The carts of entitlement...

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They are huge carts. On wheels. With a sort of pulley handle. That have started appearing. Left in front of every exhibit, in every zoo, museum, kids activity in general....dragged along by smug middle class dads usually, who are of course the first people on earth to ever have children...cos little Araminta and Finn might DIE if we don't lug ten tons of their crap around with us for one single day out somewhere. What the hell are these things in aid of? What have you even got in there? You look at the kids, they are like 9 years old, can they not carry a little backpack? Just awful.

Aren't they for wheeling all your crap down to the beach in Newquay?

I think I've only ever seen a couple of these at the zoo actually and they look like a good idea.

Obviously people shouldn't be leaving them in the way, but they've been doing that with prams and buggies for decades anyway.

And at festivals - the parents just look like pack horses whilst pulling them along without a thought for anyone else.

I've considered one of these, though never taken the plunge

I think they're a good idea, when used alongside common sense and consideration for others

I'll take them over those big metal ones with engines, any day

I like them and they're very popular in Holland.

I'm working class by the way.

I thought they were for the kids to ride in?

Op, huge cars are everywhere too, you don't mind them?

But cars aren't parked right in front of the glass panel, are they, in the zoo, when we all want to see the lion/gorilla/whatever?

Literally nothing to do with cars

These are a nightmare on buses they cram the aisle

Wtf has this got to do with cars?

YANBU OP.

I have seen a lot of them on our local beach where there is plenty of room and they are no problem

Op, cars and carts are both modes of transport to move things, and people, except one is far more harmful than the other.

We have one and it’s great for my dd who is too old to go in a pram/doesn’t want to go in a pram but she’s 3 so too young to walk far with backpack yet. We take it on days out and to the beach, but don’t block exhibits and wouldn’t take it to an indoor attraction or take it in a bus.

Oh I love mine!
I'm not a dad, nor am I middle class, and I don't think I'm smug.

I bring ours camping or to the beach to help lug all our stuff around. Not sure I'd take it on a normal day trip though as I don't tend to carry that much stuff.

I'd have loved one when my triplets were little. Better than the monstrous pushchair.

We have one (had it for like 8 years) that we use for the beach as there is just so much to carry (buggy boards, tent, mats, wind brakes, picnic etc). We have taken it to theme parks in the past but not now DC are old enough to have a backpack.
Not seen them in museums etc!

Only on MN is a 3 year old too old for a buggy

I've also used it to get my shopping home on a couple of occasions instead of taking the car as I can drag along more bags than I could carry.

I’m not sure what you mean- but I think I want one! Please can someone link? I’m a non-driver and usually carry huge backpacks for days out.

Gee thanks for that explanation there. Cars and carts eh? They both 'move things' you say?

Christ no! I'm putting the idea in peoples heads 🤣

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/7989825

Think I got mine from Tesco and paid about £30

Zoos are awful so you've lost my vote