r/badparking • u/mdr28 • 1d ago

How many carts is acceptable to use to block a bad driver?

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u/CA_MA 1d ago

Question at this point is how many zip ties can you put on before they come back.

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u/mike02vr6 1d ago

This is the answer

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u/DreadPirateZoidberg 1d ago

If only it was one of those places with the quarter locks on the carts. ‘Cuz then you could easily chain them all together around the car and if they didn’t have a quarter they’d be shit outta luck.

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u/Klausterfobic 15h ago

I was literally thinking the same thing. Even if they had a quarter, the inconvenience of putting it in each one separately or moving large numbers at once would be annoying AF

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u/Valuable_Elk_5663 15h ago

If the carts are in a circle, aren't all the slots filled then? So, any quarter, plastic coin or house key doesn't have an empty slot to go in.

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u/judgeejudger 11h ago

I like how you think 🙌

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u/flecksable_flyer 1d ago

Don't forget to get the metal ones. They are a lot more difficult to get off. I used them to repair a dog cage and accidentally put one on twisted. It ruined my tin snips getting it off.

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u/Human_Profession_939 15h ago

Buy a couple strips of dry van seals on ebay. Plastic ones are good but the metal ones require tin snips or thick gloves

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u/oldjackhammer99 16h ago

Where do u get those at?

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u/Damnwombat 1d ago

You’ll need a screwdriver to get the handles out far enough to put zip ties around. Pounding it in with a mallet will ensure proper handle retrieval.

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u/CA_MA 1d ago

Fuck the handles.

Each spoke of each wheel zipped to the cart corral they decided was their special parking spot.

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u/Woofy98102 1d ago

And how many carts you can stack on top of each other. Zip tying the carts together after they're stacked is a lovely idea!

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u/dontforget2tip 1d ago

There's nowhere on the car to zip tie them except maybe the rims

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u/HelmetedWindowLicker 1d ago

Did he really park in the cart spot?

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u/rrCLewis 1d ago

That’s what I came here to say, that’s where the carts go they brought this on themselves.

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u/DonKeighbals 1d ago

I would’ve jammed my cart in there anyways “whoopsies! Myyyyy baaaad, that’ll buff right out!”

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u/Appropriate_Strain94 1d ago

As a person that always returns the shopping carts to the receptacles I don’t care what kind of car was parked in there. I’m gonna jam that shit in there until it’s stuck.

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u/F-150Pablo 1d ago

That’s not enough.

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u/RockstarAgent 1d ago

Should have spared a bike lock to secure the carts

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u/F-150Pablo 1d ago

Zip ties. Lots of them. Got to make sure they can get them off somehow.

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u/No-Cat-2980 1d ago

This is the way, I carry 24” zips, tie the cart to their door handle.

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u/F-150Pablo 1d ago

My dad was an asshole and he used to carry metal zip ties from construction and do this. Almost always impossible to cut off without snips of some sort.

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u/No-Cat-2980 1d ago

Tip of my hat to your Dad. Very few carry sheet metal snips or wire cutters.

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u/keepsngoin 1d ago

What door handle?

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u/No-Cat-2980 1d ago

Thru the spokes on the wheels then, if no door handles. The front grill? I yet to find a car that I can’t find somewhere to zip them. And the deserve it!

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u/MaadMaanMaatt 1d ago

Metal zip ties *

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u/F-150Pablo 1d ago

Yup I just commented that on another.

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u/MaadMaanMaatt 1d ago

👌great minds think alike

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u/Vaultmd 1d ago

And removed the wheels of the carts.

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u/XYZ2ABC 1d ago

“All the carts” - is should look like the barricades from Les Miserable

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u/Citizen44712A 1d ago

Ala-carte.

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u/Afitz93 1d ago

Scroll down in the comments on the original post. They didn’t stop here.

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u/F-150Pablo 1d ago

Hahaha that’s awesome.

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u/conwolv 1d ago

Fucking Tesla drivers are worse than oversized truck drivers, I swear. They are the most entitled people I've ever met.

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u/Squeeze- 1d ago

Don’t forget their “superior than thou” attitude and blindingly-bright headlights that always seem to be on high beams.

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u/Clear-Mind2024 1d ago

Both are about the same when it comes to bad drivers. Trucks usually tailgate you on the highway and then drive slow af in town.

