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To buy one of those pensioner shopping trolleys?

143 replies

PosieParkerIsAHero · 17/12/2019 08:15

Am going to finish my Xmas shopping.

Am 34

Dont drive.

Anticipate dragging a lot of bags around and am tired and really cba

AIBU to buy a granny trolley at my age?

OP posts:
rslsys · 17/12/2019 09:34

You can get a huge, shiny metal trolly from Aldi for £1 - you don't even have to go in the shop to get it!

Dontsweatthelittlestuff · 17/12/2019 09:34

The wheels on the collapsible ones don’t last long so i would spend a bit more. Mine was £20 and very like the Argos one but all black rather than pokadot.

WorraLiberty · 17/12/2019 09:37

You can get a huge, shiny metal trolly from Aldi for £1 - you don't even have to go in the shop to get it!

Yes but you'd look like a bit of a prick trying to get it on the bus Grin

HeronLanyon · 17/12/2019 09:43

I spent some time looking at these just last week! Central London don’t drive (other than car club) and tired of schlepping back with heavy bags. I’ve decided I don’t give a damn what anyone thinks. Just trying to find one which attaches to shopping trolley as my local supermarket has reported thefts of trolleys left by tills area whilst shopper shops !!
Bought a cheap one some years ago - bad mistake the thin nylon rubbed through after only a few trips. Not getting one you can sit on just yet nor a tartan one nor one with stair wheels (bulky!).
I damaged my elbows (tennis elbow) when I had a mad march brexit box shopping frenzy. Tins are heavy !!! Looks as though we may need brexit stash again and definitely using a trolley.

CruCru · 17/12/2019 09:45

I think this is mine. It’s especially useful on the last day of term when all the books and artwork come home and on sports day.

lotusbell · 17/12/2019 09:48

Those that have them can we have links please? Not quite ready to invest 80+quid yet but considering a lighter cheaper alternative as I use public transport for shopping and it's really help.

LittleOwl153 · 17/12/2019 09:54

Had mine from IKEA a few years back aged about 30, still. Use it now in the market etc. Got for it. Mine is navy with white spots!

yunalis · 17/12/2019 10:05

cru that one looks great! Folds really small.

I have this reisenthel one

My (older!) sister won't go anywhere with me if I have it 😂

TryTry123 · 17/12/2019 10:11

Hi, l got one from Ikea, am not not near 60s yet. It's great. I do feel self conscious but no one else seems bothered. I think a black one will blend into the background more. It is freeing, as l get no unwanted male attention on public transport when l have it. It feels great walking home and not having sore arms and brill for carrying tins.

LaDilettante · 17/12/2019 10:13

OP, thank you! I’ve been thinking about getting one because I don’t drive, they’re practical and I don’t give a toss what people think. I’m joining the granny trolley movement!

LillianGish · 17/12/2019 10:25

I live in Paris and everyone has them - no one does their shopping by car here so they are essential (and much more environmentally friendly).

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 17/12/2019 11:06

I saw a good robust one in Lidl the other day in their Magical Aisle Of Wonder and I would have been very tempted had I had the money. I don't remember the price - I think it was very reasonable for what it was (maybe £20-30), but just don't have that money available right now.

It was more like a festival trolley with a big rigid bag on it than a 'traditional' floral shopping trolley like your Nan would have. Not that it should matter at all, but I think the ones you pull behind you don't look nearly as 'uncool' as the ones you push in front of you.

I couldn't find a link for it in Lidl UK - this is it from their German website, but it's the same one.

www.lidl.de/de/topmove-einkaufstrolley/p317671?searchTrackingQuery=topmove&searchTrackingId=Product.317671&searchTrackingPos=21&searchTrackingOrigPos=15&searchTrackingRelevancy=97.3&searchTrackingPage=1&searchTrackingPageSize=36&searchTrackingOrigPageSize=36

My DGM is housebound now, but for a number of years, she had a 'Sholley' (I think they're called). She kept a few bricks permanently in the bottom of it and used it as a supportive walking aid as well as a trolley and, as such, she took it everywhere out with her, whether she was shopping or not. She also started to use it in the house when her walking and steadiness deteriorated.

