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[quote]imhungry wrote:

[quote]biglifter wrote:

[quote]Christine wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]biglifter wrote:

[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
This type of event does sort of speak to varying degrees of honesty that some people have. There really are a lot of people who believe that they can walk around a store chowing down and have no qualms or doubts at all about not paying for it.

My sis used to do this (and I’d assume still does) even to the extent of grabbing hands full of certain items like yogurt coated raisins, and virtually any small fruits or veggies and feeding them to her kid. I asked her about it once, and she said it wasn’t stealing at all, citing how much she was spending and the fact that “they don’t even count that type of stuff” as her rationale for doing it.

[/quote]

Right-o. Yet we have a few experts running around here saying that if you somehow present a scannable tag on some 1/2 empty bag, it’s not stealing whatsoever. I keep looking for that try before you buy sign at my local store. So far, nothing.[/quote]

Yep…I don’t see those signs either.

I wonder if I can use the toilet paper before I leave the store?[/quote]

I have also never seen one sign in any grocery store that I have ever visited that eating while shopping is prohibited.[/quote]

Ugh. Fail. There’s also no sign that clearly states raping our cashiers is prohibited. Store policy trumps all. [/quote]

Raping cashiers and eating a wholesome meat sandwich are the same?[/quote]

How do you know it was wholesome?

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[quote]imhungry wrote:

[quote]biglifter wrote:

[quote]Christine wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]biglifter wrote:

[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
This type of event does sort of speak to varying degrees of honesty that some people have. There really are a lot of people who believe that they can walk around a store chowing down and have no qualms or doubts at all about not paying for it.

My sis used to do this (and I’d assume still does) even to the extent of grabbing hands full of certain items like yogurt coated raisins, and virtually any small fruits or veggies and feeding them to her kid. I asked her about it once, and she said it wasn’t stealing at all, citing how much she was spending and the fact that “they don’t even count that type of stuff” as her rationale for doing it.

[/quote]

Right-o. Yet we have a few experts running around here saying that if you somehow present a scannable tag on some 1/2 empty bag, it’s not stealing whatsoever. I keep looking for that try before you buy sign at my local store. So far, nothing.[/quote]

Yep…I don’t see those signs either.

I wonder if I can use the toilet paper before I leave the store?[/quote]

I have also never seen one sign in any grocery store that I have ever visited that eating while shopping is prohibited.[/quote]

Ugh. Fail. There’s also no sign that clearly states raping our cashiers is prohibited. Store policy trumps all. [/quote]

Raping cashiers and eating a wholesome meat sandwich are the same?[/quote]

I guess it depends on exactly how you do the raping. So yeah, maybe.

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No “Don’t eat the fish in the fish tanks” signs either.

Man, going shopping just got fun.

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[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]imhungry wrote:

[quote]biglifter wrote:

[quote]Christine wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]biglifter wrote:

[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
This type of event does sort of speak to varying degrees of honesty that some people have. There really are a lot of people who believe that they can walk around a store chowing down and have no qualms or doubts at all about not paying for it.

My sis used to do this (and I’d assume still does) even to the extent of grabbing hands full of certain items like yogurt coated raisins, and virtually any small fruits or veggies and feeding them to her kid. I asked her about it once, and she said it wasn’t stealing at all, citing how much she was spending and the fact that “they don’t even count that type of stuff” as her rationale for doing it.

[/quote]

Right-o. Yet we have a few experts running around here saying that if you somehow present a scannable tag on some 1/2 empty bag, it’s not stealing whatsoever. I keep looking for that try before you buy sign at my local store. So far, nothing.[/quote]

Yep…I don’t see those signs either.

I wonder if I can use the toilet paper before I leave the store?[/quote]

I have also never seen one sign in any grocery store that I have ever visited that eating while shopping is prohibited.[/quote]

Ugh. Fail. There’s also no sign that clearly states raping our cashiers is prohibited. Store policy trumps all. [/quote]

Raping cashiers and eating a wholesome meat sandwich are the same?[/quote]

How do you know it was wholesome?[/quote]

I cannot compete with either you or Christine’s logic. Damn.

