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Original poster

to be annoyed by people who let their kids run round supermarkets 'playing'

669 replies

ProperLavs · 26/07/2018 15:04

Actually screaming and running into people.
I had an interesting 'conversation' with a woman when i muttered for someone to stop them screaming and running around. This woman, who didn't actually have anything to do with the kids, who were roughly 4 and 2, told me they were only playing.

I told her it was a very busy supermarket and they shouldn't be playing here
She then muttered about some people having to take their children shopping. I told her I had had to take all of mine (6 under 8) and no they were't ever allowed to run round screaming whilst I ignored them.
Wtf is wrong with people?

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Queenofthedrivensnow · 26/07/2018 15:06

My children are not allowed to run around screaming. They are 5 and 8. One of our house rules is that we must be considerate of other people. I wouldn't have let them out of the trolley at 2!!!

HoleyCoMoley · 26/07/2018 15:07

Yes it's bloody annoying and dangerous, I've seen kids on scooters. It won't stop till someone gets knocked over and suffers a serious injury. We didn't do this as kids and there were 3 of us.

TheMonkeyMummy · 26/07/2018 15:08

What is up with this latest trend of kid bashing threads? Pools/streets now shops? Do people just hate kids during the holidays?

DGRossetti · 26/07/2018 15:09

I've seen kids on scooters.

I've seen a kid on a bike (aged 6-7. no stabilizers)

PullMyFingerPlease · 26/07/2018 15:10

I agree with you OP

runningkeenster · 26/07/2018 15:11

I agree too. As for the "needing" to take kids shopping, what about using online shopping. Who'd want to go shopping in this heat (30 degrees where I am) anyway? I am hiding indoors!

BlueBug45 · 26/07/2018 15:13

In the supermarkets I go to if the security guard catches a kid on a scooter or wheelies they get told to stop and their parents get told off.

And OP you are reasonable.

If kids are bored at the supermarket you engage them in the shopping process.

DieAntword · 26/07/2018 15:13

Never seen kids doing that in supermarkets. Sulking and tantruming to be bought stuff yes. Running around and playing no.

Course when I was a kid there was a crèche in the supermarket. Wish that was the norm now.

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ProperLavs · 26/07/2018 15:14

I hate kids running round places screaming when it isn't an appropriate place to run round screaming and I can't get away from them. These precious princes and princesses who are usually called 'babe' are allowed to do anything they want.

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SunsetOnTheHorizon · 26/07/2018 15:14

I agree. It's not a playground.

I have just come back from shopping with my 4 all under 8 and I was congratulated by a lovely old lady, saying how well behaved they are. Actually made my day as i was losing my rag with them this morning.

Bit of a stealth boast I know.

Gottokondo · 26/07/2018 15:15

What is up with this latest trend of kid bashing threads? Pools/streets now shops? Do people just hate kids during the holidays?

Oh, so you are one of those people. They aren't bashing or hating the children. They are fed up with people not parenting. There isn't anything wrong with the kids but parents should tell their kids how to behave. I realise that it doesn't always work but if the parents just don't care then that's really annoying.

TheLittleThingsLikeVodka · 26/07/2018 15:15

When I worked in retail (small clothes shop) a kid came in a scooter, knocked down a massive display, and then was shouted at by his mum for not being more careful, maybe it was because he didn’t look more than 6 and shouldn’t have been on the bloody scooter in the first place.
It’s dangerous for the kid, for the staff and for other shoppers.

SandyY2K · 26/07/2018 15:16

I agree with you. Some parents have no control over their kids.

I work in a public building and one child was on his scooter. I stood in front and stopped him.

His mum came over and I told her it was dangerous and he needed to stop. She wasn't happy...but I didn't care.

Cakietea · 26/07/2018 15:17

I’ve seen a small child run around a corner in the supermarket bang right into a trolley and cutting their head. The parent shouted at the woman innocently pushing the trolley...Hmm

And actually these aren’t anti child threads -they are anti piss poor parenting!

TheMonkeyMummy · 26/07/2018 15:20

I wondered how long it would be before someone started parent bashing.

You were all quicker than I thought.

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ProperLavs · 26/07/2018 15:20

it's horrendously enabling parenting. These wild non-parented and hugely entitled children come to places like my school and haven't got a clue how to behave because they've basically always been allowed to do anything they want. It makes life a nightmare.
I told this woman in the supermarket that 'no' I would;d never let my children do that because it was really unfair to make everyone else have to put up with it.
I have far more tolerance for screaming children who are grouchy and over tired.

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TrudeauGirl · 26/07/2018 15:20

I work in a large supermarket. I've asked a mother to not let a young child run down the alcohol aisle, moment later the child knocks a bottle of wine flying, and I get the pleasure of cleaning it up.

That could have been so dangerous for the child and the worst part is she didn't even care, or apologise.

No one should be running around a supermarket, regardless of age. It's dangerous to them and others.

LeighaJ · 26/07/2018 15:21

I use to work at a grocery store, no one is more annoyed by this then employees.

The kids playing inevitably break something, hurt themselves or others, run out the door into traffic etc and then the parents act like it's the stores fault rather than the fault of their shit parenting. Angry

It also you guessed it puts shoppers off which can lead to a store being less profitable if people speed shop to get away from the brats and forget things or don't stop to browse for extras. That mattered a lot at the store I worked at since it wasn't doing well and some were concerned it would be closed down.

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ProperLavs · 26/07/2018 15:21

shit parenting bashing you mean

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SunsetOnTheHorizon · 26/07/2018 15:24

Not parent bashing!

But, bad parenting equals child bashing... quite literally

RunMummyRun68 · 26/07/2018 15:25

hide and seek inside the shelves.....produce all squashed and pushed on the floor....

i work in a non food store....its just as bad. careless parents, it gets worse though. its increased over the years

HoleyCoMoley · 26/07/2018 15:27

It's just as bad on our buses, kids running up and down the bloody aisles, we got held up last week and all had to sit there in this heat while one reluctant mum was told to clean up the milkshake dc spilt over the seat and aisle because they were just playing.

TheMonkeyMummy · 26/07/2018 15:29

I have never seen anything like this. I have noticed a trend of threads of grouchy posts popping up as the weather gets hot and the schools break up. And buzz words are always lazy parenting, snowflakes, precious and entitled.

Just saying.

Racecardriver · 26/07/2018 15:30

YANBU. Children really shouldn't be allowed to behave like that at all because it is unpleasant and unnecessary.

Mercurial123 · 26/07/2018 15:30

Expecting your children to behave relatively well in public isn't parent bashing, some people take offense at anything. Of course children have tantrums but charging up and down aisles is dangerous and inconsiderate.