
Prague in Depth: Shopping - Shopping Carts
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If no carts were available, you had to wait until one was free before you were allowed in.
Until relatively recently, this practice lived on at many Prague supermarkets, where the staff -- still carrying the fear of Communist-era shortages -- paid strict attention to the number of shoppers they allowed in their store.
There was a time when you could get yourself yelled at for attempting to shop without a cart.
Now, however, the fear of shortages has virtually gone, leaving you free to shop with just a hand basket, or just your hands.
Keep in mind, though, that if you do want a cart, they're usually locked up and only a five-crown or 10-crown coin will release them.
(You may, of course, offer 10 crowns to a patron who is leaving the store, in exchange for their cart, especially if you don't have the coin.)
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