I’m out~!

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[quote]Professor X wrote:
Just left the store.

Didn’t see one “Don’t pimp slap the floor manager” sign anywhere.

Guess what’s on the agenda for tomorrow?[/quote]

Just walked in the store.

Nothing says “buy me”.

Oh well. Guess they have nothing to sell. Leaving now.

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[quote]imhungry wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:
Just left the store.

Didn’t see one “Don’t pimp slap the floor manager” sign anywhere.

Guess what’s on the agenda for tomorrow?[/quote]

Pimp slapping the floor manager and eating a wholesome meat sandwich are the same?[/quote]

Listen…don’t query him on analogies. He’s had some stretches here. He’s on a roll (hamburger roll).

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[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]imhungry wrote:

[quote]biglifter wrote:

[quote]Christine wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]biglifter wrote:

[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
This type of event does sort of speak to varying degrees of honesty that some people have. There really are a lot of people who believe that they can walk around a store chowing down and have no qualms or doubts at all about not paying for it.

My sis used to do this (and I’d assume still does) even to the extent of grabbing hands full of certain items like yogurt coated raisins, and virtually any small fruits or veggies and feeding them to her kid. I asked her about it once, and she said it wasn’t stealing at all, citing how much she was spending and the fact that “they don’t even count that type of stuff” as her rationale for doing it.

[/quote]

Right-o. Yet we have a few experts running around here saying that if you somehow present a scannable tag on some 1/2 empty bag, it’s not stealing whatsoever. I keep looking for that try before you buy sign at my local store. So far, nothing.[/quote]

Yep…I don’t see those signs either.

I wonder if I can use the toilet paper before I leave the store?[/quote]

I have also never seen one sign in any grocery store that I have ever visited that eating while shopping is prohibited.[/quote]

Ugh. Fail. There’s also no sign that clearly states raping our cashiers is prohibited. Store policy trumps all. [/quote]

Raping cashiers and eating a wholesome meat sandwich are the same?[/quote]

How do you know it was wholesome?[/quote]

Beat ya!

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[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]2busy wrote:
Consider this scenario…

You use a shopping cart.

You put a package of toilet paper on the bottom.

You forgot to pull it out to have it rang up on your bill.

Clerk does not notice.

You walk out of the store.

You realize it when you get to the car.

Did you steal it? Was that your intent?

Things happen.[/quote]

I would think that scenario would be drastically different if in addition to that, you opened the package of toilet paper, used a roll in the bathrooms and THEN didn’t pay for it.[/quote]

I have seen people multiple times snacking on groceries in their cart while shopping.

I consider it to be bad form, but it is not stated as against store policy.

I think it should also be weighed that perhaps that store has dealt with a lot of shop lifting and they had taken a hard stance against anything that seemed inappropriate.

It was one of those situations where things just went wrong.

People break the law technically all the time.

Does that mean they should be handcuffed and dragged off?

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For the record, Safeway closed all their stores here in Nebraska back in the 80’s.

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[quote]Christine wrote:

[quote]biglifter wrote:

[quote]Christine wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]biglifter wrote:

[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
This type of event does sort of speak to varying degrees of honesty that some people have. There really are a lot of people who believe that they can walk around a store chowing down and have no qualms or doubts at all about not paying for it.

My sis used to do this (and I’d assume still does) even to the extent of grabbing hands full of certain items like yogurt coated raisins, and virtually any small fruits or veggies and feeding them to her kid. I asked her about it once, and she said it wasn’t stealing at all, citing how much she was spending and the fact that “they don’t even count that type of stuff” as her rationale for doing it.

