empty-handed. You use it, then hand it back after you check out and re-chain your cart.
One thing I learned from doing this a couple of times: ask before you get into the thick of shopping, not after. If there’s a line five people deep, the cashier can’t really stop to dig a quarter out for you. Catch them during a lull and it’s a ten-second favor.
Just know it isn’t a guarantee everywhere. Most spots I’ve been to will happily lend one, but policies and coin drawers vary store to store, so don’t treat it as a sure thing. If the answer is a shrug, no harm done. You’ve got other moves.
The Round-Head Key Trick for the Cart
Here’s the hack that floats around online, and it does work for a lot of people. Grab a key or small item with a round head roughly the size of
