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

226 replies

ModreB · 28/07/2010 17:27

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.

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arcticwind · 29/07/2010 23:55

I agree wth bruffin - it is not exactly the most safe way to travel.

And as for having a spin in the aisles or push the trolley away and chase it WTF!!!

How about a bit of consideration for other shoppers not to mention teaching the dcs a bit of decorum and what is / is not acceptable behaviour in public

confuddledDOTcom · 30/07/2010 00:04

I never said any such thing! Gee nothing like putting words in the fingers! When did I make any judgements on you?

arctic, decorum???

ParanoidTwit · 30/07/2010 00:22

PLEASE CHANGE YOUR NAME TO MRS LADY GARDEN.

mummysgoingmad · 30/07/2010 01:06

arcticwind Thu 29-Jul-10 23:55:31
I agree wth bruffin - it is not exactly the most safe way to travel.

And as for having a spin in the aisles or push the trolley away and chase it WTF!!!

in that case i must be 1 of those chav mums as i do both. And guess what I DONT CARE! Think and say what you like about me, its the way i entertain my ds along with singing songs playing games etc.

confuddledDOTcom · 30/07/2010 01:47

I remember my parents doing it and still do, I push the trolley away (on a good day) from me and then catch it. Not sure where decorum and acceptable behaviour comes into it???

mumofEandE · 30/07/2010 08:56

This made me laugh as me and DH had this argument yesterday.
He put our 4 yr old in the trolley I said that is dirty, he said he always does this.
I think/know she is perfectly capable of walking and I think it is dirty.

ChippingIn · 30/07/2010 10:07

Confuddled - sorry I missed your reply post yesterday. I'm worried you aren't getting the physio you need... go to the Dr's again, get referred and take the DC with you to the physio. It's important to try to get rid of it or at least make it hurt less When will you find out about OH's next job? How long would he have to go to BNE for?

I see what you mean about 'approval' LOL.

clemetteattlee · 30/07/2010 10:43

I was sort of with some of you on the safety of stanidng in a trolley )even though I let my youngest do it). But I am completely lost as to why twirling a trolley in an empty aisle lacks decorum!!

ramade · 30/07/2010 11:05

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha It's fine (kids in trolleys). Surely there are more important things to worry about!

It can just make things a lot easier for many Mums and Dads. Well all know what a nightmare supermaket shopping can be.

Would you prefer screaming fits, I'm sure you all would screw your nose up at that too.

Get on with your shop and run home and detol all your shopping if you want to!

ramade · 30/07/2010 11:06

As for safety, it's a bloody shopping trolly, not juggling with knives!

ramade · 30/07/2010 11:08

Don't think much bacteria would still be alive on a cold shopping trolly kept outside anyway?!

Ronaldinhio · 30/07/2010 11:08

yabu to go to the supermarket

have it delivered

bruffin · 30/07/2010 11:21

ramade - children who stand in supermarket trolleys fall out i know a child who ended up in hospital with concussion, it does happen.
You only get screaming fits if you let your child get away with things if they scream. You tell them that there is no option they soon learn.

ramade · 30/07/2010 11:35

Ha ha ha ha ha children only scream if you 'let' them get away with stuff, yeah that's how it works!

Kids also fall off chairs, graise their knees etc. I'm obviously not recomending them run about in a wrath of distruction or diving out of trollies.

Most reasonable parents keep and eye on their kids right.

ramade · 30/07/2010 11:38

The discussion is about, should they be stood in the torlly at all. some were worried anout the germs.

I say it's fine (if you don't let them spin it, rock it, do a tripple somersault into cans of beans.)

Renaissancewoman · 30/07/2010 11:44

I'd never even thought whether trolleys were clean. But now I come to think about it would suggest that they are probably never hygienically clean, not even when they leave the factory. I've never seen them being cleaned at a supermarket - has anybody?

