At one of the big stores here, Carrefour, we pay to use the grocery cart. It seems absurd to some people but I think it is a pretty good system. I put in a dirham (basically a quarter) and the grocery cart "frees itself" from the other carts. When I am finished, I attach the cart to another cart and my coin will be released. I get 100% of my money back and it forces shoppers (who want their money back) to put the carts together. We don't have the issue of carts all over the parking lot like you find in America.
The name for our blog comes from the book "Arabian Nights." We're moving to Dubai for three years (maybe longer!) and since three years is pretty close to 1001 nights, that's where the name comes from. We hope you enjoy reading about our life in Arabia.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Grocery Carts
by Cindy
At one of the big stores here, Carrefour, we pay to use the grocery cart. It seems absurd to some people but I think it is a pretty good system. I put in a dirham (basically a quarter) and the grocery cart "frees itself" from the other carts. When I am finished, I attach the cart to another cart and my coin will be released. I get 100% of my money back and it forces shoppers (who want their money back) to put the carts together. We don't have the issue of carts all over the parking lot like you find in America.
At one of the big stores here, Carrefour, we pay to use the grocery cart. It seems absurd to some people but I think it is a pretty good system. I put in a dirham (basically a quarter) and the grocery cart "frees itself" from the other carts. When I am finished, I attach the cart to another cart and my coin will be released. I get 100% of my money back and it forces shoppers (who want their money back) to put the carts together. We don't have the issue of carts all over the parking lot like you find in America.
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