Why are there families in the supermarket queue?

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I'm currently queuing around the carpark to get into the supermarket. All fine, everyone socially distancing. There are several families in the queue... mum dad 2 or 3 kids. WHY?!!! There are clearly enough adults in the house not to have to bring the kids! Single parents.. absolutely need to bring the kids... but not when there are 2 parents. They could at least wait in the car surly?! Once inside the shop groups of 5 wandering round will be difficult to distance from in isles. Idiots.

@EggysMom one person per household really? Do the single mums/dads just leave babies and toddlers outside .

That’s not Asda policy though so can be challenged

My local Tesco is letting families with kids skip to the front of the queue
Really bad idea

My mums local Asda has stopped letting disabled people in first, they now have to queue with everyone else. When asked about it she was told that disabled people could come during the key worker hour. Because it makes so much sense to lump the most vulnerable group in with the highest risk of being infectious group 🙄

My local Tesco is letting families with kids skip to the front of the queue

Who thought this was a good idea? Isn’t the manager there aware of the concept of being counterproductive...

shrug. We've all been cooped up for so long. I don't begrudge anyone a family day out
Getting in other people's way in Tesco shouldn't be a family day out.
Go for a walk together in the park where you might be able to keep a decent distance away

I queue with my other half and then wait outside as needs 2 people to carry stuff home as we have no car.
Of course there is also no where really to wait anymore if not got a car so that makes things worse.

Because a soon as the words ‘we’ve passed the peak’ were uttered the other day, people don’t care anymore

What people say on Mumsnet isn’t a law.

People have lost interest where I am now. Tesco one way system being totally ignored, security guard letting too many in. More and more families appearing, couples walking around like its date. Lockdown is already coming to an end unofficially and more so since they hinted at it.

It’s absolutely bloody infuriating. There were a ridiculous number of couples in the Q for M&S the other day, and the useless staff were making absolutely no attempt to persuade one person to wait in the car (it’s a retail park branch) while the other shops .

Some people appear incapable of grasping the concept that the number of people allowed in the store is capped in order to allow social distancing, therefore if everyone shops alone it’s much more efficient and everyone gets their shopping done quicker. Why are people so stupid?

What people say on Mumsnet isn’t a law.

True, but how on earth can anyone begin to justify families going to supermarkets when we’re supposed to be staying home as much as possible?

I get they may all need to go to the location if there’s non-drivers or multiple people need to carry stuff home but there is no reason they all need to go into the shop

Other than they’re people who simply think the rules don’t apply to them

Maybe they do it just for kicks and come back home to read Mumsnet outrage with some Hobnobs.

I agree and people that go as a couple are more gormless too it's like they forget about social distancing. They take up too much room and they are like Dave do you want this ham , no Julie I don't like it etc , I'm like move out the way ffs .

It's not a day out go on your own !!!

I watched a family of female, male, two walking children, toddler and baby in double buggy get turned away from a shop the other day, whilst I was queueing for a different ship across the road. The security guard said they couldn’t all go in together. They came away (toward me) ranting and raving about how stupid it was, the male was saying loudly how he couldn’t expect to be left with four kids on his own, FFS, and it wasn’t fair and how they’d lost that family’s custom with their stupid rules.

My local Tesco is letting families with kids skip to the front of the queue
Well that's a fucking stupid idea if I saw that I'd complain. It'll just encourage people to bring the kids the opposite of what should happen . I'm shopping for a family and will queue like everyone else and I expect others to do the same . In time it may be something to look into various priority shopping for various ages but not at the moment.

Is this a class thing do you think or am I just projecting?

I find these posts so infuriating. You don't know their circumstance yet the first thing you've done is pop on Mumsnet to whinge

I’m willing to bet that people who need to shop with another adult are in a minority.

@Hitchyhero I’m guilty of picking up crisp packets and other food items then putting them back. DD is vegetarian and I have to read labels very carefully when I shop.

shrug. We've all been cooped up for so long. I don't begrudge anyone a family day out

Our local Tesco isn’t that big. A family of 4 or 5 makes social distancing more difficult. They have been brilliant at helping to maintain social distancing, and the atmosphere inside the shop is very calm and organised. They have had a lot of praise on the local Facebook page.

the male was saying loudly how he couldn’t expect to be left with four kids on his own, FFS

I have no words.

don't begrudge anyone a family day out
It's not a day out !!!
Is this a class thing do you think or am I just projecting?
Eh ?

@simonJT because I like to do the shop.

Is this a class thing do you think or am I just projecting?

It think it probably is... Working class are more likely to; middle class less so. I’m not sure why...

Is this a class thing do you think or am I just projecting? definitely not a class thing where I shop- I see a mixture of ignorant, arrogant people who think rules don’t apply to them!

Except it's not actually official rules, just MN ones. I don't think people who aren't on here would know that the death stares they're getting are because they're shopping together.

I don't drive, so we do all go to the supermarket, but the kids and DP stay in the car.

*Although that’s definitely more sensible than everyone going in - wouldn’t it be even more sensible for you and the kids to stay home while your DH does the shopping? Why make your kids sit and wait around in a car while you do it?

Because I want to choose what I eat mainly. DH is out 13 hours a day, five days a week and his idea of what we need is wildly different to mine.

I do all the cooking and household stuff so know what I want, even with a list, he might not get what I actually need/want and then I'd have to wait at least a week before we go again. They're usually sat in the car for an hour or so.

A lot of people still believe it’s all a fuss about nothing, or hysteria as it’s called on other threads.
That group don’t have a shred of consideration for other people because they’re so convinced that they’re right.