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Tesco's finest fillet steaks, or ducks breast, weighed as potatoes. 42p each, spankyou Tesco, spankyou very much
now, that is theft. You're no better than someone who hides something down their trousers and walks out of the shop.
I frequently leave my trolley if I need to go back and get something ive forgotten. Is anybody [i]seriously[/i] bothered about that?
chill out, you'll shorten your own life getting that stressed, no-one elses.
On occasion, if im really hungry I might even nibble on something I haven't yet paid for. IIRC there has to be intent to deprive someone of their property for it to be theft.
how about self checkouts. Tesco's finest fillet steaks, or ducks breast, weighed as potatoes. 42p each, spankyou Tesco, spankyou very much
does that work in Asda? purely hypothetically speaking...
I find grabbing a packet of Babybel's when entering the supermarket keeps the offspring unwrapping and chomping things for a while. I pay for them when i get to the checkout. What on earths the problem with that?
BTW: Tim. Could you post up the answer to that question? Should you, purely hypothetically, discover it. Ahem....
Seems to be a trend that's crept in over the last 10-15 years. Really annoys me for some reason. Quite often see discarded wrappers or bottles on shelves in my local Sainsbury's where people have eaten or drunk something and not paid for it, which is even more irritating.
I'm a 30 year old Yorkshire man & very old fashioned in all aspects of life including my views on telling the wife shopping is her job.once I picked myself up off the floor I took my 2 & 5 year old to do the BIG shop.I let my kids sit in the trolley & eat a punet of strawberries 2 for 1 deal.I don't have a problem with it as I get well behaved children for an hour.I'm sure the ones above would rather not have a lot of kids screaming the place down as kids' and supermarkets don't mix.
Somehow it erks me too, I'm not sure why. Possibly because I don't trust people to pay for it at the end. But I've done it myself when I was a kid and when I was particularly shattered after a ride, to the point of feeling dizzy - when I went to the checkout I was given a really dodgy stare by the checkout woman.
>I'm not sure why
Possibly because - in addition to all the other reasons mentioned - it's simply ****ing ill-mannered.
Many years back on a trip to the states a few of us were in the supermarket and undertook a spot of 'grazing' as we termed it, unfortunatly staff didnt take kindly to empty Gatorade bottles returned to shelfs.
So on exiting store we had our collars felt, the 5 villans were reduced to 2 who were willing to take a hit for the team, along came the burly policeman and a ride to the station in his car complete with shotgun hanging up on the mesh devide. anyway we had a good chat with cop turns out he was going to watch the event we were competing in.
At the station they wanted to hit us with $400 each so a quick pow wow reduced this to one taking the whole blame so hence $400usd for a few bottles of gaterade, good day out at the station though.
Obviously i couldnt condone such behavior now.....
Just want to be clear that it wasn't me. I have a dash in my name...
Good story though.
Seems to be a trend that's crept in over the last 10-15 years.
Much the same as the 'stuffing your face walking down the street while talking on a mobile and then lobbing the wrapper on the pavement trend'.
My pet hate is people (usually OAP couples) who block the whole aisle while discussing the price/salt/fat/fibre content of a basic item, when they probably buy exactly the same thing every week regardless. This is in complete contrast to the amazing turn of speed they produce if they think you are going to pick up something they want from the reduced counter 👿
Can't say it bothers me much, as long as the food's paid for. I've let my kids open bottles of water in the supermarket, and not thought twice about it.
The supermarket won't care, they'd lose more over the long run by adopting heavy handed security than they will over the odd packet of crisps that someone steals.
Can't say I've ever done it other than tasting the odd grape etc. but I can't see what's wrong with it either
I'm sure if it bothered the supermarkets that much, they'd stick a notice up to discourage at least a few of the grazers
Theft is "the intention to permanently deprive". So as long as you intend to pay for it within some, reasonable, amount of time, you're not stealing.
Obviously it's open to debate as to what an acceptable amount of time is, but eating a bag of crisps in a supermarket would most likely pass. However uncouth it is.
A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it. - Theft Act, 1968
I think some folk are too bothered by what other folk are doing
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bassspine - Member
until it's paid for it belongs to the shop. If the're bothered security can sort it. When people leave their trollys behind and walk off, if I see something I need in it, I'll pick it out.
I've done the opposite, added to trolleys when people are not looking, usually the kind of muppets who just park their trolley anywhere then walk off down the aisles, I don't imagine they even know what they've bought half the time anyway! Once got caught by the trolley owner in afrench hypermarket, and she practically chased me to the tills to return a cheap packet of pasta I'd dropped in her trolley because she was being a silly bitch.
I'd personally lock the doors of every supermarket in the land and burn everyone inside to death.
Horrible places and anyone eating as they shop deserves two to the back of the head. Three if it's a child.
For me its black and white. Due to potential shoplifting problems you EAT it after you pay for it.
Two reasons- I used to work in Woolies and we found used wrappers etc stuffed inbetween the shop fittings and in displays DAILY.
