Why do they make shopping carts with one bad wheel that always pulls to the right or left?
by 
Karen Anne Queen of AB
ANSWERS: 17
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When the frame of a shopping cart is made, it's level. After it's seen months of sun, rain, and usage, the frame begins to warp into a tetragon shape. This makes one of the wheels lift off the ground. You encounter it much less often in carts made from recycled and/or plastic components.
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Because two bad wheels would cost more.
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To slow you down and keep you for more time in the aisles?
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they represent the political machine, and how they are corrupt and how we, the people have to guide them to work more efficintly for us... or they ran out of screws of something
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And SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEAK ... Oy!!! Another excellent question ... I wish I had an answer.
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It's to keep you from wanting to steal them. If they all worked right ... you'd see one in everybody's garage. :)
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Subliminally circle the high profit items in the store.
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I have always wondered that myself...either they are all like that, or I have the worst luck at picking them out of all the carts that are there.
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because not everybody is ambidextrous:)
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It's a conspiracy by the auto body shops. You are guaranteed to run into a car in the parking lot with one of those carts at least once a year.
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My company, amalgamated, conglomerated bad wheel shopping carts incorporated represents that question!
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Oh i know what you mean lol i had one that was stiff as a poker lol when i went shopping at B&q on saturday for floor tiles.
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So you have a good chance of being missed by the other shopper that is coming right at you.
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I imagine they come from the factory in shape, to comply with ADD/OSHA/etc. requirements. Adjustments are probably then made at the distribution center/store level. The purpose is to make it it difficult to stay on the outside aisles, where the more healthful (and lower profit margin) food tends to be. If you have any other questions feel free to e-mail me directly at askmranswerperson@fullabull.com ;-)
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I hate when that happens - if only more people would be like this maybe there would be no wobbly wheels!
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because there is an evil elf out there that ruins one wheel just to see you struggle with it!
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Here is an insiders tip. I own a grocery store, I will tell you the secret. They do not get made that way, we make them that way. Yup, the store employees do it on purpose. It is our sneaky payback. Payback for: Every person in the express lane with over 10 items (or posted amount). Every person who eats cookies on the aisle and does not pay for them. Everyone who comes to the register talking on their cell phone. Every person who asks 'how much is this?' when they are standing next to a clearly marked sign that shows the price in 6 inch high letters, that never even bother to look for. Every person who thinks they have a 'reason' to go into the employees only areas (they don't, ever). Or wait, maybe it is not us, maybe it is the customer who shoves the cart into the wall, or lets their kids ride on them like they are toys that causes the carts to roll so badly. Sorry, rant over. Let me thank you for the chance to vent. Point Fairy time.
Mrs. C 
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