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Tucker Carlson mocked for bewilderment over Russian shopping carts that include common feature
Mirror UK ^ | 2/16/2024 | Yelena Mandenberg

Posted on 02/17/2024 3:28:04 AM PST by marcusmaximus

Tucker Carlson aired a video of him at a Russian grocery store, appearing to fawn over everything from the shopping cart mechanism to the price of groceries - skipping over the part where US dollars stretch a lot farther than the ruble.

In the video, Carlson was amazed to see that the shopping carts in front of the supermarket required people to put in a ruble coin, which they'd then get back when the cart was returned.

Carlson acted like he'd never seen this feature before - despite it being pretty common across the US and most of Europe.

He then explained to his audience how it works, quipping, "There's an incentive to return it... and not just take it to your homeless encampment."

He was quickly criticized for the comment about the shopping carts, and users on X made fun of him for looking like he'd never been in a store before.

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To: EvilCapitalist

Exactly. This is stupid. I am not sheltered in any way, and the only place I ever saw this was in Aldis as well, and only within the last year or two.

I would say it is “common” only if you live somewhere where it is common. Tucker lives in America, where it is not a common feature depending on where you live, apparently.


101 posted on 02/17/2024 6:21:25 AM PST by rlmorel ("The stigma for being wrong is gone, as long as you're wrong for the right side." (Clarice Feldman))
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To: marcusmaximus

The Communists hate him for sharing the truth about the corruption in Ukraine. The biggest money laundry in the Soros/DNC pipeline.


102 posted on 02/17/2024 6:21:54 AM PST by bray (You can tell who the Commies fear.)
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To: marcusmaximus

Ive never had to pay for a shopping cart. The only place in the US you see these are in airports. I live in the middle of nowhere where a majority of us are still sane.


103 posted on 02/17/2024 6:22:05 AM PST by Delta 21 (If anyone is treasonous, it is those who call me such.)
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To: MD Expat in PA

Honestly.....I like it. Its a good idea. People tend to bring the carts back when they have some skin in the game. When they know their laziness will cost them something.

The problem in the US is our largest denomination common coin is a quarter. That might not offer enough incentive. Over in Europe they make it a whole Euro which hurts a bit more to lose just because you’re lazy and don’t want to return your cart.


104 posted on 02/17/2024 6:25:08 AM PST by FLT-bird
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To: tlozo

It isn’t a common feature in the US.


105 posted on 02/17/2024 6:25:55 AM PST by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: marcusmaximus

I’m 69 and I’ve never seen it. Been in AZ most of my life.


106 posted on 02/17/2024 6:40:33 AM PST by Az Joe (Live free or die)
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To: Delta 21
Ive never had to pay for a shopping cart

You don’t pay. It’s a deposit. The quarter unlocks a little key chain that connects it to the cart in front of it. When you’re done, you snap the “key” back into the cart in front of it and your quarter ejects. Or, on your way out some other dude will flip you a quarter and grab your cart to shop with and then he’ll take yours when he’s done.
107 posted on 02/17/2024 6:43:49 AM PST by mmichaels1970
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To: FLT-bird
Honestly.....I like it. It’s a good idea.

It is. Not a single cart left blocking up parking spaces in the lot. I was at Walmart last night and they left one of those ride-on electric “jazzy” carts right in the middle of a prime spot. You should have to leave a credit card deposit to ride on those.
108 posted on 02/17/2024 6:48:43 AM PST by mmichaels1970
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To: Az Joe
I’m 69 and I’ve never seen it. Been in AZ most of my life.

Not a lot in AZ. I think like 10. The Midwest is packed full of them.
109 posted on 02/17/2024 6:50:22 AM PST by mmichaels1970
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To: marcusmaximus

Common across America? I don’t think so. The only place I’ve ever seen it was in a short lived English market chain - can’t recall the name - that lasted only a couple years in Southern California.


110 posted on 02/17/2024 6:51:23 AM PST by LizzieD
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To: mmichaels1970; Az Joe

I looked online just now. It appears that there are 5 Aldi’s locations in Arizona, all in the Phoenix area.

I’m not about to drive 100+ miles just to shop there.


111 posted on 02/17/2024 6:57:25 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Jonty30
He probably gets everything delivered to his house.

Likely, however I been around for 61 years and go to the store once or twice a week and I've never seen a shopping cart with a deposit.

I guess I have always lived in areas when people just return the carts without question.

112 posted on 02/17/2024 6:58:49 AM PST by usurper (AI was born with a birth defect.)
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To: Jemian

not to use it but to make you return the cart to the rack or pay more for cart workers


113 posted on 02/17/2024 7:02:29 AM PST by bdfromlv (Leavenworth hard time)
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To: Enlightened1

“No that’s not true.

The market does not work that way.

It’s not based on people’s salaries.

The price of gold is not cheaper in poorer countries. It stays the same.

What you clearly missed is the depreciation of the dollar and global trade.”

Huh ? In “rich” countries you can’t pay people $2 per hour so prices of services or food are higher. That’s obvious. That’s why the best indicator to compare the economies is not nominal GDP but GDP adjusted by PPP.


114 posted on 02/17/2024 7:03:07 AM PST by Grzegorz 246
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To: marcusmaximus

“In the video, Carlson was amazed to see that the shopping carts in front of the supermarket required people to put in a ruble coin, which they’d then get back when the cart was returned.

Carlson acted like he’d never seen this feature before - despite it being pretty common across the US”

Really? I’ve never had to pay to get a shopping cart anywhere in the US.


115 posted on 02/17/2024 7:14:04 AM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: marcusmaximus

I’ve never seen this at any US supermarket. I’ve been to Aldis with someone else, but they didn’t use a shopping cart, so if a coin deposit was required, I didn’t see it. I don’t consider Aldis a supermarket or a US store, though.

I have, naturally, seen it used for luggage carts at airports.


116 posted on 02/17/2024 7:17:35 AM PST by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: mmichaels1970

That’s been my question for years. It’s the equivalent of opening a magazine and being showered with subscription cards.


117 posted on 02/17/2024 7:18:09 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: marcusmaximus

He obviously never shopped at Aldi’s when they charged a quarter for a grocery cart. Then if you returned the cart, you got your quarter back. That’s from the way back machine. Maybe 30+ years ago!


118 posted on 02/17/2024 7:38:08 AM PST by grame (May you know more of the love of God Almighty this day!)
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To: marcusmaximus

Another manufactured us vs them story.
Tucker seems to be virtue signaling by mentioning this. Kind of a “see how great something is in Russia”
On the other hand this is a Aldi thing in the US.
But Aldi isn’t everywhere in the US, so true that many Americans may never seen it.


119 posted on 02/17/2024 7:44:29 AM PST by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
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To: marcusmaximus

I have never seen that either.


120 posted on 02/17/2024 7:46:08 AM PST by Colorado Doug (Now I know how the Indians felt to be sold out for a few beads and trinkets)
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