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

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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?

Yanbu.

Well I can top you all. Yesterday as I walked out of our local Morries, a couple entered with their toddler, who was riding a motorized car - one of those fancy expensive things. The dad seemed to have a remote for it, and both parents seemed mightily pleased with themselves.

ALmost went back in again, just to see how that would work out amongst the trollies and random islands.

Not just a London problem, common enough up here in Yorkshire. Drives me mad, often when I am in the supermarket in the evening whilst one of the ds's is at rugby training it will be teenagers zooming round on their scooters, nearly taking out old ladies, and not so old folk. Store guards do Nowt, think I shall make it my new plot to complain every time

I have the insoles (so does my DP, who's also flat-footed - our children will probably be penguins). They're a great help. I'm really pleased that your DS finds the scooter helpful and I will be a bit more tolerant when I see scooting kids now (as long as they're not tearing around public spaces and causing a bloody nuisance)

Oops sorry, your DN. I do agree that the majority definitely do not need them and shouldn't be pandered to, but I will think twice before judging in some scenarios.

If the syndrome is genetic, then your SIL may need to think carefully about her decision if she doesn't want another one with Williamsons. Hmmm, I don't know if flat-footedness in itself is genetic - nobody in my family has it although it is one of the characteristics of the EDS I have, which is genetic.

Wow! Pleased to hear so many people agree with me about this. I think I'm going to start complaining in the shops when I see it, after all it is dangerous for everyone, especially those riding the scooters not to mention being downright rude and inconsiderate.

It drives me nuts and I was shocked when I read this: huff post

The impact beyond the actual fall on an elderly person can be devastating. We are now in a generation of Fuck Everyone Else, people just don't care about other people any more

I say ban the bloody things. I just remembered last year a nanny at nursery flew after a child on a scooter who had hurtled into the road into the path of a lorry. I know the nanny was killed and the child survived (I think).

Has anyone done any research into the link between the rise in scooters in public places and the rise in online shopping?

They should. It'll be interesting.

Totally agree, OP.

It still amazes me that parents will let their children scoot at full pelt across driveways, small roads and car park entrances without even looking. Does road safety not count on a scooter?

I actually thought half way round the supermarket today that it'd be worth the delivery fee to do my shopping online and avoid all the morons/scooters!!

Well that's exactly why I went over to on line shopping, and I'll never ever go back. The scooters and footballs (yes - football's being kicked around in the aisles) finally did it for me. I made a decision to only internet shop for the duration of the school holidays and just carried on doing it.

Plomino

I also held a 3 year old back as he scooted into the path of a reversing car

Rinky

Yes. I used to work with elderly people. I knew people who were a bit wobbly, fell over, broken hip, pneumonia, dead. Sounds like and over dramatisation, but the consequences of a fall can be fatal.

Or others become scared of going out - this happened to my Nan

I'm so glad to see I'm not the only scooter misery out there .

I hate this now it just seems children cannot do anything with out either a tablet of a spotter in hand when the frigg would you take the scooter out of the car

The fishwife- it always amazes me to see parents who let children run around or scoot around busy car parks. I've seen it often and my heart is in my mouth.

YANBU, what's so hard to understand about 'scooters are for outside'

WTF?

I've never seen a scooter inside a supermarket in my life. It just wouldn't fly here (Australia). Management would boot you out.

A friend's guide dog was injured so badly from being hit by a speeding scooter it couldn't work anymore.

YANBU

There was a poster a few weeks ago whose elderly relative had just been knocked over by a kid on heelies and broke a hip - last time I read a post from her, her relation was having trouble coming round from the anaesthetic after surgery and they were worried she would die. I keep thinking about it, but can't remember her name to see if she ever posted what happened. The kid and mum didn't even stop to see what had happened.

My mil broke her pelvis and collar bone after being knocked down by a woman on a mobility scooter, who left her lying on the pavement. It was awful, the woman just wasn't looking out for anyone and everyone was having to jump out of her way, but poor mil had her back to her and didn't have time.

Koala that's exactly what I thought - why are the supermerkets and shopping centres allowing it? They have security guards, and places to lock up bikes. I can't imagine it in Germany either, as I said upthread. Wonder if it purely a UK thing - or purely England?