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In defence of the humble trolley

GOD bless Cr Joe Ferrante for his concern about rogue shopping trolleys. I live in Community Housing and there are usually a few around the place. 

I’ve often taken them to the front verge and dialled Trolley Tracker (1800 641 497, 8am – 6pm, 7 days a week).

My irritation abated when I came to realise that many people who live here can’t afford cars. The trolley is how they get their groceries home. 

Also, if they are working in the garden, they are often not robust enough to carry potting mix etc, so the trolley is invaluable as a gardening aid. 

I figure Coles can probably spare a few, what with annual profits of over a billion dollars after tax. 

Hey, they could even think about free shuttle busses for their loyal customers around the burbs. 

Levying fines on an already hard-pressed society is just another way for councils to squeeze out some more revenue. 

It’s not the supermarkets’ fault anyway. Lazybum shoppers can’t be bothered doing the two-minute return walk to the trolley racks around the carpark, selfishly preferring to abandon them in empty parking spaces, which can be very frustrating when shopping carparks are full. 

If trolleys are abandoned at bus stops, it means someone has needed it to get their heavy shopping at least that far home. 

Chill Cr Ferrante. Do a nude calendar (you spunk!) and donate the proceeds to a new City of Stirling local shopping shuttle service for ratepayers. Onya. 

CJ
Inglewood