As for kids riding in them mine do it all the time because its fun, even at Homebase where they have a man pointing out its against Health and Safety rules. And its makes shopping easier for the parent because the child is contained and having fun so the way I see it is everyone's a winner!!

ramade · 30/07/2010 11:49

I concur Renaissancewoman.

ramade · 30/07/2010 11:50

I would say the stuff you have bought has been in a warehouse with mice and burping men etc!

carocaro · 30/07/2010 12:26

YABU

Standing no, but sitting is ok, DS2 is 3 and tall and does not fit in the chair bit very comfortably and I like him where I can see him not bombing off.

We get some loo rolls first and he uses them to sit on.

So there!

What pees me off are adults who huff and tutt and stuff that is none of their business and spurt spit and germy breath all over the handle of the trolly.

confuddledDOTcom · 30/07/2010 13:20

I'm going to try again when the youngest is in nursery so I can go alone. The problem is I don't use a pushchair so I'd have an 19 month old loose and unable to do anything about it. Before that it was nowhere to put a baby.

Won't know about Brisbane for a few months. We have to wait to see if anything comes up locally, if not he has been offered a transfer to another company but that will take a few months until they know how the Brits they've sent are doing. It's a headhunt, one of the guys going has recommended him. It's a big decision though because he has two other children who he normally sees once a fortnight, we're planning our wedding for next summer, what would I do with our two...

I went shopping last night with him and it was murder! He won't let me put things in, he wants to put other things in that I wouldn't have bought normally. He looks at expensive options for things and doesn't compare things, so he'll think it's OK to spend £1 on something that's actually quite expensive because he sees it as just £1 but if I buy larger items or "2 for" he complains about how much I spend. I'd have bought a massive multipack of sugar (15 for £8 IIRC) if he wasn't with me, but I didn't want the discussion that would go with it!

ChippingIn · 30/07/2010 18:05

Confuddled - hmm, don't think that's good enough really - part of me wants to keep nagging you to go now. If you were my friend in RL, I'd be draggging you there!

BNE - well, I hope that works out however you would like it to. It sounds like it would be better if he was offered something in the UK though, so I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Last night sounds like a right nightmare. You'll have to acquaint him with the PPU (price per unit) on the stickers on the shelves, it's so easy these days to compare per 100g or whatever!! Don't let learnt uselessness win!!!

confuddledDOTcom · 30/07/2010 18:21

You can't put a tiny baby on the floor for the whole time of an appointment and you can't just let them loose when they're crawling. If I could use a pushchair it'd be easier but they're too hard on my back. I'm hoping to put the youngest into nursery for a day or something from Septemember so we'll sort it out, it's been five years so a few more months isn't going to make a difference.

England would definitely be easier but if it comes to losing his job and then falling behind on skills before he can take another job or Oz then Oz will win. Our pastor is Aussie so he found it funny.

I have taught him about PPU but he still thinks it's spending more money than we were going to. Last night he was going to buy "juice drink" for more than they sell juice for, I had to point out it was glorified squash before he got the point

ChippingIn · 30/07/2010 18:24

Confuddled - physios are missing a trick aren't they - they need a creche

Can I ask you what he does - or do you feel that will 'out' you too much? It sounds interesting.

LOL sometimes it's worse than trying to get the kids to understand!!!

confuddledDOTcom · 30/07/2010 18:39

There is a hospital locally where one department has a creche, I used to have appointments there and it was great.

He's a civil engineer working in roads but started on rail. So obviously very dependent on the government and as they've cut back building budget there's not much work coming in. Because he works with computer programmes if he spends too long out of work he's unlikely to get back into work because he will be out of date. Unfortunately for most of the people he's worked with that's happened already.

He's a very intelligent man but quite child like (and I don't mean immature, it's hard to explain) and sometimes you can forget how intelligent he actually is, I'm sure he deliberately hides his brains!

ChippingIn · 30/07/2010 21:43

I have a couple of friends whose DH do a similar thing. One always goes with him, wherever the next job is and lives in the nearest town and he mostly stays 'on site' - it's a bit weird, but they seem ok with it. The other one stays at home and he comes back for a week once a month - but it's not as far as BNE.

He wouldn't be the first Civil Engineer to be incredibly intelligent, but either childish or lacking in common sense - I guess you can't have everything!! I'm quite close both couples above and as lovely as the DH's can be, I couldn't live with either of them!!