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to give dd food before paying for it?

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cantsleep · 29/07/2013 22:20

Went to shops today with dcs. Dd was a bit tired and hungry and I wanted to get in and out quickly and home.

She was very hungry and has health issues and needed to eat that minute so I picked something up and let her have it. I have not done this before but couldn't have gone and paid then given it to her and continued shopping as she needed to eat straight away. Usually I have a snack in my bag for her but she had already had that one and I was going to buy more snack bits for her from the shops to replenish the ones I carry for her.

I noticed that a shop assistant was watching us intently and kept seeing her as we went round the shop.

When we got to the till I took the packet off dd for the man to scan and gave it back to her. As we were leaving the member of staff who had been watching approached us with a security guard and asked had we paid for what dd had eaten round the shop. I replied yes we had but she asked to check the receipt which obviously was fine.

She then told me that in future we HAD to pay for food before consuming it. I explained to her that it was a one off as I had run out of snacks I usually carry and dd needed to eat immediately but the security guard said food has to be paid for first.

It wasn't like I do this all the time and tbh as long as the food is paid for does it really matter?

WIBU to have let dd eat her snack before we had paid for it?

OP posts:

usualsuspect · 30/07/2013 23:05

Well mine never behaved like that.

They knew right from wrong.

Because I'm a perfect mother me.

inneedofsomehelpplz · 30/07/2013 23:05

far from perfect but according to op it was serious enough to take shop stock without paying but a bag of crisps is not adequote for this condition anyhows. just because you do it doesnt make it right. im entitled to my own opinion ;-)

usualsuspect · 30/07/2013 23:06

OP has explained several times a bag of crisps was adequate.

Emilythornesbff · 30/07/2013 23:09

usual
Is that my mum?

inneedofsomehelpplz · 30/07/2013 23:11

so pay for them or q up & pay for them as dd is eating?! yes or no?

people havent answered my question, how is the store supposed police shopping grazers whether they pay or not? but all i get is its ok, i do it pmsl.

usualsuspect · 30/07/2013 23:14

She did pay for them, what are you on about.

That's what I see when I read the 'well mine never did that' posts, Emily

Permanentlyexhausted · 30/07/2013 23:16

If someone's blood sugar is so low that waiting 5 minutes to pay for food is going to be too long then a bag of crisps is not sufficient. It won't increase the blood sugar quickly enough. I'm not suggesting that the child's blood sugar wasn't lower than it should have been but I suspect the OP maybe exaggerating the urgency a little.

inneedofsomehelpplz · 30/07/2013 23:19

thankyou perm - my point exactly - crisps are salty not sugery so how would this have helped (dh is a practise nurse). so really no need to help ones self before paying.

so, back to my question, how do shops ensure grazers pay? by not allowing sodding grazing!

usualsuspect · 30/07/2013 23:21

So everyone's an expert on the OPS child's condition now?

usualsuspect · 30/07/2013 23:23

Have you read the OPS posts?

It's easy to.pick them out.

usualsuspect · 30/07/2013 23:24

They do allow sodding grazing though, I've been doing it for years.

I've never been banged up for it.

Permanentlyexhausted · 30/07/2013 23:25

I don't know the OP's child but I do know how to treat a potential hypo episode. Does that help you? The OP clearly stated that was the issue. If, in fact, it was something else then she should say so.

inneedofsomehelpplz · 30/07/2013 23:25

yes, because ops child has a.magic diabetes that only salt can cure :-D

inneedofsomehelpplz · 30/07/2013 23:28

usual - why graze at the shops? cant you manage an hour without stuffing your face?! how funny :-X

5madthings · 30/07/2013 23:29

The op has explained how through trial and error they are finding out what works for her, she has also explained her blood sugar level and what would have happened depending in what foods she gave her daughter to eat. The op knows her daughter and what works for her health.

And she paid for the crisp.

God my last local supermarkets often have people handing out free tastes of food and I have had a shop assistant suggest opening something from in the trolley to feed to a tired, hungry toddler. Its just a non issue, when I was a child we lived abroad and were given food by shop owners etc.

Grazing is a known thing and supermarkets don't seem bothered by it and I have had supermarket staff encourage it.

usualsuspect · 30/07/2013 23:29

OP has explained her DD needed carbs.

I'm not sure why you are not getting that?

ThisReallyIsNotSPNopeNotAtAll · 30/07/2013 23:30

Yes usual stuffing your face all the time! Hilarious!

You should be locked up and made an example of! Throw away the key!

thornrose · 30/07/2013 23:32

I just panic, she 'drops' so quickly that I wanted her to eat there and then (blood sugar was 4.2). It is a relatively new diagnosis so I'm still getting to grips with it.

I think we need to keep this in mind where the OP is concerned.

usualsuspect · 30/07/2013 23:33

I'm stuffing my face now,SP.

Stuffing in crisps and dip like a boss.

ilovesooty · 30/07/2013 23:36

I wouldn't presume to judge or dispute the ins and outs of the OP's daughter's condition. I do have issues though, as I said, with food being used as an antidote to boredom, to avert tantrums and the growing expectation that it's ok for children - or even adults - to treat the supermarket as a gigantic ever available buffet for grazing, because if you want something you have to have it now .

ThisReallyIsNotSPNopeNotAtAll · 30/07/2013 23:36

Are you sat in Aldi though? That's the issue you face stuffer!

I might go sit in Tesco near the cooked chicken and eat one. The people giving dirty looks are MNetters and usual cam come join me.

Permanentlyexhausted · 30/07/2013 23:38

Yes, the OP's child needed carbs. Sugar is a carb and is the most effective way of quickly raising blood sugar. Crisps will also do the job, just not as quickly. The OP implied it was an urgent situation.

usualsuspect · 30/07/2013 23:39

I'm going to eat a big fuck off pork pie in Asda tomorrow.

I might add a dash of brown sauce too.

ThisReallyIsNotSPNopeNotAtAll · 30/07/2013 23:40

Jesus Christ. Its a packet of crisps for a toddler with a condition.

I have given my son something to eat or drink while we walk round. Its easier for me so shoot me. He doesn't have an eating disorder and we dont use food to fill in boredom. I do it to make shopping quicker and easier. He doesn't have am eating order and he isn't obese from the odd snack in Tesco.

Its not like people set up a picnic in the bread aisle.

Permanentlyexhausted · 30/07/2013 23:41

OK, I missed the post where the OP said she was still getting to grips with things. Carrying glucose tablets, as I mentioned before, is probably the most sensible option, especially as she won't always be able to guarantee being near a shop.

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