Standing in trolley

You sound so entitled tbh, if there are signs to say not to do it why do you think you're the exception? And now you're playing the faux poor me victim card. So typical 🙄

Trolleys are often stored outside in the rain etc. so I don’t think of them as sanitised food bearing vessels

Germs😂

I bet at least some of you give bj's.

I can't get worked up about the perceived 'dirt' or 'germs'.
The food I put in the trolley is wrapped - or loose fruit (such as bananas) I don't eat the peel.

But I wince whenever I see a toddler in a trolley because it is just so dangerous.

Please don't do it.

Shop where they have trollies for two.
or
Shop on-line
or
shop in the evening when your dp is home
or
put the little one in a carrier.

All MUCH safer options.

I wouldn't think anything of this, I guess I don't think of trolleys as particularly clean? Are they ever cleaned?
Food is generally all packaged and if it's not it's because it's in skin that's not eaten. Wouldn't bother me at all to see a toddled standing in there.

I left the house all the time, to go to the park or the bank or post office, the laundrette for example. Everything had to be done with a baby and a 2 year old in tow, the supermarket was the most exhausting and challenging. Everything took ages and involved lots of queueing.

Wouldn't bother me.

I don't care about the hygiene aspect but it's really unsafe, I saw a toddler tip a trolley from inside it & the sound of the crack she gave her head has stayed with me.

A sling/wrap is really handy for that age, I always popped mine on my back so they could see everything & chat.

It's disgusting, I'd judge you hard. Other people can manage, so why can't you. There's literally signs in the supermarket to say not to do it. Shop online if you must.

Tell me you’re not a mum of multiples without telling me you’re not a mum of multiples 😂 There’s loads of things I didn’t think I’d do until I had twins. You enjoy polishing your halo while looking down on others.

I had a toddler and twins so regularly had one sat in the trolley. Never once did I get any negative comments but lots of cooing. Mnetters seem to think that without dc in trolleys, they would be totally hygienic, which I find a weird thought. If they’re that worried, they can scan as they go and put items straight into their bags.

dc standing in a trolley is a no for safety reasons.

I don’t care what may or not happen to trolleys overnight, having shoes on the trolley with their traces of shit etc is gross. End of.

and yeah most food is packaged but… you touch the packaging and then touch the food so any germs on the outside can easily transfer to the inside I.e. what you consume. Unless you wash your shopping when you bring it home but most people don’t do that post covid- pandemic.

My mum was a nurse and told me some really horrible stories of children standing up and reaching for things and falling g out of the trolley when the parents weren't looking.

A lot of head injuries and in one case the little boy ended up passing away.

I personally wouldn't put my child in a trolley unless strapped into the dedicated seat

I got told off 10 years ago when I did exactly this with my now teens.

It a fair case from the staff- outdoor shoes on the bottom of other peoples grocery trolleys.

It’s pretty unlikely foxes and other wildlife climb up into a trolley and wee on it.

I was annoyed at the time because shopping with a toddler and a newborn was already hard enough…

I now am weekly thankful for online delivery.

As long as the child is sitting in the trolley I think it's fine! I used to make a seat for my DD from the bumper packs of nappies 🤣

Ignoring the rules that children are not allowed in trolleys, there's the safety issue

What if the child falls out and lands on it's head?

I wouldn’t mind sitting in a trolley being pushed round whilst I point and stuff and someone else pays. Babies and toddlers live the high life!

This is one of those weird MN things that no one in real life cares about, I always put dd in the trolley, never had any weird looks or comments and never been told to remove her and have done it in various shops over the years with now older children. I always put her coat down first or a blanket before she sits in there so she’s not even touching the trolley 🤷‍♀️ more because I assume sitting on bars is uncomfortable rather than germs on shopping 🙄

This feels very far down the list of day to day things to find energy to care about honestly. Trolleys are sitting outside round the clock anyway so not exactly sanitary, you put food in packaging in them, not unpackaged food that you then directly eat.

The handlebars of a trolley are going to be the most unhygienic thing I'd imagine. People's hands with faecal matter and god knows what else on touching them etc. But if you think about stuff like this you'll go mad so best to just not!

@Wordsareimportant

No, you're not because of the 'hygiene'. People seem to think a trolley is clean & hygenic until a child gets in it. They'd hyperventilate if the saw what happens to them overnight. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

However, having seen children with head injuries after falling out of one, it does make me shudder.

if yours stays sitting and you don't get distracted. Then it's preferable to having them walk around the supermarket getting hit by trollies & baskets.