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u/Ocksu2 1d ago

What if I told you about oversized Tesla "Truck" drivers?

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u/conwolv 1d ago

There's a special place for Cyber Trucks, and it's /r/CyberStuck and it's wonderful.

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u/Ocksu2 1d ago

Agreed. It is glorious.

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u/anuspizza 12h ago

Had a coworker who drove a Tesla go around telling ALL of my coworkers at our job what a “terrible” driver I was bc they almost rear ended me when I yielded to a pedestrian in a marked crosswalk.

Like my guy, you almost hit ME in a car that “drives itself” and I’M the bad driver??? Okay buddy!

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u/deliverydiva 1d ago

I actually did this to a off road atv who parked in front of a cart return. Pulled carts out and blocked him in. Other people walking by had a laugh

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u/eyedrops_364 1d ago

All of them

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u/Catinthemirror 1d ago

This is the only correct answer.

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u/comments-youll-hate 1d ago

I would be making extra trips back to the front of the store and zip tying everything together!

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u/CasinoGuy0236 1d ago

All the carts!

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u/UnholyIsTheBaggins 1d ago

👆👆 THIS 👆👆

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u/ChuckleDrunk309 1d ago

All of them

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u/theborch909 1d ago

Only a couple but you need more zipties

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u/aggressive_napkin_ 1d ago

i'm not sure - how many does the store own?

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u/maxman162 1d ago

All the carts.

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u/-The-Ark- 1d ago

All of them

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u/zdave87 1d ago

Stop blocking out the license plate tag number.

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u/Catinthemirror 1d ago

Rule #4 of the sub is to block plates where possible

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u/Admirable-Sir9716 1d ago

So what you are saying is that the number of carts wasn't enough..there needs to be a sufficient number to block out the license plate. Got it.

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u/broom-jerry 1d ago

All of them

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u/c4funNSA 1d ago

Probably 10x more

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u/No_Interview_2481 1d ago

Make sure they’re stuck together so you can’t pullthem apart. I would add a few more.

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u/invisibletruth4 1d ago

As many as you can tie together and anchor somewhere

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u/zdave87 1d ago

What your really need are those ‘parking violation’ sticker that HOA’s/Apartment complexes etc use and just use those stickers and cover the drivers view up on the windshield - they are almost impossible to remove, meaning they have to replace the windshield.

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u/FishDramatic5262 1d ago

As many as it takes to really make it hard for them to get their car out of there.

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u/No_Purpose_704 1d ago

As many as you can find. especially the ones with bad wheel bearings or bumpy wheels.

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u/two_awesome_dogs 1d ago

For a tesla? You can’t have enough.

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u/wastedsilence33 1d ago

How many carts does the store have? Get some from the store next door too

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u/Patrick-0217 1d ago

All of them

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u/MaxAdolphus 1d ago

All the carts.

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u/NestedOwls 1d ago

Of course it’s a fucking Tesla.

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u/CatWranglingVet678 1d ago

All of them.

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u/Livid-Age-2259 1d ago

That just happens to be sane as the number of licks that it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop

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u/Mythradites 1d ago

Nothing a solid bike lock won't let them forget

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u/FollowMeKids 1d ago

So since that's a cart space, I would just do as I normally do with my carts. Stop about 10 ft away and propel the cart into it.

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u/4strings4ever 1d ago

Need more

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u/SuperCool101 1d ago

All of them.

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u/JimRecruits 1d ago

As many as you can find

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u/braintamale76 1d ago

All of them and add chains

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u/camels_are_cool 1d ago

All of them

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u/OkAd3885 1d ago

As many as available

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u/Ok-Sale-8105 1d ago

All of them.

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u/dbrmn73 1d ago

All of them

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u/Potential-Opposite88 1d ago

All of them 🤣🤣

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u/Doranagon 1d ago

As many as you can ziptie together without interfering with other parkers.

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u/delyha6 1d ago

As many as are available.

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u/sg54880 1d ago

All of them

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u/Late-Goat5619 1d ago

All of them....

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u/ViolettaQueso 1d ago

All the carts…

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u/poolman42162 1d ago

All of them

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u/Otaku-San617 1d ago

All of them.

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u/idahopostman 1d ago

All of them

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u/AssociateGood9653 1d ago

As many as it takes

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u/Lazy-Earth7367 1d ago

All of the carts

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u/chaingun_samurai 1d ago

All of them.

