I like to shop on Tuesday because........

[Jeza]

The supermarket is quite,well it usually is, today it was manic. No idea why. Whilst in the checkout queue I noticed that the woman in front was been badgered for sweets by her daughter ( I presume ) The woman said she couldn't afford them. I then looked at what she had on the belt. Every thing was cheap stuff. It made me feel very lucky. When my turn came I bought the sweets the child wanted and gave them to her. I still feel sad though. Just a thought for this Tuesday eve.

[ummmm]

I think it's a lovely gesture and I wouldn't be offended if someone done it for me.

[B00]

It was a lovely gesture...however...

I know in the past ive told Mini Boo I couldn't afford sweets purely because I simply didn't want her to have them (near a meal time etc) and it caused less of a tantrum if i said we'd no money than a simple no.

[squarebear]

That is what I was trying to get at Boo. It would have been wiser to ask the mother first in case she had said no to the child for that very reason.

[ummmm]

You don't have to allow your kids to eat them there and then.

[B00]

lol ummmm, can you imagine the epic scale of the tantrum if a packet of sweets was suddenly ripped out of a child's hands that they thought they were just about to eat?

Sorry Jeza, as well meaning as you thought your actions were, I personally think it was ill thought out, and frankly quite insulting.

[EvianBaby]

I think I'd be insulted too to be honest.

[ummmm]

I used to do it to mine on a regular basis :-)

My Dad used to turn up at the weekends with loads of sweets. He'd hand them out and I'd take them off them. I wasn't being cruel, they knew the rules.

[B00]

That's peachy ummm, but thats you- we aint all as disciplined ;-) I'm afraid that I personally would rather take the "chicken" route and say I couldn't afford them than have the endless nagging that I'd have got when mine was a toddler.

[bednobs]

i'd be really peeved if someone bought my kids sweets. I also never hang around the checkout long enough that the next person finishes their shopping. I hat shopping so much

[bednobs]

but as it sounds like the woman wasn't insulted i suppose it doesn't matter what we all think

[NOX]

I think it was a nice thing you did Jeza ;-)

[ummmm]

I often took the chicken route, I still take the chicken route, although now they know I'm lying. Saying 'I don't have any money' is not as harsh as 'NO'

I'm like the queen, I don't carry cash....if I did, I wouldn't have it for long!

[horseshoes]

The story of the little old lady not affording her shopping, reminds me of the time I was in a supermarket years ago, and there was quite a kerfuffle. It turned out she was caught shoplifting; when they took the item from her it was a tin of asparagus! It didn't evoke much sympathy!