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Oh dear sainsbury's, boys surgeon's outfit?

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Bumperlicioso · 07/05/2011 16:29

Just picked up a few dressing up outfits in the sainsbo's sale (stocking up for birthdays Grin. Picked up two builder's outfits (one that dd1 chose for herself) and a surgeon's outfit. Wasn't paying attention to the builder's outfit but when I scanned the surgeon's one it came up 'Boy's surgeon's outfit'. They were all jumbled up so not divided into the usual annoying boy/girl divide but presumably the girl's equivalent is the nurses outfit.

I know people think it doesn't matter, but when they were jumbled up my daughter picked the builder's outfit, but when we were in Next they have toys near the counter divided up and dd walked passed the 'boy's' stuff, supermario, Lego, Ben10 and said 'those are boy's toys' and went to the Peppa Pig/Hello Kitty section and said 'these are the girl's toys'. So the artificial divide rather than the subject matter is having an effect even at 3 years old.

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DontCallMeBaby · 07/05/2011 16:45

Till receipts sometimes have some rather strange descriptions on them that lead me to suspect the people who enter them aren't entirely singing to the company hymn sheet ... I just wish I could think of an example!

belgo · 07/05/2011 16:31

yes you're right. The nurse's uniform they sell is very old fashioned. I never noticed the toys being separated, but it's true, they are.

catsareevil · 07/05/2011 16:31

Struggling to imagine how a girls surgeons outfit would look different Grin