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Children in Sainsbury's Trolleys - Anon (20th Sep 2025  17:56:43) Many threads ambushed with this topic. Today, Chav with it's brat in a trolley - visible soiled nappy - So very very unhygienic .. Wash your vegetables

Re: Children in Sainsbury's Trolleys - D (20th Sep 2025  19:59:56) To be fair most of the ones I've seen aren't chavs, very middle class most of them. If one contracted an infection as a result of a child wiping it's arse in a supermarket trolley and it could be proved I suppose the supermarket would be liable to prosecution.

Re: Children in Sainsbury's Trolleys - C (21st Sep 2025  10:37:53) Sainsburys do say that children are not allowed to sit in the main body of the trolley, only in the child seat.

Re: Children in Sainsbury's Trolleys - D (21st Sep 2025  14:12:07) Merely a disclaimer, they want to try enforcing it. They don't mind bossing you about over the tannoy in the petrol station.

Re: Children in Sainsbury's Trolleys - Sainsburys shopper (21st Sep 2025  17:16:16) Not very happy that children are put in the main part of the trolley. If it’s correct that Sainsburys says no child in the trolley then it’s time they implemented it perhaps we should contact the main office and inform them that liphooks branch are not carrying out their orders . Or boycott the shop . Don’t think they are allowed to do that in Waitrose or any other supermarket.

Re: Children in Sainsbury's Trolleys - D (22nd Sep 2025  09:51:04) A sad reflection of the inconsiderate selfish times we live in. I must find out what the cut off age for riding in a trolley is and give it a go myself. I could stand up in it and propel myself along with a broom Venetian gondola style.

Re: Children in Sainsbury's Trolleys - Lisa (22nd Sep 2025  10:38:13) I'd be far more worried about the germs on the trolley handles if I were you, whether shopping at Sainsbury's, Waitrose or M and S (other food retailers are available!). There are a huge number of adults who don’t care/know how to wash their hands properly, which means the trolley handle is often dirtier than a toilet seat. Enjoy your next food shopping expedition!

Re: Children in Sainsbury's Trolleys - Lisa (22nd Sep 2025  10:39:29) And @anon - you should be washing your vegetables anyway!

Re: Children in Sainsbury's Trolleys - D (22nd Sep 2025  11:28:27) Absolutely right, Lisa, which is why I spray the handle with sanitizer. But it counts for nowt if soiled nappies are placed in the trolley.

Re: Children in Sainsbury's Trolleys - Joe (22nd Sep 2025  14:36:00) Some supermarkets provide hand wipes at the door I always look out for those. It is a shame more shops do not do this.

Re: Children in Sainsbury's Trolleys - AF (22nd Sep 2025  16:52:00) D - Please let us know when you're going to try and do a venetian trolly dash, we could all do with a good laugh.

Re: Children in Sainsbury's Trolleys - Sainsbury’s shopper (22nd Sep 2025  17:09:34) We should all complain to the liphook manager. My friend that has cancer has just been diagnosed with covid in liphook it seems it’s about again so Sainsburys should pull their socks up and do something about it.

Re: Children in Sainsbury's Trolleys - Charlie (22nd Sep 2025  20:56:41) I am not saying that it is right for children to be placed in the main part of the trolley and people should definitely wash their hands having visited the loo etc etc, but I do think that we as a nation have become over sensitive to the so-called "germs". My old grandmother said "eat a peck of dirt before you die." We have to build up an immunity and too much sanitation prevents this. I think over use of cleansing and antiseptic sprays often does more harm than good. Soap and water much better. In the "old" days, the days that D is so fond of recalling, I don't remember every other child having an allergy and this now seems to be the norm. The child of today could be forgiven for feeling left out if she or he didn't have one. So be careful what you wish for - everything in moderation - common sense really.

Re: Children in Sainsbury's Trolleys - Ian (23rd Sep 2025  06:11:04) Charlie, couldn't agree more, yours is the most sensible reply to this post.

Re: Children in Sainsbury's Trolleys - D (23rd Sep 2025  11:58:16) I agree absolutely, Charlie. A certain amount of dirt is good for the immune system. As you say, in the days I'm so fond of recalling, every other child did not have an allergy of some sort, and I agree, it could be down to being too clean. We used to buy spuds covered in mud, leeks always crunched where you couldn't quite get all the dirt out. We didn't have children climbing around in supermarket trollies neither.

Re: Children in Sainsbury's Trolleys - k (24th Sep 2025  09:42:20) This is one of my pet hates - SORRY no place for especially a toddler or older to be paraded around in a shopping trolley - the clue is in the title it is for SHOPPING not so that a child that is perfectly capable of walking can use it as a pram - I agree usually very Doting parents doing this - I have made odd polite comments about this being inappropriate behaviour and anti social- - the response I got from 1 very well dressed man - he didn't give a damn about what I thought - he had 2 children in a small trolley - wonder it didn't turn over & deposit the little dears on the floor - both had filthy clogs on. My reply " That's obvious " Yes I agree super market should try & stop this practise - also damages the trollies with the weight OR provide antiseptic wipes - so those of us who care about general hygiene can give our trollies a quick wipe - they did during main COVID Concerns. Also concur with those that say don't see this in other supermarkets - seems to be a Liphook thing!

Re: Children in Sainsbury's Trolleys - Anon (24th Sep 2025  17:43:05) Charlie - A ' Peck of Dirt ' is not really comparable with human excrement - which without apology is what other posters are talking about ......

Re: Children in Sainsbury's Trolleys - paul (24th Sep 2025  20:23:55) Hi, Sainsburys cannot be held responsible, it provides free goods transportation trolleys. The general public in U.K., are poor in keeping up standards, compared to our European cousins. . Supermarket behaviour could be much improved, and locals could be proud of for their near-by facility.

Re: Children in Sainsbury's Trolleys - Charlie (25th Sep 2025  10:30:57) @Anon I do read the posts carefully and if you had read mine carefully you would have seen that I do not think it is right for children to be transported in the main body of a shopping trolley. I was just emphasizing that too much cleanliness can sometimes do more harm than good.

Re: Children in Sainsbury's Trolleys - D (5th Oct 2025  00:25:47) Also goes on in ASDA, the child I saw must have been seven, sat in the trolley texting her friends while Mother pushed her around. Not only are some not toilet trained when they start school, they can't walk neither.

Re: Children in Sainsbury's Trolleys - C (5th Oct 2025  17:11:53) But can they correctly identify a double negative?!

Re: Children in Sainsbury's Trolleys - D (5th Oct 2025  21:04:47) The only double negative I see here is the child's dirty footwear and the fact it's rubbing it's arse on the bottom of a food trolley.

Re: Children in Sainsbury's Trolleys - C (6th Oct 2025  11:38:35) It must be exhausting to be so angry all the time!

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