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Trolleys are annoying to return. Also, teams of trolley boys cost serious money. A solution is use specially trained retriever dogs to fetch discarded shopping trolleys in car parks. Each trolley could be fitted with a small harness that the dog simply slips into and pulls it back to the appropriate
place in the shopping centre. "Who's a good boy then eh eh?"
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what next, a Labradoor opener ? (+). |
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Dolphins could be used in areas of the
UK where it is traditional to throw
trolleys into canals. |
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They would love that game. |
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It costs money to house dogs.
It costs money to train dogs.
It costs money to pick up dog shit.
It would be unsafe for a bunch of dogs to be wandering around a parking lot.
It costs money to feed and water the dogs.
As a store owner I would rather spend 5.15 an hour for a pre-pubescent kid to do the work. |
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I'd rather have a lot of dogs running about. They're so much more fun than spotty teenagers. |
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and they're much more reliable. |
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Back to the dolphins, they could play all of the discarded grand pianos thrown into the canals. |
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Since when did it cost money to pick up dog shit? This concept could also allow dogs to pull shopping trolleys chariot-style around supermarkets. |
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The dogs could pay for themselves by charging for their charioteering services. The dolphins will just have to fall back on their busking. |
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I don't get the core of this idea://Trolleys are annoying to return\\ If you don't return the trolley you don't get your money back right? (where I live you have to put a fifty cents piece in the locking mechanism to free the trolley and when you put it back you get your money back. Don't they do this all over the world?) |
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No. When we were kids we'd steal trollies and use them for races. They broke. They all broke. |
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[zeno] no they don't.. there's still loads of places where trolleys are a free-for-all. |
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Robots would be cheaper -- but I like the idea of monkeys feeding the dogs and worms cleaning up after both. The dolphins would also need sea horses to tend to their HR needs. |
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You'd also need buzzards and falcons (or any bird of prey with fantastic eyesight, some intelligence and the ability to hover) to act as 'spotters' and guide the dogs and dolphins to the trolleys. |
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The trolleys might have to be
impregnated with some sort of scent to
facilitate tracking. |
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//I'd rather have a lot of dogs running about. They're so much more fun than spotty teenagers.// There wouldn't be any point with this idea if teenagers were more fun now, would they? And unfortunantly, I'm one of those spotty teenagers as [wagster] eloquently put it... 15 today, yippee, what fun... |
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Happy birthday [froglet]! Have a good one. |
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Many happy birthdays to you, [froglet]. |
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[zeno] in Springfield , Missouri, USA, there is only one store chain that puts money-locks on their shopping carts, and that is Aldi's, which someone told me originates in Germany. Everybody else puts up with their carts spreading through town. Aldi's requires a 25-cent piece, which really isn't worth my time to retrieve--I realized that one night after returning the cart, threw the quarter on the roof of the building, and never bothered about the carts again. |
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Well you know what they say. Missouri loves company. |
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I think robotic trolleys with "Flocking road cone" technology would be more efficient in the long run. |
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Over here you need to insert £1 to get a trolley ($2-ish). The homeless do well by hanging around the car park and offering to take your trolley back for you. |
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//Over here you need to insert £1 to get a trolley ($2-ish). The homeless do well by hanging around the car park and offering to take your trolley back for you.// For some reason, I can just imagine this going on... |
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The dogs would listen better, and probably smoke by the entrance less than the teens. |
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+ and maybe a Pointer to show the way... |
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Aren't most dolphins saltwater dependent? would this not preclude their use in canals? |
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