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Ewwww.....primary school kids in shopping trollies

189 replies

CanIbeRio · 12/04/2024 09:47

I may be classed as a pearl clutcher and am prepared to maybe be told so but...

Does anyone else think it really unhygienic when you see primary school children riding in the basket of a shopping trolley? As in dressed in their school uniforms where mum has popped in for a few bits on the way home.

Bless them, been at school all day walking and standing in God knows what - in and out of the loos with possible wee, poo, vomit covered floors, walking by dog poo and possibly stomping in muddy puddles on the way to the shops. 😖

This is where we then put our food....sometimes unpackaged like loose fruit and veg. Yuk!!

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PrincessFionaCharming · 12/04/2024 11:01

NotaNorovirusFan · 12/04/2024 09:53

I occasionally let my ds 5 sit in the trolley if he’s really tired but I make him takes his shoes off and line the trolley with shopping bags so he’s not in much contact with the it.

Lol no one does this.

CammyChameleon · 12/04/2024 10:58

Do you know how many times a day you can clean a conveyor belt/packing area, and have the paper towel come up black each time? Do you think that staff throw out loose fruit and veg that falls on the floor but isn't damaged?

stormywhethers321 · 12/04/2024 10:53

I think this is borrowing trouble.

If the streets are so awash in vomit and plague that this is worth worrying about then we have bigger problems than shopping trolleys.

Produce grows in dirt and shit.

CountFucula · 12/04/2024 10:44

Can’t be doing with this level of silly squeamishness.

Wash yr veg surely?

Riverlee · 12/04/2024 10:43

The two I remember most is when a trolley nearly tipped over when the child reached over to his parent, and secondly a child nearly fall out when they leant over the side. In both cases, someone (not the parent) intervened to prevent an accident.

DappledThings · 12/04/2024 10:19

Bless them, been at school all day walking and standing in God knows what - in and out of the loos with possible wee, poo, vomit covered floors, walking by dog poo and possibly stomping in muddy puddles on the way to the shops. 😖
Very dramatic reaction to children wearing normal clothes and going about their normal day. Do you make yours change and hose them down outside before they're allowed in with all this horrendous filth on them?

I just let them carry on with their day as normal.

Mrsknowitall · 12/04/2024 10:16

I used to put my son in the trolley simply because he is autistic and it made my life easier and wasn’t to full on for him with all the hustle and bustle of a super market, he was also a runner so I knew exactly where he was, I would of ended up stressed and telling him off then he would of been there crying, which has happened on a number of occasions then you get the “control your kid” looks from people before they run to mumsnet to write a post about having to listen to unruly children screaming when they are trying to do a shop 🤦‍♀️ can’t win either way it seems 😂

35965a · 12/04/2024 10:16

Have you ever been in a supermarket carpark late at night? Because once you see all the rats running around and all over the trollies, some children’s feet in them doesn’t seem so disgusting.

SoupDragon · 12/04/2024 10:14

GoodnightAdeline · 12/04/2024 10:11

Like what?!

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Shopping trolleys can tip fairly easily, especially if someone leans out over the edge. They aren't designed for that.

carryavan · 12/04/2024 10:12

The trolley rack at our closest shop is outside and most are usually covered in bird poo. They hose them down regularly but it never gets everything off. Don't see how a child is less hygienic than that so it's not something I worry about. My shopping goes straight into the bags.

GoodnightAdeline · 12/04/2024 10:11

Riverlee · 12/04/2024 10:10

I hate seeing kids in trolleys, mainly from a safety point of view. I’ve seen near accidents in the past, only stopped by intervention of someone.

Like what?!

Riverlee · 12/04/2024 10:10

I hate seeing kids in trolleys, mainly from a safety point of view. I’ve seen near accidents in the past, only stopped by intervention of someone.

Toddlerteaplease · 12/04/2024 10:09

Children who don't fit in the seats, should not be in the trolleys at all.

Dotjones · 12/04/2024 10:08

It's a form of natural selection.

wherethewaterisdarker · 12/04/2024 10:07

No idea why you would think a child is more disgusting than a communal old shopping trolley - says more about you than the reality of the situation. Ask yourself where your repulsion might come from.

TeenLifeMum · 12/04/2024 10:06

I can’t get stressed about this. The shopping trolleys are stored outside and open to bird poop and foxes spraying up them. Even without a child in them, they’re not clean!

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CanIbeRio · 12/04/2024 10:06

Ok....backs away slowly out the door...some valid points! Maybe I'm overthinking it....Best not to think too long and hard about the state of shopping trollies in general.

@GoodnightAdeline ....im talking about in the actual basket bit where the shopping goes, not in the seat. I certainly never implied children should be banned...how ridiculous!

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museumum · 12/04/2024 10:05

It’s definitely unsafe, they are too heavy. But trolleys are already manky with all sorts from sitting around outside and in warehouses. Rat and mouse pee I’m sure.

TenderChicken · 12/04/2024 10:04

I don't think you should assume the food packaging or produce is very clean tbh.

RickyGervaislovesdogs · 12/04/2024 10:04

Gunpowder · 12/04/2024 09:53

I reckon primary aged kids aren’t the worst thing those trolleys have seen…

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WYorkshireRose · 12/04/2024 10:02

Shopping trolleys are hardly sterile are they ConfusedI'd be more concerned about what my DC could come into contact from it than the other way around.

Cheepcheepcheep · 12/04/2024 10:02

What do you think climbs into the trolleys at night in the car park? 🐀🐿️🕷️

I let my 3.5yo sit in the trolley, she doesn’t muck around and I need the seat for her 2yo brother. Any loose things I put in there are either peeled or washed (and as PPs have said, you don’t want to know what’s going on that fruit and veg in the field!)

I don’t like kids mucking about in supermarkets at all, but this seems precious to me.

CelesteCunningham · 12/04/2024 10:01

Couldn't care less about the hygiene aspect - anything not packaged will be washed anyway.

I do dislike it from a safety pov though. Either in the seat or walking, that's the rule in this house.

Katiesaidthat · 12/04/2024 10:00

First world problem. I have let my 5 year old sit in the trolley. Cannot get worked up about it.

orangeleopard · 12/04/2024 10:00

People can’t win though, it the kids were running around people would complain so there’s one solution by putting them in the trolley and people still moan!

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