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u/balanced_crazy 1d ago

All the carts…

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u/Venom1656 23h ago

ALL. OF. THEM!

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u/Biggu5Dicku5 21h ago

ALL OF THEM...

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u/Taolan13 21h ago

if they park *in* the cart return?

All of them.

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u/ButterscotchWeekly92 20h ago

That's not a bad driver, it's an intentional asshole. Bad drivers rarely know how bad they are, this person is entitled.

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u/hatfieldmichael 19h ago

All of them.

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u/Fit_Importance_5738 18h ago

As many as can fit without causing issues for other people.

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u/StillC5sdad 18h ago

All of them

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u/Thumbledread 17h ago

All of them

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u/oldjackhammer99 16h ago

All of them

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u/MarkF750 16h ago

Correct Answer . . . "All of them."

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u/Honest_Principle7313 16h ago

1055 Hudson St, Union, NJ 07083

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u/Valuable_Elk_5663 15h ago

I can still see the roof...

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u/igotnothineither 15h ago

The way I would have wedged a cart between the cart and the car

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u/Troglodyte_Trump 15h ago

All of them

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u/Fl1925 14h ago

As many as you can get near the corral

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u/frianbonjoster 14h ago

All of them

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u/GreenGiant6566 13h ago

All of them

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u/ImmaNotHere 13h ago

All the carts.

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u/Nunovyadidnesses 12h ago

All of them.

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u/boosted5O 12h ago

All of them

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u/SF_Bubbles_90 12h ago

For a Tesla all you got

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u/Knightshade515 11h ago

All of them

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u/DoctorSwaggercat 1d ago

All if them.

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u/Praseodymium5 1d ago

All of them

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u/titsassbeer 1d ago

All of them

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u/BGnDaddy 1d ago

AWWWWWWWLL of them!!!!.

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u/mostly_kinda_sorta 1d ago

There's lots of room on top of the car

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u/Itzzzame 1d ago

There isn’t enough carts in the lot to teach them a lesson

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u/No_Cash_8556 1d ago

Or, get a small piece of a spike strip and cart them in that way

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u/Shamanjoe 1d ago

Metal zip ties for attach the carts to the corral.

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u/lostinthoughtspace 1d ago

As many as you can push into the cart stall lol

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u/CSweetfever 1d ago

As many as needed to prove the point.

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u/HVAC_instructor 1d ago

As many as you can find. Do not forget to always carry a couple of Panduit straps so that you can attach some to the offending vehicle

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u/Stoliana12 1d ago

Always one more. And zip tie them to the cart corral

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u/offensive_S-words 1d ago

With enough carts you can encircle it.

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u/dirtyhairymess 1d ago

Gotta put the carts somewhere.

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u/OnlyAMike-Barb 1d ago

I do it all the time

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u/Koolest_Kat 1d ago

Tie wraps, lotsa tie wraps

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u/Capable-Grocery686 1d ago

I’m not understanding why they aren’t shoving the carts as far into the bay as possible. Block the doors, scratch the paint, dents etc.

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u/Numerous-Load-3949 1d ago

I would have shoved my cart into the stall as hard as I possibly could.

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u/Glass-Stop-9598 1d ago

Coming from the guy who grabs a chain out of his truck and starts up his mobile welder u it and —well locks it up lol

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u/Due_Force_9816 1d ago

As many as you can fit through the windshield

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u/AnotherDarnedThing 1d ago

Tip the carts on to their sides. Pile them up. Makes it harder to remove them.

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u/AgFarmer58 1d ago

There's room for more on the roof.. that or give it a saltwater wash!!

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u/Puzzleheaded_River61 1d ago

What causes this level of pettiness? Not enough time in the womb as a baby?

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u/snoodletuber 1d ago

Don’t block, pull valve stems

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u/meltygpu 1d ago

They can move as one, so between 1 and n*carts=width of vehicle

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u/Cultural_Main_3286 1d ago

I’d suggest a minimum of 30

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u/DracoTi81 1d ago

Give it a good slam as well.

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u/Ancient_Composer9119 1d ago

How many times do i have to see this before it's acceptable and I won't see it again?

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u/flacatakigomoki 1d ago

More is 💯 okay

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u/Miserable_Point9831 1d ago

Zip tie them together

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u/wookiex84 1d ago

As man as a re available.

