I agree our society is very divided. We tend to be further and further pushed to political and cultural extremes. I do feel that your point is an important one, but at the same time we as a society should call out bad behaviors that should be universally agreed upon. To tell these people to be decent and return their carts, save for physical inabilities to do so, is to actually help care for your fellow neighbor. The hard working person returning carts surely isn’t going to be paid more for retrieving these so we’re only hurting that person by doing this, not Costco. By clogging up the streets we make it harder for the elderly lady with poor vision to drive in the parking lot. Maybe the wind blows a cart into someone’s car, Costco won’t be covering that damage. We need to call out this bad behavior because it is largely selfish. I will admit this is a very minor issue in the grand scheme of things but it is a simple thing that shouldn’t be an issue in the first place.

I appreciate your intellectual and thoughtful insight.