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PLEASE KOKUA - Everything Has Its Place

By Celeste "SALLY" Cheeseman

Real Estate Agent with Liberty Homes RS-#62825

October 19, 2008 05:01 PM

Please Kokua

PLEASE KOKUA!

In Hawaiian "kokua" (Ko Koo Ah) means to help, cooperate, assist, support, care about one another and well....you get the meaning right? I do believe that courtesy may just be a part of this wonderful word that rolls off the tongue with sincerity and depth.

We had gone to Lowe's Home Improvement Store this morning to get a few needed things for our home. After we shopped we grabbed a Hot Dog from Woody's Hot Dog Stand outside of Lowe's. We took everything to the car and sat inside chowing down on our hot dogs, chips and root beer.

And then......I saw this lady dump her shopping cart on the little grassy area next to another who apparently was just as lazy to walk the few steps to the cart station. Now, I can understand if they don't have a cart station on every isle and expect you to take the cart all the way to the front of the store two blocks away. But take a look. The carts are hogging up a parking space and they are surely going to bang someones car if it 'happens' to roll off.

We ate, watched, snapped a shot of the carts. Then the guy two stalls down from us is just about to dump his super duper flat dolly next to us until.....he looks up to see both my husband and I with full mouths of hot dog glaring at him. He smiles, turns around and walks ten steps to the cart station.

The unarrestable crime is when we look in our rear view mirror for cops while going over the speed limit.

The shopping cart dilema occurs when no one is looking and we dump our carts and take off....knowing that cart may damage a car it bumps into. Or causes the next parker to turn halfway into a stall only to realize they have to jump out to move the cart.

Please kokua!

Take those extra steps to the shopping cart return center to burn off that hot dog you just ate.

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Gary L. Waters Broker Associate, Bucci Realty

Bucci Realty, Inc. - Melbourne, FL

Eighteen Years Experience in Brevard County

I believe the minority is the one who actually returns a cart - universal laziness!

Oct 20, 2008 06:45 AM

Kevin J. May

Florida Supreme Realty - Hobe Sound, FL

Serving the Treasure & Paradise Coasts of Florida

Sally, suffice it to say that I'm with you on this one and I have witnesses that can attest to it. Imagine people looking out for just a little more than themselves?

Oct 20, 2008 08:08 AM

Christina Williams. REALTOR® TN property search & local insights

First Realty Company - Crossville, TN

I see this so much. There will always be lazy people...

Oct 20, 2008 08:30 AM

Laura Cerrano

Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island - Locust Valley, NY

Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher

Sally, I've seen it too, all too often--what a shame. Here they don't bring them to a curb, they usually just get put behind someone else's car! At some of the stores they hire "cart kids." Don't you think we end up paying for them?

Oct 20, 2008 11:38 AM

Jamie Dumaine-Russell

RE/MAX Alliance - Branford, CT

Sally - I'll go one step further than George on this one....I say flip video them and then upload it to You Tube!

Oct 20, 2008 02:49 PM

Cameron Wilson

Labrum Real Estate - Murrieta, CA

The Short Guy - Murrieta,Temecula,Menifee Californ

This happens everywhere as folks are in a hurry or just plain lazy. A sign of the times I guess.

Don't you just love the Hot Dogs at the Home Improvement stores? Costco too!!!!

Oct 21, 2008 01:55 PM

Celeste "SALLY" Cheeseman

Liberty Homes - Mililani, HI

(RA) AHWD CRS ePRO OAHU HAWAII REAL ESTATE

Maria: I agree.. thanks!

Virginia: I watched from my office in horror as a cart rolled right down and smacked my bumper. They rolled the cart from the other side of the shopping center..unloaded and left it on the sidewalk.

Edre: And it's us...the consumer that pays higher prices for merchandise because the store has yet another....allocated expense ..

Susan: Ah...the unarrestable crimes :)

Gita; Yup...and everything has its place.

Hal: Yup....and to do what's right.

Marlene: So...how did you get the kids to the cart to begin with? Wouldn't it be the same way around? Sorry...but I'm one of those that really gets into detail.

Oct 21, 2008 03:29 PM

Terrie Leighton

Ferrari-Lund Real Estate - Reno, NV

Reno Real Estate Agent ~ Selling Homes in Reno

Some people are truly laze and unconcerned with the world around them.Luckily we have people like you to set great examples and who make all the difference in the world. Thank you.

Oct 21, 2008 04:29 PM

Celeste "SALLY" Cheeseman

Liberty Homes - Mililani, HI

(RA) AHWD CRS ePRO OAHU HAWAII REAL ESTATE

HI Ann! Yup....just gotta wonder if any even consider the harm that it may cause...roll out hit a car...cause an accident...hit another kid walking....damage another's car. There are alternatives. Like being mindful.

Missy: I bet it's worse in many other places. I just shake my head. Especially at places like Costco....MANY cart stations...

Paddy: Sickening isn't it? I would definitely be upset if someones cart hit mine. I really don't understand those that fly their door open and hit anothers car with their door. No respect I tell ya!

