Well, the fact that NTUC Fairprice loses 200 trolleys a month came as no surprise to me. What came as a surprise to me was it took it so long to publicise the matter because I knew it for almost 5 years that inconsiderate people has taken the trolley not return them.
The picture on the left was taken around 5 years ago in the lift of the block I stayed. It is an utter disgrace that I actually lived in the same block as such an inconsiderate scumbag. The sad part is, only a few months ago I saw another trolley, this time at the lift lobby. Clearly, a leopard never change its spots.
The sad part is, the NTUC Fairprice in the nearest mall was only 200meters away. While I would not actually mind the person taking the liberty to use the trolley for his own convenience (since he might have bought a large quantity of groceries or daily necessities), I am utterly pissed that he failed to return the trolley and even irresponsibly left it in a public place. That’s not mentioning that he actually managed to recover the $1 coin from the trolley which suggest that the mechanism to retain the coin may have been damaged in the process. Simply put, that trolley is a complete write-off.
Why am I so upset with that when I have nothing to do with the profit and loss of NTUC (or any supermarket)? I am upset because such abuse would indirectly translate into cost for other shoppers. Even if maybe just one more cent on one item every year – why the hell should I be paying for someone’s selfishness? I would be happier dropping that one cent into my toilet bowl and flush it down, because I could at the very least imagined I was dropping a coin into a wishing well to make a wish! That’s not forgetting that the missing trolley means another shopper – which could be you and I – will be inconvenienced.
While I thought that this person at my block was just a rare specimen of some of the most selfish shitheads in the country, my friends ran into these two (see below) last Friday. They certainly have a lot of gall to do so right after the news was announced. Can’t they just take a freaking cab or something?
Perhaps, the NTUC Fairprice should consider offering a delivery service at a certain price for purchases above a certain amount. It is certainly fairer to have some income from elsewhere to recoup the cost for these lost trolleys than to have it being passed on to people who mostly buy one or two items once in a blue moon!
Fairprice do have a delivery service. Most people who push the trolley home do so because they brought a lot of groceries and stay nearby and find it more convenient to just push the whole thing home. Why will they want to waste money on delivery? But then of course after pushing the trolley home or to East Coast Park (just go and take a look on weekends) they are then too lazy to push the trolley back to the supermart.
If the supermarts are really serious about resolving the problem, they should just deploy more staff around the entrance (how many entrance can there be?) and stop people from pushing the trolley further than the car park.
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A paid delivery service I think would be good as the most of those who took the trolley back are those who live nearby and bought alot of stuff. A delivery service would allow them to actually go home easier and have the stuff they bought delivered to them later.
I believe Giants have such a service but whether it is successful or not I not sure.
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