Do you feel strongly about toddlers inside regular shopping trolleys...

[squatsandcrunches]

...or at least, do you feel strongly enough to have a go at a stranger in the middle of Sainsbury's about it?

Today a very noicely dressed, well spoken lady in her 60's (I'd guess) actually shouted at me in Sainsbury's for having toddler DD in a regular (small) basket trolley without a toddler seat. From what I could make out, she felt that it was unhygienic as "my food goes in there".

(In case it's relevant, I was trying out a little trolley because I've been finding the big ones there increasingly hard to manouvre with my raging SPD - I'm very pregnant.)

I'm not sure I get her logic - surely the vast majority of stuff in a Sainsbury's is going to be packaged; and the stuff that isn't you'd wash before eating anyway? If my toddler had handled an apple (or if it had brushed against her) in a different circumstance would she feel that apple was irreperably damaged?

How sterile does she imagine the trolleys are normally? Does she know they're parked outside where spiders can rub their willies on them with impunity all night?

Very keen to establish whether society at large would consider this a revolting thing to have done. It has honestly never crossed my mind to think that people who do this are doing anything wrong.

@AuntieMaggie
It's also true that sometimes you just have to accept you need to find another way of doing something even if it's not convenient
Because you are suffering and can do yourself more damage by continuing. Yes I know pregnancy isn't an illness but SPD is and you can cause real damage if you are not careful. Trolleys are a bugger at the best of times.
I am long term disabled (with 2 kids - pregnancy was hell) so know that sometimes you really need to look at problems from another perspective
So online shopping, get DP to do it, ask another relative, friend or neighbour - it might feel awkward (believe me I hate asking) but often if you really need help most people are happy to do something.