AndrewR ) gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying :

Or would you rather whine?

Why should I be inconvenienced by somebody else's irresponsibility?

What is irresponsible, having children, taking them to the supermarket
or failing to realise that you are the most important person there and
that your wishes are paramount?

Not controlling them so they don't **** everybody else in the store off.

If you wish to enjoy shopping without children getting in your way
then you have options, a lot of parents do not have the option of
chosing to shop without their children. It's not just single parents
- it's parents who work jobs that do not neatly line up to give them a
regular window where one partner can child mind while the other shops,

Is online shopping not available to them?

it's parents who like to shop together

Personal preference.

it's parents who perhaps do not realise that you are being driven mad
by
something so petty and trivial as their choice to

let members of their family run wild.

Perhaps you should also take a moment to understand that when you
become a parent you are not issued with a remote control for your new
child - you can not force them to act in a particular way.

No, but you can teach them how to behave. That seems a spectacularly
unfashionable approach - and look where it's taking us.

For your part have you considered asking children to let you through?

Yes. It usually gets ignored. If I then ask the parent politely to
please move their child, it often gets a disgusted look and a huff.

Amazingly even 3 year olds are capable of quite sophisticated verbal
communication and can easily understand simple requests like, "Can you
move to the side, please?"

They seem unable to understand their parents asking them to sit quietly
and stop hitting their sister.

You know, just like you'd do with an adult
- or do you simply push them out of the way as well?

I don't often have to emergency stop a trolley because adults are
chasing each other up and down aisles.