'Judge me all you want': Mom sparks debate about returning shopping cart at grocery store

One ma raised eyebrows aft posting a now-viral TikTok video sharing her sentiment astir wherefore she chose not to instrumentality her buying cart astatine a market store.

In the video which has present amassed astir 12 cardinal views since being posted connected May 30, Leslie Dobson says, "I'm not returning my buying cart. And you tin justice maine each you want."

"I'm not getting my groceries into my car, getting my children into the car and past leaving them successful the car to spell instrumentality the cart, truthful if you're gonna springiness maine a soiled look, f--- off," Dobson says successful the video.

The viral clip has sparked a statement leaving radical divided connected whether oregon not to instrumentality your market cart to a corral successful a parking batch oregon permission it adjacent your parking spot.

Dobson, a California-based objective and forensic psychologist, told "Good Morning America" she made the video with the intent to to rise consciousness of moms and children being unaware of their surroundings.

She noted that she decided to movie the video aft proceeding astir the statement connected the vigor and based connected conversations she's had successful her field.

"I wanted to marque the video to empower radical to say, spot your instinct, it's good if you don't consciousness harmless to not instrumentality your buying cart," she said.

Thousands of users person responded online to Dobson's post. Some who disagreed with her views person said that not returning a buying cart is rude portion immoderate others agreed with her saying they wouldn't permission their kids successful the car unsocial either.

Speaking to "GMA," Nick Leighton, an etiquette adept and big of the etiquette podcast "Were You Raised By Wolves," shared his position connected wherefore the video gained truthful overmuch attention.

"People who don't instrumentality their buying cart are benefiting from everybody other doing the bully thing, which is returning their cart, due to the fact that if cipher returns the carts then... it would beryllium chaos astatine this parking lot," helium explained. "And truthful I deliberation that's besides wherefore this resonates is benignant of similar I'm doing the bully thing, and you're not benignant of doing your part."

Dobson, who regularly posted videos covering topics of parenting, information and transgression among others, said she is gladsome her video has created consciousness connected safety.

"People didn't ticker the full thing, but present it's turned into specified an important conversation," she said. "And I'm truthful blessed that radical are talking astir this."

She besides added that the remark conception of her station has turned much into a speech astir information and intuition.

"There are truthful galore backstage messages of women saying, 'I judge you, I spot you, I bash the aforesaid thing, but I'm not going to permission a nationalist connection due to the fact that I don't privation the retaliation,'" Dobson said.