Secondly- Are you SURE your Switch/Solo card will work at the tillpoint?
You massive bunch of losers!
as a student (20 yrs ago) i used to eat a sandwich on the way round tescos and ditch the packet on an quite aisle, i was skint and needed dinner
come on ourkidsam, don't sit on the fence, tell us what you think!
I buy them something from the fag counter (not usually fags though) before we start because, without exception, I always have to go in and change a tenner before I can get a ****in trolley.
Two reasons- I used to work in Woolies
Now I remember, I did used to do it when I was a kid
Pick 'n' Mix is [was] free, right?
Secondly- Are you SURE your Switch/Solo card will work at the tillpoint?
Petrol stations seem to manage OK
If your card doesn't work or if you've left your wallet at home - you simply give them your name & address & pay later
On self-service checkouts put beer through as weighted onions for bonus prize special discount.
A 'mate' of mine used to steal 2 bottles of scotch daily from the local somerfield. The staff knew he was doing it, but were always to scared to say anything. Peat the Mexican was his name, although the nearest Mexico he's ever been was Parkhurst.
Arrrrrr Bless him.
Can't see any problem as long as you pay?
ourkidsam - MemberYou massive bunch of losers!
Can this be an automated post in every thread?
Now I remember, I did used to do it when I was a kid
Pick 'n' Mix is [was] free, right?
It was when I was a kid. So were the table tennis balls in Dressers.
This is a good thread to remind me why I do internet supermarket shopping!
I rarely pay for any food when I go to the supermarket. I just eat a months worth of food while I'm there and store it in my camel-hump-esque pot belly.
theft act 1968.once you've eaten it you have permanently deprived the owner of their property,paying after is compensation not payment....surely?
Jeez, no PJ's and no eating the produce before you've coughed up. What next, no violently shaking the special offer 2l bottles of coke?
I'd personally lock the doors of every supermarket in the land and burn everyone inside to death.
dammit i misread this and thought burn was bum, my witty Barrymore related comeback is now entirely redundant.
Possibly because - in addition to all the other reasons mentioned - it's simply ****ing ill-mannered.
I'm not sure how manners come into it really, that's an odd statement.
Two reasons- I used to work in Woolies and we found used wrappers etc stuffed inbetween the shop fittings and in displays DAILY.
Car drivers often speed, do we ban all people from driving because they might speed? What a daft reasoning. As is the card issue, there are always ways around it in the unlikely event that your card is declined.
Like I say, the only reason I can see for disliking the idea is that some grotty members of the public think it's OK to steal by that route. But it doesn't mean that all do, so thinking that is totally irrational.
I regularly do this and I think it's quite funny that some people have so little going in their lives that they might get annoyed by it. I will make an effort to do it more blatantly from now on.
My life is so full that I don't get much time to eat so I am often hungry or thirsty when I get to the shops. A nice big swig on a carton of apple juice is a favourite. All goes to the checkout in the end.
It really annoys me. Can't they just wait. It's not like they're going to collapse from malnutrition if they have to wait 20 mins to eat is it. The less time they spend waddling around the supermarket feeding their faces the less time they spend getting in my way and preventing me from doing something more interesting. As for kids: They shouldn't need bribing with food to behave well either, try giving them a proper up bringing and teaching them a bit of respect. It's no wonder that we have such an obesity problem in this country if parents think this is a good example to set their children. The only situation I can think of that this would be acceptable is if someone has diabetes or something and might need sugar in a hurry.
[i]Whilst shopping this afternoon, I once again saw someone pushing their trolley round, filling their (fat) face (Kettle chips), while they filled their trolley.
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I'm guessing this took place in Asda?
Supermarkets sell everything now, park your trolly by a camping table and have a picnic, you could even invite some fellow shoppers to join you.
that would be worth moaning about......
I regularly do this if shopping and have missed my evening meal.
It's not theft until you try and leave the premises without paying.
Eating "free" grapes is just part of legitimate sampling before buying. I often need to sample several grapes to check consistency!
As said above, only the tawdry middle classes worry about upsetting tesco till workers.
At the weekend there, my gf was moaning that she was thirsty, so cracked open a bottle of diet coke she got off the shelf.
We paid for it, so no harm done.
I am guessing those that critisise pearents from doing it don't have kids. Small children don't understand waiting for something and if you put something they like in the trolly and they decied they want it they don't understand being told that they have to wait 10/20 mins as to them thats for ever. I used to do it with mine when they were smaller and my wife has done it with bottled water when she was pregnant and feeliing faint.
[i]I am guessing those that critisise pearents from doing it don't have kids.[/i]
No, those that criticise don't have badly behaved kids.
"only the tawdry middle classes worry about upsetting tesco till workers."
Yeah, because the 'till workers' dont register on your radar do they? tw*t.
Bothered me for a while but thinking it through it's not a problem if you intend to pay up at the end.
People feeding kids while shopping? If the above applies then it's their kids, none of my business..