It's practical - but not appreciated

[DodgyGeezer]

wandering around town today I couldn't help but notice the amount of people struggling along with plastic bags/'bags for life' and I couldn't help thinking that the old shopping trolley is, pretty much, extinct. I'd have thought that this is one of the ultimate practical devices available, with an added benefit of being environmentally friendly.

Why the shunning?

[Richard-390a0]

Like this you mean?

[LunarOne]

You're not supposed to take the trolley out of the supermarket carpark. But if you mean ^^^ that thing, then why would one need it when you can just put your shopping bags straight into the boot of your car?

[Scrump]

DodgyGeezer said:

Why the shunning?

Not shunned by everyone, at least one PHer wants one:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[Spare tyre]

I guess old people can get stuff delivered now, you get family can help

Also, shops are everywhere now, guess little and often?

I can see the benefit of them, we still use our kids buggy from time to time to carry bulky item’s about

Wife is a bit embarrassed by it, which just encourages me

[Randy Winkman]

A bit odd since suitcases or even carry-on cases with wheels are commonplace. Slightly changing the subject, I find those a bit embarrassing. I'm 58 and am putting of getting a suitcase/carry-on case on wheels for as long as I can.

[Nickbrapp]

At least 3 girls in my old block of flats (under 30) had one to go to Lidl with. They loved them.

Just get it delivered ffs.

[Caddyshack]

Maybe we need to design a tactical man shopping trolley?

[Benni]

Much use of these in Germany, they are nicknamed "Granny Mercedes" or "Heel Porsche".

The posh ones have 3 wheels per side, rotating, so trolley can be pulled up stairs easier.

For those with "window shopper´s disease" legs, there may be a fold-out seat included.

[Jarcy]

Randy Winkman said:

A bit odd since suitcases or even carry-on cases with wheels are commonplace. Slightly changing the subject, I find those a bit embarrassing. I'm 58 and am putting of getting a suitcase/carry-on case on wheels for as long as I can.

A suitcase or carry-on with two wheels is fine.
It's the airport lounge mince with a 4-wheeler that needs to be avoided.

[Roofless Toothless]

My dear old mum lived to be 98. Even at quite an advanced age she made a valiant effort to get to the shop across the road. She had a shopping trolley, which she seemed to be using as much to support herself as to fill with the few items she needed.

One day my brother and I had a closer look at this thing. She had filled up the bottom half of it with telephone directories to make it less likely to tip over. Not bad thinking, except that it now weighed about as much as a Sherman Tank. Somehow she was hauling this thing to the shop and back to her flat every day.

[Rich Boy Spanner]

I want some kind of wheeled shopping trolley, but I have a stigma of them from my youth, when old ladies in hair nets would be at the shops with them, usually in some check design. I need some kind of carbon fibre looking thing so I feel less old. Even though i am now getting old. I have a cart I take to the racing Donnington to pull my food and stuff about in but it is too big for a supermarket.

[Caddyshack]

My dear old Nanna made me push hers in Guildford once - just as a load of girls from my school walked round the corner. I was outside C & A as well....oddly they didn't laugh but part of me died right there.

[vikingaero]

If Canada Goose, Stone Island, Palm Angels and Balencibks did one, there would be hundreds of faarsands of them on the streets.

[Caddyshack]

A bloke near me has a Doberman and when he walks it the dog wears a tactical vest - not sure what he keeps in all the pockets but the dog does look cool and I doubt it gets picked on by the Labradors.

[RC1807]

My daughter has one with 6 wheels, so she can roll it up the stairs of her apartment building, a bit like a stair walker machine, although manual.
Very practical in a city where walking or using the tram is easier than having a car.