I haven't read through this thread and it has probably been mentioned somewhere I am sure, but man do I get sick of those huge monstrosity child carriages that people get away with in busy public places.
I was at a festival today and there were some points where pedestrian traffic came to a standstill because of people standing around with what is basically the "Hummer" version of baby carriages trying to get past each other in narrow corridors.
It wouldn't be so bad if they were actually necessary, but I know people with kids that have small cheap simple strollers that they break out for these occasions because they acknowledge the problems they can cause in tight areas.
Also, it seems like most of the people who insist on using gigantic strollers do so because they basically want an excuse to be able to push a shopping cart around with them. Most of them have more retail items and snacks in them, than actual baby. I actually saw one guy with 2 cases of beer in a stroller and making the tot still in diapers walk next to it (OK, that was actually kind of funny).
/gripe
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