PosieParkerIsAHero · 17/12/2019 16:01

Going to get this one for future shopping trips

To buy one of those pensioner shopping trolleys?
OP posts:
hazeyjane · 17/12/2019 16:08

Audrey

To buy one of those pensioner shopping trolleys?
Fairyliz · 17/12/2019 16:21

DD 22 lives in a city and uses her trolley case when she goes to Aldi. She says people will think she has been away for a few days when they see her with that, rather than look like a granny

Ocomeocomeimaginaryfleas · 17/12/2019 16:23

Oh come on. Traditionally 95 of the people I see with them are elderly ladies.

Define elderly.

SciFiScream · 17/12/2019 16:32

I have inherited my MIL's one (we bought her it and chose it based on the fact we knew we'd have it back too soon sadly).

I use it for my work. It's great for carrying pull-up banners around and the other bits and bobs you need for a stall.

The one you've chosen looks like it has similar wheels to ours, it's sturdy, well-balanced and easy to use.

DO IT!

LifeBeginsNow · 17/12/2019 16:34

Is there such a thing as one of these but with a seat so I can sit on it when out and about? My DH seems really reluctant for me to use a wheelchair but I struggle with walking and high pain after a while so a little rest would be ideal.

SomeoneInTheLaaaaaounge · 17/12/2019 16:35

They are all over Shoreditch!

Ocomeocomeimaginaryfleas · 17/12/2019 16:46

Unlikely, @LifeBeginsNow as they might overbalance, but what about a mobility scooter with a basket? Not sure what your DH's objection to a wheelchair might be, but perhaps you would both feel more comfortable with you driving yourself on a scooter.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 17/12/2019 16:52

I'm 58, live in London, don't drive, have had a shopping trolley for 10 years or more. No idea whether anyone has ever found this amusing or thought less of me as a result - why would I care? I use it because it's extremely convenient and I don't strain my arms with heavy bags.

Some pretty nasty ageism and sexism going on here, tbh. What's so dreadful about being an older woman?

Sweetpea55 · 17/12/2019 17:26

Iv never regretted having one. Soooooo much easier than carting carrier bags around. And I'm not old either

nettie434 · 17/12/2019 17:35

Oh come on. Traditionally 95 of the people I see with them are elderly ladies.

I remember reading about two young women who made a killing designing fashionable shopping trollies. I buy nearly everything online but I would use one if I didn't. Mind you, I might come into your 'elderly lady' category Grin.

Seeing your username I am wondering whether there is a market for 'adult human female' shopping trollies.

(On phone so harder to RTFT - apologies if anyone has already suggested this)

MitziK · 17/12/2019 17:42

I've had three - one a proper old lady tartan rectangular one with 4 wheels and a metal frame - the uber cool DD thought it was a genius idea and would volunteer to push it once the tartan insert had been removed (which I was fine with).

Then one with bird print from IKEA. That disintegrated in the end as it had such hard use.

Then a collapsible crate one - which was my favourite, mainly because it was exactly the right size to hold a practice amp for gigs. The last was stolen from outside the front door in the 30 seconds it took me to carry the £800 amp inside. So it was obviously appealing to somebody young enough to run round the corner with it even when empty. Bastard.

I'm now getting to the 'right age' to have one. I don't give a shiny shite about what anybody else thinks about it/me, it means less unnecessary plastic and, more importantly, no fucked up shoulder, back and elbows from carrying too much stuff home from the market. Environmentally friendly (well, more so than carrier bags or a car - can't afford a basket type one), less physical effort involved so good for being disabled, kids don't associate them with anything but not having to carry the potatoes home in a shitty plastic carrier that splits ten yards down the road or cuts into your hands with the five others you're already carrying to help Mum out - everyone's a winner.

DP staggered in from the shops a few months ago with heavy bags and said, once he had collapsed on the settee and whinged about how much his shoulders hurt, that we should really think about getting 'one of those shopping trollies, because Grandma had the right idea' when she'd get him to do her shopping with one when he was 16.

If it's acceptable to a 42 year old punk guitarist, I'm pretty sure everybody else can handle it.