Oct 21, 2008 05:06 PM

Celeste "SALLY" Cheeseman

Liberty Homes - Mililani, HI

(RA) AHWD CRS ePRO OAHU HAWAII REAL ESTATE

Suzanne: They should have them all over....then again ....some would rather lose their quarter than walk a few steps. :)

Teri: I've seen instances...like the picture...where another car pulls in an oops...accidentally bangs it...it comes off that curb and bangs their car a good one....or else the other car its in between.

Ann: Believe me....it's much needed excercise by many...especially after eating one of those yummy hot dogs!

Oct 21, 2008 05:10 PM

Celeste "SALLY" Cheeseman

Liberty Homes - Mililani, HI

(RA) AHWD CRS ePRO OAHU HAWAII REAL ESTATE

Sylvie: I'm one of those that gets out...wheels two of em out....and wait for my husband to park and we both wheel them up....we keep the best wheeler one to shop :)

Audrey: I thought back to when my kids were small (long time ago) and i put it back even then....while carrying one on each hip after. Here's another story....I went to get a chocolate donut and on the way back started having contractions....sped through a school zone....and got caught.....did the going into labor eliminate me from being a responsible citizen? I think back to that...and always am mindful about .....how I affect other people.

Oct 21, 2008 05:15 PM

Celeste "SALLY" Cheeseman

Liberty Homes - Mililani, HI

(RA) AHWD CRS ePRO OAHU HAWAII REAL ESTATE

George: That's pretty funny! Yup...and then what?

Gary: Yup....a minority indeed.

Kevin: It's all in the manner of how I handle things. If I cut corners with a shopping cart...how do I conduct my business? That's a question to ask the shopping cart leavers.

Oct 21, 2008 05:17 PM

Celeste "SALLY" Cheeseman

Liberty Homes - Mililani, HI

(RA) AHWD CRS ePRO OAHU HAWAII REAL ESTATE

Christina: Yeah....there's always going to be the ones who refuse to be respectful ....let alone mindful.

Carole: Exactly! WE all pay for others and their believing their entitled...

Donna: That's funny...I just lost my flip and had to get another one on Sunday...but hey...it was half price!

Oct 21, 2008 05:19 PM

Celeste "SALLY" Cheeseman

Liberty Homes - Mililani, HI

(RA) AHWD CRS ePRO OAHU HAWAII REAL ESTATE

Cameron: I love Woody's ...we had bratwurst. :)

Terrie: I do believe you are mindful as well...thanks.

Oct 21, 2008 05:20 PM

Sharon Simms

Coastal Properties Group International - Christie's International - Saint Petersburg, FL

St. Petersburg FL - CRS CIPS CLHMS RSPS

Hi, Sally, I guess the Hawaiian's love of the land doesn't apply to shopping carts! I think you're right that people don't do that when others are watching them - only when they can skulk off unnoticed.

Oct 22, 2008 10:50 AM

Linda Scanlan

A Consumer's View - Burleson, TX

Sally, sometimes when you see this it makes you wonder what else they do half way. Sounds like a life not well spent. Just put them back! It's one of my pet peeves!

Oct 22, 2008 11:56 AM

Marlene Pellegrini

Norwich, CT

Hi Sally,

Here is the scoop on the details.

I park the car. Get the kids out of the car. We all walk into the store safely - they hold my hands. I grab a cart in the store that is lined up in the 'cart storage area' in the store. I shop, fill the cart with what it is I need to buy- typically when I am using a cart it is when I am buying groceries for a family of four. I pay at the register.

We walk safely to the car - the rule is they hold the side of the cart (if they are not inside it - my son is still small enough to sit in the front of the cart) and walk with me to the car. I park the cart next to the car.

I first have them get into the car and buckle up, (there is no dilly-dallying around the parking lot for them - too many vehicles are driving in and out of parking spots, and up and down the rows. Kids are short so vehicles like SUV's may not see them and they may get hit by one). I unload the stuff I just bought into the trunk. If the outside 'cart storage thing' is close, I walk the cart to this and load it in to put it away. If it is not close and I have to walk across the parking lot to put it away, I choose not to leave my kids unattended.

It's all about my kids.

There are your details. ;-D

Thanks for listening.

Oct 22, 2008 01:42 PM

Celeste "SALLY" Cheeseman

Liberty Homes - Mililani, HI

(RA) AHWD CRS ePRO OAHU HAWAII REAL ESTATE

Sharon: Yup...and that's the bottom line.

Linda: I agree...it may be the secret to being a detail oriented person :)

Marlene: Sounds like your concern is for your kids...understandable...thanks for coming back to respond.

Oct 22, 2008 02:48 PM

Kathy McGraw

CELLing Realty - White Water, CA

Riverside County CA Real Estate

Sally- it appears this is my 3rd time of reading this post so guess I should comment :) If people don't leave shopping carts lying around how would the Homeless find them to use? OK, OK, you have a point.....and it only takes an extra minute to put the cart into the designated spot, but the best part of the message for me was the exercise to get rid of my hot dog which I'm eating while commenting of course.....LOL :)

Oct 22, 2008 05:11 PM

Randy L. Prothero

eXp Realty - Hollister, MO

Missouri REALTOR, (808) 384-5645

I bet those are the same folks who wait 5 minutes to get a stall 20 feet closer to the entrance.

Oct 22, 2008 05:41 PM