“Shopping Cart Archery” Is An Actual Thing… In Germany [VIDEO]

If you’ve ever been at the local grocery store and wondered about the intelligence of people who can’t seem to find the cart coral – maybe it isn’t about smarts so much but instead skill that’s keeping carts on the outside.

There’s a German game show that has contestants showcase their shopping cart skills – where the point of the game is to roll the cart into the coral – in other words – cart archery or “cartery” if you’re into the whole “brevity thing”.

From what I can determine, contestants have eight or acht rounds to accurately shove their carts – der Einkaufswagen – into the coral – like a soccer shoot out – only more interesting.

I know the 25-cent incentive at Aldi (also German) seems to work better than any other local supermarket in terms of putting the carts where they belong rather than the free-range parking lot cart system that seems to propagate area stores.  So let’s look to Germany for some inspiration in this case.

I will admit that as much “Supermarket Sweep” as I’ve watched in my life (don’t judge) this would be right up my alley or aisle as it would be.

[ Twitter: Joe G ]