Do you play with the shopping trolley?
By BittyBiddy
@BittyBiddy (2903)
Ireland
January 5, 2007 4:24am CST
All Elusive Butterfly's posts about shopping reminded me of when I used to play with the shopping trolley. I used to love when I was a kid, jumping up on the front bar and wheeling myself really fast down the aisle........always when my mother couldn't see me though or I'd probably have got a clip across the ear.
Even now there are times when I'm sorely tempted to put my foot up on that bar and push off to whizz down the aisle. Only with the weight I am now I'm fairly sure that I'd cause a major injury if I collided with anyone.
I used to put my daughters into the trolley and they'd have great fun as I wiggled the trolley from side to side down the aisles.
Do you play with your shopping trolley?
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31 responses
@ElusiveButterfly (45939)
• United States
5 Jan 07
I am happy that I have triggered a fond memory for you. My kids loved to ride on the front of the carts too. I had 4 kids so we always had an adventurous time when we shopped. One would sit on the bottom of the cart. One in the basket and one in the seat. The oldest would fetch items on the lower shelves. The one one the bottom would have to leave her perch when the bottom rack needed to be used for larger items. They would hand the items to the kids in the cart.
@ElusiveButterfly (45939)
• United States
23 Jan 07
My kids would load up the cart and it wasn't until I got home that I found them.
@BittyBiddy (2903)
• Ireland
6 Jan 07
Your shopping posts have been great Elusive Butterfly. Ah, the thrills of having small kids with you when shopping. You get to the till and there are so many things in the trolley that you don't remember putting there (because you didn't).
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@BittyBiddy (2903)
• Ireland
5 Jan 07
The joy of 24 hour shopping. At some stage of the night there's always an empty aisle. :)
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@Willowlady (10658)
• United States
5 Jan 07
No we never did or do that. They are not toys and the injuries that you could get are not worth the risk. We have enjoyed the speed of them though when going down a sloping parking lot. Again control is needed since they could damage someones car.
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@BittyBiddy (2903)
• Ireland
6 Jan 07
LOL! "Not toys" says you, but you enjoyed the speed of them in the parking lot! Ah yeah.......tee hee......
@Alexandria37 (5717)
• Ireland
5 Jan 07
OMG. You must be one of those people who are always ramming their shopping trollies into my ankles. I think people who jump on their trollies and whizz around the supermarket, should be banned...especially the adults. Just remember, you may bump into your mother some day, and I would say she culd still give you a clip of the ear. You are never too old, so be careful.
@BittyBiddy (2903)
• Ireland
5 Jan 07
There was a reason I used to whizz around on the trolley when my mother wasn't looking.........
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@Eskimo (2315)
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5 Jan 07
I try not to do any shopping at all, dislike supermarkets, I would rather just do it all from home and get supermarkets to deliver direct, unfortunately my wife loves shopping at supermarkets and does not want to miss anything, so we can spend hours wandering down the aisles.
By the way did you know its not just cans that talk, there are talking trolly's as well. In the future it might be upsetting stopping the trollies from haveing a meaningful conversation with the cans.
Or maybe I'm just 'Off my Trolly'
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@BittyBiddy (2903)
• Ireland
5 Jan 07
Shopping is probably a woman thing. I love supermarket shopping too, especially when I have money to spend. Anything could be on the menu then.
Oh dear.......talking trolleys......maybe you need to rest.......
@kathy77 (7486)
• Australia
5 Jan 07
Yes wouldn't it be fun to have a ride on the shopping trolley but then again I am not young like I used to be and at the weight I am as well I would probably end up in the hospital, so I do not play with the shopping trolley, but I know my children did but as long as there was nobody in the aisle I did not get upset with them, they have to have a bit of fun and so as nobody got hurt it was ok with me.
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@BittyBiddy (2903)
• Ireland
5 Jan 07
Yes, they have to get it out of their system. And it's a bit of harmless fun.....so long as they don't head for the eggs or something.
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@emisle (3822)
• Ireland
6 Jan 07
I never used to play with the trolley as such, though i did like pushing it, though when its heavy and you're a kid, going around corners can be a bit of a challenge!
But today if they put a bar on the bottom that i could stand on, you can bet that (if no one was around!) i would push off and take the trolley for a spin! lol
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@BittyBiddy (2903)
• Ireland
6 Jan 07
Sometimes the trolleys only have side bars, but it's possible to stick your feet in the sides........oh......not that I've tried it recently or anything. LOL!
