A MUM has revealed how she was left fuming after she took her screaming baby shopping in Aldi.
It was a busy Sunday morning when she found herself in this position, and all the checkouts were “fairly full.”
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The single mum wanted to buy some nappies but a man with a heaving trolley nipped in front of her.
After spotting a till she thought was free, she’d found herself in a difficult situation.
As her baby was crying, she found another shopper with a heaving trolley had squeezed in infront of her in the queue.
Taking her frustration out on Mumsnet, the parent is wondering if she is wrong in her anger towards the situation.
She has asked other users of the social media site for their opinion on if she is being unreasonable or not.
The mum first off by explaining how she spotted a till where there wasn’t as big of a queue at one of the tills and began to push her trolley over.
However, there was a woman already standing there who said to the mum that she was waiting and gestured to move behind her.
She then explained how she started to see a man approaching with a full shopping trolley, and nipped it in front of her before he began unpacking.
The parent explained that it was “the hottest day of the year” and that she had “a screaming baby” in the carrier “with a trolley one third of the way full.”
She added: “Not that it should matter but I was there with my trolley first.
“I didn’t say anything but I have wondered since I got home if this is normal and maybe I’m odd for finding it rude.”
The parent then went to ask Mumsnet users a question on the situation she had experienced.
She wrote: “Is this a normal thing or AIBU (am I being unreasonable) for finding this rude?”
In the comments section the mum then goes onto explain how she is a single parent.
What they did sounds very cheeky especially when you have a young child and I’m not sure I’d have waited
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She wrote: “I don’t think I’m special because I have a baby or anything but I’m a single parent and have no choice but to take her shopping with me.
“This morning I needed baby essentials and nappies etc as the baby had her jabs this week and hasn’t been very well.
“I’ve never come across this before but I just know it’s something I would never do even if I had someone else with me.”
Many people rushed to the comments section to share their thoughts.
One wrote: “I’d have definitely spoken up.
“Although, this happened to me in another store and they got very nasty with me so I’m a bit more wary these days.”
Another commented: “Nah sorry disagree. I would let them go first but if they had a week’s load of shopping and I only had a basket then I’d understand why some wouldn’t.”
Another mum joined into the comments explaining how she had gone through a similar situation.
She wrote: “Ugh, I had something similar to this.
“I was walking up to the end of a belt and a smug looking woman ran into the space first, held up her arm to block me and waved to another woman coming in front of me.
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“The other woman was older and if either of them had said ‘Do you mind if we go first?’
“I probably would have let them. As it was I had to look at the floor while they checked out to avoid searing them to ashy husks with my death stare.
“If the woman was holding the place, she should have let you go first because you were there before her husband, you had a crying baby, you had a lot less items than them.
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“I am not sure about the whole place holding thing, if you are going to do that, you can’t make people wait even a second, you need to let them go ahead until your partner is absolutely ready to join the queue.”
Whilst someone else added: “What they did sounds very cheeky especially when you have a young child and I’m not sure I’d have waited.”
