MOST of us don't think twice when putting our groceries - and often our children - into shopping trolleys.
A fortnight ago, Mango Hill mother Michelle McPherson was one of those people. That was until a Halloween shopping trip left her with a feathered fright and a dead bird on her hands.
"We dropped into a shopping centre in Deception Bay to grab a few things for Halloween," she said.
"We did our shopping and came out and there was a trolley parked right in front of us.
"I went to move it and thought there was a Halloween costume or something in there."
Upon closer inspection, Ms McPherson discovered an ibis lying lifeless in the trolley.
"It looked like it must have been road kill," she said.
Posting her gruesome grocery find on social media, Ms McPherson said she was concerned about the health risks posed by shopping trolleys.
"Here's a good reason why shopping trolleys might not be the best place to hold your food," she posted.
"I don't know how many times I've seen little kids sitting and eating in them."
Parenting blogger and founder of the brisbanekids.com.au website, Ngaire Stirling, described the dead bird incident as an "extreme situation" and labelled concerns over trolley hygiene as an overreaction.
"I wonder what people would have the alternative be … spray the trolleys with Glen 20?" she said.
"I don't doubt my children have caught gastro from a shopping centre but what do you do … keep them at home?"
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