Only in Miami: Supermarket Cart Ended Up On Airport Moving Walkway, How Did It Get Past TSA? – View from the Wing

A Publix supermarket shopping cart was spotted on a moving walkway at the Miami International Airport, and I have questions.

These certainly make good luggage carts, although this one was empty. But how did it get there in the first place? What was someone doing with it?

Which one of y’all left this at Miami international airport?byu/JorgeHeathen inflorida

One hotel used SmarteCartes from the airport as its bellman carts. Rent a SmarteCarte and don’t return it? Roughly $5. Bellman carts run $500 – $1,500 each.

Another hotel used grocery shopping carts instead of housekeeping carts to save money. Again, it’s cheaper.

But I struggle with how a grocery cart from Publix even winds up in the Miami airport in the first place? It had to get through the TSA checkpoint! It doesn’t fit through a scanner or even an x-ray machine. So this happened with the assistance of security personnel.

I would guess that the Publix cart was used by a vendor bringing supplies for a retail shop or more likely restaurant onto the concourse during off hours, and was simply left in the airport. They probably shouldn’t have taken it from Publix in the first place! And since it wasn’t theirs, they weren’t too worried about keeping track of it.

My only other thought is that Miami is an American Airlines hub, and someone at the carrier was taking their CEO’s repeated admonition not to spend a dollar they don’t have to seriously.