have you slapped that child?
Why not?

When I do my weekly bigshop, it's normally in one of two tescos. One is in Handforth Dean, the other in Wythenshawe. For those of you unfamiliar with the geography and shop locations of South Manchester, Handforth Dean Tesco is the closest supermarket to some very, very rich areas, like Alderly Edge. In fact, first time I went in there, some years ago, I walked past Posh and Becks on my way in. No really. Whereas Wythenshawe is a shithole. No really.

Something I have observed on my way around these two stores is the difference in behaviour between the kids of utter chavs and those of the upper middle classes.

The big difference being: the upper middle classes have no control over their kids whatsoever.

As I walk around Handforth Dean, I will hear the familiar refrain of "Appleblossom, stop that. Stop that. please stop that, Appleblossom" as the cute little shit continues destroying whatever display has caught their eye, shortly followed by "Mummy I want ... I want ... I want ..." "No dear, you can't have that" "MUMMY I WANT ... I WANT ..." "okay dear, you can have it".

However, in Wythenshawe, the two situations go "Jamie! Fucking stop that or I'll twat you" Jamie stops that; then "Mummy I want ..." "tough shit, you can't have it" end of.

If I have kids, they're getting dressed in trackies and Elizabeth Duke.
(ScousersPet, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 9:09, 2 replies)

Slap that child
Any child creating a disturbance in such venues should be slapped either by it's parents, or any passer by. This is an action I have advocated in my local Huntingdon tescos, whch seems to be a magnet for all the "Dole-scum" Mutants and chavs, in a Wythenshawe stylee.
(Betty Boothroyd's Love custard Tourettes at the KOB, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 12:49, closed)

Don't shop at Tescos.
Go to Waitrose in Wilmslow instead, far more civilised. Nobody with kids can afford to shop there :o)
(grandmaswhiskers, Tue 22 Apr 2008, 21:12, closed)