to get annoyed at parents letting small children control trolleys in supermarkets

[Xfirefly]

the reason I ask is because I was whacked by one yesterday. I'm usually quite chilled out and got a lot of patience but why would people let very small children go wild with trolleys in busy supermarkets?

the mum witnessed the child hitting me and other people (one an elderly man) but continued on without apologising and letting him to it. I did say ouch loud enough to make a point.

am I just being a grumpy sod?

I think the argument was dropped lets not start it up again

OK

(Backing away from the thread)

Im glad my DD has never shown an interest in pushing the trolley, even then, i wouldnt let her if she did, if i as a 30 year old woman cant have good control over a heavy trolley, then a skinny 6 yr old girl, would have no hope.

Also who doesnt apologise if they bump someone, if i or my DD bump someone, its my automatic reaction.

Blimey reading through some of the updates this morning reminds me of the petty nasty little arguments high school teenage girls have thinking of my 14 year old nieces FBI page But, maybe at 37 I am just old!

Next will be the "your mama" slates.

Off Topic, Little Pod, this little pearler came from my little sis 13.

"You were born on the motorway, because thats where most accidents happen"

Not quite "Yo Mama" but nearly

Lucius # your 13 year old sister. Ha ha ha

My DS used to push the trolley, he was the motor and I was the steering.
He'd push and I'd hold the side lightly, ready to exert control.
No collisions.
YANBU about your dislike of shopping in the equivalent of a dodgem arena.

Oh, and telling a child on the spectrum to 'STOP' ?
That's what my DS needed, and still dies to a lesser extent in numerous situations. A clear, single or two word communication.
Because a long woffly sentence didn't register, it was just noise. Mine were usually two words, the first one being his name, otherwise it was often just background noise to him.
The majority of children being a PITA have no parent within touching distance, and are unlikely to be children with an additional need. Those of us that parent such children tend to hover very closely.

YANBU. I absolutely hate other peoples' children in any shop. They should all be banned imo.

YANBU

Sorry if anyone felt that i personally was being nasty. Its hard sometimes not to respond when someone is so horrible and insulting out of nowhere.So apologies if needed x

SilverApples has it exactly right. My DS isn't capable of understanding long-winded instructions. He simply doesn't have the attention span. '[DS's name], STOP' is used by us to catch his attention, because we've worked with him a lot to make sure he knows if we say it, he has to stop and look to us for further information.

Anyway, I thought you'd all like to know we went to a supermarket tonight and DS didn't want to push the trolley, but instead he wanted to pull my wheeled trolley bag. So I let him. Thoughts on that? It was for about a minute, if that, in an empty clothing aisle.

Had to share this story:

Whilst in Asda, mum let small boy push trolley, said boy pushes, not lets it go, into a young woman with her leg all bandaged up, young woman, bursts into tears, assumed it must of hurt or just really upset her, mum keeps saying sorry, friend of young woman is trying to get her away, mum tells boy off, fair enough, but i saw them 2 other times and the kid was still in control of the trolley, why let the kid keep pushing if they already hit someone with it.