To let DD eat a few grapes in the supermarket?

[LimburgseVlaai]

This is triggered by the thread about letting children sit in supermarket trolleys, and what is and isn't acceptable.

When I take my DD (2.6yo) shopping, I usually get her to sit in the trolley by feeding her throughout the shop. Most of the food is packaged and weighed and I pay for it as normal (with the checkout lady usually holding up the package and saying "Did you know this has been opened?" or "Has a little mouse been nibbling at this one?")

But sometimes she gets hold of (unpackaged, unweighed) grapes and eats a few. I stop her after the first few, and the shelf stackers see it but don't react. But I do let her eat some.

I know all this is theft, and you shouldn't consume food until you have paid for it, and I would never let her eat (say) a whole banana or an apple; but somehow I have lulled myself into thinking that a few grapes won't do any harm. And yes, I know grapes should be washed before eating.

What do you think? Are my DD and I criminals?

Well, I think SolidGoldBangers has said all that needs to be said, tbh.

new not

you know about

and you are a natural with DD (2.6yo)

i put to you that you are demonstrating mn skillage and therefore cannot not know about grape controversy

See my link at 15:11:46 LimburgsVlaai!

Am I the only one who thinks that eating unwashed fruit is pretty minging? I may have been the only one who has seen many a fruit picker relieve themselves amongst the produce though...

Arrrrgggghhhhh!!! This is the first grape thread I have ever seen, although I know they are as legendary as P&T spaces or Fruitshoots & Greggs sausage rolls. I finally feel that I have arrived at MN

RustyBear - I had a quick read through it but it was from 2003!! And there is no obvious link to 'Classics' on any page that I can see. I didn't even know there was such a thing. I have now done a 'search' for it and have found it.

Stuffitllama - I have only recently started looking at mumsnet and have mainly read rather than contributed. The conventions are easy to pick up. I just had a look at my emails and my mumsnet registration dates to the end of September (2009).

Sorry if all this reads like a bleat.

Looks more like boobs if you do this Juney:

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Anyway I don't let DS eat unwashed fruit anyway but even fi I did I would not be happy about him taking from loose packs, from priced packs you intend to pay for anyway fair enough. I have been known to open a multi pack that I am buying and give him a pack although even then I feel guilty for some reason

Aww if the head and legs were over slightly that would've worked but you get my drift

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I give up LOL

Hello MrsTH! Cold all better thanks. Now nearly 21 weeks & have scan tomorrow...everything is feeling good

hahahaha mamadiva it still looks good

Woo-hoo! Glad to hear it. Good luck at the scan, hope it goes well.

I've been fighting a chest infection which then threatened to become a cold (couldn't do my usual dancing madness as it would exacerbate the chest thing, apparently) - but I have been gulping down super-strong lemon juice and manuka honey, so both sets of bugs are now lifting.

16 weeks and counting .

Well done!

Funnily enough, I saw Manuka honey at the supermarket today (where, incidently, no grapes passed DD's lips!) and thought of you. Good luck with it all

It all depends if your DD is in the seat or the trolley, and how clean her shoes are.

mamadiva it just looks like she has mahooooosive jugs

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I'm sure I once heard a microbiologist or something relevant explaining that washing in water won't really get rid of anything on the surface of the fruit and you might as well not bother. Although I do still wash our fruit as I can't quite bring myself not to.

Limburg, at inadvertently bringing up a real classic ding dong. One of my friends used to give her kids a whole baguette to chew on - texture kept them more quiet than grapes and they are priced as one thing so no moral dilemma about not paying for what they eat.

Thanks Rinder. Think I should buy shares in a NZ honey farm...

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This is my attempt at a floozy in high heels. Can we have a mumsnet emoticon porn/rude bits emoticon thread please mamdiva?
PS Forgot about the grapes. I don't care, I won't tell.

hmmm didn't mean for her to be holding her boobs...

I dreamed about the bloody biscuit icon last night. I haven't even been here all weekend.

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I think I'm having an elaborate nervy breaker.