Supermarket chain Asda is to create 'slapping areas' where frustrated parents can legally hit their children without causing offence to other shoppers. "Like it or not, administering reasonable chastisement to offspring is legal, so our decision to create slapping and non slapping areas of the store reflects customer choice," a spokesman said.
Christian group Parents and Concerned Families welcomed Asda's move. "Parents have a right to choose whether to slap their children but not everyone wants to see children being hit while they shop" said chairwoman Susan Smith.
The supermarket giant says the slapping areas will be in quieter "neutral" areas of the store, where cleaning products are displayed, rather than in cereal or confectionery aisles, where family conflict can occur easily. A special logo featuring an outstretched palm and a tearful child’s face will mark which areas of the store will be slapping-friendly.
One parent who preferred not to be named praised the scheme: "My mum used to belt me really hard in the Co Op bacon queue and it never did me no harm," she said. "How I choose to bring up my kids is my business. Troy, I told you. Stop making that bleeding noise or you know what you'll get."
But a woman - also anonymous - in a check out queue at a Home Counties branch of Waitrose was critical of the idea. “We don’t want to hear screaming and yelling while we do our shop. We send our children to independent boarding schools where they can be abused by professionals in an educational setting, away from the public gaze ”
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Asda introduces "slapping friendly areas" for shoppers with small children
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nickb
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FraserWords
offlineMemberLove the last line...
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Give your son a slap and tell him to mind his own business
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beau-jolly
offlineMemberRikkor. I think you probably got off lightly as I understand that Asda's parent Wallmart sells hand guns in their US stores.
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The All New Jeni B
onlineMemberThis is frighteningly realistic.
5slaps, er, stars.Posted 1 year ago #
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