Prams up the Aisles!

Now I know there will be people on the other side of the fence who will have no sympathy/empathy at all regarding what I am about to say! Ok, I understand that taking a double buggy to a highstreet store on a Saturday is nothing short of madness, so therefore I would expect to deal with the lashback of irritated shoppers. My problem is when I take my pushchair to the supermarket on any other day of the week. Let’s face it - mothers have to go food shopping! In fact it would be fair to say, that during the week they would account for a large part of daily trade. Therefore I feel no guilt at the rant I am about to have! Why are shops so poorly designed for pushchairs?

I’m talking about my double buggy here, but some stores aren’t even well equipped to deal with the most compact of single pushchairs. Popping to the supermarket for a few groceries for the evening meal can quickly turn into a full on obstacle course. What with goods trolleys obstructing aisles, poorly placed bargain buckets and merchandising material, tills where you quite literally have to squeeze through the gaps and that’s before we’ve even got to other customers who leave their trolleys in one aisle while they wander off to another. Then, when I’ve finally managed to make it around the shop and have squeezed the pram through the gap between the tills to pay I find that the automatic doors won’t open and once I’ve negotiated them I then find I’m faced with yet another obstacle course to manoeuvre around - all the trolleys abandoned at the entrance. So, I suppose what I’m saying is that other shoppers should have a little more consideration and the shops should plan their layout carefully so as not to alienate a large proportion of their customers. And for my part, well, I’m not crazy - I’ll keep the pushchair well away from the busy Saturday shopping crowds.Mother with Pram

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