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A MOM in Florida has posted a TikTok video capturing the moment she struggled with a Walmart cart’s anti-theft brakes.
The video creator posted a video with a malfunctioning cart full of items and a baby carriage with her two kids.
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“When the anti-theft wheels lock up before you even make it to the cart return and the car is another fifty yards away,” a digital voiceover says in the video.
The cart’s locked wheel rendered the cart ineffective, as the mom struggles to move the cart a small distance.
One of the two kids is seen struggling in the stroller behind the cart.
The caption of the video reads: “I’m a mom – I had to lug my Walmart cart around after its anti-theft wheels locked leaving me stranded with two kids.”
She said: “Why Walmart?”
The creator also chided Gainesville, Florida, in the video.
“I hate Gainesville,” she wrote with a facepalm emoji.
Commenters on the video also reported their own difficulties with Walmart carts.
One commenter said: “Happened to us once. I also hate Gainesville.”
Another said: “I don’t understand how people manage to get them past the perimeter w/o them locking up.”
Another commenter used the video as a reason to not go to Walmart: “Another reason why I haven’t stepped foot into a walmart in years.”
Walmart and theft
Walmart introduced anti-theft wheels to their carts to deter customers from stealing.
The move to anti-theft locks is part of Walmart’s strategy to curb theft.
Walmart has reported an increase in thefts across the U.S., saying that they may have to respond with increased prices and store closures.
Doug McMillon, Walmart’s CEO, told CNBC Squawk Box: “It’s higher than what it has historically been.”
McMillon said that law enforcement should be allowed to clamp down on the reported increased theft.
