Why do people grocery shop with the whole family?

[Anonymous]

I understand you, OP. These are the same people that bring the entire family to the doctors office or the ED for simple illnesses. Why? I would rather have a root canal than deal with my DH and kids at the grocery store. I love them. But not while I’m shopping.

No one wants to maneuver a car around your kids. And despite what you may think, no one but you thinks they are cute.

[Anonymous]

I have never understood this. I routinely see multi-generational families with passels of kids at grocery stores, Target, etc, often pretty late at night and sometimes on school nights. The kids are tired and cranky and no one looks particularly happy. There's no reason one of the adults couldn't stay at home with the kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have never understood this. I routinely see multi-generational families with passels of kids at grocery stores, Target, etc, often pretty late at night and sometimes on school nights. The kids are tired and cranky and no one looks particularly happy. There's no reason one of the adults couldn't stay at home with the kids.

Culturally, people shop as a family. All together. Also, if there's one car, then you roll together to every store so everyone can get what they want.

[Anonymous]

OP— this is weird to me. When I see a single person shopping at the grocery store I always think how sad their life must be. There is nothing more lonely to me than seeing that. I am not talking about someone running in for a few items after work. You can tell those. Someone alone in wegman’s on the Sunday before Christmas is sad even if they have family.

[Anonymous]

I get that Wegman's is a destination (actually I've never been to one, but I've heard.) What I don't understand are the families at Safeway doing their regular shop together - mom, dad, multiple young kids. I've done a ton of shopping with one or more kids in tow, but when/if I've got a spouse handy, there's no way on earth that we would go all together.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP— this is weird to me. When I see a single person shopping at the grocery store I always think how sad their life must be. There is nothing more lonely to me than seeing that. I am not talking about someone running in for a few items after work. You can tell those. Someone alone in wegman’s on the Sunday before Christmas is sad even if they have family.

What?! Stop being crazypants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ugh. My husband went to work and I need to take both my kids to the grocery. Bonus, I’m being judged by jerks like you.

Nope. That is understandable. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. It is the crazies with 2 parents there that are nuts!

I agree with you, PP.

[Anonymous]

Because the dad is useless...can't follow a list and comes home w/ a bunch of random crap, and leaves out key ingredients for the menu and blows the budget. Mom can't go alone because dad will jack the kids up on crap food (assuming he bothers to feed them at all,) the house will look like a tornado blew through and no one will help clean it up. That's why.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP— this is weird to me. When I see a single person shopping at the grocery store I always think how sad their life must be. There is nothing more lonely to me than seeing that. I am not talking about someone running in for a few items after work. You can tell those. Someone alone in wegman’s on the Sunday before Christmas is sad even if they have family.

WTF... people aren't allowed to grocery shop...whether they're single in their life circumstances or just alone because the family is doing something more interesting? Hands down the strangest thing I've read on here and I've read a lot of strange things over the years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was at Wegmans today (which is a total disaster) and so many families shopping! Why do people do this? Why not have one parent stay home with the out of control kids and the other go to the store? People like to make life as terrible as possible. Ha ha. Merry Christmas!

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Usually it is minimum five people, three generations. My God, don't they have grocery stores where you people come from? It is not a field trip - leave half of them at home. I can understand one or two of you trekking out, but more than that is ridiculous. Looks to m like they are bored, or don't want to stay home with whomever is left behind, because they are awkward or can't stand to be in the same room with them. I have stuff to do, stop clogging the aisles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Try taking kids into Whole Foods! The other shoppers huff and puff if you dare take a child in there. It seems like people think that paying more for their chicken entitled then to shop without the nuisance of non-adults. It’s bizarre. I’ve noticed a similar attitude in Balducci’s.

Wegman’s has a restaurant, full bar, live music and many other awesome things. I frequently see whole families there.

Amazon Prime Now delivers from Whole Foods for free. I’m never shopping in the store again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP— this is weird to me. When I see a single person shopping at the grocery store I always think how sad their life must be. There is nothing more lonely to me than seeing that. I am not talking about someone running in for a few items after work. You can tell those. Someone alone in wegman’s on the Sunday before Christmas is sad even if they have family.

WTF... people aren't allowed to grocery shop...whether they're single in their life circumstances or just alone because the family is doing something more interesting? Hands down the strangest thing I've read on here and I've read a lot of strange things over the years.

+1

Shopping alone is NORMAL, people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because the dad is useless...can't follow a list and comes home w/ a bunch of random crap, and leaves out key ingredients for the menu and blows the budget. Mom can't go alone because dad will jack the kids up on crap food (assuming he bothers to feed them at all,) the house will look like a tornado blew through and no one will help clean it up. That's why.

Then that family needs to nip their crap in the bud, not inflict the rest of society with their internal failings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I get that Wegman's is a destination (actually I've never been to one, but I've heard.) What I don't understand are the families at Safeway doing their regular shop together - mom, dad, multiple young kids. I've done a ton of shopping with one or more kids in tow, but when/if I've got a spouse handy, there's no way on earth that we would go all together.

+1

Thank you. It is not a freaking museum.

[Anonymous]

We went to the movies in Silver Spring, stopped by WF on the way home. NBD.