Massive Kids riding in supermarket trolleys
 

I don't know if I am the only one who has noticed this but lately i have been observing massive kids being wheeled about in trolleys inside superstores - Morrisons (where I normally go) in particular. Some of them are practically adult in size and sitting in the main body of the trolley, being too large by far for the normal "dangle your feet out the back" type arrangement. Also this 'mother and toddler' parking arrangement thing seems to be spreading and I saw a massive "kid" being wheeled back to that by way of being a "toddler". What's the next parking restriction to be? A "have to work past 60 to get a pension" parking space. ;)

Just thought i'd get it off my chest :dozey:

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:) In my part of the woods this has been the "norm" for quite a few years now....My turn:

My surpise to do with kids and supermarkets was at Christmas time. It was a few years ago and I thought it would be a good idea to do some late-night Christmas shopping in a 24 hour Tesco store near to me. It was a few days before Christmas and well-after midnight. I assumed it would be pretty empty and kid free. I was wrong....The store was packed and kids everywhere including toddlers and babies running around and screaming. I asked a member of staff about this (who looked like he was about to gun the little darlings down) and he said that the parents bring the kids to the store "for something to do." This had been the case for about a week. Don't forget, this was after midnight. I left the store after 10 minutes with no shopping. That was the last of my good ideas.

Perhaps its just me, but when I was a kid up to 17, I wasn't allowed anywhere after midnight. When I was 2, at midnight I was asleep, very asleep. How things change...And parents wonder now why their kids are sullen, rude and half asleep during the daytime. Its because the same parents take their brats to Tesco after midnight....

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My stepson isn't 'massive' - he's a tall 6 year old. I let him sit in the trolley. At least I can't lose him that way, and it stops him whinging!

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Hmmm......methinks out loud.......maybe they are *massive* because they are being wheeled everywhere and not getting any excercise :rolleyes: :D

or is that not what you meant :erm:

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My little man isn't massive at all. I've seen more meat on a butchers pencil.

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My kids were turfed out the trolley as soon as they could walk - there was no way I was pushing them and the food !

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Sorry OB .. my comment wasn't aimed at you :angel:

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I like pushing the trolly fast down the aisle and climbing onto the back of it avoiding the sides, reliving my childhood lol

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Naaah i don't care about people in trolleys, it keeps them out of my way!

What i DO hate with a passion though, is the re-unions that go on in the busiest part of the store, i.e the milk aisle, and people stand right in the way for AGES...
I end up tutting really loudly or 'accidently' knocking into their ankles with the pushchair, followed by a very sarcastic 'oh, sorry'.

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What about hygiene?

What if he's stood in dogs poo and it's now all over the trolley?

Or doesn't that bother you?

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You do realise the last post before yours was nearly 7 years ago?

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Does that matter?
The subject is the same. and the problem is still the same.

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Never seen that happen.

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You are not likely to get a reply, as orangebird last posted in May 2009 - currency is all...

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:LOL: someone else up at the crack of dawn

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it's just gone 11pm here...;)

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Can't bloody sleep.:o:

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Forgot you are not in the UK at the moment :)

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This thread made me laugh, didnt catch it the first time round..... I can see a sketch in something like the fast show, kids pushing their parents around in trollies in Tescos.

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what gets me is when people stop to chat and take up whole aisles makes me want to ram my trolley into the backs of their legs lol

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Been tempted to do that. I wouldn't though.

At work, we often use large trolleys to convey heavy and expensive equipment between buildings. When I say heavy, I don't know how heavy, but considerably more heavy than the average man. If you are taking a trolley, students often just look at you blankly as you head toward them shouting "Excuse me" loudly. They don't seem to realise that the equipment you are carrying would probably cause them a lot of damage if it hit them.

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🙋*♀️ Lol. Thought I'd drag this post forward another 6 years.

With further life experience, I would now not take a child to the supermarket at all. They're all ****ers. Thank goodness for online shopping 🙌

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If they're not being pushed by someone in pyjamas, it's OK by me. :)

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Even more of a problem if the poo is still there after all this time, it'd be like those white ones we fondly remember from our youths

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I used to attempt the weekly shop with kids and quickly learnt that its impossible.
I can do it a lot more efficiently and quickly without them.

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This thread has made me laugh and, as I'm not really a morning person, that takes some doing so thanks for that. Also nice seeing some of the contributors names again and especially seeing orangebird on the forum. :)

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So Hugh was wrong, you did reply ... although on current form it’ll be another 6 years before Smick gets back to you :D

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How do kids learn how to buy food if you don't teach them?

Going to the stores, touching, smelling and where possible tasting. Helps if your store has knowledgable staff who also love their produce.

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:D