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To actually be considering slashing this womans tyres?

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FlyRussianUnicorn · 15/04/2016 17:13

Wanted to get to a chiller cabinet in morrisons and someone had left a trolley with a baby in the way. So i moved the trolley forward so I could get to what I want.

Que mother attacking me for trying to run off with her baby. I moved the trolley maybe half a metre if that. It took 3 seconds and when she came over I was clearly looking in the chiller cabinet at the meat.

I told her to get a grip, I wanted to get to the cabinet and I moved the trolley so I could get to what I wanted. No idea whos trolley it was as I had come down from another part of the supermarket and just saw the trolley-didnt pay any attention to anyone around me. Que a 2 minute tirade of abuse- I just rolled my eyes and walked off in the end.

Went out to my car and was sat having a cogarette waiting for a friend to call about coming to meet me. The car park is owned by the council, not the supermarket.

Anyway the woman came out- and was parked in the P+C bay next to me (I have a blue badge before I am flamed because im child free)

I looked up from my car and the woman just gave me a filthy look and stormed off in the direction of the supermarket again. Next thing I know the supervisor is knocking on my window asking me to move along as im making her uncomfortable "watching her child". I explained the situation and that the supermarket have no right to ask me to move- its not their property, id paid for 2 hours parking and I would be staying until my friend got in contact. The supervisior then apologised, and went on her way.

the woman has gone back into the supermarket, no idea why- clearly im going to attack her and steal her child Hmm

OP posts:
WalkingBlind · 17/04/2016 05:02

Just realised how badly overprotective I must be Shock If someone moved the trolley with my baby in I would go absolutely nuts Confused On another note though I would never leave it unattended, she probably feels guilty for doing so and took it out on you OP.

I think how reasonable her reaction was depends on if she was a foot away from the trolley (turned round to pop something back on the shelf) or if she'd genuinely just walked away from it to browse.

I don't think it's ever acceptable to move anyone's kids and that you should have waited or got the rest of your stuff and came back on the way to the till. She totally overreacted getting security but the horror stories in the news have badly effected some people

redskirt3 · 17/04/2016 05:35

She's a loon :)

whattodowiththepoo · 17/04/2016 05:35

Yanbu

differentnameforthis · 17/04/2016 06:28

Parents can panic when it comes to their babies But she wasn't "panicking" when she left her baby unattended in a trolley, was she? There was no concern about anyone running off with her child, or her child getting in danger from a fall etc when she left the trolley. The op said that she didn't know who the trolley belonged to, so the woman couldn't have been supervising her child, or have been close to the trolley.

I think it is a bit rich for her to complain that the op was "watching" her child, when 1] how the hell did the op know which car was hers? 2] the op left the building before she did.

I'd be precious if some randomer moved my baby and rolled their eyes at me when I got upset Easiest way to prevent that is not leave your trolley, with baby in it, unattended.

she was feeling protective of her baby Again, not protective enough to actually watch her child. You don't get to wonder off & leave your baby unattended, then be "protective" when some moves your trolley a couple of inches.

KoalaDownUnder · 17/04/2016 06:46

Wtf have 'the horror stories in the news' got to do with moving a trolley a few inches?? Confused

They're not the same thing at all. People are being utterly hysterical.

ProfessorPreciseaBug · 17/04/2016 07:14

If you really want to cause trouble.. report her reg no to social security for abandoning he child in a public place... Hints of child neglect...

AugustaFinkNottle · 17/04/2016 07:22

I don't think it's ever acceptable to move anyone's kids and that you should have waited or got the rest of your stuff and came back on the way to the till.

So the rest of the supermarket's customers have to inconvenience themselves rather than move a trolley holding someone's little prince that has been left obstructing their access? Really? Or maybe we should all just leave the shop rather than inconvenience parents and their PFBs?

Sanchar · 17/04/2016 07:42

She sounds nuts!

Keep your eyes peeled for your photo appearing on Facebook alongside a warning about kidnappers.

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