Shopping Trolley Hygiene. Ibis Don't Look!

[icyfroth]

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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DO YOU WORRY ABOUT GERMS IN PUBLIC PLACES?

[azureline**]

I never see babies or toddlers in trolleys here unless they have a trolley liner and bar cover on them. Mum's seem to be very aware now. I made my grandies the covers when they were born, well used!

Our supermarkets have hand cleaners at the entrances.

[cherry*135]

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@j*oono wrote:

Not that I don't do it.  I really do.

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I expected you really did do that, and no, it doesn't surprise me that you would.

Do they still have the trolleys where you can sit your own baby's car seat in them?

[danger.will.robinson]

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@j*oono wrote:

Not that I don't do it.  I really do.

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You seem proud of the fact you steal. Nice. Did you teach your children it is okay to steal from supermarkets?

It annoys me when I see young people taking a mouthful of drink and put the bottle back on a shelf, and hide half eaten chocolate bars on the shelves. I would expect better behaviour from an adult.

[j*oono]

I know.  Really I should grab a couple of wipes and clean the trolley for the next shopper too 

[cherry*135]

I hope you get caught on CCTV, will be a laughing matter then won't it.

[j*oono]

Security.... aisle 7

[just_me_karen]

Lmao Joono 500 on the way. 500 germs that won't get you cos you nick the detol wipes.

My supermarket has hand wipes near the trolleys, great idea. Once I got a trolley and put my hand in baby poop because I wasn't looking when I grabbed it. That was gross and I thought about nicking some dettol wipes 😄

I quite like germs and don't fuss too much unless I am visiting people who are susceptible.

[i-once-was-bump]

I have a little bottle of the dettol hand wash with a clip on it for hanging off my shopping bag so it is handy if I pick up a leaking meat packet.

As for the shopping trolley, who knows it might have been what killed the ibis.

I hope they did an autopsy so  they could rule out the germ filled trolley.

[cherry*135]

As for the shopping trolley, who knows it might have been what killed the ibis.

I hope they did an autopsy so  they could rule out the germ filled trolley.

[latina4621]

i always wash my hands after  i get home from the supermarket

and also they don't have  hand wipes available to use in the store which i think they should have them in all stores

also those carry baskets some of them look like they have not been cleaned since they got them

am3 our local store still has the baby seats on the trolleys.