[/quote]

Right-o. Yet we have a few experts running around here saying that if you somehow present a scannable tag on some 1/2 empty bag, it’s not stealing whatsoever. I keep looking for that try before you buy sign at my local store. So far, nothing.[/quote]

Yep…I don’t see those signs either.

I wonder if I can use the toilet paper before I leave the store?[/quote]

I have also never seen one sign in any grocery store that I have ever visited that eating while shopping is prohibited.[/quote]

Ugh. Fail. There’s also no sign that clearly states raping our cashiers is prohibited. Store policy trumps all. [/quote]

It’s a fucking store selling mostly food items.

Loads of people eat while shopping. If the stores don’t like it, they should do something to prevent it.[/quote]

The whole of point of the absence of something being implicit permission to go nuts was kinda lost on you, but that’s ok. I never see anyone break out a bag of fried chicken from the deli as their waddling through the aisles. Never. It’s always shit from bulk like cookies, candy, or fruit that simply can’t wait another 20 minutes to be eaten. And yes, if you ate through the shopping trip and weigh it out at checkout, you stole something.

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OMG

I was driving home.

There was a sign that said “65MPH”.

Speed limit?

Said nothing about driving on the other side of the road though . Burger shop was on other side of road. How. To. Get. There?

Shit on my floor, steal toilet paper, don’t pay, pimp slap the manager, pick up 3 toys for my kid but pay for 2 (not sure how I’ll do that though), drive on other side of the road (no sign prohibiting it), but just don’t exceed 65MPH. Good right?

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[quote]biglifter wrote:
I never see anyone break out a bag of fried chicken from the deli as their waddling through the aisles. Never. It’s always shit from bulk like cookies, candy, or fruit that simply can’t wait another 20 minutes to be eaten. And yes, if you ate through the shopping trip and weigh it out at checkout, you stole something. [/quote]

I have seen them eating the fried chicken from the deli while they waddle around.

At the Walmart that was by my house.

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[quote]biglifter wrote:

[quote]Christine wrote:

[quote]biglifter wrote:

[quote]Christine wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]biglifter wrote:

[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
This type of event does sort of speak to varying degrees of honesty that some people have. There really are a lot of people who believe that they can walk around a store chowing down and have no qualms or doubts at all about not paying for it.

My sis used to do this (and I’d assume still does) even to the extent of grabbing hands full of certain items like yogurt coated raisins, and virtually any small fruits or veggies and feeding them to her kid. I asked her about it once, and she said it wasn’t stealing at all, citing how much she was spending and the fact that “they don’t even count that type of stuff” as her rationale for doing it.

[/quote]

Right-o. Yet we have a few experts running around here saying that if you somehow present a scannable tag on some 1/2 empty bag, it’s not stealing whatsoever. I keep looking for that try before you buy sign at my local store. So far, nothing.[/quote]

Yep…I don’t see those signs either.

I wonder if I can use the toilet paper before I leave the store?[/quote]

I have also never seen one sign in any grocery store that I have ever visited that eating while shopping is prohibited.[/quote]

Ugh. Fail. There’s also no sign that clearly states raping our cashiers is prohibited. Store policy trumps all. [/quote]

It’s a fucking store selling mostly food items.

Loads of people eat while shopping. If the stores don’t like it, they should do something to prevent it.[/quote]

The whole of point of the absence of something being implicit permission to go nuts was kinda lost on you, but that’s ok. I never see anyone break out a bag of fried chicken from the deli as their waddling through the aisles. Never. It’s always shit from bulk like cookies, candy, or fruit that simply can’t wait another 20 minutes to be eaten. And yes, if you ate through the shopping trip and weigh it out at checkout, you stole something. [/quote]

Seen that many times. Apparently you can eat half the grapes on a vine, weigh it on the way out yet NOT be stealing anything.

