American’s wild shopping cart claim Aussies agree with

An American women surviving successful Australia has made a bold declare astir nan shopping carts astatine immoderate of our biggest supermarkets — and hundreds of Australians agreed pinch her.

Lex B, known as @LexInWonderland on TikTok, said she had a “controversial” sentiment aft surviving successful Australia for 9 months.

The expat, who is primitively from Houston, Texas, said while she has been successful Australia she has shopped astatine Coles, Woolworths and consequence shops.

“I’m not a arguable person, but present we go. This is simply a thought I’ve had for a agelong clip — fundamentally since I’ve been here,” she said successful nan clip.

“American trolleys [shopping cart] are amended than Australian trolleys.”

She said it was “comical” that it was her “biggest gripe” astir surviving Down Under, revealing she located present owed to her husband’s job.

“I dread having to make a move astatine nan supermarkets, I suck astatine it and of people nan communicative successful my caput is everyone’s watching maine and they cognize I americium a foreigner,” she said.

She explained to news.com.au that nan only quality betwixt shopping carts successful nan US and Australia — too what they’re called — is that successful America nan 2 backmost wheels were locked.

“You’d deliberation this would make it harder to manoeuvre but it’s rather nan opposite! I precocious went backmost to nan US for a sojourn and really posted a video of maine utilizing an HEB trolley truthful folks could spot nan difference,” she said.

Her video racked up hundreds of comments, pinch galore group offering tips — aliases taking nan opportunity to person a small joke.

“Aussie trolleys don’t conscionable get you done nan supermarket – they hole you for life. If you tin steer 1 pinch a rogue instrumentality done a Woolies car park, you tin grip a stampede of bin chickens, dodge a snake successful your backyard, and wrestle a croc if it comes to it,” 1 said.

Another wrote: “On nan agleam side, they do springiness you a bully halfway workout while shopping. And location is nan breathtaking enigma of not knowing wherever it is going astatine immoderate time.”

“They person suggested pushing nan trolley from nan broadside aliases beforehand alternatively of from nan back,” she said.

“Others person suggested turning your assemblage successful nan guidance you want to spell first, past letting nan trolley follow, fundamentally over-exaggerating nan turns. And galore person said location are nary tricks and they are conscionable awful!

“What’s funny is nan mostly of Aussies work together that nan trolleys present are difficult to manoeuvre. I was shocked astatine conscionable really galore agreed pinch me. We each stock nan aforesaid struggle.”

The expat said she recovered that if she turns her assemblage first, it has helped retired a little. She besides shared different things that she’s noticed astir nan cardinal quality successful Australian and US supermarkets.

“Americans mostly shop 1 spot for each nan things they need, whereas present it’s much communal to sojourn respective shops for your items – bread, produce, meat, etc. I’m enjoying nan alteration and find nan value is overmuch amended erstwhile I do this.

“I’ve besides noticed nan supermarkets are smaller here, but past again I’m from Texas wherever everything genuinely is bigger! Although I miss immoderate of my fave US products, I do for illustration nan smaller shop vibe present successful Australia, arsenic I find myself not arsenic burdened pinch determination fatigue.”