A local shop is refusing entry to single parents

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I feel completely enraged by this. With delivery and collection slots now going to the vulnerable (as they should) it’s becoming more difficult to buy essential shopping as it is.
To remove access to essential goods based on the person having a dependant they can’t leave at home is upsetting imo.
Surely this is discrimination?

Do you have an actual solution?

Yes- let single parents in with their children.

Your children are your problem. Sort it out.

That’s beautiful. Truly inspired.

Have you actually met a child?

I've got one and work with many. 90% of the time I prefer them and their company to most adults.

alloutoffucks I'm no longer a single parent but plenty of people who are don't have a support network. When i became single I lost many friends due to the fact I was single. You sound like you don't have a clue.

As long as I can continue to shop where I want for my kids it's not about shopping where they want. It's about shopping at all for things they need. You're deliberately missing the point or you're thick.

Your children are your problem. Sort it out.

What are single parents supposed to do with them then?

Yes- let single parents in with their children.

Then more people will die.

Yes- let single parents in with their children
Basically what i said then.

Just when this thread can't get any worse

"they are your children, go sort it out"

Obviously not a single parent or maybe even a parent

Cba with this thread anymore it's truly astounding the lack of any empathy towards a situation that many single mums are in. Oh well nevermind go sort it out solves it.

Mumsnet full of non maternal women.

NO we just understand how serious this epidemic is

Do you really think kids behave like adults in supermarkets? Have you actually met a child?
At the risk of repeating it again.
Have you watched how many times adults pick something up from.a shelf examine it then put it back? Do you think they only go and get exactly what the want and not look at or touch anything else? Open your eyes!

As long as I can continue to shop where I want for my kids

Not unreasonable considering your other suggestion is a petrol station shop...often barely enough to make a meal from and completely extortionate prices.
It's not unreasonable for people to want to shop somewhere affordable.

Then more people will die.

Oh for goodness sake...is this the level we're at now? This is ridiculous.

@Willow2017 Where I work hatlf I the staff still don't even wash their hands after using the toilet, much less more often than necessary.

So do single parents. You can't keep using 'There's an epidemic!!' (Equivalent of 'there's a war on') as justification to discriminate against a whole section of society.

What else are you prepared to justify, downplay, turn a blind eye to in order to serve the "greater good"

Get a grip of your anxiety and stop being frankly cruel and apthetic to others less fortunate in order to feel 'safer' I'm sick of this zimbardo attitude on MN.

By the way, is this measure official gov or scientific medical advisory guidance?

As long as I can continue to shop where I want for my kids.
No just as long as i can actually shop somewhere for food for my kids. There s a huge difference.

It’s going to be a lot more serious if some people can’t access food for their children and themselves isn’t it?

If all shops follow suit, that is going to be a massive problem. The fact you don’t understand why people are so concerned about this is alarming.

Then more people will die.

Nice. Single parents are directly responsible for killing people because they insist on bringing their “rats” on shopping sprees when they have loads of other options.

So what do you actually suggest single parents with no other options do to buy food?

Basically what i said then.

Did you miss the part where the shops aren’t allowing it? So people are suggesting alternatives? Which is what I was doing.

People do realise you are more likely to be infected by another adult than a child 🤦🏻‍♀️

Unless your licking the toy aisle, I have to be honest I don't see many children examining packets of quinoa and pasta 🤣 they much prefer the plastic tat and haribo at they grab level.

So just avoid handling them maybe yourself. Can't imagine single line professional who hates children is after a cbeebies magazine.

@73Sunglasslover
More families will die through starvation if they don’t have access to food.

There are those that believe that allowing single parents with kids to shop it will increase risk of infection. This is not proven and based on prejudice.
Families will die if they have their access removed to food, this is a fact.

*Then more people will die.

Oh for goodness sake...is this the level we're at now? This is ridiculous.*

Sadly, this is just a fact and we need to face that. I think anyone who objects to this statement is still in the denial stage of accepting what is happening.

Trying to keep their parents and grandparent and teachers etc. alive is not de-valuing kids, it's valuing them. The local community needs to pull together and support those who can't get to the shop for whatever reason - and I think there are groups setting up everywhere to do just that.

'@73Sunglasslover
More families will die through starvation if they don’t have access to food.

There are those that believe that allowing single parents with kids to shop it will increase risk of infection. This is not proven and based on prejudice.
Families will die if they have their access removed to food, this is a fact.'

Of course they need to eat! But going shopping yourself is not the only way to get food in.

We have much evidence that children like to touch things and that their hygiene is poorer than adults. This is not prejudice at all by any stretch of the imagination.

'People do realise you are more likely to be infected by another adult than a child 🤦🏻‍♀️'

Children can carry without showing symtoms. What makes you say this?

What’s your solution to feeding the families that can’t get to the shop then 73sunglasslover?

I mean if it’s about people touching things then really they need to shut all the shops and go entirely delivery and click & collect.

Oh for goodness sake...is this the level we're at now? This is ridiculous.

It would be if it wasn't true.