to be seriously contemplating legal action????

[WaitroseHater]

Shopping in Waitrose this afternoon trying desperately to get baby to sleep in the process. Can't stay in the house currently during her big sleep as have builders in, so planned to do the big weekly shop. DD normally goes off to sleep like a dream but today decided she didn''t want anything without a fight.

I've learned to tune her out, apparently others havent. In the BABY aisle of all places, 2 OAP's blocked my trolley and said I was not allowed to leave the aisle until the baby stopped crying or I left the shop . DD in a sling btw. One of the OAP's SHOUTED that if I needed to 'shove your teat in its mouth then you better do it or I will take her myself and get someone to take you out'. Obv attracted other shoppers and security.

Manager came to see what the fuss was and after me explaining asked me to leave. I abandoned half-full trolley in serious flounce mode. I honestly they were being absolutely horrendously discriminatory against my crying newborn!!!! DH is being extremely unhelpful saying I should have left to 'take the high road' Do I actually have a legal case about this?

PMSL at 'I have 4 cats'

I had 5 once but I'll still be in for a shock if I have ababy. I do think it's rather different!

DF - apologies accepted, I've been very quite rude too but you know the drill : never apologise, never explain (it's good if you can stick to it!)

Anyway this has gone off on one hasn't it?

Please boobookins, post lots more because you are obviously on a wind up or totally insane, almost worryingly insane but luckily you don't have children and if you did, well hey, who cares if they get hit by a bus. You can have more!

Boobookins

I've got a bit lost with what you're saying on this thread.

Could you tell me what a helian is, please?

BooBookins you misunderstand me- I am not commenting on whether its OK to clip your kittens around the ear (though I find a stern "no" with a finger wag very effective).

What I am saying is that if your mind is so twisted to say its OK to clip a baby around the ear, then you are not safe to be responsible for another living thing- you obviously dont have children but I hope you don't care for another human being, and would be concerned for animals also.

If, as I suspect, you are a troll sitting laughing at me for getting worked up at your comments I still stand by what I have said. To make your comments even in jest shows a horribly twisted mind- some things, like hitting a baby are not funny.

MadamDeathstare - what's a hellion? I feel I should know that, is it a small female child with a bad temper. Or am I miles off the mark? Sorry, this bit should probably be in Pedants' Corner.

no I'm not a troll - I do have cats and I dont have kids but do have god kids

Did anyone ever die from a clip around the ear in the 60s and 70s - no - children knew their place and knew who their elders and betters were

Its only since we have kids who know their rights but believe they become before anything - like respnsibility - that we have hellions

And I'm only 33

I love my god kids and admire their mother for bringimg them up - both are well mannered, in the G&T sets and frankly are an honour to her

Why hould she have done any different

Did your god kids mother really clip them round the ear as small babies because I would see that as abuse, but I can't seriously believe you are for real anyway booboo.

No she didnt but there is above the fridge a board of correction - read a wooden fly swatter - i t has never been used but if you threaten it - the kidds know to behave - because they taught the kids to behave or else - because it was or ele they know if the board comes its srious - btw - it comes out about once every 18 months - its noth a daily thing - they just know to behave or else

Shudder shudder shudder. I am going to bed now with an uncomfortable feeling that I have been talking with someone who thinks its OK to hit babies. I am going to bite my tongue as unlike you boobookins I am able to.

What exactly is a child's place in your little world? Never mind, I'm not sure I want any more of an insight into that tiny mind of yours.

Oh this is just bollocks - boobookins is on a wind up. ignore. Board of correction

"A board of correction that is never used... it comes out about once every 18 months." You are contradicting yourself. I fear I am being dragged into a pointless discussion with either a "poor taste" joker or a person with whom I could never agree. It may be time to join my dh in bed and try not to think about it too much.

a baby doesn't know its rights, but you know this boobookins, being such a good godparent and all.

I am absolutely in stitches at someone wandering into MN and declaring "children are expendable".

Wonderful, made my day

Booboo is winding us up, I suspect...

Let's face it- if you were that ignorant about parenting, you would have no interest in showing up here. Deffo someone trying to be funny/shocking.

Oh bugger it. I'm such a crap wind up spotter. I'm going to bed.

OK OK I admit it BooBookins your comments are so freaky I didn't log off and go straight to bed, I did a search under your user name.

Given your "Caution under section 4 of the public order act" For threatening a woman of a child who touched your fruit in the supermarket did it occur to you that your idea of child discipline is inapropriate?

You work for the RSPCA- well I am shocked. Its documented that people who abuse animals are the type who are at risk of abusing people also, as their 'problem behavious escalates'. God only knows what a person who thinks its OK to hit a baby is capable of doing to an animal.

There is a Waitrose in Cheadle Hulme. Cheadle Hulme is not 'posh'.
(They might think they're posh, but they're not)

nope - I'm not winding anyone up - the board of correction has never physically been used but the tone of voice before it appears tells the kids they don't want to go any further.

Hence it appears only once about every 18 months when they forget

Whay is wrong with children knowing they re CHILDREN - they are not little ADULTS - they are kids - they SHOULD defer to their elders and dear I say it betters - and YES they are expendible

In a disaster why should mothers and children go first - for survival of the species - all fertile adults should go first

As an aside, I just spoke to a London friend on MSN and asked her about Waitrose and she said "omg hahahahahah that so does happen in waitrose...it's the kind of place where mean old ladies live. u know how posh people are really mean and unsympathetic, whereas , if u were in asda and ur baby vomited they would just accept it"

so ner-ner