Sir, – The best arrangement of castors for manoeuvring heavily laden supermarket trolleys in confined spaces is fixed wheels on the front, pivoting wheels on the back. Ask any forklift driver. – Yours, etc,
FERGUS CAHILL,
Cuil Ghlas,
Dunboyne,
Co Meath.
Sir, – In recent days several correspondents have in turn championed the less familiar, responded with the orthodox, before finally introducing uncertainty and denial into the supermarket trolley debate. If I might summarise this debate so far, the supermarket trolley is designed to keep us to the straight and narrow literally, and allows us to pass one another up and down the aisle. Whether one steers oneself to the checkout, or one is guided by fixed castors, is irrelevant to someone who knows that the real world exists outside in the car park, and the pavement where the trolley rests is simply not fit for purpose.
Surely this has to be an extended religious metaphor arrived at by random accident, or could it be by intelligent design? – Yours, etc,
JOHN McANDREW,
Old Kilmore Road,
Moira,
Co Down.
Sir, – Why can’t men ask a woman what to do with supermarket trolleys, asks Jane Nyhan (July 8th)? That might be described as castor dispersions. – Yours, etc,
PATRICK O’BYRNE,
Shandon Crescent,
Phibsborough,
Dublin 7.
Sir, – Never mind about pivoting castors or fixed castors, all I want is a trolley that goes in the direction I want it to go and does not have a mind of its own. – Yours, etc,
JEAN DUNNE,
Upper Glenageary Road,
Dún Laoghaire,
Co Dublin.
Sir, – I had no idea until I read Arthur Henry’s letter (July 7th) as to how dangerous shopping really was, except of course for the credit card.
I have weighed up the different solutions offered by various contributors to this page and I have decided that my preferred option, and by far the safest, is from now on to shop online and just have it delivered. – Yours, etc,
MARK SHEEHY,
Burgage Manor,
Blessington,
Co Wicklow.