What gets on your nerves?

[Abi]

Something which i find personally annoying, but is unavoidable for some people, is taking double-pushchairs shopping. When i worked in my shoe shop, people came in with these prams, and knocked over everything in their wake, because they are so wide. I understand that a lot of people have no alternative, so should be able to use them, and i dont have anything against them, it just grates a bit when you spend 30 minutes tidying a shelf up, to have the contents knocked over 5 minutes later by the side of a double pram!

Personally, i would have preferred it if the parent/guardian could go with another person, who could wait outside the shop with the pram whilst they go into the shop (Though obviously that isn't always an option). I guess that brings up the issue of trust and safety, mind you, as i would prefer my shelves to be knocked over, than people have their kids abducted, of course!

I take it you are going to have none or one child, or if more you'll have a large age gap then Abs?! I for one am not leaving any of my kids outside whilst I go shopping..

What if you are a childminder?? If you are minding children under 4 are you supposed to not ever go shopping during the week when its quieter and are only allowed to go at the weekend in that case??

Personally, there isn't enough room in shops these days for a single pushchair, let alone anything else, and I thought the disabled access laws were such that a wheelchair had to be able to have a clear path in shops etc??

My Mates parent is a childminder, and thats exactly what she does, lol!!

A lot of shops physically dont have enough space to clear the way for them everywhere, anyway. Where i worked, we literally spent 3 hours one night, before sale started, trying to make it so there was enough space for wheelchairs to get through, but we could still get all our stuff that HQ was making us sell, out on the shop floor. It was sooo hard to figure that puzzle out, that making it so double prams could fit through too was near-on impossible.

I prefer the double prams where one baby goes in front of the other, instead of side-by-side... i saw one somewhere and thought it was more practical for shopping, though i dont know how common they are or expensive or whatever...