to get annoyed at people who let their DC stand in supermarket trollies?

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I just think that it is disgusting when you see people letting their DC put filthy feet and shoes (which could have walked in poo) inside the trollies where I am going to be putting my FOOD instead of sitting them in the seat or letting them actually use their legs and WALK.

I have more issue with the parents not wanting their children to have a tantrum than anything else.

Believe me my children have had their share of tantrums, but they had the choice they learnt to sit or walk, end of, if this required me to hold their hand and load one handed, or keep putting them back in then so be it. But after a very small number of trips they learnt that if they wanted to get out of the store as quickly as I did, it worked just to behave and then we could do the chore and leave.

The shopping goes next to him. We are not feeding the five thousand. The trolleys are huge and I don't tend to fill them up.

I'll take the risk if the supermarket are happy to. I really don't see why anyone gives a fuck? DS is more likely to get hit by a car crossing the road than he is to sustain a serious injury sitting in a trolley.

Im sure there is more important things to worry in life about than children standing in trolleys. Poo is probably spread on your veg to make it grow .

I could let my 4yr old walk but as I said in previous message she would not look where she was walking, get under peoples feet, walk infront of out trolley and others and it would just be a pain. I always insist that they are sitting down rather than standing so I fail to see how they could fall out.

I think there are much more important things in life to worry about than a young child standing in a a shopping trolley

the kids i saw today were standing in the trolley,trying to climb out and the parent was oblivious to it. some parents are bit strange though, obviously can't judge risks very well

This has been done to death, you know.

Ther are far more important things to worry about like

I wouldn't eat here

poppin here's a cloth to polish your halo with.

To be honest with you I don't get annoyed, I get worried, always think the trolley will tip up, but that's me - Paranoid!

So yes, YABU re dirty feet etc

I couldn't really careless to be honest. My children have always sat in the seats and I choose not to let them sit or stand in the trolley but I have more important things to worry about to be honest!

I agree nancy if you dont want your child to get hurt dont put them in the trolley.

imisssleeping believe me I don't have a halo, but I also am not concerned about 'upsetting' my children to teach them how to behave in all situations. Yes they do normally get there, and I think if everyone made more effort to conform to a rule, than think it should be broken for them it would be a better society.

MoldieOldie I find that rude to do, if you've been on this forum for a long time it may of 'been done to death' but as with most parenting gripes/experiences they are new to people at different times, therefore a lot of things will be repeated, and it should be allowed to be discussed, even if it has been discussed previously, whatever the topic is.

i've been here ages and haven't seen it 'done to death'

I have little opinion either way but as we all seem rather het up about it, I am going to ape the most likely responses based on how this usually goes (I have deliberately only read the op, will scan read the rest after I have posted).

1. My child has shoes made of the best hemp, hand-tied and naturally dyed by buddhist monks up Mount DiddlyBahBoo. His feet come into contact with only silk and organic lentils. How DARE you suggest his shoes have touched poo. YABU

1. My brother's friend's cousin's llama saw a child fall out of a trolley once and his head rolled clean off. And then his mother's leg fell off in sympathy. It's dangerous. YANBU.

Or alternatively...

1. Something about it not happening in Waitrose.

Was I close?

poppincandy, I also think it would be a better place if we accepted that different parents have different rules (shop rules are one thing, but if nobody in Sainsbo's gives a stuff about their own petty little H&S rules, why should I?) and stopped judging others so harshly for pathetic, petty little reasons.

My children have boundaries and rules and are expected to behave a certain way in certain situations (well, one of them has Asperger's so admittedly isn;'t that great at sticking to other people's rules) - I really don't think letting my child stand in a trolley reflects on my parenting skills, or that you not letting your child do it reflects on yours.

Who are all these parents who let their children tramp through shit all the time?

I'm a bit at that to be honest.

We lve in the middle of the country surrounded by fields full of livestock and littlemad doesn't get shit covered shoes.

I'd be more concerned about you letting your children do that than letting them get in the trolley.

and ShowofHands,very very funny.

Wine.down.my.nose.

I happily wiled away thirty minutes in Tesco yesterday with DS standing in a trolley while I chose holiday stuff for his trip to the beach next week. He was happy, standing up and sitting down repeatedly.

Surprising as it might be poppincandy he wasn't in there because he "demanded" it; I just thought it would be nice for him to use his legs after sitting in a carseat ferrying his sister around. I couldn't take the buggy because we don't have one. But then my parenting is mainly governed by risk management - I feel able to manage the risk of him falling from a trolley that is not unattended. To be fair it never occured to me that people might object to his feet touching the metal, but then I rarely worry about the fact that thirty people may have picked up an apple before I eat it.
Essentially I am just not very precious.

Don't see the big deal. LO gets to stand in the trolley around 50% of our shopping trips, (usually when I only need a few things.) So shoot me.

Poppin, it was a joke! in response to a comment made earlier. I am also not a Moldie/MN royalty.

If you wanted him to use his legs clemttattlee why wasn't he walking why was he in the trolley?

Sorry MoldieOldie you were on the receiving end I just see that line done so much on MN, ok this is a very minor gripe of someone, but someone can ask a sensible reading question or a something that really concerns them, and be greeted with 'oh that's been done to death'.

poppin my 2 year old ds is extremely well behaved. I take him to restaurants, lots of social events, leave him with friends and always get comments on his good behaviour.

However if I ever take him into a shop without the pram he just runs and runs. I firmly believe in picking my battles, I haven't ever let him stand in a trolley yet, he always sits in the seat
My point is, that if that meant I could get round the supermarket quickly and safely I would let him do it.
Sorry if you feel that's breaking the rules, you sound really boring.