Taking a sick child to a supermarket carrying a bowl to be sick in

[Auburngal]

My mum saw this at the supermarket. Child was about 6 at a guess. He looked sick and was carrying a bowl with some sick in it.

Supermarkets are open longer, have food couriers (Just Eat etc) and supermarkets' own food couriers - Sainsburys ChopChop, Tesco Express Whoosh and now supermarkets offer later day deliveries. Plus the mum could have messaged a friend, relative etc to pick up some food items to tie her over til child is well enough. I know the food couriers charge a lot more. We had a customer a few days ago on the food courier service we have ordering one loaf of bread costing 80p in the store and cost them £4.10!

I'm sure the mum wasn't all alone - no contact with anyone who could help. Plus there are local FB groups - Spotted.... I bet someone would respond to her pleas.

Fellow shoppers and my mum were horrified with sight. Not sure if anyone said anything to the mum. My mum was worried that people could pick up the bug the boy was carrying. Mum doesn't know if he touched anything in the store.

Would you drag your DC if they were throwing up in a supermarket?

I expect he’d been unwell whilst they were out. For all you know they’d just had a three hour car drive or something. I think you’ve made a lot of assumptions!!! You and your mum sound a bit curtain twitchy tbh.

Pp said they are NOT finding the mothers situation hilarious.

Just to add I'm more disgusted that so few people would approach the Mum and offer assistance (if they were able) than seeing a sick child in a shop who's mother could be in a desperate situation. All the tutting and judging is pathetic.

No way. That's really unhygienic. Child could pass on germs to someone vulnerable. In this day and age she could get an Internet shop.

My daughter has just been off school all week with a sickness bug… vomiting Sunday night through to Wednesday evening. I’ve popped out for bread a few times as it’s all she could stomach…. There’s no way I’d have dragged her with me round the supermarket with a
bucket !!
I struggle to believe someone would have no one in these circumstances! My DD is old enough to leave for half hour though, but if she wasn’t I’d have asked a friend or even knocked a neighbours door. But again I’m lucky to have nice neighbours who would help if needed and who I have shopped for too in the past.

Not where I live. Click and collect from Asda is free regardless if its same day or not 😊

No, not all villages have a local shop. Why are you assuming she has a car?

Hmm when I was younger my family were far away my husband would maybe be overseas , I did get incidents when they both unwell at the same time , it was awful having to get out of bath to clean up vomit 😭 . I can say I was lucky I never have been in a position where I've had to take them out whilst sick , but I can see how it can happen (school gates ) .
I had very good friends who always helped each other out and they were close by , I wouldn't judge to quickly .

It’s not ideal but sometimes needs must…. Not every picture tells the most obvious story.

I can’t even think about food if I have a sickness bug let alone be in a fucking supermarket surrounded by it. Poor kid.

Maybe she was picking up a prescription for said sick child.

This. Perhaps this Mum didn't know though.

I live semi rurally. There are four co-ops within 3 miles in different directions. I cannot get home delivery. Don't assume that because you can, everyone can.

Is it inconceivable to think that some people don’t have cars? Around 22% of households in fact.

'The kid arrived ill. Mum brought a bowl for said kid to throw up in.
They didn’t suddenly become ill in the supermarket !'

Well we don't actually know that. Supermarkets sell bowls! I wouldn't like to be the cashier who had to scan it though

If the Mum deliberately took this unwell child on public transport, that’s even worse. That poor child, forced to sit there vomiting into a bowl. 🙁

It’s not the same as getting travel sick during a journey-a child being forced to get on the bus carrying a sick bowl is so humiliating. The Mum could have at least given them bags. Better still, not forced them to travel.

I really hope that this didn’t happen.

Perhaps her neighbor's didn't want to look after a vomiting child. Perhaps her colleagues were at work.
I can remember when DS had chicken pox and no food. Thankfully neighbor's gave me some bread and ham but I wouldn't have expected them look after my poorly child.
It does sound totally vile though. Not something I'd want to see doing the weekly shop.

It’s nobody’s business. Who are you to judge? Yes it’s a tad grim but move on. It doesn’t concern you and I’m sure the person it did concern was trying their absolute best as a parent that day. Germs are always around. Who’s to say the packet of biscuits you picked up to take home didn’t have microscopic poo or snot particles on? I work in a school and everything is going around constantly. It’s pot luck and hoping your immune system is in good nick. Precious much?

Poor kid could be having chemo or other treatment and NOT be contageous. But welcome to mumsnet where many come ro jump to conclusions, castigate… why must we assume everyone is doing something wrong?

Whatever the reasons there is no excuse for talking a vomiting child into a supermarket.

I work from home...also home educate...I know and talk to absolutely nobody cos I detest people...not everyone has someone and posts like this doesn't make me like people at all...who are you to assume anything...just do your shop and mind your business and stop judging...parents have a hard enough time with being judged doing their shopping ....I don't drive...so click and collect is not an option...I have just moved here so don't know neighbours...parents etc...not everything is nlack and white.

Oh my goodness. Im sure not many parents want to take a child to the supermarket being sick.

It still baffles me how people in here cant see that other people are in situations different to their own. Not everyone has family local to call on, not everyone had friends who will drop everything to look after a sick child.

If i saw that, i would feel sorry for them to be in this situation - not be all judgy and horrible.

No, I would not do this, but I guess I have options, so I wouldn't be overly judgemental of others. Mind my own business, I guess.

My mum probably would have (and most likely has) done this. She was a great mum, and she would only have done it bc she had many conflicting responsibilities. You have to make a choice, hay ho it's the wrong one, but stress does that.

We really do over think this stuff these days, perhaps if our lives get properly though we'll stop over examining everything and concentrate on our own shit.

Don't be ridiculous! Of course there are reasons!

Agreed. In fact, the lack of imagination is harder to imagine than the thing the person without the imagination is finding difficult to imagine! IYSWIM