I’m not even shittalking or judging, why are you so offended? If the scenario I described doesn’t happen in the Us the better. I just said this form of distrust in everyday live makes me sad and thankfully I haven’t experienced it in my country, doesn’t matter which country it happens.

I've never seen this behaviour in europe with shopping carts. you maybe find a single cart randomly somewhere but thats super rare and there isnt any personal running around collecting them. I'm really sorry you have such narcissistic parents! Glad you can break the chain, I really hope future generations can learn from this and americans can adapt a more healthy, social behaviour in the decades to come

Everyone just returns them here, there is no one going around. You grab a can near the faucet, use it, and return it to the faucet. The fact that these simple social behaviors don’t seem to apply in the us belgium (or anywhere, really) is sad to me

every cementery in germany (and every other countires cementery I've been to) has watering cans without deposit. they just lay around next to a faucet for everyone to use and return. Its really sad that you need to use those means of distribution due to the seemingly widespread stealing?