Seriously?? Was I being a batch?
I had to run a few errands after work today. My last stop was the grocery store. It was already dinner time so I was trying to get home to feed us. Dd likes the cart with the steering wheel/car. I pushed the cart to my car and put the groceries in my trunk. There was a cart corral directly across the aisle. A store employee was there gathering the smaller carts. After I unloaded the groceries I pushed the cart over with him staring at me the whole time.
Yeah, I'm a shatty person and am like 'meh this is why people have jobs'
I would have probably been like "oh do you mind please? I have my hands full" but that's because I always have something to say, I wouldn't have been rude but it is kinda weird/rude for him to ask you to take it inside. What are you supposed to do with your groceries? And you can't leave your daughter there, and it'd be a pain to tote her both ways.
PP the next child could easily use it, the person standing outside is a cart collector, that's what they are paid to do all day long. Asking someone who has a child in their arms after finishing up shopping to do it is rude when he's standing there. The cart corral is where it is supposed to go when you're finished.
Here is aus all kids specialty trolleys dont leave the actrual store once your done shopping. (You actrually have to leave id and they return it once trolley is returned!)
Here is a rule so its not the same. Unless you suspossed to take the kids ones back inside. I don't see the issue. Its his job.
No, you were not rude. That's what the corrals are for. And at least you walked it over there instead of leaving in right next to your car.