was it unreasonable to ask a mum with 3 children to...

[whiskeyandbeer]

get out of the self checkout lane in superquinn (10 items or less) when she had a full trolley of shopping?
and then be wholly unmoved when she made some sort of defence along the lines of "for gods sake i'm trying to do a shop with three children with me".

perhaps you could just have asked her if you could nip in front of her while she put her items on the conveyor

Orangehead, you put a basket inside your trolley, then at the pay point, take basket out of trolley and put goods on conveyor belt.

I've been asked to leave the self-scan queue - I had a trolley with ds in the seat and about three items in it (like milk, apples and nappies)

next time I put a basket inside the trolley . Ha ha!

Am thinking of using the self-check/basket lanes with a trolley of only ten items as I'm prgt and really can't carry a basket atm -my backs feels like it's going to explode.
Not sure what reaction I'm going to get

(I do large internet shop for heavy items and buy fresh meat/veg so never really more than ten items. + I've then got to lift it in the car and out again)

I go shopping with a mad two year old and five year old with Aspergers. I am lucky that they both enjoy the supermarket and I take them when they are not too tired and with promises of Starbucks afterwards, but I wouldn't use the 10 items or less queue with them if I had a full trolley.

It's high time supermarkets started running supervised creches for those of us forced to take little ones round. I find it deeply traumatic and I end up with all the wrong shopping and too little of it.

I would happily pay a fiver or so for a creche for an hour. I would also spend more money in the supermarket and I may even visit the supermarket when I don't really need to in order to get an hour off.

you are a man whiskyandbeer? Must be a chap thing then as my DH has done exactly the same thing . He pointed out to the person in front the item was a 10 item queue - didnt get a mouthful, just a blank look. Whereas i just mutter annoyed to myself

Of course stleger you have the English Market, which is fab! dsis always brings up lovely cheeses and stuff from there!

superquinn did have a creche. Don't know if they still do. I use ds1 to watch ds3 while I'm measuring out my mushrooms!

I was asked to move from the self scan once when I had MIL in her wheelchair, and a few items in the trolley attached to the wheelchair

Spidermama, the first supermarket that offers a creche gets my undying loyalty as long as the DCs are small. I hate shopping with them, absolute nightmare.

Our local ASDA store has a creche, I've never used it.

aloha get tip

safeways used to have a brilliant creche. but then was taken over by morrisons and in its re-branding it disapearred.
i even used to choose safeways over waitrose as it ahd a creche, as in those days was a sahm so dh wasn't very understanding of the stress casued tkaing littleones food shopping so would moan about looking after kids on his 'day off' needless to say i have since whipped him into shape and we do an online shop and anything else i email him to pick up on his way home.

but in answer to origioanl question, if mum in question was already scaning said trolley, was a bit unreasonable to ask her to not as she would then have caused you more delay by abandoning shop and walking off! as i would have doen if had to go shopping with 3 kids and then be confronted by someone for using 'wrong lane'!

All supermarket creches in Cork seem to have closed - dunno if Superquinn still do them? (Our local farmer's market has a stall selling bananas - we are so lucky down here!)

I am now drooling at the thought of Superquinn sausages. NOTHING tastes as good - unfortunately I am in Sydney!