Do you ever wonder what happened to shopping trolleys that
went missing. Sometimes I've see them abandoned at the side of the road, or down
a small street. Some even get dumped in water filled ditches. But I've never seen as many trolleys as are reported missing. But I might have found where these trolleys go. They go to school.
Once, of my dad’s school students was late in getting picked up from
school. His brother was supposed to come and get him, but at the right time, no one turned up to get this kid. Which meant that my dad had to stay at school until someone came to get him and take him home.
A lot of time passed. This brother was very late. Finally however, he arrived at the school in a novel form of transportation. Other pupils came on foot, on a push bike, or even on a skateboard. Not this boy. He arrived...in a shopping trolley. And furthermore, he took his brother home in the same way.
Is this what happens to the shopping trolleys when they go missing from the shops? Is it normal for school kids to go wandering around the streets, riding in a school trolley? Does it make for a comfortable ride? I wonder...Do you know?
I think it would be really uncomfortable.
ReplyDeleteVery likely. All those knobbly bits. And it would be very noisy too.
DeleteI have NO IDEA--and I've always, always wondered how they get left here and there, and who was using them to begin with...:)
ReplyDeleteShopping trolleys must have so many stories to tell of the people and places they've been abandoned in and by. If only we could ask them...
DeleteThat is funny! If I had seen that I'd be laughing at it for days. Are you referring to a pushcart like the ones grocery stores have out front or do shopping trollies look different in Australia? (strange thing to be confused about I know...)
ReplyDeletePushcarts would probably be the right term for it. I keep forgetting that there are different terms for these things. My dad was laughing for days too. His students do strange things...
DeleteI have no idea but I imagine it was a rough ride. As kids we used to ride our Radio Flyer wagon down our steep driveway, dart out into the road with wheels screeching as we fought to maneuver the curve and then straight down the middle of the street.
ReplyDeleteEgads, if my kids did that today I'd kill them. It was very bumpy and we usually sported skinned knees and ankles all summer. But we had fun. (And luckily never got hit by a car.)
My sisters and I used to have a two seater tricycle which the four of us would ride, doing much the same thing. Except instead of going down a driveway, we went down a hill with a tree at the bottom. You had to make the curve or hit the tree. Guess which one we did more often!
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