Supermarket trollies... AIBU

[LK2boyzma]

I think that parents/ adults should not be allowed to put older children inside supermarket trollies for health and safety reasons. I am a bit OCD and this totally winds me up. These little shoes go into toilets, step on all sorts including spit whilst walking out and about then they come to the supermarkets and get to stand in the trolley with the same shoes on! 😳
AIBU to think this should be a no no!

[WhiskersAndPaws]

Trollies aren't sterile. Your anxiety is disproportionate as this is really only a personal issue for you and no one else.

[imnotreally]

Itsmine if you've met one autistic child you've met one autistic child. What your friends child can cope with has no bearing on what another autistic child can manage.

[TwatbadgingCuntfuckery]

There is a risk with everything we do. I assess that risk.

DC is sat down in the trolley. Just sat there. Its a bit like chucking in a whole weekly shop filling the trolley only my DC is lighter.

Its when kids stand, jump up and down or swing themselves about in it to make them move that accidents happen because they are shifting the centre of gravity and making them unstable.

If DC rocked back and forth or behaved in an unsafe manner - throwing their arms out, leaning over the side etc - I would not do it. But because DC sits in there calmly I did. A child sat in there is no more likely to topple the trolley than one heavily laden with shopping.

If my child just sat there will cause a trolley to topple then it will do so with shopping in it meaning they are unsafe for anyone to use and its would be even more risky to put two kids in the seat bit because they are that much further off the floor.

as for walking my DC round? hahaha! seriously. DC would fight not to go into a shop. Would lay on the ground like a dead weight and I couldn't shift them. Would kick and scream not to go in so yeah... I could've tried to walk DC in but it wasn't going to happen and we would've ended up living on junk from the corner shop because that's the only place we could WALK into without a meltdown.

nearly 10 years down the line we still have issues. We can manage around 15 minutes in a shop with precautions - ear defenders etc - before it gets too much. Yes, that's a flippin miracle for us. There are some shops that we still cannot go in even with an adult to hold each hand and precautions in place to lower over stimulation.

[TwatbadgingCuntfuckery]

More trolleys that will accommodate people with different needs this is absolutely essential. But its also important to educate people who don't need them to not use them.

[LK2boyzma]

Gettingbythistime:
so true about stuff you can pick up and bring onto kitchen worktops via the packaged foods!

Arabellalady:
thanks for the link. I will def look into those bags. I love them already..

Crocodillian:
I do politely ask the staff to clean the conveyor belt when I am not happy with it and they have kindly sprayed and wiped it clean! 🙈

[MissKatieVictoria]

AS a fello OCD sufferer, it does bother me yes! I do understand though that i am the major minority and 99% of people wouldn't find issue with it, i have never and would never say anything to said parent, as who knows what they go through, if we all manage to get through our days, that will do me. I know i have to accept the other "stuff" on trolleys, but i will still not use that particular one if im getting one as that parent is putting it back. If i get it next time, who knows, but knowing it has been used like that i can't use it, where as not knowing, can't hurt you.