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EMP shopping cart locker

Step 12Attack!

Attack!
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Don't be stupid (easy), be discreet (harder), and try not to laugh (impossible).

Sometimes customers laugh, sometimes they curse, sometimes they are riding on the shopping cart when it locks up...

Sometimes people blame "magnetic" things in the area. They are probably the most correct.

Our personal favorite is to go on every full moon, or only when there's a thunderstorm. You could also make up a story about the supermarket being built over an Indian burial ground and tell them about it.

On the one hand, we feel sorry for the engineer who has to figure out why thunderstorms are setting off a byte-encoded trigger for the locking mechanism. On the other hand, HAHAHAHAHAHA!

Good luck! You'll need it!

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4 comments
Sep 20, 2009. 1:20 PMLkArio says:
You're awesome!!! I love this, LOL
Apr 1, 2008. 3:45 PMMeesterO says:
Don't forget to remove your ATM/CREDIT cards from your wallet or purse during testing and carry cash during the prank...otherwise u will have to go get replacements after you demagnetize them!
Apr 24, 2009. 10:33 AMbtop says:
Fail.
Oct 2, 2007. 3:18 PMShinji says:
ha ha ha I love this device, I want one now. i need some $$$ but ha ha i love the idea... I would fall on the ground laughing, and also turbans should be kept out of the question. but seriously, i love it! i never knew... how did you solder the surface mounts?
Jul 4, 2007. 8:15 AMShahe says:
Ok, OK!!!!!!! THE BORAT PIC IS SOOOOOOOOO FUNNY! I CAN"T STOP LAUGHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAHAHHAHAAHAHAHH!!HH!!H! LMAO!

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