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AIBU to think a tricycle riding toddler should not be in a crowded supermarket

43 replies

peachyicecream · 11/12/2011 16:51

especially 1/when the tricycle has a long pole for the parent to push - therefore they can take up God knows how many feet of unbroken space
2/the mother was there too doing the shopping. Surely the dad and the toddler and the trike should be waiting the other side of the checkouts, and not create obstacles for other purchasers....
AAAAAAGHHHHHH (or AIBU in the Christmas crush?)

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Crabapple99 · 11/12/2011 16:53

YANBU, and it propbably isn't allowed, just wasn't spotted by anuone with the authoruty to stop it

SuePurblybiltbyElves · 11/12/2011 16:53

YABU. Didn't you know that the supermarket shop is a happy family day out and the Liddle Ones must always come first? Aw, bless him.

sitandnatter · 11/12/2011 16:54

Seems like a reasonable thing to do to me. If the tricycle and child were free wheeling then nope, this way you get an entertained toddler under complete control of the parents.

If the kid was cycling around the shops and no control over him bashing shoppers that would be different.

wherearemysocks · 11/12/2011 16:56

I've taken my toddler to the supermarket in her push along trike instead of her pushchair. Don't really see how it takes up more space than a pushchair? And why wouldn't it be allowed? It's not like a kid riding their bike around the isles.

SantasNutellaFairy · 11/12/2011 16:58

Yanbu.

Especially if they meet up with people they know and start chatting in one of the aisles and then spread out when people try to pass them.

I also think that scooters in shops are a menace and those fucking Heely creations- I'm not going to say how much rage they invoke.

herbietea · 11/12/2011 17:00

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Pandemoniaa · 11/12/2011 17:00

Actually, it is like a kid riding a bike around the aisles and is completely different to a child being pushed in a buggy.

As it was when some loon devoted mama allowed her child to belt around a very small branch of Costa on a trike last week. How there wasn't a horrendous dropped trays, burnt child incident I don't know.

GwendolineMaryLacedwithBrandy · 11/12/2011 17:02

YANBU. Neither should heelys, scooters or any of the other wheeled excitements that I frequently have to avoid in Sainsburys. Have the parents no sense?

DaydreamingOfAWhiteXmasDolly · 11/12/2011 17:04

YANBU. The other week in the supermarket there were 2 kids on scooters whizzing up and down the aisles, I gave it big time cat bum mouth. So dangerous and really should be kept for outside only.

Hassledge · 11/12/2011 17:06

YANBU.
On a related note, the crowded narrow pavement outside the school at 3.15 is not the place where your barely toddling baby should develop their walking skills. It may be cute, but it's also a complete pain in the arse.

Nanny0gg · 11/12/2011 17:14

YANBU. However the mum whose toddler was triking around a busy branch of Gap today was very, very U in my opinion.
Can these women never say No to their children?

Sirzy · 11/12/2011 17:16

Yanbu, in the supermarket the child is either in the trolley or the pushchair if to young to sensibly walk.

If you want to play go to the park!

That said at least it was being controlled by the parents not like the stupid parents who let their children run up and down the shop causing chaos

Crabapple99 · 11/12/2011 17:17

I was in a supermarket a few daus ago where three were playing "piggy in the middle" with a high bouncing ball, which I confiscated after the second time it had hit me, nad returned to the mother with, "I'm sure your not aware if this, but your children are throwing this around in the isles" she didn't say anything

mrsjay · 11/12/2011 17:18

People seem to use the pushpole trykes aspushcahirs alot of the time , Its really annoying especially in a supermarket , I dont think yabu at all , A kid wouldnt be allowed to scoot round a supermarket on a scooter , I wonder if shops see it as a pushchair rather than a bike ?

carabos · 11/12/2011 19:17

I've noticed this happening a bit recently, more in the massive hypermarket type places than the smaller local ones. I don't understand why they can't sit in the trolley if they are little enough, or walk alongside if a bit bigger.

Was in a shop yesterday (clothes, not supermarket) and there were two small children (5ish) literally tearing round, screaming, grabbing stuff and throwing it at each other. The mother eventually got hold of one of them and said "why can't you behave as I've asked?", then let the child go and went back to browsing. Needless to say the kids then started up again. It was a quite incredible display tbh .

Traceymac2 · 11/12/2011 19:21

I don't really see how I takes up anymore space than a large buggy. Wouldn't be bothered by it, the parent obviously had full control of it.

Sirzy · 11/12/2011 19:28

Tracy I assume you have never pushed a smart trike then?

They are a nightmare to manoeuvre and certainly not something you can be in full control of. Fine for the park but not for a busy supermarket

wherearemysocks · 11/12/2011 20:18

carabos not everybody drives to a big supermarket that has trollies with child seats. We live in a city centre and the supermarkets near to us are small ones and don't have trollies at all only baskets, she also can't walk along side as it is then too far for her to walk home and too dangerous for me to carry shopping and control her as we walk along busy roads.

When they are in the pushalong mode they are easily controlled by the parent, although yes not quite as easily manouverable as some buggies, but easy enough for going up and down aisles is a relatively straight line, and Sirzy it is quite possible to be in control of it, if she tries to turn the handle bars I just tip it back slightly so its on its two back wheels so will still go in a straight line.

And they don't take up any more space than a normal buggy.

Sirzy · 11/12/2011 20:22

Tipping it back to go around sounds a really safe way of doing it!!

Why not just use a pram like normal people do? What are you going to do when she is older let her ride her bike around the shop as it keeps her happier?

wherearemysocks · 11/12/2011 20:29

I'm not saying I do it all the time, I've done it once or twice when she's been in the trike and I've needed to pop to the supermarket on the way home, I'm not going to go all the way home switch to the buggy and then go out again.

And yes tipping it up SLIGHTLY is perfectly safe, I'm going along an aisle in a supermarket not along a cliff edge.

And no I wont be letting her ride a bike around when she is older, if you notice in my earlier post I already said I think it is different from an older child riding a bike. When she is old enough to ride her bike to the shops she will chain it up outside but as it is I don't carry a bike chain around with me to lock up a trike or a buggy when I'm out and about.

Seriously people its a pushalong trike, basically a seat with wheels that you push, much the same as a buggy also a seat with wheels that you push. Where is the big difference? It is not in any way similar to kids on scooters or riding bikes.

DoingTheBestICan · 11/12/2011 20:31

YANBU,especially last week when i got smacked in the ankle by a little boy tear-arsing round the shop where i work on his scooter.

He never even stopped just carried on wheeling,then he fell off it & his Mumsy soon came running over then.

They should be banned in shops.

LottieJenkins · 11/12/2011 20:33

YADNBU!!!!!!!!!!! I reported a child whizzing round my local CO-OP a few weeks ago at the busiest time on a Saturday. A real accident waiting to happen that one!!

LottieJenkins · 11/12/2011 20:34

that should say whizzing round on a scooter!!

Sirzy · 11/12/2011 20:34

But its not going in straight lines is it there are all sorts of obstacles in a supermarket and I just dont see why it is needed.

DS loves his trike and would go everywhere on it if he was allowed but I simply say no to him and plan my trips when it is used so we only go to places it is suitable for. Hardly rocket science!

poppercondria · 11/12/2011 20:36

It's not a problem if it's under the control of the parent (not really much different than a pushchair). It's very much a problem if some child is riding a trike, bike, scooter, etc through the aisles. That's ridiculous.

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