tesco shopping trolleys.

[mummummymum]

hello,
yesterday when i went shopping with my husband and four children who are all under 4 i couldn't find a shopping trolley with a double seat so needing two i had to make two of my children walk around getting bashed by everyone else who was shopping. when i asked the customer service advisor he informed me a store of that size (extra) only had to supply 2 double trolleys for the whole store!!! !!!!
so on we went with great frustration as the kids pick up everything they see asking "can we have this" so it takes twice as long!!
at the end while we were packing the shopping one of my children went missing and after looking for a few minutes a kind member of public brought my son to us from outside in the middle of the road. not only could he have been run over and killed but could have been taken but god know who!!
still the customer service advisor did not see this as his problem and couldn't have cared less, he even suggested it was unusual to have twins and four children over all and went on to say they should have been on rains!!!! by this point i was very distressed and making a fool of myself
is it unreasonable to ask for a trolley with two seats? !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Get nappies, tins, dried goods etc delivered and send DH to get fresh stuff or you pop out and leave him with the kids for a bit. It really can't be fun for anyone the way you're doing it.

just one double trolley would have done the job but there was none.
the customer service bloke said they were allocated 2 for the whole store and so thats what they had.
i could have been anywhere and yes he still could have run off the same and hes just that sort of child that does. adhd?? maybe i dont know. all im saying is none of the staff battered an eyelid when he went missing, as if a child has never ran off before.
life would just be a lot easier with a double trolley and i dont think its too much to ask.

Yes you are - "at the end while we were packing the shopping one of my children went missing......still the customer service advisor did not see this as his problem"

The only person responsible for your children is you. You said above that you've never had trouble finding double trolleys anywhere else so you should have left Tesco when you realised you couldn't accommodate all your DC and gone elsewhere.

We are a family of 6 and I have never used 2 trollies to do a shop. Our tesco extra only has a handful of trollies with 2 baby seats which can be inconvenient but to be honest I really think that online for bulky items and a quick one person shop for perishables is the way to go.

YANBU to expect to find a double trolley as loads of families have more than one small child and would have the need of one and It must have been a terrible fright to have lost your little boy.

Bribary works well with my three little ones. My 1 1/2 year old sits in the trolley if it is a big one and my 3 and 5 year old hold on to the trolley (apart from when I ask them to put things in the trolley). When we go to pay they have to hold on to the area where we pack bags (no letting go at all or there is no treat!) For great behaviour they get a small treat normally a go on one of the little rides most markets have outside. 3 rides for a pound means one go each for them and well behaved children for me every one is happy and best of all I know exactly where they are as do they. Any messing about at all and that child or children don't get a ride.

I wouldn't dream of taking all three of mine shopping. I often go at 8pm when they are all in bed.

SOOOOO much quicker and less hassle th.an going with any kids.

Go twice a week. I bet it'll still be quicker.

YABU

if between the 2 of you you cant watch your children than consider it your own fault and shop online.

Have to say that many of my nany friends regulalry look after 4 under 4, one of my best friends looked after her own baby and 3 charges. (most of my nanny jobs have been caring for just 2 children)

By HERSELF pretty much all the time she managed without fail to control the children, and they would NEVER have made it to a road without her noticing!

simple solution. if you insist on making the supermarket trip a family outing .. why couldnt the husband put two of the children in one trolley, mother put two in another trolley, and problem solved... not exactly difficult.. is it.

YANBU! Of course a store that size should have more than 2 double trolleys. What about a single mum with 2 small kids - is she expected to manage to do her shopping with one in the trolley and one....well who knows where. Our Tesco extra had loads of double trolleys. Can't believe people are siding with Tescos on this one!!

Squeaky - have you read the OP??? There wasn't even ONE double trolley - never mind 2!

she means seating enough for four, not two..

is it unreasonable to ask for a trolley with two seats? !!!!!!!!!!!!!

its a fucking shopping trolley, not a ride at Legoland...

Theres always loads of double seated trolleys in my local tesco ..had no idea they were so rare elsewhere

squeaky, i needed a double trolly not one for four lol, never seen one of them!!

She has said that she usually takes 2 trolleys - 2 x 2. Do 4 seat trolleys even exist??

In Tesco in Northampton they have 2 4 seater trollies as there's such a high number of triplets there and the triplet and HOM rallied Tesco to get them.

Pay the few quid and have it delivered

"im not saying its tescos fault that my child ran off, im saying if he was in a trolly it wouldnt have happened"

But if you had shopped online/been watching him properly it wouldn't have happened either [swings and roundabouts] And I am talking as someone that has had to shop with a baby, 2 and 3 year old boys.

when i asked the customer service advisor he informed me a store of that size (extra) only had to supply 2 double trolleys for the whole store

well in that case, someone is telling porkies, because I regularly shop at lots of different tesco stores, and double trolleys are never in short supply, ever.

Squeaky I've just laughed so hard at your Legoland post I've spat cherry coke all over the laptop.....

"im not saying its tescos fault that my child ran off, im saying if he was in a trolly it wouldnt have happened"

And if your husband had been holding his hand or keeping a closer eye on him he wouldnt have been able to run off either...

I just cant believe you are blaming tesco because between the two of you, you are seemingly incapable of controlling 4 children.

anyway i have vented now. so thanks everyone.
think i will give shopping online another go.
i still don't think i was being unreasonable to ask for at least one double trolley tho. yes i have difficult children. SORRY!!!

YANBU to ask for a double trolley but YABU to expect, and definately BU to blame a shop for you not knowing where your child is. That's just plain odd

Why not just leave the kids at home with your husband and shop in peace.. much easier.

if i was so incapable of controlling my 4 unruly children they wouldn't be here with me now!!
i have never lost any before. and after yesterday im sure it will never happen again.
like i said im not the first nor will be the last to have a child run off so any1 questioning my parenting i just hope you never have to experience a child going missing its not nice but it happens!