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I used to buy this argument too, then I had kids. If you're just a person at the store alone and buy groceries, I completely agree that you should put the cart where it belongs. But I can't leave my toddler buckled into her seat in the car while I walk away and put the cart up, and I can't leave my kid standing there while I unload the groceries into the trunk. This is a small thing, but it's literally one of a thousand reasons someone might not be able to put the cart in the cart corral. But the awesome thing is, if it's easy for you to do, you can just stop assigning ill intent to the people who can't do it and take care of it for them.
I've taken my toddler to the corral in the cart, then carried them back to the car. Just one kiddo though, two would probably be untenable!
I don't understand; can you not put them in the car and close all of its doors for the approximately ≤30 seconds that you cart-push?
Of course they can. They can also just leave the kid in the cart. Presumably the child was sitting there throughout the shopping experience. No reason they can't remain seated until they need to leave. Or the little shit can just walk with them to the cart return. But if they did any of that it wouldn't allow them to create this hypothetical problem that allows them to be a shitty person.
No, of course you can't. If it's right next to the car or one space away, sure, but you can't lock your kids in the car and walk away, dude.