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@visitorinvasion (7709)
• United States
6 Jan 07
The ones we had when I was a kid you could pull part of the cart down in the front and sit in it while someone else pushed. It was a lot of fun.
The last time I saw carts like that, I was about 18 or so. My roomie and I had been out late partying (imagine that) and got hungry, so we decided to shop before going home.
Boy were we wasted and silly. Grown girls riding up and down the aisle (well, I did the pushing) singing and getting in the stock boys' way. Acting a fool in general.
I can honestly say that was the last time I played with a shopping cart, lol.
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@BittyBiddy (2903)
• Ireland
6 Jan 07
Sounds like fun was had by all. It's great to have memories like that. :)
@babykay (2131)
• Ireland
6 Jan 07
I used to do this as a child and I was reminded of what happened when I saw a kid do the exact same thing...
Child swinging out of trolley, manages to pull the trolley asunder, food goes everywhere, child hysterical, mother shouting - never again! how embarrassed would you be as an adult if you had a trolley accident.
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@mari61960 (4893)
• United States
6 Jan 07
Too funny, sounds like what I still see on shopping trips...I've seen kids dump their moms carts right in the parking lot...lol
I'de kill em..just kidding.
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@Rosy001 (363)
• South Africa
5 Jan 07
I'm too dangerous with a trolley!! I'm one of those ankle knockers!...LOL! actually not funny, quite painful- i speak from experience.
Do put my daughter in it tho and my 'husband' is the one who plays down the aisles....
@BittyBiddy (2903)
• Ireland
5 Jan 07
I've had a trolley across the ankles on occasion and it is very painful.
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@someshrathi11 (491)
• India
5 Jan 07
NO,BUT AFTER LISTENING 2 YOUR DETAILS,I SURELY WILL LIKE 2 PLAY WITH IT.
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@yadavyuvi (138)
• United States
6 Jan 07
only when I and My friend Kachua went for shopping . Not all the time. it is a good time pass and funny to. because all the people will see you what you are doing.
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@charlieb1979 (392)
• United States
6 Jan 07
LOL I did that once and at the end of aisle there was a a stack thing of pickle jars and the cart went straight to them, breaking about 12 jars of pickles!!!!
@Justme2007 (1848)
• United States
6 Jan 07
lol did you have to clean up the mess? Did you break it so you had to buy it?
@charlieb1979 (392)
• United States
7 Jan 07
LOL Luckily my uncle the floor manager of the store. I just had to mop and sweep up.
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@rainbow (6761)
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23 Jan 07
If I have to got on a weekly shop with kids and a trolley, I stand them both in it and wriggle it about, do car noises around the corners and when "braking" and if we can get a bit of a run at it do skids, anything to keep them amused. I like to ride on the trolley handle and fly like Titanic too but I'm always careful of other shoppers.
My other ploys are letting them walk and pick things up to put in the trolley, it's amazing how far a bag of sugar can spread round a shop, lol.
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@sirensanssmile (3764)
• Netherlands
6 Jan 07
I sure so. I like to get up some speed and cruse around. I don't even care that I tend to knock things over, I figure if nothing breaks then there is no problem. My boyfriend always picks it up for me out of embarassment anyway. heh heh
I did this once with a laundry cart at a launder place when my washer broke.... I chipped my collar bone and from then on I leave those alone.... Ouch! That steel bar is not to be underestimated!
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@katisaurus (1038)
• Canada
6 Jan 07
I almost got run over by a kid with one today! He was comin' down the aisle and totally didn't notice I was there. pfft.
I used to do it all the time. Not so much anymore though because I'm a little too heavy for it.. it'd be my luck the cart would tip over on me. :P If there's stuff in it, then yeah, I've done it before. It's fun!
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@mari61960 (4893)
• United States
5 Jan 07
Hehehe...I used to do the same thing when I was a little kid. One time when I was about 16, I conviced my friend to get in the basket. I pushed her down an isle and ran to hide. I almost peed my pants when she couldn't get out and a clerk had to help her.
We still laugh about it now at 46....She now lives 3000 miles away. But when we see each other (a coupel times a year) I always say when we enter a store...."Want me to give you a ride?"...lol Great topic.
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@theproperator (2429)
• United States
23 Jan 07
Usually, I am the model of a dignified shopper but....every now and then I still do hop on that bar and ride the cart across the parking lot to my car, but not too fast, because I'm afraid I'll pop a wheelie and pull the cart back over on myself!
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