Supermarkets across the city are reporting shortages of shopping trolleys, as students move into town and claim the sterling vessels as their own. “It’s madness”, said one New World employee. “Yesterday, I saw a woman back her RAV-4 all the way up to the building’s door and just throw her items into the boot from the till.” The trolleys have been traced back to North Dunedin, where they’ve recently overtaken unpaid-for Neuron scooters and longboards as the suburb’s most popular vehicle. Students have been spotted using their newly-acquired vehicles as moving tools, shuttling mattresses, kegs, still-burning couches and traffic cones from flat to flat. One was even spotted trying to organise a drag race. “They’re public property, the way I see it”, he said, when approached. “They’re fair game. If you see one in a front lawn, you can nab it. And you can’t be angry if someone nabs it back. It’s just the way the trolley economy works.” New World staff begged to differ, instead claiming that “Actually, those are ours, what?”
Shopping trolley stocks plummet as students hit north D
