Now I’ll upset some people here, I’m sure but…
Here in the UK, you can see how decent an area is using this method.
Go to the nearest Tesco Extra. If they have the coin traps on the trolleys, probably a dodgy area. If they don’t, not so dodgy area.
In both cases, you’re going to find the trolleys are generally not left lying around. Read into it what you will.
I only use Tesco extra as an example because from my experience other supermarkets either have the coin traps, or don’t. It seems only Tesco (correct me if I’m wrong) vary the behaviour by area.
This is accurate is my city with no coin traps. Nicer areas have no carts laying around. “Lower class” areas have lots of carts around.
Funny thing is in the high class area I never see an employee doing cart return, but in the lower class area they’ll be 2 or 3 doing it.
So it’s not a matter of staffing. It’s the people not having good cart etiquette.
