To have moved her baby?

In asda this morning. Woman has her head stuck in the reduced freezer grabbing everything she wants. She has parked her trolly - with baby in it - across the freezer so nobody else can get in it. I didn’t actually want to be in it but I did need the freezer next to it - which her trolly was also preventing from opening. I said “excuse me”. No response. I said it louder - no response. At this point an elderly woman came up behind her and tried to get in the freezer, around the trolly - no good - around the woman - woman positions herself in front of old woman. Old woman says “excuse me” - no response. She taps her on the shoulder - no response.

So - not willing to stand there like an absolute clown waiting for her to allow me access to the freezer I simply move her trolly gently out of the way. Suddenly she’s aware of the world around her and says “what are you doing??” I say “getting in to this freezer”. She says “you can’t just go moving someone’s baby!” (Hearing problems ruled out!!) I say “I tried to get your attention but you didn’t respond. Elderly woman then says “EXCUSE ME! I want to get in this freezer!” Woman blames ME for the delay saying I moved her baby 😂

WIBU to move the baby (inches!)

Someone tapped her on the shoulder though? I can tell you, anyone with a hearing impairment (and I am deaf myself) is particularly sensitive to being tapped.

It's just not nice is it to sneer like that. Who cares if it was reduced or 'the finest/best/whatever'

I think this thread says far about the op than it does about the poor mum buying reduced items.

This. Be honest, you wanted to grab sonething from there too.

I actually disagree with the majority of posters - you can't move someone's baby like that. It's like wheeling away a disabled person in a wheelchair because they're next to something you want. It's totally unacceptable.

You couldn't wheel away an able bodied adult so you shouldn't wheel away a baby. What if the mum wasn't paying attention and the baby got lost or someone took off with it? You should have continued to get the woman's attention imo - I'd be absolutely furious if someone wheeled my baby away from me. Just be patient and wait for her to move.

Exactly this. If someone is in my way in the supermarket I hover for a few seconds. If they appear to just be 'in the way' (ie chatting to someone in front of where I want to be), I say excuse me please. If they are actively shopping, they got there first and I either wait patiently or move on to somewhere else before returning to that freezer/shelf when it's free.

I'd say you're the entitled one here OP, assuming you could push in 'because I only wanted a yoghurt'. It doesn't matter what you wanted, she was there first.

I also wouldn't rule out a hearing impairment just because she was able to hold a conversation when looking at you. There's every chance she genuinely didn't hear you when she wasn't looking at you.

In your shoes, if she didn't move/acknowledge me on the second excuse me I would have just carried on to the next aisle and returned a few minutes later for my yoghurt. It really wasn't worth the agro. She may have overreacted by claiming you were moving her baby, when it was clearly just the trolley the baby was in, but moving anything belonging to someone else, without their permission, is a passive aggressive move.

You were too impatient, YABU.

I'm not sure on this one and might go against the grain, she was actively shopping and I imagine placing items in her trolley, not just blocking the way. Why do you and the other woman have a right to get in in front of her when she was there first? Admittedly she could have acknowledged you when you said excuse me, but I wouldn't like someone moving my trolley with child strapped in either.

Also, her being able to hear you when facing you doesn't rule out a hearing impairment, plenty of people are deaf on one side/struggle to hear if there's background noise or rely on lip reading.

Woman has her head stuck in the reduced freezer grabbing everything she wants.

YABU for being judgemental about people buying reduced things.

Woman has her head stuck in the reduced freezer grabbing everything she wants.

YABU for being judgemental about people buying reduced things.

I would have done the same- but your language suggests you may not have been as calm and measured as you suggest! Oh, and it doesn’t matter how old the other woman was.

And?

Why does everyone else's convenience trump that of the woman shopping who reached the fridge first? Is no one teaching their children to wait their turn anymore?
By all means, I think if someone is chatting to a friend they've bumped into, on their phone etc then they're inconveniencing people by not moving. Actively retrieving items out of the fridge then people should be waiting their turn to get in that space.

Then this woman will continue to inconvenience other shoppers every time she goes out.

If she didn't like the OP moving her trolley out of the way, maybe next time she won't just ignore someone who is trying to get her attention.

Woman has her head stuck in the reduced freezer grabbing everything she wants.

YABU for being judgemental about people buying reduced things.

Then this woman will continue to inconvenience other shoppers every time she goes out.

If she didn't like the OP moving her trolley out of the way, maybe next time she won't just ignore someone who is trying to get her attention.

I wouldn't move anyone's trolley let alone one that had a baby in it!

It is frustrating yes but the correct thing to have done in this situation would have been to wait or look at other items and then return.

Nope, not on this occasion. I just wanted a Greek yogurt from the freezer next to it. I would maybe have had a Quick Look in if it hadn’t been blocked off but I wasn’t that bothered - I just wanted my yogurt