to think that things in your supermarket trolley aren't yours until you have paid for them

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This morning in Tesco we kept passing a womanwith a child in a trolley. We first saw her in fruit and veg, as she peeled a banana and handed it to the child. Next time we saw her the child was eating from a packet of cheese strings. Finally we saw her opening a carton of juice. All of these things came off the shelf. DH was so enraged he wanted to tell the staff, but I persuaded him not to. To me this is wrong, even if you intend to pay,and definitely gives a message to the child that she can help herslf. AIBU?

So people can organise themselves enough to make sure they have enough cash on them to cover the cost of said snack in case of card failure but can't put half a dozen breadsticks in a sandwich bag on their way out of the front door? Very odd.

My toddler ate a cherry once, as a result of one of those displays.

Assistant said not to worry about it, but I bought the entire rest of the punnet anyway. He didn't touch a single one when we were at home, of course.

I have done this - or rather my DTs have. Cheese batons are the worst - they smell them, grab them from the trolley and then start chewing on the end. I have put the half-empty packet through the tills.

I can't see a problem at all. I pay for it all, it keeps the kids quiet.

Ooh get you with your superior non snack-feeding parenting

Oh come on..'troughing on breadsticks'? WTF right back at ya

Frilly

We do have meals at approximately the same time, each day, 7.30, 1, 6. Snack at 11 and 3.30. I never shop when I'm hungry, I plan the meals, it saves a lot of money, and people know when to be home.

Wimbaway

£9k a year, that's £180 a week! . you're right, you must be their favourite customer...

I meal plan too, hence by the time we go around the supermarket we haven't got any ready-to-eat snacks like fruit or biscuits left at home!

There's just a massive cultural divide been exposed, here, isn't there?!

Some people appalled by the whole business, some people who have never considered it a problem at all...

How do we feel about letting DC wear their new shoes in the shop, and only taking the box to the till? Is that another shocking indictment of an 'entitled' generation?

Unless someone is trying to force feed you grapes and bananas from non pre packed bags why do you care? You eat 3 meals a day, well good for you. I don't and neither does DD. Therefore if we are hungry we eat. Whether in the supermarket or the car or the house. If I haven't packed a supply of breadsticks or other snacks I buy them. If I'm in the supermarket I don't but a snack then go back to shop I just pay at the end. I personally think my attitude to food and eating is good. I don't have an issue with food or my weight. If I'm hungry I eat. Isn't that what I'm supposed to do?

X post. That wasnt aimed specifically at you OriginalGhoster just at the thread in general.

OriginalGhoste rI rounded up, but yeah, we spend about £160 a week.

soverylucky, I wasn't meaning to criticise, I am sure your children are healthy, I was trying to explain why some of the mothers you mentioned might prefer to provide lots of snacks for their children. Each to their own.

But why would you urgently need to eat in a supermarket? People can manage without food for the time it takes to shop. The body has a store of glycogen in the liver exactly for these times, there is also fat as a back up, which will be burnt to maintain energy between meals.

The one time I let DC eat something we hadn't yet paid for (chocolate bar each, but had been scanned through till before we opened them) the entire co op bank system had crashed (not known to us) and card wouldnt work major moment!!!!!!

Frilly

Don't worry, I can take it on the chin

This irritates me, I personally could never do it, and am with the OP's husband; but I certainly wouldn't be outraged about it. I always tell DD 2 that we have to pay for things first.

I can understand reasons that some people do it; but have seen families wandering around supermarket's just scoffing as they go around the store; This really gets me, and I admit to be totally judgemental!!

YANBU I can't believe so many people on here find it acceptable.