What were Morrison's thinking?

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Don't know if this is just our Morrison's, or Nationwide, but it's wrong for so many reasons...

http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/16073499.MorrisonswilllhavemumssonlycheckoutssforMotherrs_Day/

I like to see the kids with bunches of daffs and home made cards. Mum died ten years ago but I knew she would have smiled at that too.

Sadly we (mostly) all miss our mums when they aren't there, so let other people enjoy the little things that make them smile on mothers day. Let them make a fuss of the mums they have.

Shame it's not free chocolate!

I never take DC shopping with me, if I wanted to use the Mum lane today what would I have to do?

Show them my internal tearing from childbirth?

Tbf the last thing I want to be doing to celebrate MD is doing the weekly shop! The dh can do It.

I'll be shopping today. And moving furniture around. And probably some cleaning.

Don't patronise me with fake sympathy. I have no need of it. I'm happy with my day as planned.

Why do a minority people need sympathy for going fucking shopping?

How do you evidence that you are a mum though? I don’t generally walk around with birth certificates

Do we get a free bottle of gin?

Do you have to show your episiotomy/c-section scars at the checkout?

A supermarket does something nice - yes, I know it's a marketing ploy, still nice though - and gets slammed for it. Some people can suck the joy out of anything.

Of course some mums will have to shop today its not a surprise! Mothers will be working too its not a guarenteed day off from everything for every mum.

Its a nice gesture even though its a marketing tool to pander to mums for one day in the year. And who could get upset at being given a flower? Wish ours was closer as i need some bits but will have to make do with local shop today as i am working soon.

You dont have to use that check out if it offends you that much there are plenty others.

Its Mothers Day. Not every woman is a mother but thats not the fault of those who are and they shouldnt have to apologise for it. The shops are full of MD tat, a single check out is hardly going to send those that arent mums running amok in the shop in a rage.

its a harmless business idea to celebrate mothers day

Not really that harmless to the woman who's jut found out she's had another failed round of IVF, or another miscarriage though is it?

Surely by being with your kids is how you will prove it? And if your not then just don't use it? Remember not all of us have people to celebrate it with today so some of us will be going shopping like its a normal day.

Not everyone celebrates Easter, Christmas etc but we don't ban father Christmas booths, or easter eggs in shops, I do understand those who have lost their mums etc may find this hard, but maybe we should use it as a time to reflect and remember them. I do that on fathers day since my dad passed away, its still fathers day, still a time to remember and be thankful for what he did when he was around.

Should be quite easy to spot the mums at the checkout, they are the ones with the halos

Struggling with infertility myself and lost both my birth and adopted mum, it’s a really shit day for me but I don’t begrudge anyone else enjoying it and I try to avoid as much of the marketing stuff as possible so definitely wouldn’t be in a supermarket today anyway. I do have a wonderful MIL and am grateful for that, but I let DP do the card and flowers buying. I teach so have had to help children make their cards this week anyway, we can’t avoid it completely. It’s a day that exists and comes round every year, it’s got easier in the 5 years since mum died and I am lucky to have happy memories to look back on. Mum died at Christmas, I can’t get furious with the world for still having special Christmas things (well internally I can and sometimes do, the overwhelming anger that comes with grief has floored me at times, but it’s my issue not the world at large’s).

Pretty sure if I were a mum I wouldn’t want to be in Morrisons today but those that are may well appreciate the gesture (or be horrified by the prospect of extra chattiness!)

I miss my mum every single day. Other people enjoying Mothers' Day makes me smile and remember how much she enjoyed it.

You dont have to use that check out if it offends you that much there are plenty others.
This may not be strictly true. There were precisely two checkouts open when I was there yesterday - and pretty big queues.

I'm at a loss as to how scanning the items quickly so that the mum can get home earlier - and being extra chatty, entertaining the kids and showing them how the tills work will mesh together. That second bit sounds rather slow to me.

When dad died, yes it was raw to see people out with their dad's but I can hardly demand that everyone else hides their dad under the stairs until I stopped feeling so bloody sad/angry/'it's not fair, I want my dad!'.

Well probably most of the staff who work at Morrisons on Sundays are mums who have taken a weekend job to make ends meet! If their kids pop in to see them are they allowed 5 minutes away from their checkout? I doubt it!!

Whats that got to do with anything?
How patronising. Many of the women i know who work in M work during the week as well they dont have a 'little weekend job to make ends meet'.
I am working 8 hours today should i expect my work to let me go home for time with my kids? I will be too busy serving sunday lunch/ tea to all the other mums who are being taken out today like the rest of the mums i work with.😀

Mothers day is a nice idea its nice that some mums get pampered but not all of us can sit at home being waited on all day. Its just life.

I like it, I don't have my mum any more but I have children. I am so sick of being sidelined in case some twat is offended. I am offended by all sorts of stuff daily but so what!! That's life.

I hope no mother has to go and do the weekly bloody shop today.

Okay; I was somewhat in agreement that Mother's Day happens every year and although it will open wounds for some people who don't have mothers or can't become mothers; it's one of those things. There are ways of coping; avoiding Morrison's today might be one if you need too.

But but maybe we should use it as a time to reflect and remember them. that's a remarkably ill thought through comment. Do you think people in those situations bumble through life not remembering or reflecting on any other day? And Mother's Day could just be a convenient reminder?

Honestly there's a lot of angst around this. There needn't be. As you are with everyone else, be mindful of other people. Enjoy your own day. If you want to go throw a street party; do it. If you're ignoring it for whatever reason, keep busy. It's one day. It happens every year. It gets better; with time, to a certain extent.

Although, unless they’re going to have a special dads’ checkout on Father’s Day I can see how it’s reenforcing the idea that it’s the mums who do the shopping - but then they know their market best and I expect it’s unfortunately true that it’s still the woman’s job in most families.

Not really that harmless to the woman who's jut found out she's had another failed round of IVF, or another miscarriage though is it?

It's desperately sad for those women who have to go through those traumas but Mother's Day has been around a long time and will continue to come round once a year.

I see absolutely nothing wrong with this.

Yeah willow so will my kids apart from one down south. Probably won't see any of them today. Other mothers will see them instead. Tempted to show up for lunch😁