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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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Beastofburden · 30/09/2013 13:37

coming actually I would be interested in hearing about the accidents. What kind of injuries do you see? and were the kids sitting still or mucking around when it happened?

Beastofburden · 30/09/2013 13:38

miss dont they have safety harnesses? the ones I remember did.

Minnieisthedevilmouse · 30/09/2013 13:38

You really have a pole up your butt over a very non issue op....

My flabber is gasted.

Theodorakiss · 30/09/2013 13:40

Can we also ban nose picking and wiping it on the handle. I have seen toddlers doing that many times.

MissDD1971 · 30/09/2013 13:40

beast - i'm not sure but even though they're not fallible/infallible are they?

but IIRC for young babies and not the crawling mini sumo older ones who could get out of the straps aren't they?

haven't seen them about in a while though...

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Feminine · 30/09/2013 13:40

you really have a pole up your butt over a very non issue op

To you perhaps?

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MissDD1971 · 30/09/2013 13:41

Theodora - another forum would say WWP - worthless without pictures/photos

littlemslazybones · 30/09/2013 13:41

I doubt it comingtotown. I've driven past a good few road traffic accident but still star the kids into the car every day.

littlemslazybones · 30/09/2013 13:42

Star=strap

MissDD1971 · 30/09/2013 13:43

Littlems - you could use flying stars to hold/strap/amuse the children couldn't you??!! like those weapons you get on war games...

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littlemslazybones · 30/09/2013 13:53

When it comes to keeping the kids amused in the car, I think starring them in might be the future. Will it work on shopping trolleys though?

TheBigJessie · 30/09/2013 13:53

I'd just like to wonder out loud whether supermarkets sterilise the trolleys they pull out of the local canal/water feature, or whether they simply hose off the solid stuff adhering to the sides.

littlemslazybones · 30/09/2013 13:55

I think they keep a big vat of Milton on the go Jessie

nappyaddict · 30/09/2013 13:56

AnaisHendricks Our Asda doesn't even have 1 wheelchair trolley. They have wheelchairs and they have the trollies that attach to wheelchairs. But if you have a child like mine (and yours) who can walk but needs to be contained because they run off when your back's turned for 5 seconds, so they have a special needs buggy rather than a wheelchair, you're screwed. I tried cramming him into the seat with the harness on but as they are only lap harnesses he was able to climb out which is much more dangerous than him travelling in the main part of the trolley imo.

droppedscones · 30/09/2013 13:57

Is this another thread which is trying to point pretty much to the banning of kids in public places unless they are silent robotic obeying types? No thanks. Unless you're strangely unwrapping your food and throwing it au naturel into the trolley, who cares if people let their kids into it? And as for people whose children sample the grapes/carrots it's not ideal but I can't get worked up about that either so there.

playftseforme · 30/09/2013 13:57

I try to get all my shopping delivered but without fail I end up at the supermarket when something on the list isn't available. I have three dc (three year old twins and a 6 year old) and their favourite thing is to stand round each of the three sides, hanging on for grim life, as I inevitably career around corners and through gaps trying not to dislodge any of them. I much prefer it when they ask to climb in the trolley Grin.

LimburgseVlaai · 30/09/2013 13:57

beastofburden My DD (then c2yo) was sitting in a shallow trolley and suddenly stood up when I let go of the trolley for a second, which caused it to move with a jerk. She toppled out backwards and cracked her head on the floor. When she didn't stop crying and was sick a couple of times I took her to A&E where they did a head scan. All was fine. After that she always stayed sitting down.

For me the whole hygiene thing is a non-issue. There are germs everywhere and I think the bottom of a trolley is less hazardous than, say, the plastic bags that have been touched by licked fingers to separate them, or the hands that the checkout assistant has just coughed or sneezed into. I really can't get worked up about any of this. Once you start fearing germs you might as well stay home.

The potential for accidents is a bit more serious, as is the potential for hernias lifting a toddler into/out of/into/out of (etc) trolley. But hey, life is one continuous risk assessment.

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Feminine · 30/09/2013 13:59

is this another thread which is trying to point pretty much to the banning etc...

No, no it is not.

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AnaisHendricks · 30/09/2013 14:00

Yes, that's the trouble with the wheelchair trolleys as we found out to our cost! DS ran the entire length of Tesco Extra. DD caught him just as he was about to run into the road.

squeakytoy · 30/09/2013 14:03

Its a SHOPPING trolley.. the clue is in the name. It is for putting shopping into, not a ride for children. The specifically designed seats on trolleys are for that purpose.

Make your child walk and make them behave properly.

Lemonylemon · 30/09/2013 14:06

I have no-one to look after 5yo DD for me while I go shopping, so she goes with me.

I have no wish to negotiate a crowded supermarket where there are people who don't watch what the bloody hell they're doing or where they're going. DD has been rammed on more than one occasion, so now DD stays in the trolley.

TheBigJessie · 30/09/2013 14:07

I think there's a niche out there for a supermarket which installs a large vat of Milton and advertises that it dips all trolleys in there on a weekly cycle!

Meanwhile, this thread is on six pages and no-one has judgmentally posted that they have never taken their now-secondary aged son (it's always a son) into a supermarket at all! This thread is right boring.

nappyaddict · 30/09/2013 14:08

pookamoo

"For all those who say "the food is in packaging so what does it matter", do you unwrap and upack all the food before you put it in the cupboard or fridge at home? Do you want dog poo off shoes in your fridge from the bottom of a packet of yoghurts? Probably not..."

You know most trollies are covered in rat piss, let alone dog shit? I unwrap most, but not all things that I put in my fridge. Grapes and cherry tomatoes being the main culprit. Loose items go straight into the fridge obviously as there is no packaging to unwrap. More often than not I don't peel or wash things either before eating them. I haven't died yet!

droppedscones · 30/09/2013 14:11

I didn't think it was really Feminine (can't do smileys)

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Feminine · 30/09/2013 14:15

Here is one for you dropped Smile

Oh and Thanks squeaky you have told it as it is Wink

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