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HEELIES.............annoying children

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bandstand · 11/02/2007 15:44

Using them in the shops today,, i was trying to buy a swimming costume, left kids with dh for the pleasure of looking at myself in a full length mirror in a swimming costume, much tears, and then being confronted families of children using heelies in the shops. grrrrrrrrr., and SOMebody run over my toe with her pram

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gingermonkey · 11/02/2007 18:39

I've never seen a shop assistant on rollerblades. I think it would scare the life out of me (can you tell I am a little afraid of shoes with wheels, I used to dread roller discos!!! )

sazzybee · 11/02/2007 18:29

I like it when shop assistants have rollerblades but I think it's because they can control them. Most kids I've seen on heelies seem teetering on the edge of control and are a wee bit hazardous

gingermonkey · 11/02/2007 18:24

thank you kimi, my DS is one, hence the name .

Furcoat, OK, smacking someone in the face is rather harsh and I am a meek sort so I would probably just mutter quietly to myself TBH but they seem to be taking over the streets of my local town at the minute and I find them quite frightening, I have visions of children heelie-ing out in front of my car and getting squished.

LunarSea · 11/02/2007 18:20

Surely I'm not the only one who has seen hypermarkets in France whare they have staff on rollerblades so they can fetch things/check prices quickly?

furcoatandnoknickers · 11/02/2007 18:20

smacking someone in the face V wheeling arround on heelies.....?

furcoatandnoknickers · 11/02/2007 18:18

You dont have to take the wheels off for the child to be able to walk. You just have to tell your children that its not acceptable to wheel arround inside shops.

kimi · 11/02/2007 18:13

Love you name GM

gingermonkey · 11/02/2007 18:10

No, you are not being unreasonable. I may be though, I want to smack the parents in the face for buying their kids the horrible things in the first place. DD wants some but I told her over my dead body. I think she would prefer a living mother than heelies (but I cannot be sure....)

kimi · 11/02/2007 18:06

Alot of he kids i see are not with parents.
But if i let my children have them (which i wont) i would take them to the park not let them go round tesco.
I went for coffee today at starbucks in my local sainsburys and saw at least 9 children on them and one child on roller blades, he was with his mother. She seemed to think it was quite ok for him to skeat aroung a supermarket.

sazzybee · 11/02/2007 18:02

Am I right in thinking you can remove the wheels? So surely parents should make the kids take off the wheels when the kids are in shops?

SoupDragon · 11/02/2007 17:53

When I had rollerboots, the 80's Heely equivalent, I used to skate round the block, not round TK Maxx.

kimi · 11/02/2007 17:53

Well said SD

SoupDragon · 11/02/2007 17:53

I have an irrational desire to chuch a handful of gravel in front of inconsiderate heely children in shopping centres.

SoupDragon · 11/02/2007 17:52

"anything that means kids will want to play outside and will want to move around a lot? "

But shops etc are not places to play around are they? And how much exercise do they get skidding along on one heel not actually moving their body? I'd be willing to bet it b*ggers up the tendons in their ankels having to walk inthem too.

kimi · 11/02/2007 17:32

Just adding my point of view, as we are all entitled to do.
And speaking from experance.
Not out to win friends and influence people really, just adding my thoughts on the matter.

furcoatandnoknickers · 11/02/2007 17:30

batters well said

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furcoatandnoknickers · 11/02/2007 16:54

Tort lol at "heelies horror stories"!!!!
PML

Although I prob will be laughing on the other side of my face, when I have a heelie horror story of my own!!!

My dd2 is worried theyh are coming to get her at home "what we cant wear them at home??"

kimi · 11/02/2007 16:44

Well if they are not running wild you can not have a badge, if you would like a badge then please send them to wollies at once to try and kill old ladies.

tortoiseLikesItNiceAndSlow · 11/02/2007 16:43

Report about Yeovil here

Bugsy2 · 11/02/2007 16:42

Well seeing as you asked Kimi, I don't let my children run wild anywhere. Buy hey, I'm sure thats irrelevant because I'm still a stupid parent with stupid children!!!

tortoiseLikesItNiceAndSlow · 11/02/2007 16:40

Good question....
I have no idea of the answers though. When i'm next in town i shall read the signs and let you know. Lol!

furcoatandnoknickers · 11/02/2007 16:40

I forgot to say ...smoked as well......

furcoatandnoknickers · 11/02/2007 16:39

Id much rather my children wore really tarty gear, high heels and right dangly earings, than god forbid, wheels on their shoes..........