To think that Xmas food shopping isn't a sodding family day out?

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Just been to M&S for final food shop and the bloody place was over run with entire families shopping together. Just why? If the kids are old enough to be left then they shouldn't be traipsing around and getting in the way when the place is crowded as it is at this time of year.

And as for people who can't drive the right way round a one way car park: kindly fuck off and don't drive if you can't follow road signs.

That's all. Now can someone please pass the 🍷

@loveawineloveacrisp I 💯 agree and just cannot understand it unless people genuinely have no alternative. But you’ll get a million responses about disability, SEN, teaching kids to budget and that some families enjoy it - fair enough the first 2 but for the other 2 - not a chance!

Im going at 10pm tonight for the last bits - have all the essentials so if I don’t get it tonight- it ain’t happening!

Not sure why SEN mentioned, I avoid taking my ASD kids to the supermarket at the best of times. Taking them at this time of year would be tortuous for them and me…

I agree although I kind of get the desperation with restless kids and this terrible weather. We've taken ours on pointless errands when it's too wet for the park.

@LostTheMarble because whole family shopping trips crops up every so often on here and one of the reasons people sometimes give is they find it hard to leave their DC with others owing to the DC’s SEN.

I disagree, I was in a supermarket earlier and saw a family out doing the food shop, kids were fully involved and choosing bits and bobs - it made me smile tbh, but I'm generally not bothered by other people's choice of who goes/doesn't go to the shops. I dont know why others are. Oh yes wait, it's because you want your experience to be made easier.

I agree about the car parking. Our local M&S has a tiny car park. The amount of people who can't park quickly is ridiculous.

YABU. They've as much right to be there as anyone else.

Maybe they are thinking their children might want to be involved in the shop and chose some items they like

The place was absolutely rammed. It's 3 days before Christmas. Of course I would prefer my shopping trip to be easier. I'd also quite like not to have some kid nearly take me out with his swinging arms near the tills.

Are you in Scotland? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

No we all needed to get out the house 🤣 we’ve all been bedridden for 10 days with flu.

I've just been to the supermarket with DD15 and her friend. Did I need them to come? No

But it's good for DD to see how much organisation and expense goes into hosting the wider family Christmas Day. She helped me pick and scan and it's good for her with her ADHD and ASD to be organised and ok with crowds.

I saw lots of people with their kids doing the same, maybe you should try a bit of patience OP.

Going to the supermarket is hardly ever a dedicated trip for us. DH usually gets it delivered but if we need to do a shop in person it's almost always at the end of a trip somewhere else we have all been together anyway so either we all go in in some people have to wait in a cold car.

@AnotherNameChange1234567 yes

Annoys me! I was queuing in the rain outside our local greengrocers today because there were so many couples and families in the tiny shop. If only one person from each, nobody would have had to queue in the wind and rain!

Bah humbug

If you believe that you have more rights to be in a supermarket than children and your needs are greater perhaps you could adjust your shopping habit 3 days before Xmas. Perhaps be there for the opening of the shop before it gets swarmed with children or late as possible before closing or better yet book a shopping slot for delivery next year. Perhaps you didn't want to book a slot because you want to pick your own items which is probably what those children wanted to do to

I had to pop to Tesco for something I couldn't get in Lidl. I went when it was hammering it down in the hope not too many people had ventured out. Whilst it was busy, it wasn't horrendous but I did say to DH, upon my return, that people had clearly taken an extra person/people with them and they were standing around like obelisks in the aisles getting in the way!

Online is the only way to roll.

DH and I like to both go so we can choose the food together. So we have to take our DC with us as they’re not old enough to be left at home alone!

I did an online shop for the main one. This was for stuff like pork pie & party food that you have to buy at the last minute due to use by dates.

Yabu. This isn't the middle of the pandemic anymore, maybe get an online shop yourself?

I've just come back from Waitrose and Aldi. Amazingly neither place was rammed and didn't see many kids trailing around.

Thankfully, I now have everything so I'm not planning on going to any supermarket until around 28th.

aaannd relax .. 😀

YANBU it's mynpet hate. Too many people in this country have to drag too many people round with them wherever they go instead of manning up and doing stuff on their own or in pairs like adults should.

The worst people for it are all the extra relatives taking up seats in A and E, doctors and salons, and then the clientscan't even get a seat! 😡

WTF has the pandemic got to do with it?