In the area of the world where I live most shopping carts at the grocery store require at least a quarter to use them. You stick your coin in the slot which then releases your cart from the line. If you choose to return it, instead of wheeling it home to use for a garden trolley, you get your coin back. Sometimes if you are lucky someone leaves without taking their coin so you don't have pay rent for your shopping cart,
The question is, do you take the coin that someone else left or do you leave it? Friends and I were discussing this dilemma the other day. We had different views. One of them took the coin each time as a gift from the Universe to add to her rainy day fund. I use the cart and then leave the coin in the cart so that someone else can have a rent free shopping day. Sometimes I deliberately leave my coin for the next person so they don't have to dig around in their pockets for change. There are merits on both sides of the issue. The interesting tidbit was that none of us had considered doing anything differently. Our way was the only way and it came as a surprise to us that others did something else.
So, what do you do?
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