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AIBU?

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

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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?)

OP posts:

wherearemysocks · 11/12/2011 21:17

Not rocket science no, but seriously get a life it is not the end of the world either, and good for you that you are able to plan your days so well, mine are slightly more busy than yours then as I don't have time to fit in a separate park visit and shopping trip, and as we don't have a car I have to go the shops pretty much everyday as I can only carry a small amount of stuff home and not a whole car full. So therefore she would never be able to go the park or use her trike. Well as much as I don't go our of my way to annoy other shoppers, I'm sorry but I'm not gonna say she can never go in her trike again because someone too sensitive might get peed off by it.

And for what its worth to all those saying YANBU to kids whizzing round on scooters, I completely agree but that is not what the OP said, she said a parent was pushing a trike, the child was not throwing anything, grabbing anything, hitting anyone or whizzing around anywhere it was sitting in a trike getting pushed along. It was the fact that the trike was taking up space that upset the OP as she said she thought the other parent should have waited outside with the child, would she have said that if the child had been sat in a pushchair with both parents present? I know its busy sometimes in supermarkets but I don't think we are to the point where we are limiting numbers at the door and its only one person per trolley allowed?

Sirzy · 11/12/2011 21:25

I love how you know how busy other peoples days are!! Fantastic psychic powers you must have!

You said earlier you wouldn't let her go on a bike to the shop so how will you cope then when she wants to take her bike to the park?

I am sorry there is no excuse for outdoor toys being used in shops!

toweraboveyou · 11/12/2011 21:27

EVERYBODY should ride around supermarkets on trikes. Shopping would be awesome.

DoingTheBestICan · 11/12/2011 21:32

God yes i am going to ride round on a penny farthing & get a minion to follow me,i shall point at what i want placing in my basket & he shall immeadiately get it & deliver it for me.

wherearemysocks · 11/12/2011 21:33

Not pyschic, just able to read, you said you do separate trips, I don't have time. Simple.

And as we do with the trike, go to the park first, then to the shops on the way home. Then she'll lock her bike up on the cycle racks outside. Simple.

Sirzy · 11/12/2011 21:36

So lock the trike up. I still see no reason to take a trike into the shop.

I have lost count of the time I have had ankle caught by parents who think they are in control of them and aren't. They simply aren't designed for shops or anywhere busy.

You can try to justify it as much as you like but there is no justification.

nursenic · 11/12/2011 21:39

We all know Waitrose is one big old jolly Parent & Toddler Group....Come join the fun at my local one where one can see more Boden-esque badly behaved and badly supervised kiddies than in Asda, Tesco's and Sainsbury's combined.

wherearemysocks · 11/12/2011 21:53

I'm sorry that you seem to have had so much trouble with being hit by them, as I said its not something I do as a regular thing, and also not done by choice as obviously a buggy is easier to negotiate, but on occaision its just the way its worked out. I suppose my only justification really is I have never hit anyone and I have never noticed anyone getting upset about it, and I am usually fairly aware of my surroundings and would probably notice if I was getting in someones way (more than I normally would with a buggy anyway).

Maybe in bigger supermarkets in more 'family areas' there are more of them in supermarkets but tbh its never crossed my mind that its any different to having her in a buggy.

The main thing that I was trying to say though was that imo, it is completely different to kids whizzing around on scooters which is something most posters seem to have leapt to.

marriedandwreathedinholly · 11/12/2011 21:54

YANBU - there's a time and a place and it isn't the supermarket. Let's hope these children don't grow up to expect to copulate in the local pub.

wherearemysocks · 11/12/2011 21:58

Eh? How do you get from sitting in a trike to copulating in a pub? Bit of a leap don't you think!

marriedandwreathedinholly · 11/12/2011 22:29

Well, it's as inappropriate to copulate in the pub as it is to cycle in the supermarket so the leap isn't particularly extraordinary.

nailak · 11/12/2011 22:33

Do buggies never hit people in the ankle then?

Sirzy · 11/12/2011 22:34

Buggies are much easier to control so they dont.

Of course that doesn't mean you don't get idiots who use them as a battering ram!

nursenic · 11/12/2011 22:40

Parents letting their kids career about 'helping' to push trollies make my blood boil. Had my ankle raked to the bone two years ago in Waitrose by stupid woman whose approx 3 1/2 yr old was capering about pushing the mini trolley. Rammed it into my ankle and the stupid airhead then tried to make this little-more-than-a-toddler apologise. Told her that she was the one who owed me an apology as her child was merely behaving in the manner deemed acceptable by her.

Had 2 stitches. Told Waitrose to get shut of their kid trolleys in that branch or i'd sue. They did. The store staff told me how much they all hated the mini trolleys and when the manager (who loved them) was not in store, they hid them away. They were sick of badly supervised brats and their parents treating the place like a giant Early learning Centre.

Traceymac2 · 11/12/2011 22:51

Sirzy, I do have a smart trike,don't use it that often but I have never collided with anything...yet!! I can see if the place was packed out it may not be such a great idea but really, between buggies (mine is a huge double, can't even get down isles of some shops with it, and trolleys, to me it is just another thing with wheels.

andaPontyinaPearTreeeeee · 11/12/2011 22:54

YANBU. My DH actually has to use a smart trike for our DS when he's not walking - he uses a crutch so cannot push the 2-handled buggy.

There is no way he would take DS into a shop on it though!.

cloudpuff · 12/12/2011 08:18

yanbu

Not quite the same but we went to toys r us (first time visiting one) last weekend intending to buy a bike or scooter for dd, dp and myself were smacked into several times by kids of varying ages riding round the shop on scooters and bikes, we made our way to the bikes/scooter section we were a bit shocked at the lack of choice but then quickly realised the kids were riding round on the display models. I even saw a parent give their child a bike and then instruct them to stay on certain aisles while they went to choose gifts. I have no idea if this is Toys R Us policy but we left empty handed as I had no plans of running around the store to see what choice of bikes were available.

Traceymac2 · 12/12/2011 09:15

There is a difference here though, the child was being pushed by a parent. They weren't driving into anyone else from what the OP says and it doesn't sound like they were out of control,it was more a space issue. I totally agree that if the child was free wheeling this would be totally unacceptable.

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