AIBU to object to an older child sitting directly in a food trolley?

Oh I know those are pretty ineffective for little escape artists. No, I meant using your own harness. We had to find a way.

I’ve seen kids curled up in shopping trolleys and thought it was very cute. All trolleys are pretty gross, I don’t think a kid and a pair of shoes are going to make much of a difference. It may also be a way to keep a child from becoming overwhelmed in that situation. It’s also kinda fun and it’s not harming anyone. In the US some shops have trolleys with kid sized chairs on them which is such a great idea.

Perhaps the OP thinks that bacteria hadn't yet been discovered when this older woman was parenting the 8-year-old's mother/father.

I know it's not the point but how is saying 'forget about it' a non-sequitor?

Wouldn’t bother me in the slightest.

I always assume that trolleys are dirty and that there is no way of knowing when they were last washed or if someone’s rubbed their bare arse on it, so I wouldn’t put any food in it that wasn’t in some way wrapped.

Her age is relevant exactly why?

Kid and Granny were probably having fun together. Stop being such a germphobic misery guts and mind your own business.

I agree that it is much more common. I wonder if that is partly because retail workers experience so much more aggression and rudeness from customers now than they used to. That is bound to make them less likely to approach customers and remind them of the rules.
And as soon as the sight of a child in a trolley (without being properly strapped in) becomes common, then the rules forbidding it start to seem like a technicality. More and more parents think it's fine and normal.

This, hopefully their children have been brought up to be nicer more decent human beings 😬

I've just replied to somebody else to say that he gets out of the straps.

Trolleys can tip, kids can get injured if they fall out [main body of trolley, but as long as it's fun that's okay.
There are some really stupid people on this thread who can't get their head around these accidents happen.
Saw a 6 year old in an empty trolley once, stood up and it tipped whilst parent was distracted. The resulting head injury looked horrific.
Parent and on lookers will think twice and will possibly judge if they see older kids in trollies in the future, I know I do.

The child friendly trolleys at Sainsbury's have straps

He gets out the straps. They only go around the waist so it's not hard with enough determination 😂

Trolley are stored outside and god knows what is on people's hands who touch them. And food is either in packaging or will be washed/cooked. maybe look for a hobby to add some interest to your life?

Mind your own beeswax. Try spreading joy instead of judgement and misery. Get some perspective and stop telling off Nans and kids in posh supermarkets.

Food wise we're talking about packaged stuff or any loose fruit, veg or salad that would be rinsed before cooking at eating.

You know that lots of vegetables grow in mud right? And that people's hands touch stuff?

Yes, all of this. If you cannot just let people be with their annoying, sub-optimal, risk taking decisions that have no bearing on your life and contain it to silent judging, like the rest of us, you are the one with the problem, op.

I think that your concern about food hygiene, OP, was just an attempt to rationalise the flash of annoyance you felt when you saw this older child in the trolley.
I'd have felt that flash, too, tbh, with a child as old as that, but I think that acting on it in any way would just be self-indulgent. We all have a reservoir of irritability inside us, it feels good to let it out, but it is unfair to use random members of the public as venting opportunities.

The staff should have picked the woman up on this, because it is dangerous. But I expect they were busy. It was not your place to say anything.

@FlyingApple

soz 🤷‍♀️ true though 😀 8

It might be packaged but if you get someone’s shitty shoes in a trolley then shitty germs will go on the packaging and then in your fridge, then when you open the packaging and then touch the food you will be transferring the shitting germs into your food and then into your mouth. Minging. No child needs to sit in trolley, they should walk better for their health.

Mind your own business.

I honestly don't care, what a pointless reply 😂

We used to strap them in when mine were that age. We had no option for home delivery so you had to manage. Never used to see children in the body of the trolley as much as we do now. What’s changed do you think?

@FlyingApple

an 8 year old isn’t a small child

YABVU if you addressed the child rather than the adult.
Trolleys are dirty regardless - you just don't witness the other sources of contamination.

really? Imagine this being the thing you’re worked up about