drhanniballecter

Fun Fact: In Germany you need a coin in order to operate shopping carts.

rainbowjaeger

I think that’s a Europe thing because we also have that here in the Netherlands

kirschtein-relatable

Switzerland isn’t part of Europe but we got that too!

jeansdad

Sweden as well.

jeansmom

wait you mean there are places where you can use them for free?

dibbydibs

hoyl shit omg theyre free to use in the usa .. . 

mineapple

alrighty! i think there is a misunderstanding how these things work

you dont have to -pay- for anything (at least in greece you dont!), you just need to put a euro in to make it operable! as you can see there really isnt anywhere for the euros to -go- if you were actually paying for it

see what the arrow is pointing to? thats a peg that is connected to the shopping cart in front of this one. when the carts are in the bay theyre connected like this so no one can just come in and steal them for their own shenanigans

putting the euro in makes the peg pop out, and makes the cart free to use

when you’re done, you just slide the cart back into the other ones, put the peg back in, and the euro pops out again!

see? free to use! (well, if you have a euro on hand, that is)