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Does it need 7 people (3 adults and 4 kids) to do a food shop?

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rhomb · 23/12/2025 18:31

Braved today at 7am. Saw entire families shopping. One example was two parents, 4 DC and one of the parents’ DM. Kids were, guessing between 4-12.

Why couldn’t at least one of the adults stayed at home looking after the kids? Two were bored (think being dragged out of bed didn’t help them) and the other two were demanding “can we have this?”.

Please keep shopping numbers to a minimum. It will help you, other shoppers and staff.

OP posts:
Clefable · 23/12/2025 18:35

MN hates children being taken places but then also hates when children don’t behave in places because they are never taken there so haven’t learned how to behave.

Sometimes we all end up in the supermarket together and I don’t give a shiny shit what anyone else thinks about it. We like going places together and it’s a supermarket, not the trenches.

Sunshineclouds11 · 23/12/2025 18:35

I was out shopping this morning, plenty families around, some kids in PJs, didn't bother me.

verycloakanddaggers · 23/12/2025 18:34

Some people want to do things as a family.

I think you just have to let people live their lives.

HeadyLamarr · 23/12/2025 18:34

Why care? It's no skin off my nose if someone treats a trip to Aldi like a family outing.

Notmyreality · 23/12/2025 18:32

Get a grip.

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