her shoulders and handed me the cart. Her reaction seemed peculiar to me. Then, when I got done shopping and returned the cart to the carousel, it took me awhile to figure out the deal. When I did and got "my" quarter back it dawned on me why the lady with the kids was looking at me funny. She must have thought I was a pretty hard-up case to have to scrounge for quarters that way.
|