to have not picked up the sweets DS chucked all over Sainsbury's floor?

[YoMoJo]

popped into local "convenience" store earlier today.

Long queue as always, which is directed along the aisle that is packed with crisps, chocolate & sweets.

More sweets & chocolates at till points.

DS (2.5 yrs) fed up of continuously being told "NO" he couldnt have any sweets/chocolate/crisps then proceeded to chuck about 10 Mars Bars on the floor whilst I packed & paid for my shopping at the till.

In protest at having to queue in the said aisle I left them all on the floor & walked out the store.

so AIBU

Chocolate AND wine, Oldmac, you bloody amateur.

hic , burp

Mmmm ... AIBU to follow ski around, hopefully picking up squishy marsbars galore?

No wonder there are so many rude people about nowadays.

They learn at home!

YABU.

No, no,no, noooooooooo Expat. Little Montague was expressing his disapproval at Sainsbury's merchandising for maximum profit, don't you know?

I honestly just don't have patience for flakes, self-important divas, rude people and gits anymore.

If you'd have been in front of me in the queue, I'd have said, 'Hey, you dropped something. How about you pick that up?'

Hi guys, please read the whole thread before posting, YoMoJo was venting and accepted the flaming with very good grace.

AND she was bloody funny about it as well!

Who're you telling to read the thread?! Not me, I do hope. I was one of the first on here, flaming OP's diva-ish bottom.

[hiding behind sofa and scared of Cupcake but with a new respect in my eyes]

Respect? Not for me, surely? Even the cat doesn't respect me. She will one day though when I stop opening her food pouches for her.

I haven't read the thread and I don't care.

Cupcake

Is your cat an 'indigo' cat then. It would explain everything.

I'm not anti-capitalism - I love shopping! I'm just not going to take any responsibility for sweets placed right where a child sitting in a trolley seat can grab them. And if the supermarket wants my kids to do some pestering I'd rather they pestered the supermarket than me.

I agree with MrsRhettButler....I wouldn't have picked them up....my child would have!

I think it is disgraceful that you left them there.

And of course the manager won't move them...chocolate by the till are a BIG seller. We have sweet free lanes here, but I don't use them as I want my dc to realise that you can't have everything you see & that you certainly don't throw stuff on the floor if you don't like that you can't have it!

"I'm just not going to take any responsibility for sweets placed right where a child sitting in a trolley seat can grab them"

So if they wanted some biscuits & threw them all over the floor...that would be OK too, would it! How about eggs...ok if they pick them up & throw them all over the floor? OK that they smash up biscuits/food because well...the manager was silly enough to put it on a shelf where your dc could reach it!

Once again, parents wanting someone else to parent for them! Tell your kids NO! Take responsibility for your child....it is up to YOU to make sure they don't throw food around that you are paying for!

Mine never do...regardless of what shelf it is on or what they do/don't want!

don't throw food around that you are not paying for!

Quite right trying - let the supermarkets assume the costs of the pestering.

YABVVVVU

SO you think shop keepers are there to tidy up from your kid? disgusting attitude

shop elsewhere
attach toddler in buggy and posotion him away from sweets
give him a snack to distract him for the short time when you queue

nuff said!

I reckon that out of OP, skidoodly and tryingtoleave, at least one of them looks like this

yes imprison your toddler and give in to the pester power - you are worthless, how dare you think you deserve to be treated with any kind of respect by the place you spend your money

If you choose to shop like a commercial whore, they'll bend you over and fuck you like a commercial whore.

Sorry for the crude analogy at such a young hour.

So it's OK for punters to physically abuse prostitutes?

Your analogy is a poor one though because in this transaction I am the punter and the shop is the whore.

I think the "prostitutes" are the hourly paid supermarket workers, minimum wage, having to tidy upo after yummy mummies (sorry OP!!!)

the workers are being fucked here, big time

If you choose to get fucked by a corporation then get fucked you shall. No point moaning that they weren't nice about it and didn't call you afterwards. You know what you're getting yourself into with huge supermarkets. Don't moan about it.