Cart Narcs

{{Short description|American YouTube channel}}

{{Infobox YouTube personality

| name = Cart Narcs

| birth_name = Sebastian Garrett Davis{{Cite web |last=Rogers |first=Nate |date=2023-08-10 |title=Think You’re a Good Person? That’s Up to the Cart Narc and His Camera. |url=https://www.theringer.com/2023/08/10/pop-culture/cart-narc-shopping-cart-theory-instagram-youtube |access-date=2025-06-17 |website=The Ringer |language=en}}

| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|42|2023|8|10}}{{Cite web |last=Rogers |first=Nate |date=2023-08-10 |title=Think You’re a Good Person? That’s Up to the Cart Narc and His Camera. |url=https://www.theringer.com/2023/08/10/pop-culture/cart-narc-shopping-cart-theory-instagram-youtube |access-date=2025-06-17 |website=The Ringer |language=en}}

| origin = Burbank, California, U.S.

| other_names = Agent Sebastian, Davis, Sebas{{Cite web |last=Rogers |first=Nate |date=2023-08-10 |title=Think You’re a Good Person? That’s Up to the Cart Narc and His Camera. |url=https://www.theringer.com/2023/08/10/pop-culture/cart-narc-shopping-cart-theory-instagram-youtube |access-date=2025-06-17 |website=The Ringer |language=en}}

| occupation = YouTuber, creative producer{{Cite web |last=Rogers |first=Nate |date=2023-08-10 |title=Think You’re a Good Person? That’s Up to the Cart Narc and His Camera. |url=https://www.theringer.com/2023/08/10/pop-culture/cart-narc-shopping-cart-theory-instagram-youtube |access-date=2025-06-17 |website=The Ringer |language=en}}

| years active = 2020–present

| channel_id = UClMUlr8yHymYgSe58DpUH7w

| channel_display_name = Cart Narcs

| subscribers = 607 thousand

| views = 86.6 million

| stats_update = June 16, 2025

| channel_website = {{URL|cartnarcs.com}}

| silver_button = yes

}}

Cart Narcs is a YouTube channel run by Sebastian Garrett Davis{{Cite web |last=Rogers |first=Nate |date=2023-08-10 |title=Think You’re a Good Person? That’s Up to the Cart Narc and His Camera. |url=https://www.theringer.com/2023/08/10/pop-culture/cart-narc-shopping-cart-theory-instagram-youtube |access-date=2025-06-17 |website=The Ringer |language=en}} from Burbank, California. Davis calls himself "Agent Sebastian",{{Cite web |date=August 23, 2022 |title=I Found The Best YouTube Channel Called "Cart Narcs" And It Gives Me Life! |url=https://wrat.com/2022/08/23/i-found-the-best-you-tube-channel-called-cart-narcs-and-it-gives-me-life/ |access-date= |website=95.9 The RAT |language=en}} "Garrett" (his middle name), and "Sebas."

The channel is known for its videos where Davis confronts retail customers who leave their shopping carts in parking lots.{{Cite web |title=Hate when people leave shopping carts in parking lots? The 'Cart Narcs' targeted Clifton |url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/local/2023/05/25/cart-narcs-targeted-clifton-nj-target-shoppers-who-left-carts-in-parking-lot/70256825007/ |access-date=June 17, 2023 |website=North Jersey Media Group |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=June 3, 2023 |title=Leaving shopping carts unattended at Costco is no laughing matter for this man in a viral video |url=https://www.silive.com/news/2023/06/leaving-shopping-carts-unattended-at-costco-is-no-laughing-matter-for-this-man-in-a-viral-video.html |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=Staten Island Advance |language=en}} He does this through what are purported to be humorous or lighthearted interactions, aiming to promote good etiquette and habits. During an appearance on an episode of Dr. Phil, Davis stated that his mission is to ensure public decency.{{Cite web |date=November 4, 2021 |title="Publicly Shamed By 'The Cart Narcs'" |url=https://www.drphil.com/shows/publicly-shamed-by-the-cart-narcs/ |access-date= |website=Dr. Phil |language=en-US}} In 2023, he stated that Cart Narcs were "little moral tales, but told with real people in a silly way".

A popular catchphrase on the channel is "lazybones," a name given to those who refuse to take their carts back. Occasionally, he might also call out those who litter.

Although he is based in California, he has conducted "investigations" in New Jersey, New York, Texas, Hawaii, Oregon, and Pennsylvania,{{Cite web |last= |date=September 16, 2022 |title=YouTuber 'Agent Sebastian' Brings 'Cart Narcs' Series To Levittown |url=https://levittownnow.com/2022/09/16/youtuber-agent-sebastian-brings-cart-narcs-series-to-levittown/ |access-date= |website=Levittown Now |language=en-US}} as well as foreign countries like Australia and Japan.

Davis has been a creative producer for The Woody Show, a morning comedy show under the radio company iHeartMedia, since 2015.

Nate Rogers of The Ringer compared Cart Narcs's content to that of How To With John Wilson or Nathan for You, writing that they all show "a glimpse at some of the more bizarre and amusing people on the planet".

Criticism

Davis has received criticism, with some referring to his actions as "harassment," and stating that he is not trying to protect public decency, but instead to purposely provoke, then publicly shame people for the purpose of entertainment at their expense.{{Cite journal |last1=Reynolds |first1=CJ |last2=John |first2=Nicholas |title=Cart Narcs and the Engineering of Social Shaming as Entertainment |date=September 15, 2021 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.5210/spir.v2021i0.12232 |journal=AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research |doi=10.5210/spir.v2021i0.12232 |s2cid=240535003 |issn=2162-3317|doi-access=free }}

Television producer Michael Schur criticized some aspects of Cart Narcs, stating:

{{Blockquote|text="It’s a slightly unfair fight to use a person just going about their day—you don’t know what’s going on in their life, you don’t know what kind of people they are. And you’re kind of preying on the fact that they weren’t expecting to be ambushed by a film crew, and then capturing their adrenaline-fueled response to being filmed in that moment.}}

Safety concerns

Sebastian Davis has discussed retaliation against his activities, including the pointing of guns, throwing drinks, and hurling the magnets Davis leaves back at him. To mitigate the risk of harm, Davis says he wears a bulletproof vest, has received training in Krav Maga, will leave the property when asked by an employee, and will flee when considered prudent.

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