Well Trollied
A quick rant:
Why, oh why, have supermarkets not cottoned on to the fact that the incidence of twins in our population is increasing...? And why, therefore, do they not provide twin trolleys for the poor mothers (or indeed fathers) of said twins??? Or parents of more than one child under the age of 3????
So cranky!
Usually I put one child in the the seat, and one child in the actual trolley, but if (like me) you don't like your bread sat upon, then this method can be risky. Especially if you're doing a Big Shop, in which case there seriously isn't room for children...
I guess it's my own fault for taking the twins shopping with me yesterday, but our family is so damn time-poor at the moment, that it's the only chance I've got to get out to the shopping centre in over a week... There was important Mothers Day and birthday presents to be purchased for my in-laws, so it had to be done. But let me tell you, grocery shopping with toddlers in NO FUN! Especially when they're running loose, and Coles waxed the floors yesterday... I was *this* close to leaving my half-full trolley full of perishables in the middle of the aisle and storming off!
But I persevered...
Mainly because the pantry was seriously empty...
I just don't get why Coles and Woolies haven't done some polling on this. I mean, they've been doing some intense 'study-trips' over to the UK in recent years, and brought back a lot of ideas from Tesco and Sainsbury's and the like - Tesco's Finest silver packaging anyone? - so why haven't they implemented Tesco's brilliant 'a trolley for every type of person' plan??? It was fabtastic! Single Baby, Twin Baby, single toddler, twin toddler, baby/toddler combo... and funky trolleys that hooked onto wheel chairs or Zimmer frames (or maybe that was just Eastbourne!)
And it meant that shopping wasn't such a chore. Still a chore, but without the added frustrations...
At the moment it means my only alternatives are a) waiting for MrB to get home and go shopping of an evening. But that would eat into my 'watching BB' time, and that's never going to happen... or b) shopping online - but let me tell you this Mr Coles - that ain't going to work in your favour as I've done it before and you get NO spontaneous purchases... None whatsoever...
So: If you want to sell more chocolate or 'oh look! a new flavour TimTam! I'll try that even though Arnotts is evil and American and of Satan etc etc' type purchases, then get me a twin trolley and I'll be happy to oblige....
Why, oh why, have supermarkets not cottoned on to the fact that the incidence of twins in our population is increasing...? And why, therefore, do they not provide twin trolleys for the poor mothers (or indeed fathers) of said twins??? Or parents of more than one child under the age of 3????
So cranky!
Usually I put one child in the the seat, and one child in the actual trolley, but if (like me) you don't like your bread sat upon, then this method can be risky. Especially if you're doing a Big Shop, in which case there seriously isn't room for children...
I guess it's my own fault for taking the twins shopping with me yesterday, but our family is so damn time-poor at the moment, that it's the only chance I've got to get out to the shopping centre in over a week... There was important Mothers Day and birthday presents to be purchased for my in-laws, so it had to be done. But let me tell you, grocery shopping with toddlers in NO FUN! Especially when they're running loose, and Coles waxed the floors yesterday... I was *this* close to leaving my half-full trolley full of perishables in the middle of the aisle and storming off!
But I persevered...
Mainly because the pantry was seriously empty...
I just don't get why Coles and Woolies haven't done some polling on this. I mean, they've been doing some intense 'study-trips' over to the UK in recent years, and brought back a lot of ideas from Tesco and Sainsbury's and the like - Tesco's Finest silver packaging anyone? - so why haven't they implemented Tesco's brilliant 'a trolley for every type of person' plan??? It was fabtastic! Single Baby, Twin Baby, single toddler, twin toddler, baby/toddler combo... and funky trolleys that hooked onto wheel chairs or Zimmer frames (or maybe that was just Eastbourne!)
And it meant that shopping wasn't such a chore. Still a chore, but without the added frustrations...
At the moment it means my only alternatives are a) waiting for MrB to get home and go shopping of an evening. But that would eat into my 'watching BB' time, and that's never going to happen... or b) shopping online - but let me tell you this Mr Coles - that ain't going to work in your favour as I've done it before and you get NO spontaneous purchases... None whatsoever...
So: If you want to sell more chocolate or 'oh look! a new flavour TimTam! I'll try that even though Arnotts is evil and American and of Satan etc etc' type purchases, then get me a twin trolley and I'll be happy to oblige....
Labels: Cranky (again), Curly Girls
posted by actonb at 11:33 am
9 Comments:
When I lived in England I did my grocery shopping online with Tesco, in the hope it would stop me going mental in an actual supermarket (hate the places) but, instead, I would go mental at home after realising they had substituted my fancy-shmancy brands for their shitty Tesco's Own.
I had totally forgotten how annoyed that made me.
heh. I tried Tesco home shopping when it first started, in the vain hope that I could save money with not buying Other Stuff. Or cheap stuff from the reduced bit of the fridges... But I lost it when they gave me 2KGs of bananas instead of 2.
I still prefer Tescos and Sainsburys over Coles & Woolies though...
Yeah, me too. Sometimes I dream of Waitrose, though. Such delicious, lazy food.
In Australia, I cook *makes sad face*. But eating out is much, much better than in England.
Eating out is better. And fruit & veg is infinitely better (although, Kent strawbs... mmmmm...)
But ready meals! And Sainsbury's Tart Citron or Chocolat!
And M&S Ready Meals for a treat!
Is this really sad?
yes.......
Well. You could just state the obvious anon!!!!
It's not sad! I dream of M&S sandwiches - now that's sad.
Boots Meal Deal with sandwiches, Walkers Crisps and a Coke...
I love Prawn Cocktail Crisps. I guess that makes me an unrepetent Pom at heart...
Skips!
Oh, golly, I just hate supermarkets! They are my idea of hell on earth and I don't even have kiddledinks.
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