[Yaelle]

I may be bad about returning carts to the store, but I also always take a cart I find by the cars (I will even park near a cart) to avoid carrying my toddler too far in a parking lot. It's just safer when I am not carrying a squirmer.

You've named MY pet peeve: trash in the cart. I HATE that. I've even found used Kleenexes! People are just filthy.

[IIntense]

Now you know, Yaelle, all people are not filthy and I'm sure you didn't mean it that way. You refer to the kind who are don't really give a damn what anyone else thinks about it. In most cases they probably never were taught to respect others and the environment.

I had occasion to go back to the "old neighborhood", the place where my brothers, friends, etc. grew up. At that time it was a nice part of the city. Upon revisiting, I was appalled at the mounds of trash which bordered the curbs on the "avenue", the place where we shopped for clothes, went to the movie theaters, and the food stores and butcher shop which the moms in the area relied upon.

My conclusion was: You want to live in this run-down, low-life area you created? Be my guest.