Supermarkets to help with tantrumming toddlers

[harman]

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Kerrymum - you know next to the Cafe's they have those lockable trolley boxes........

Ooh fruitful, you crossposted with me (I feel all dirty now)

Can I also propose a till for old people who want to pay with pre-decimal coins from a carrier bag?

Or straitjackets, with straps for the legs too. Sort of built into the trolley seat. With soundproof goldfish-bowl helmets.

And trolley seats that fit them up to about 8.

And motorised trolleys to make up for the huge weight of children and restraint equipment.

Actually Tescos already have an initiative to prevent children being smacked in-store. It says so on the P&C parking spaces sign. Here is what it says:

Parent & Child Parking
It's so much easier to shop online
Piss off and spend your money from home

(actually it doesn't have the last line)

sorry this made me pmsl..the type of parent who will stand slapping their child in a supermarket is not going to give az crap if the staff come over and hand them a bloody leaflet. If anything it might lead to the staff getting a slap aswell. Have seen it too many times and it isnt your average mum who walks around clouting their child in the shop. Also slapping is a completely different issue to a toddler tantrum"!

Whomoved - great minds think alike!

fruitful - wouldn't know - they are all full of old people whenever I go to parent and child parking!

Maybe they will fit them with anti-chav stun devices. Or give them special advice scratchcards, that'll fox 'em. They won't know whether to punch them or see if they've won a prize hahah

How about a big naughty step in the produce aisle. That'd be good.

Never mind packers-I am very fully about what I pack where.
Now un-packers would be great-onto the conveyer belt and out into the boot of the car whilst I strap DD in-FANTASTIC!
Better stil-very safe,fun,clean crecheat the front of the store manned by 15 Mary Poppins

Special advice scratch cards. Brilliant. Genmius. Fantastic. PMSL.

Scratch here and you could win:

(1) A visit from social services
(2) Cuddly boy
(3) A year's supply of fruitshoots

(quick, while she's scratching, put the kids on the naughty step)

If i could have some assistance from the supermarket to either stop my DS from running off, or to keep him strapped into the trolley that would be fantastic.

A creche, like Ikea's SMALAND would be excellent though

I had the misfortune of shopping in Morrisons today...might start a thread actually....

They could hand out free Fruit Shoots with parenting advice on them.

Bungee cords attached to the trolley with an 'instant recoil' button for mums!

Sausage rolls with a childline number sticker on.

They just need to supply gaffa tape. 101 uses, from restraint to gagging. The NSPCC won't mind as long as we don't smack anyone.

Actually, as long as we don't smack any children. Adults are ok aren't they? Particularly adults with advice leaflets?

Hey, maybe thats the point. The shop assistants could wear t-shirts saying "Smack ME not your child".

Thump.

Aah. Feeling better now. Time to talk calmly to my screaming child.

Punch bags at the check out?

vodka punch at the checkout

'Madam, don't threaten your child with violence - try broccoli - much scarier'

'Ding dong. Ladies and gentlemen we have a special offer instore today, purchase fifty pounds of groceries and get a special voucher for the instore kiddy jail. Floor to ceiling bars, and soundproofing. We can even slap your kids around a bit to save you the trouble....every little helps'