This is a sequel to part 1 and part 2 of “seemingly-needless jobs” posts.

The local supermarket is divided into two stories, with two slanted moving walkways (one going up, the other going down) connecting them. These walkways allow people with shopping carts to go up and down, as opposed to normal escalators which can’t handle a cart.

At the bottom of the descending escalator a supermarket employee is stationed. Her sole responsibility appears to be giving a small push to each shopping cart passing, as if to “make sure” that the cart properly gets off the moving walkway.