Shops are not playgrounds

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Wish some parents would understand that shops are not playgrounds! Kids play with the toys, swing on the barriers, run around etc.

This is obviously more an issue when the schools are on holiday.

Jaysus. And I thought working in Claire's Accessories was bad.

Friday afternoon I was in B&Q. It was especially busy being it’s a bh weekend and helpfully they have one solitary self serve till open and no manned ones at all.
The queue is five deep whilst a woman with two kids under five decided it was the perfect time to performance parent a bit of gardening. She stood there smiling away whilst trying to get a very distracted child to scan the plants they had chosen. Child was more interested in the M&M machine. I was a bit bemused by it all and so was the assistant who eventually went over to ‘help’ get her out of the way. Unfortunately this only encouraged the woman who then had the kid telling the ‘nice lady what you’ve chosen!’

finally a second self serve till was opened. By the time I got through and paid the woman was just about to finish when I heard her say ‘ohh I forgot these! Can you help me?’ As she waved two rolls of weed control fabric at the exasperated assistant. Not even joking when I say there was an audible groan from what remained of the queue.

Time and a place and that wasn’t it. Reinforced why I shop online wherever possible though 😂

Ikea is definitely a great playground.

To be fair I think kids have as much right to ride a scooter as the next person, they're not prolific killers

Hopefully, not in shops though?

They're not killing people in shops now are they?

My elderly neighbour was knocked to the ground by a kid rollerskating. He didnt even stop. She broke her hip and didn't recover. She died of pneumonia.

Her injury and subsequent death should have made it into the media. People who die from resulting from being run over by mobility scooters do like this https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-65383596

No, they should just BUY their Frozen Yoghurt at the supermarket and then take it home to have it. (the yoghurt)

https://www.ifancyasnog.com/stores

Not in a shop though?

Not in a supermarket though,,
The M6 might be a better bet 🤣

I saw a couple having a full on smooch in the military prison block exhibition at Edinburgh castle yesterday. I think they will pretty much do it anywhere 🤷‍♀️

I work in a maccys

Had exactly the same thing-i don't mind if say,mum needs to nip to the loo (I have children and a piss in peace is a luxury) or dad needs to take his ds to the toliet but feels he can't take his dd into the gents

I'll cheerfully sit with the child(ren)

It's the 'keep an eye on them,I'll only be an hour or so,they are well behaved' I refuse to do

Happens more than anyone thinks

YANBU. Last year a kid was being encouraged by his indulgent mummy to push the trolly which was far too big and heavy for him to control. He slammed it into me. I have a hidden disability involving a lot of pain and it was excruciating. I swore at him (pure reflex - I didn't know until I turned around that it was a child). Mummy wasn't impressed.

@Allfur no one should be riding a scooter in a shop, including children

I’ve often seen kids on scooters in supermarkets. IMO they shouldn’t be allowed - young children are so often apparently incapable of looking where they’re going.

Ikea is the worst. Kids all over the sofas and beds. Parents ignore. They might as well bring a picnic and use the dining room set ups for a nice environment.

Carpet shops were my absolute favourite as a kid, I was lucky my parents renovated a lot of houses! Always wondered if it was just me

Fully understand.
Cannot stand Bank Holidays.

Apparently it is not unknown for small children to use the bathroom displays to relieve themselves!

I used to work in a department store and the number of times I heard a parent tell the kids to go play with the toys (so they could shop in peace) was unbelievable. We'd often find toys ripped out of boxes and dumped on the floor.

Trying to stop kids playing with a display scooter was a nightmare, and the shit a colleague had once when she tried to stop a kid from falling down the escalator.... 🙄

Even now, in a food shop, the amount of parents who think it's ok for their kids to bring in wheelie shoes, scooters and even a bike!!!!

We had to dodge the early teen girls in Matalan’s recently on their skates zooming up and down the aisles.

Blame gentle parenting.

Yet

@Allfur some brat smashing someone in the shins with a scooter or bike could cause serious injury, particularly to an elderly person just trying to shop in peace.