Not putting your cart in the corral is similar to refusing to queue up in a line and crowding to the front or burping or farting in public or talking on your phone on speaker or laying across several seats on a crowded bus or train.
It is low trust society / high time preference / 3rd world behavior.
People who act that way are low class a-holes.
....and it actually would be crime if the cart got lose and hit someone’s car.
Flagging someone with a gun isn’t a crime either but if you accidentally shoot them, it becomes a big problem.
Not returning your cart is a non event. Apparently the grocery store agrees with me as they don’t even post a sign saying “please return your cart.” They have employees who go out periodically and gather the carts. Nobody except a few bored souls on FR give a rat’s bazoo about it.
Its not a crime and it doesn’t make you a bad person or a low life ahole and God isn’t sending you to Hell over it. Its helpful if you return your cart. I’m in favor of it. I don’t care if anybody fails to do it. I have real things to worry about. Like the alien’s landing. 😆