I’ve gotten flamed for this in the past BUT will share for the sake of seeing another viewpoint. At my local supermarket, the guys that corral the carts and return them to and from the store to the return areas are disabled. If everyone returned their cart, it would create less jobs. So, I think occasionally leaving a cart in not the right space, gives a disabled person a job.
That’s exactly what I do. Leave the cart in the parking spot so someone has a job.
One time a woman wagged her finger at me and pointed to the cart rack. I said to her “Why are you trying to take someone’s job away?” Frickin heartless ppl out there.