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Wish kids would stop opening stuff in shops

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notedbiscuits · 26/07/2026 16:13

It annoys me when kids - both when I worked in retail and when I am visiting shops - touch, muck about and play with stuff that they (or their parent(s)) going to buy.

I have seen kids opening the blind boxes and bags - think Lego figures, Pokémon.

Play with footballs

Then have seen evidence of multi packs opened with a bag of crisps taken. Sometimes it’s the parent that opened the multi pack and pay for the item as their DC was screaming and giving a bag of Quavers just to keep them quiet.

Look but don’t touch

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igelkott2026 · 26/07/2026 16:22

You often see it in supermarkets too where the kids open up crisps and open them as they walk/ride around in the trolley. But lots of MNers think it's entirely acceptable. so what can you do?

Mydogisagentleman · 26/07/2026 16:19

No idea what a blind bag is.
I have never seen what the OP described

Breadlegs · 26/07/2026 16:16

I think blind bags are an abomination. I can see why parents open them because their child wants a specific one and they've already chuffed £800 on them and 100 have gone straight to landfill.

If all toys had no packaging it would be a lot better.

I also can't get mad with a child playing with a football. It's not a museum.

ShetlandishMum · 26/07/2026 16:15

Is it common?

Never allowed ours and they have never asked to. I don't see it in shops around us.

plims · 26/07/2026 16:15

Parents need to step up and parent their children.

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