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[quote]biglifter wrote:

[quote]Christine wrote:

[quote]biglifter wrote:

[quote]Christine wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]biglifter wrote:

[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
This type of event does sort of speak to varying degrees of honesty that some people have. There really are a lot of people who believe that they can walk around a store chowing down and have no qualms or doubts at all about not paying for it.

My sis used to do this (and I’d assume still does) even to the extent of grabbing hands full of certain items like yogurt coated raisins, and virtually any small fruits or veggies and feeding them to her kid. I asked her about it once, and she said it wasn’t stealing at all, citing how much she was spending and the fact that “they don’t even count that type of stuff” as her rationale for doing it.

[/quote]

Right-o. Yet we have a few experts running around here saying that if you somehow present a scannable tag on some 1/2 empty bag, it’s not stealing whatsoever. I keep looking for that try before you buy sign at my local store. So far, nothing.[/quote]

Yep…I don’t see those signs either.

I wonder if I can use the toilet paper before I leave the store?[/quote]

I have also never seen one sign in any grocery store that I have ever visited that eating while shopping is prohibited.[/quote]

Ugh. Fail. There’s also no sign that clearly states raping our cashiers is prohibited. Store policy trumps all. [/quote]

It’s a fucking store selling mostly food items.

Loads of people eat while shopping. If the stores don’t like it, they should do something to prevent it.[/quote]

The whole of point of the absence of something being implicit permission to go nuts was kinda lost on you, but that’s ok. I never see anyone break out a bag of fried chicken from the deli as their waddling through the aisles. Never. It’s always shit from bulk like cookies, candy, or fruit that simply can’t wait another 20 minutes to be eaten. And yes, if you ate through the shopping trip and weigh it out at checkout, you stole something. [/quote]

so consuming a sammich, and saving the wrapper with the alleged intent to pay for said sammich is “going nuts”?

you have a talent for exaggeration like the other guy here.

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[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]biglifter wrote:

[quote]Christine wrote:

[quote]biglifter wrote:

[quote]Christine wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]biglifter wrote:

[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
This type of event does sort of speak to varying degrees of honesty that some people have. There really are a lot of people who believe that they can walk around a store chowing down and have no qualms or doubts at all about not paying for it.

My sis used to do this (and I’d assume still does) even to the extent of grabbing hands full of certain items like yogurt coated raisins, and virtually any small fruits or veggies and feeding them to her kid. I asked her about it once, and she said it wasn’t stealing at all, citing how much she was spending and the fact that “they don’t even count that type of stuff” as her rationale for doing it.

[/quote]

Right-o. Yet we have a few experts running around here saying that if you somehow present a scannable tag on some 1/2 empty bag, it’s not stealing whatsoever. I keep looking for that try before you buy sign at my local store. So far, nothing.[/quote]

Yep…I don’t see those signs either.

I wonder if I can use the toilet paper before I leave the store?[/quote]

I have also never seen one sign in any grocery store that I have ever visited that eating while shopping is prohibited.[/quote]

Ugh. Fail. There’s also no sign that clearly states raping our cashiers is prohibited. Store policy trumps all. [/quote]

It’s a fucking store selling mostly food items.

Loads of people eat while shopping. If the stores don’t like it, they should do something to prevent it.[/quote]

The whole of point of the absence of something being implicit permission to go nuts was kinda lost on you, but that’s ok. I never see anyone break out a bag of fried chicken from the deli as their waddling through the aisles. Never. It’s always shit from bulk like cookies, candy, or fruit that simply can’t wait another 20 minutes to be eaten. And yes, if you ate through the shopping trip and weigh it out at checkout, you stole something. [/quote]

Seen that many times. Apparently you can eat half the grapes on a vine, weigh it on the way out yet NOT be stealing anything.[/quote]

I would agree that that is theft.

Are you huffing that nitrous oxide again man?

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[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]biglifter wrote:

[quote]Christine wrote:

[quote]biglifter wrote:

[quote]Christine wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]biglifter wrote:

[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
This type of event does sort of speak to varying degrees of honesty that some people have. There really are a lot of people who believe that they can walk around a store chowing down and have no qualms or doubts at all about not paying for it.

