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 🍷

My Facebook memories show that I have commented on this several years running so you are definitely not being unreasonable 😀

DP offered to come with me to the supermarket last night. I know how much of an obstacle he creates standing in the middle of aisles looking gormless so I declined. He did have to help bringing everything in from the car and putting it away though.

I once was nearly decked by a woman who had brought her teenage daughter Christmas food shopping and they were blocking a very crowded aisle. My face had said something that my mouth did not 😳

DH used to have his own business and Christmas was 12 hour days, so there was no choice but to take the children, before the days of online.

I wish people wouldn’t park trolleys so that no one can get to the shelves. That, and children running around loose, is annoying. I feel sorry for the staff though. I’d probably be tetchy with customers.

Yes but that in itself will depend on the person. Each parent will have a very definition of what is old enough to be at home.

Yip. 3 24 hour Asda within driving distance - good old Scotland!

I could of written this having arrived home from M&S at 15:00 with the exact same thoughts

Husband is a butcher so have to take the kids with me because he's got a 60+ hour work week. 🙄

lol I’ve had to post this multiple times as clearly folk don’t RTFT. Welcome to Scotland !

Don't they close at 4 on a Sunday?

Some Asda in Scotland. Please see my other posts.

Maybe it was you in their way? People want to be with their families at Christmas.

Why so late? And why should shop assistants have to work till after ten, anyway?

No - never. Most aren’t open 24 hours and some are only open 24 hours because it’s Christmas. But most big stores are open til at least 10pm every day.

😂

I don’t know because I don’t make the rules.
Some people are happy to do the night shifts as it saves on childcare if their partner is home nights. My sister did night fill in Tesco for 8 years when her DC were young. Her DH was home 6pm - 8am and she got home about 730am, did school run then went to bed for a few hours.

I don’t think the op means 15 year olds. More bratty 6 year olds.

Probably someone's already mentioned it, but while it's one thing bringing kids, what's this insanity of providing kiddie trolleys for them to ram into the ankles of the crowds??

I can just about see the appeal at quieter times, but surely they could put the blasted things away when the places are likely to be stuffed with people?

Ha! I’ve just done Sainsbury’s and Asda and thought exactly the same. Passed one of the school mums having a full scale row with her husband and shuffled away quietly before she saw me 😂

Oh OK! I thought Sunday Trading law still applied though! (Can only trade for 6 hours on a Sunday.) I'm in Wales, so things may be different here.

No, she doesn't.

She's clarified this is specifically not about children too young to be home alone.

So that leaves teenagers basically.

I agree, though there's a high chance of me taking my DS tomorrow if our online delivery is missing anything important! It's probably the last option for many, I don't think the kids enjoy it either, and if they're like mine they'll let their parents know about it

What about feckless Dads that won't look after their own kids so Mum has no choice but to take them all so they actually get fed.

I don't take the whole family but DD loves to come Christmas food shopping with me.
She gets really excited to pick out the foods she likes. Its become a bit of a tradition for her to come with me.

Where is open after 4 on a Sunday in the UK unless it's a garage shop or a corner shop or a Tesco/Sainsburys convenience store, which are also much more expensive? Aldi, five minutes from me, is shut afaik.

I did what I always do get to the shop at 7.30ish by myself for the fresh stuff. DH does a lot of the booze, cheese, chocolate stuff, earlier in the week, the shelf stable stuff basically.

We used to shop as a family till the teenager decided she wants to have the TV and dog on the sofa for her own while we are struggling to find a parking place.
But it was nice to be somewhere full of Christmas lights, go through the items we wanted to get together, get something extra, sit down for coffee or milkshake, especially as the weather can be miserable outside.