Convo with store employee tonight...

snowbird25ca

Moderator - CPST Instructor
So as I posted in another thread, we bought a Radian at Canadian Tire tonight. The sales guy who came out to our car to accompany the seat has a little boy who is 2 yrs old. He's 35" tall and weighs 41lbs - and rides in a booster. Not harnessed! :eek: (I have a way of getting info from people in casual conversations...lol :eek: )

I told him his son was supposed to be harnessed until 4yrs old in Canada... his reply was that his son met the minimums of the booster, so they put him in it. :rolleyes:

I don't remember my exact words... but I told him that he was brave - that I'd be worried about dd sitting still in a booster and that the risk of injury was just so much higher. I told him that was why my 2.5yo dd was still rf'ing, because it was just so much safer.

Maybe he thought I was a cuck(oo), but oh well... I think he's the idiot - 2 yrs old and in a booster. It's not like he's run out of harness options yet.
 
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JaRylan

New member
So as I posted in another thread, we bought a Radian at Canadian Tire tonight. The sales guy who came out to our car to accompany the seat has a little boy who is 2 yrs old. He's 35" tall and weighs 41lbs - and rides in a booster. Not harnessed! :eek: (I have a way of getting info from people in casual conversations...lol :eek: )

I told him his son was supposed to be harnessed until 4yrs old in Canada... his reply was that his son met the minimums of the booster, so they put him in it. :rolleyes:

I don't remember my exact words... but I told him that he was brave - that I'd be worried about dd sitting still in a booster and that the risk of injury was just so much higher. I told him that was why my 2.5yo dd was still rf'ing, because it was just so much safer.

Maybe he thought I was a cuck(oo), but oh well... I think he's the idiot - 2 yrs old and in a booster. It's not like he's run out of harness options yet.


I like how you put it that "he was brave". Hopefully he goes home tonight and tells his wife about your conversation and it makes them both question what they are doing. Wonder what the employee discount is for Canadian Tire???
 

snowbird25ca

Moderator - CPST Instructor
I like how you put it that "he was brave". Hopefully he goes home tonight and tells his wife about your conversation and it makes them both question what they are doing. Wonder what the employee discount is for Canadian Tire???

Hmm, I wonder what kind of discount they get. I hope my somewhat subtle sarcastic comment sinks in.

It was kind of annoying that he at first balked about me wanting to try the seat out... he didn't know the name of LATCH - just described it and basically told me if I had that it'd work. :rolleyes:
 

Jewels

Senior Community Member
So as I posted in another thread, we bought a Radian at Canadian Tire tonight. The sales guy who came out to our car to accompany the seat has a little boy who is 2 yrs old. He's 35" tall and weighs 41lbs - and rides in a booster. Not harnessed! :eek: (I have a way of getting info from people in casual conversations...lol :eek: )

I told him his son was supposed to be harnessed until 4yrs old in Canada... his reply was that his son met the minimums of the booster, so they put him in it. :rolleyes:
:eek: Not quite all the requirments, the min. age limit is 4 on Canadian boosters :rolleyes:
 

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