My sis used to do this (and I’d assume still does) even to the extent of grabbing hands full of certain items like yogurt coated raisins, and virtually any small fruits or veggies and feeding them to her kid. I asked her about it once, and she said it wasn’t stealing at all, citing how much she was spending and the fact that “they don’t even count that type of stuff” as her rationale for doing it.

[/quote]

Right-o. Yet we have a few experts running around here saying that if you somehow present a scannable tag on some 1/2 empty bag, it’s not stealing whatsoever. I keep looking for that try before you buy sign at my local store. So far, nothing.[/quote]

Yep…I don’t see those signs either.

I wonder if I can use the toilet paper before I leave the store?[/quote]

I have also never seen one sign in any grocery store that I have ever visited that eating while shopping is prohibited.[/quote]

Ugh. Fail. There’s also no sign that clearly states raping our cashiers is prohibited. Store policy trumps all. [/quote]

It’s a fucking store selling mostly food items.

Loads of people eat while shopping. If the stores don’t like it, they should do something to prevent it.[/quote]

The whole of point of the absence of something being implicit permission to go nuts was kinda lost on you, but that’s ok. I never see anyone break out a bag of fried chicken from the deli as their waddling through the aisles. Never. It’s always shit from bulk like cookies, candy, or fruit that simply can’t wait another 20 minutes to be eaten. And yes, if you ate through the shopping trip and weigh it out at checkout, you stole something. [/quote]

Seen that many times. Apparently you can eat half the grapes on a vine, weigh it on the way out yet NOT be stealing anything.[/quote]

But don’t they weigh produce based on weight? soooo if you are munching on whatever doesn’t that lesson the weight?

so done with this. Why is it so clear to some that you cant eat and not pay and yet some folks think so long as you say sorry it isn’t stealing?

yep… try that as a black teenager.

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[quote]biglifter wrote:

[quote]Christine wrote:

[quote]biglifter wrote:

[quote]Christine wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]biglifter wrote:

[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
This type of event does sort of speak to varying degrees of honesty that some people have. There really are a lot of people who believe that they can walk around a store chowing down and have no qualms or doubts at all about not paying for it.

My sis used to do this (and I’d assume still does) even to the extent of grabbing hands full of certain items like yogurt coated raisins, and virtually any small fruits or veggies and feeding them to her kid. I asked her about it once, and she said it wasn’t stealing at all, citing how much she was spending and the fact that “they don’t even count that type of stuff” as her rationale for doing it.

[/quote]

Right-o. Yet we have a few experts running around here saying that if you somehow present a scannable tag on some 1/2 empty bag, it’s not stealing whatsoever. I keep looking for that try before you buy sign at my local store. So far, nothing.[/quote]

Yep…I don’t see those signs either.

I wonder if I can use the toilet paper before I leave the store?[/quote]

I have also never seen one sign in any grocery store that I have ever visited that eating while shopping is prohibited.[/quote]

Ugh. Fail. There’s also no sign that clearly states raping our cashiers is prohibited. Store policy trumps all. [/quote]

It’s a fucking store selling mostly food items.

Loads of people eat while shopping. If the stores don’t like it, they should do something to prevent it.[/quote]

The whole of point of the absence of something being implicit permission to go nuts was kinda lost on you, but that’s ok. I never see anyone break out a bag of fried chicken from the deli as their waddling through the aisles. Never. It’s always shit from bulk like cookies, candy, or fruit that simply can’t wait another 20 minutes to be eaten. And yes, if you ate through the shopping trip and weigh it out at checkout, you stole something. [/quote]

I don’t know where you shop, but I mostly see it with packaged/pre-weighed items.

And ususally there are children involved.

I have very rarely seen it with bulk items.

But, to be honest, I do live in a ‘nicer’ area.

