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Original poster

To think that children really don't need to use their scooters in the supermarket?

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Pointlessfan · 30/07/2014 16:28

Or inside shopping centres or any other place where there really isn't enough space and the rest of us have to keep dodging them. This is seriously getting on my nerves, every time I go shopping I have to keep jumping out of the path of children zooming about on scooters. Why can't they ride them in the park? I was brought up to be considerate of others and would never have been allowed to use a scooter, bike or roller skates in shops or any where else where I would be in the way.
Feel better for getting that off my chest! So is it just me or are others equally annoyed by this?

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Smilesandpiles · 30/07/2014 17:16

No, not a London thing.

It's a crap parent thing. Goes hand in hand with the weak, simpering "Oh dear, please don't do that again sweetie" said for the 5th time in 2 mintues.

DownByTheRiverside · 30/07/2014 17:16

'Is this a London thing?'

No, it's fairly common around the country in larger shops.

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Pointlessfan · 30/07/2014 17:17

Not just a London thing, I'm in Birmingham.

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basgetti · 30/07/2014 17:18

Yes heelies are a menace, I was nearly knocked off my feet in the supermarket by a girl wearing them a few weeks ago. I'm pregnant and panicked about falling, I'm sorry to say I shouted at her. Her parents were nowhere in sight, she looked about 12 and just raced off in another direction and no staff intervened. I always worry about elderly people particularly, a broken hip or leg can be catastrophic for them.

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Pointlessfan · 30/07/2014 17:23

Sadly I expect it will take some sort of horrendous accident before anyone decides to do anything about it e.g. supermarkets banning them. This shouldn't have to happen tho, parents should take some responsibility.

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Only1scoop · 30/07/2014 17:24

Yanbu....

I'm stunned at the amount of parents that let their dc just wheel around the aisles.

SpeedofSound0 · 30/07/2014 17:26

YANBU. I hate them, and the parents even more for even thinking it is acceptable for their DC to be scootering around my local Asda/Sainsbury's/Waitrose.
Especially down the central aisle.

My local Asda even made an announcement over the PA warning parents about how dangerous it was to do this. And that if they didn't control their children then they would be asked to leave the store by security.

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ilovechristmas1 · 30/07/2014 17:35

ha ha,this is my pet hate hate hate

they even bother me when we are on our way to school in the morning

YANBU it is the parents fault not so much the child,some parents seem unable to tell there children NO,im sure their scared of them (the parents being scared of the children) Grin

brokenhearted55a · 30/07/2014 17:36

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NewtRipley · 30/07/2014 17:39

I don't think it's a London thing. It may be a bit of a MC thing

Hulababy · 30/07/2014 17:40

Not allowed in most shopping centres are they, same as those Heeley skate shoe things. And definitely not inside a proper building like a shop.

I certainly would never have allowed DD to have used them anywhere inside, and also would stop her if we got somewhere crowded outside. It's only common sense and manners surely?!

Sirzy · 30/07/2014 17:41

scooters should only be used in parks or gardens. On footpaths at a push with young children under close supervision.

I have seen a few in shops recently, and the best was the child scooting around A and E!

kali110 · 30/07/2014 17:44

Bloody hate scooters and those heelies!!!when i worked in a cafe parents would let their kids spin around on them!sure they'd go mad if i had burnt them though!
Was only in tesco last week when there was a child on a scooter just scootering around the aisles and the parents were doing nothing.
Really annoys me.

ilovechristmas1 · 30/07/2014 17:45

because i believe some parents will not say no to their children

we are verging on a up coming generation of children that have never been shown good manners and thought for others,as parents we lead by example and thats just not happening in some cases

i dread to think how these children will cope once in college/first job etc

it wouldnt suprise me if the parents were complaining to the college,employer about the lttle darlings doing no wrong,i can just see it now

rant over,i am turning into Mary Whitehouse i fear Grin

silveroldie2 · 30/07/2014 17:46

Obviously this is part of the evolution of human beings - in future all babies will be born with wheels instead of feet - because the poor little darlings obviously can't be expected to actually walk.

nicename · 30/07/2014 17:48

An elderly relative got knocked over by a child on a scooter in a shop.

The mum was pushing a pram, faffing with baby and piddling about with her phone and didn't even notice the child hurtling towards the 70+ year old lady walking along, minding her own business.

She broke her wrist (that had just healed after a really bad sprain). These are outdoor toys (and even then they really hurt when one hits you at full speed - so speaks the voice of experience).

NewtRipley · 30/07/2014 17:49

Ilove

I am heading that way too ......

I was brought up to show the utmost consideration to others, to a point where i did not learn to assert myself. I fear plenty of parents are gogoing the other way. Or maybe it is just laziness

tobysmum77 · 30/07/2014 17:50

as my mother in law says 'children won't walk' Hmm

I am worse, they are for playing on imo. She can't believe I won't let scooters on a family walk either.

SantasLittleMonkeyButler · 30/07/2014 17:52

YANBU. There are always scooters being ridden in the shops here at the moment.

Our rule has always been "only take it if you're going to fold & carry it".

Meglet · 30/07/2014 17:55

Yanbu. I won't let mine take scooters to won.

My mum on the other hand, does let them. Even though there's signs asking people not to Angry.

ilovechristmas1 · 30/07/2014 17:55

NewtRipley thank god it's just not me

i spend half my time muttering to myself,today walking through the local park some women is shouting at a girl 12ish calling her a fecking cow Shock

bad that she was shouting that,must of been shouting as we were far away and you could hear it but this park has the only paddling pool in the area and pool and park were heaving,most of the kids were aged 2 - 10 yrs listening to that.

god knows what she's like at home

ElephantsNeverForgive · 30/07/2014 18:02

Trouble was her parents would no doubt have thought it was my fault.

My DDs have never had hellies (as we have no hard standing to play on) so I don't expect ordinary trailers to grow pink wheels

Oen1 · 30/07/2014 18:04

It always amuses me to see parents walking from school in the morning or towards school in the afternoon, carrying scooters or bikes with stabilisers while also trying to push a pram/buggy or keep hold of toddlers.

My DS asked once if he could take his scooter to school. A no and a quick explanation that I would not be carrying said scooter back and fore to school for him was all it needed to put an end to the matter.

I'm not a terribly strict parent and often find myself giving in to their whining just for some peace, but some things I won't give in to.

Tobysmum77, I don't let them take scooters or bikes on family walks either. I tell them we evolved to have feet at the end of our legs for a purpose Grin

CoreyTrevorLahey · 30/07/2014 18:04

I see this in one shop regularly and that is Waitrose, in Glasgow's rather posh west end. Never in Iceland or Asda or Morrison's. And they never get told off. But then the parents never apologise for ramming you with their trolley either so it's pretty clear where they get it from.