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Original poster

Its not okay is it? sitting/ standing in the shopping part of the trolley?

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Feminine · 30/09/2013 11:46

I'm sure this has been done many times.

I'm thinking about it today though Grin

If your child is too big to want or can't fit in the seat part you don't then let them climb in the other part of the trolley?

Filthy dirty feet where I'll put my food.

Standing up (dangerous)

I'm not being unreasonable to suggest that its the seat, or walk right?

I saw this with several families yesterday...it got up my nose Wink

Oh and I know there are germs everywhere... this makes it worse

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AnaisHendricks · 30/09/2013 12:19

I'd welcome it, definitely. Most pushchair users have children small enough to fit in the trolley seat so they can get a reasonable amount of shopping. DS tends to get wedged in these days Grin

GwendolineMaryLacey · 30/09/2013 12:20

DD1 (5) doesn't go in the big part of a big trolley, mainly because with two children in it I can't push the bloody thing! But if it's just me and her and I get a shallow trolley then she likes to sit in that. She knows to sit at the back of the trolley and not to arse about otherwise the trolley will tip. She's not lazy, she just likes a ride.

TheBigJessie · 30/09/2013 12:21

I'll stop occasionally placing one toddler in the big section when supermarkets either stock twin toddler trolleys or crack down on idiots piling single trolleys in front of the twin trolleys.

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Feminine · 30/09/2013 12:21

Aliba you know the answer to that Wink double trolley or the eldest one walks!

Yesterday (at the supermarket) really got up my nose. Muddy Wellingtons everywhere!

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littlemslazybones · 30/09/2013 12:21

After spending a good ten minutes frantically searching for my - too big for the seat - 4yo, who thought it would be funny to play hide and seek in b&q - and nestled himself in a teeny-tiny kitchen cupboard, it is a RULE that he sits in the trolley in this store.

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Feminine · 30/09/2013 12:22

Its interesting to hear your stories/opinions.

I'm taking it on board.:)

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Feminine · 30/09/2013 12:24

bigjessie good point.

They should.

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tethersend · 30/09/2013 12:25

This is why internet shopping was invented. I can lead a full and happy life without ever caring about this issue.

The trolleys are covered in rat piss anyway Grin

Mefisto · 30/09/2013 12:25

I take your point and I would prefer my 5 yr old DD to walk and when the shop is quiet she generally does. She has however been bumped into/knocked over a couple of times by other trolley users and when it's busy she prefers to sit in the trolley. She knows not to put her hands over the side (so she doesn't get squashed fingers) or to stand up. As for germs, that made me laugh! Our local supermarket is overrun with starlings and the trolleys get covered in bird shit. Prefer not to think about what else is on the trolley handles!

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Feminine · 30/09/2013 12:27

the trolleys are covered in rat piss anyway

Shock what is middle class areas also?

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MrsOakenshield · 30/09/2013 12:31

I struggle to lift my nearly 4-year-old in and out of the seat, she has very long legs! And given that she likes to sometimes walk and sometimes ride it's easier to keep her in the main bit. If she misbehaves in the main bit she knows she will go in the seat and have to stay there.

As long as the parent keeps the child under control, does it matter? I would never ever have thought about the germ issue, but I seem to live in an alternate universe to many MNers when it comes to germs.

TheBigJessie · 30/09/2013 12:36

Feminine have you seen my rants on the issue? Grin

My lovely, lovely, lovely Aldi has loads of twin trolleys. They go in a purpose-positioned line, along with the trolleys for wheelchair-users, and the trolleys for car seats. It's very clearly not generic trolley space. Unfortunately, it's at the edge closest to the car-parking. People just jam their standard trolleys into the twin ones, until the line starts to protrude into the road.

Several times, I told my small children to stand quietly while I sorted out twenty-odd standard trolleys (offspring small enough that I felt they really needed to be in seats), sorted out the trolleys, went into the store, did a quick shop, and found the trolleys exactly the same as before. That's a fucktonne of unobservant/selfish people.

Rachel778 · 30/09/2013 12:39

the trolleys are covered in rat piss anyway

shock what is middle class areas also?

What a Bitchy remark ! You think its just working class areas where rats piss on trolleys ? Some People .

AnaisHendricks · 30/09/2013 12:41

Will a "fucktonne" become a standard unit of measurement when you've taken office, Jessie?

BabyDubsEverywhere · 30/09/2013 12:43

We rarely go to the supermarket - all shopping on line as a rule. But when we do go its a bit of fun tbh. We go together, DH and I, and we take TWO trolleys - one for the three DC aged 1yr, 4yrs, and 6 yrs, and one for the stuff we are buying. Not because they cant walk, but because its fun :) I don't care who I piss off tbh - being happy and playful pisses people off no end, but the miserable kind of people I don't care much for so happy days :)

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Feminine · 30/09/2013 12:45

Oh rachel it. was. a joke. >

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TheBigJessie · 30/09/2013 12:48

I'm not sure- I might put it out for consultation. With a PR agency with a £1,000+VAT hourly rate. Grin(As far as I can tell, it's a compulsory part of government- well according to the local Borough Council, anyway.)

I was thinking I could definitely install a CCTV camera above the site, and make all people caught on camera get their eyes tested, though.

littlemslazybones · 30/09/2013 12:48

BabyDubsEverywhere - 'being happy and playful pisses people off no end'...

This is the most miserable truth that I may have remained blissfully ignorant of if I'd never heard of mumsnet.

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Feminine · 30/09/2013 12:48

baby I think you'd do me in if I encountered you while doing my weekly shop! Grin

I'm a fun person too at times

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NynaevesSister · 30/09/2013 12:51

Mine is 8 and sits in the trolley and I am not going to apologise as that way he can read book/magazine and not drive me insane with his excruciatingly bored dragging feet etc. Is a much better alternative for us both.

Selks · 30/09/2013 12:51

I saw a child nearly come a cropper standing in a trolley the other day. It was one of those smaller shallow ones. Parent had left the trolley and gone across the aisle to get something, around fifteen feet away. Small child stood up and cried for the parent, leaned and nearly fell, grabbing on to a nearby shelf for support. Random person had to grab him and steady the trolley. Parents darted back and scuttled off with child still in the trolley. Everyone in the aisle was Hmm in their direction.

AnaisHendricks · 30/09/2013 12:52

Good ideas Grin

elfycat · 30/09/2013 12:53

I took the middle class bit as a joke, it came across as humorous.

But does it happen in Waitrose? I usually have DDs in a Asda or Tesco trolley. I might go via a Waitrose with them this week and I'll let you know if I get tutted at (do tuts sound different in received pronunciation?)

Yesterday I didn't contain the DDs. You may have seen the slightly crazy looking woman with 2 under 5s in different aisles.

NynaevesSister · 30/09/2013 12:53

And, when I was his age I too found supermarket shopping excruciatingly painful BUT I was sent off with my two younger sisters to spend my pocket money then sit in the library reading while mum did the grocery shopping in peace. That's not an option for son's generation, sadly, even though the library is right next door :(

missmarplestmarymead · 30/09/2013 12:53

It is disgusting so no, YANBU.

It is appalling to suggest that just because a parent is incapable of exercising some control, we should all be grateful that they pop older children (and their shoes) who are too big to fit into the designated space into the trolley without at least taking their shoes off.

Do all those parents allow the children to stand, in shoes, on their kitchen work tops and dining tables. if the answer is 'no' then kindly don't put them where other people have to put their food. If the answer is 'yes', then it is unreasonable to make others suffer for your dirty habits.