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[quote]Christine wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]Christine wrote:

[quote]2busy wrote:
Consider this scenario…

You use a shopping cart.

You put a package of toilet paper on the bottom.

You forgot to pull it out to have it rang up on your bill.

Clerk does not notice.

You walk out of the store.

You realize it when you get to the car.

Did you steal it? Was that your intent?

Things happen.[/quote]

This thread got long quick, but I presented that exact scenario earlier.

It was a bottle of fish oil.

I went back and paid for it.
[/quote]

Yeah, but once again, I would see these scenarios differently IF THE ITEM IN QUESTION HAD BEEN OPENED AND MANIPULATED before NOT buying it.

One is forgetting.

The other is saying “fuck it”.
[/quote]

Well, I don’t want to be held to your standards of perfection.

I can be a bit forgetful at times. Lots of stuff swirling around in my grey matter. [/quote]

Busy has a big family and I imagine grocery shopping is a big deal.
What if he forgot (to put the tp on the counter) and then couldn’t remember if he paid for the tp or not. But the security guard followed him out and asked to check his receipt to see if he paid for all his groceries and found he had not paid for the tp. Is that still oops?

I mean Busy could say he thought he had paid for it, but he could also be lying.

I have never worked in loss prevention but in both scenarios if they said oops and I’ll pay for it I would let them pay, if it was my decision.

The situation in the OP looks like a bunch of paper work and drama. I would have let them pay for it even if I thought they were stealing.

How do you even prove they intended to not pay for it? In court or where ever.

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[quote]Professor X wrote:
Seen that many times. Apparently you can eat half the grapes on a vine, weigh it on the way out yet NOT be stealing anything.[/quote]

That would be stealing from the point you altered what you would be paying for the item.

A sandwich which was wrapped and had a sticker on it with a price will still ring up at the same price, eaten or not.

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[quote]Christine wrote:

[quote]biglifter wrote:

[quote]Christine wrote:

[quote]biglifter wrote:

[quote]Christine wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]biglifter wrote:

[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
This type of event does sort of speak to varying degrees of honesty that some people have. There really are a lot of people who believe that they can walk around a store chowing down and have no qualms or doubts at all about not paying for it.

My sis used to do this (and I’d assume still does) even to the extent of grabbing hands full of certain items like yogurt coated raisins, and virtually any small fruits or veggies and feeding them to her kid. I asked her about it once, and she said it wasn’t stealing at all, citing how much she was spending and the fact that “they don’t even count that type of stuff” as her rationale for doing it.

[/quote]

Right-o. Yet we have a few experts running around here saying that if you somehow present a scannable tag on some 1/2 empty bag, it’s not stealing whatsoever. I keep looking for that try before you buy sign at my local store. So far, nothing.[/quote]

Yep…I don’t see those signs either.

I wonder if I can use the toilet paper before I leave the store?[/quote]

I have also never seen one sign in any grocery store that I have ever visited that eating while shopping is prohibited.[/quote]

Ugh. Fail. There’s also no sign that clearly states raping our cashiers is prohibited. Store policy trumps all. [/quote]

It’s a fucking store selling mostly food items.

Loads of people eat while shopping. If the stores don’t like it, they should do something to prevent it.[/quote]

The whole of point of the absence of something being implicit permission to go nuts was kinda lost on you, but that’s ok. I never see anyone break out a bag of fried chicken from the deli as their waddling through the aisles. Never. It’s always shit from bulk like cookies, candy, or fruit that simply can’t wait another 20 minutes to be eaten. And yes, if you ate through the shopping trip and weigh it out at checkout, you stole something. [/quote]

I don’t know where you shop, but I mostly see it with packaged/pre-weighed items.

And ususally there are children involved.

I have very rarely seen it with bulk items.

But, to be honest, I do live in a ‘nicer’ area.[/quote]

I never see folks eating food in the store. But then I live in a very nice area.