Eating in the supermarket

My ds is too young to even notice whether the grapes came from my bag or the trolley!!!!!! Whenever he's old enough I'll just pop them in my handbag when he's not looking. Then he'll think that I've brought them with me and I won't scar him for life.

SHURRRRRRUP MORAL POLICE! IT'S A FECKING GRAPE!

By the way........ don't see what this has to do with my child growing up knowing his P's and Q's... when I'm stealing grapes for him he always says 'Ta, Mummy'!!!

Tigger2

Like 'please will you nick me a grape?'.

Oh, and I'd do a smily face here if I knew how.

you dont want to do that katierocket,youll be an easy target for the "others" ,we can chain ourselfs to the trolleys and still be able to run away from the baguette attacks

Now, should we have Grape Detectives in the supermarkets??????, I'd love to see it, I'm usually the one trying to blend in with the grapes whilst tasting them!

Oh and by the by tigerlily, my kids do say please and thank you, always.

got it:

2, 4, 6, 8
Let our kids eat the grapes

OK so it's not Shakespeare but hey it's an anarchist group so all contributions valid.

I think I might chain myself to Sainsburys bike stands on Thursday.

Amazingly long thread - obviously struck a raw nerve Tallulah!

I agree with you and Bobsmum but when very tired one day I gave mine a croissant to share - this was mainly to try and prise ds (3) and dd (20m) apart - they pinch hug pull fight wriggle and generally cause mayhem sometimes when seated next to each other. So my excuse was that I needed to for a general policing violence policy!

Doesn't matter at all though does it!

Oh, you know. Just annoying too many people... getting fed up. And I'm a confirmed grapestealer and french stick eater too. Poor ds doesn't stand a chance. Still, if he turns out a wrong 'un he'll fit in nicely around where we live.

Ah Doormat - I wondered how long it would take for my clone to be mentioned again.

I was very proud of my DS1 that day, in fact I had tears in my eyes!

Suedonim I have an aversion to the wipe and spit that my mother used to do. YUCK!!!!!!

To the mumsnetters out there who do not like eating in public are you relations of Catherine Zeta Jones by any chance?????????????

Oh yes, nice to have you back Aloha

XAusted, I keep it in my mouth until I find a bin, or, if I've got a carpark ticket in my mouth already, then I put it into a tissue and wrap it up and keep it until I find a bin.

Now why didn't I think of that Aloha. Great idea since the trolley is only actually for transporting DS and stopping him wrecking the shop.

Where have you been anyway?

Another point I have a friend with children aged 27 months and 11 months who used to work in Sainsburys. She says she would never let her kids eat things before she'd paid for them and she used to hate having to scan sticky wrappers etc.

And I made my own peg bag. So there!!

OK so it was while on pre-baby maternity leave and not something I would have contemplated at any other point in my life.

Looking forward to Thursday's grape demo.

What do we want?
A grape to eat!
When do we want it?
NOOOOOOW!

Just one thing bothers me. All those who try cherries before buying - where do you spit the stones? Maybe you have a pinny with pockets and spit the stones in there?

ROFL at all this!!! I can tell you why it's impolite to eat in public. It's because my mum SAYS SO! Okay?

Grapestealer, LOL at the Sainsburys notice. You obviously have very precocious children in your neck of the woods!!

In all seriousness, I've been thinking about why I didn't/don't feed mine in supermarkets and I think it comes down to not wanting any mess on me or them, be it grape juice or crumbs. It probably stems from my early motherhood experiences, which were in the pre-baby wipe and supermarket loos days, so if you got into a mess, you had to produce the wet flannel you carried around with you (or not, in my case!), or lick-and-spit or just put up with it until you got home. But I don't think it's a crime - it's just not for me!

Anyway, I'll pass on the bread stick fight, if you don't mind. I might get a crumb on my peg bag pinnie.

I don't know about kids eating in the supermarket, what about us lot??!! My DH and I used to always have an onion bahjee from the deli and put the empty wrapper in the trolley and pay for it afterwards. We went through a real stage of doing it but haven't for ages, will have to start that one up again!!
If I'm organised I always take a snack / drink for DD but if i popped into supermarket, unplanned, and she got grouchy I'd find something to snack on and pay for it at the check out. If I was told off by staff then fine I'd realise they didn't approve and wouldn't do it again (well I'd wait a few weeks!) but no-one has ever said a word when i've given them the empty wrapper to run through the till so........

Bozza, put the basket in your trolley - hey presto - basket only line.

wow what an interesting thread.

my vote

Blimey, nothing to add about the topic but this the longest thread I have ever seen!

TheOldDragon

V. funny!

Great thread

Yes eating is totally fine with the intention to pay.

Well in that case I should've grown up a vandal as my dad used to poke holes in cakes in supermarkets for entertainment - anyone else's parents that odd?