Anyone else in the grocery business notice how many parents continue to let their children ride inside their shopping carts WELL past the age of common sense? There was this kid in a cart the other day who literally had his knees jacked up under his chin just so he could fit in the damn thing, and -- of course -- when I politely asked the father if the child could be removed so I could actually put groceries in there, I got the usual "Oh, just put them on/around him, he won't mind!" When I was ten years old, I certainly wasn't allowed to ride inside the grocery carriage anymore. Why? Because I was too old. No wonder today's generation of kids is so spoiled...they continue to be treated like five-year-olds until they're twelve or older.
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Remove the TEN-YEAR-OLD from the carriage, please
Last edited by Monterey Jack; 11-16-2014, 02:02 AM.Tags: None
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I agree it looks odd, yet at the same time, I'd rather see that than a 10 yr-old dangling off the cart or doing wheelies with it.A lion however, will only devour your corpse, whereas an SC is not sated until they have destroyed your soul. (Quote per infinitemonkies)
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My older son IS 5 and I don't allow him to ride in the cart, it's too dangerous for him to climb into it himself and I can't lift him, he's a big kid. He's fine with walking.
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I can't say I've seen a lot if that with grocery carts, but I've seen kids who look 12 in strollers at Disneyland. I weep for the future of humanity.Last edited by thatcrazyredhead; 11-16-2014, 05:19 PM."Redheads have at least a 95% chance of being gorgeous. They're also concentrated evil." - Irv
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Quoth thatcrazyredhead View PostI can't say I've seen a lot if that with grocery cats, but I've seen kids who look 12 in strollers at Disneyland. I weep for the future of humanity.
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A couple of months back I saw a kid who looked around 10+ standing in a cart at the local KMart. Well, I actually heard him first. 'Muuum! Muuuuum!!! MUUUUUMMM!!!!!!' at top volume, as Mum pushed him around. As I said, standing in the cart, so he was yelling right in her face. Dad was walking alongside the cart, with the smaller kid walking too. The parents were totally ignoring him yelling.
I was there for over an hour and this kid did.not.shut.up the whole time. I made a charitable assumption that there was A Story I didn't know, and took my headache home with me.
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Well, at least they didn't cave..... there may be hope yet.
Aw hell, who am I kidding? 8 years from now, I'll be hearing that same plea of Mummmmm mummmmmm mummmmmmm!!!! over the cellphone as junior pleas with her to wire him some money so he can get his car out of impound.- They say nothing good happens at 2AM, they're right, I happen at 2AM.
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I stopped commenting on older kids in shopping carts or strollers after everyone (these are people I know and like, mind you) was in favor of it. "Well, at least they aren't running around wild!" And my mind goes, but don't they need to learn at some point? But I'm not a parent, so I can't say things like that. I just look away... Oh, that reminds me, the other day there was a lady with a double wide stroller, and the two kids in it looked to be 7-8 years old. They both were watching shows on their own tablets. The mom had to throw her whole weight into pushing the stroller, and even other shoppers gave her the evil eye 'cause our store has narrow aisle and she went around the place like 15 times.
Quoth thatcrazyredhead View PostI can't say I've seen a lot if that with grocery cats, but I've seen kids who look 12 in strollers at Disneyland. I weep for the future of humanity.Replace anger management with stupidity management.
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Quoth fireheart View PostQuestion: do those kids have a disability?
If not, then that makes more sense.
It's getting towards the Christmas season again, and they're starting to show up at Local Mall - corporate-provided strollers with twelve-year-olds wedged in them, being pushed by their Moms. The strollers are built for toddlers; the kids want a ride to the GameStop and Hot Topic and probably outweigh the target age group for the device by sixty pounds. The first time I saw a mall stroller with an eight-year-old in it, my jaw just about dropped. Now I see them every weekend.
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The ones that make me shake my head are the strollers with room for three children (always sighted in a mall for some reason). It holds one child of six or seven- big enough to walk-, and the mother is pushing it and carrying the baby on her hip. I always think, "What happened to the third kid?! Did you lose it in Yankee Candles or something?"
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Quoth bainsidhe View PostI agree it looks odd, yet at the same time, I'd rather see that than a 10 yr-old dangling off the cart or doing wheelies with it.
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Quoth Monterey Jack View PostOr riding underneath the cart, which always infuriates me.A lion however, will only devour your corpse, whereas an SC is not sated until they have destroyed your soul. (Quote per infinitemonkies)
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Quoth otakuneko View PostIf I had a store, I'd have liability waiver forms ready to go for such people. Wanna let your kid ride underneath? Sign right here or out the door with you.
And it's just a question of time before a kid gets hurt doing that crap - be interesting to see what Management has to say about that then.
AT least we're not dealing with those blasted Heelies . . . glad that fad left as quick as it came. Otherwise we'd have seen a lawsuit or two already.Human Resources - the adult version of "I'm telling Mom." - Agent Anthony "Tony" DiNozzo (NCIS)
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I still see the Heelies in my store. No way to really ban them as they aren't obvious until the kid starts zooming around the place and getting in the way of our U-boats (which are hard to steer and stop even when not loaded to the gills with cases of water)."I am quite confident that I do exist."
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