In your opinion, should this be considered harassment/stalking?

That’s just pathetic. He needs to get a real life.

Harassment. It’s a cart and people get paid to collect them. It is courteous to put the cart back into the containments outside the store and also keeps carts from being rammed into cars on a windy day but not a law. Personally, though I think they should be shamed because I have had a cart ram into my car during a stormy day and do damage to my door. It can also be dangerous if a person or child is hit by a runaway cart. But to follow them and stalk them is a bit much. People are lazy and figure that is what the people in the store get paid to do but they don’t think about what happens if they don’t collect it in time or if there is thunder and lightling and the people can’t go collect them during storms.

@rockfan I did some reading about how many accidents happen from store carts and who is responsible. Stores are not responsible unless the accident happened through their negligence and if someone got injured by a runaway cart outside it is near impossible to prove it was because of store negligence. The person who left the cart, if found could be sued for bodily injury. Most car insurances cover it under their collision. So many stores have outside parking lot cameras so if a cart runs into a car and the person is a regular at that store they could be sued if found.

When someone walks toward me in public like that (making eye contact and saying almost anything) I simply say ‘don’t take another step toward me.’ They always try to tell me what they want and I just back up with one palm toward them. They will usually go away. Only once did the guy not listen and I screamed and he ran. People get shot for that kind of thing when the person he’s bothering is scared for their life. It’s stupid today. And a gimmick thieves sometimes use in parking lots is holding a handful of papers (like flyers) They want to get close enough to hand you one.

@SnipSnip what did you scream?

This sort of antisocial behaviour, like littering, annoys me. I’m glad someone pointed it out to them but he took it too far.

I am a small woman, and I have had men being “at” me, for one reason or another, for my entire life. Most recently it was a large man wanting to lecture me about being a sheep for wearing a mask, in a deserted parking lot.
I am not clever or cutting, I panic, it is a trigger.

If such a person approached me about a cart, I would likely react badly.

It is harassment, and any yutz that approaches a woman in a parking lot with any mein of aggression should know better.

It is harassment and one day that person is going to get punched in the face.

@Pandora: Anybody can sue for something, or threaten to sue, the two variables are 1. Are they going to find a lawyer to take the case (hopefully without payment up front) and 2. Are they going to win? Otherwise, “they can sue” isn’t much of a threat.

That is creepy and bad. They shouldn’t do that. If that happens to me, I will likely call the police though. It is wrong to do that. Imagine a stranger following you around.

I don’t like cart abandoners, and I absolutely don’t like this guy.
“You, put your cart back, where you took it from (in the Netherlands that is a stall, where they are all parked, and you can only get one if you deposit a € coin)”
“And you, go home, or to your therapist.”

To be honest, if someone followed me around and/or approached me and tried shaming me into putting my shopping cart away, I’d probably hand it over to him. I generally don’t leave carts loose in a parking lot, but that sort of behavior might make me start.

The guy who makes those videos must have a lot of free time.

@kneesox DON’T TAKE ANOTHER STEP

That guy is better off carrying a placard saying “Please bring carts back. Avoid causing accidents.”