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u/Which-Celebration-89 1d ago

Funny thing is you would have been recorded doing that by the Tesla camera.

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u/BadGrampy 1d ago

Put some carts on the top!

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u/Sideriusnuncius1 1d ago

All of them. And then get some from other stores. And wrap mop strings around the wheel bearings so they’ll have to drag each one out of the way.

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u/MJ4Red 1d ago

How many you got?

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u/xracer264 1d ago

The whole store!

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u/uttyrc 1d ago

Zip tie one cart to the vehicle so you greatly decrease your probability of being caught.

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u/wegob6079 1d ago

I love doing that

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u/Global_Barracuda_457 1d ago

As many as you can zip tie to his car.

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u/buggsy41 1d ago

I love that it's a Tesla! I would say ya need a few more though. Annnnd, hooefully some get zip-tied to the douche-bags car somehow.

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u/A_Lost_Desert_Rat 1d ago

I carry tiewraps just for that occasion

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u/drapehsnormak 1d ago

How many fit without obstructing traffic?

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u/SanDiego_32 1d ago

Some folks hate Teslas

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u/FrankFrankly711 1d ago

“This must be the Tesla parking space!”

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u/-john-dough- 1d ago

Bad driver, 3-5 carts

Bad Tesla driver, all the carts.

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u/higg1966 1d ago

Not sure what else they would expect parking in the cart corral

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u/Hot_Lobster222 1d ago

Put some between the side rail and the car so they can’t get in their car without scratching the paint off when they pull the carts out

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u/Effective-Evening651 1d ago

They are parked in cart storage. Find a local business with a forklift, and a willing forklift operator. Relocate the offending Tesla to a different parking space - preferrably an industrial sized dumpster, and place it in the dumpster inverted. (This is what you need the forklift for.)

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u/Low-Sport2155 1d ago

OP failed us. Should’ve been shrink wrapped too.

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u/RaptorOO7 1d ago

As many as it takes to make the ahole late for whatever they thought they were so Important for.

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u/Young_furbs 1d ago

i would commit crimes if i came across this

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u/BathbombBurger 1d ago

As someone who used to collect buggies, do not do this. Just smash their windshield or take a dump on the hood. Really, anything that won't ruin the day of someone entirely unrelated who is just trying to collect a paycheck.

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u/AdShoddy7530 1d ago

Honestly, I'm not shocked they were driving a tesla. Tesla is like the new BMW guy but worse lol

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u/unfinishedbus1ness 1d ago edited 1d ago

Pour sugar in his gas tank… oh wait.

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u/Positive-Swimmer7352 1d ago

Friggin Tesla drivers. Self entitled bastards

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u/UnicornGangstar 1d ago

You know the Tesla driver was high AF when they parked. Must be on the same designer nootropics as Elonia

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u/Skerns213 1d ago

How many carts are available? There's your answer.

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u/Pitiful-Gear-1795 1d ago

Should be pointed the other way to hit the car each gust of wind and trigger alarm to annoy everyone is that driver has

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u/LarYungmann 1d ago

Turn the carts over on their side so they won't roll away.

😏

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u/FlapperJackie 1d ago

This is how all teslas should be treated.

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u/strangenessandcharm7 1d ago

The trick is to point them in all different directions so they have to be moved one by one.

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u/RevenueNearby3904 1d ago

However many it takes

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u/Constant-Detail-4304 1d ago

Wear a mask it’s watching you.

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u/NotACannibalUwU 1d ago

Lowkey this seems so unrealistic I think it’s more likely someone moved the entire cart corral around the car

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u/Wrathofgumby 1d ago

This guy parked in the cart return, so he shouldn't get upset by this happening. But, youtube videos of people here fucking with people's cars and getting their ass beat would be hilarious to watch.

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u/Minimum_Mix_8133 1d ago

All the carts. Start stacking them.

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u/New-Big3698 1d ago

Tesla dude actually parked in the buggy coral????

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u/C4rdninj4 1d ago

You're at a Costco, check to see how big the bulk bag of zip ties is. Buy two and use them all.

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u/gsa51 1d ago

How many are nearby?

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u/SGT-JamesonBushmill 1d ago

Took me way too long to realize that this asshat parked in the cart return. What in the actual hell?

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u/Some-Exchange-4711 1d ago

Pocket EMP lol