to return or not to return

Stupidity is rampant out there.
- a few years back, the wife and I were @ the grocery and mother-in-law happened to be there @ the same time (we live near each other). We were walking MIL to her car to help her load up her groceries and as we approach we see a 60+ woman blatantly push her cart from 10-15 feet away directly into MIL's suburban. She had walked about the same distance from her car, then pushed right into the side of the SUV.
Now... I'm really a nice guy. I am. I believe while *evil* does exist out there, that people inherently have some good in them. This (w)itch was just nasty and since I'm an equal opportunity jerk when the time calls for it, I went off on the woman. I don't care that she's 60-something. I don't care that she's a woman (I wasn't going to hit her!), but I won't hold back when someone goes out of there way to harm someone or something that belongs to me or those I care about.
I called her just about every name in the book with as many degrading adjectives that I could think of. I threatened to call the police and really scared her when I pointed to the parking lot cameras on the poles and front of the building to prove that they could see what she had done.

After further inspection, we determined she had gotten lucky and the bottom of the basket bounced off of the tire. There was no dent, and no scratch, but I can guarantee she'll think twice about being that person in the future.

Maybe I'm naive, maybe I'm just a sucker hoping that people *want* to be good. But I just can't understand what causes someone to act like that. You're ******. I understand, you want to break or hit something... Just go do it to your own crap. Don't bust up another persons stuff b/c your life sucks.


With that said, I always return my cart if I'm alone, or at least get it out of the way if my son is in the car with me.