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[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]MytchBucanan wrote:

[quote]TheBodyGuard wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]Christine wrote:

[quote]gregron wrote:

[quote]Christine wrote:

[quote]jehovasfitness wrote:

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

they are trying to, but all these people in the thread are bitching that they aren’t allowed, LOL
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Most grocery stores I go to have free samples all over the place. They encourage people to eat while shopping. [/quote]

Grocery stores encourage people to eat “the FREE SAMPLES” not the items that are “For Sale”… Big difference.[/quote]

But they do nothing to prevent it.

They really can’t because it is mostly parents with children who are doing the eating. If they were to try and stop it, parents would shop elsewhere.

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LOL…you just had someone who works as loss prevention state that he follows those types around to see if they pay.

That means it matters.[/quote]

That means it only matters if they don’t pay.

Logic is like an apparition to you. [/quote]

…and they didn’t pay.[/quote]

Yet he’s talking about my “logic”.

These people did NOT pay. Why is this so hard for people?

No one gives a shit if the rest of you eat food that in stores IF YOU PAY FOR IT.

Are people really still lost on this?[/quote]

I don’t think Safeway shares his faith in the “honor system”.

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[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]xlpicard wrote:

[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]xlpicard wrote:

[quote]gregron wrote:

[quote]xlpicard wrote:

[quote]gregron wrote:

[quote]xlpicard wrote:

[quote]gregron wrote:

[quote]xlpicard wrote:
Arguing on the internet, is like running in the special olympics…Even if you win you’re still retarded.
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EDITED TO KEEP IT PG:
You’re a friggin turd for making fun of special Olympic competitors. Those people have more courage and a bigger heart than you’ll ever have. You should be ashamed of yourself… Now GTFO :)[/quote]

You’re right, you win.
I guess this proves my point.[/quote]

We weren’t arguing so there is no “winner” or “loser” I was just stating a fact, that you are a bad person for making fun of people with special needs.

Nice try tough.[/quote]

I couldn’t find a picture that said “Stating a fact on the internet…”
But I would consider this in the same category.[/quote]

Again, “stating a fact” doesnt result in a winner or a loser (having a “winner” and a “loser” is necessary for your picture to be applicable)

Nice try again though. Care to go for round 3?[/quote]

So, would you consider what I said about Arguing on the internet to be a fact also?
If you leave out the “retarded” part of the comment…and make it more PC.
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Its not PC there are people on here, Me being one of them that have children that are special needs. I go to special olympics every year, my suggestion is find your local one and go volunteer.

Maybe you will become a better person.
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Crap!!
Of course this comment wasn’t meant to be used to make fun of Special needs people.
I can only imagine how offended you are, and I am sorry.
I just read a bunch of the arguments in this thread and everyone had their own perception of the truth, and did not see the other side of the coin.

They are still arguing about it, and the case is solved.

Also there is no way of knowing what the actual truth is…Unless we ask this couple, and even then…[/quote]

No worries, I agree some things in our society has gotten to PC. We all need a little levity in life, makes you more enjoyable human IMO.

I just think when it comes to certain demographics and certain lines in the sand we all need to be a little PC.

Again no worries man.

Greg Okay I dont hate you anymore, but next family reunion I am dunking you in the pool for the Cowboys comment in the NFL thread.[/quote]

I think that is part of the allure to use that joke…you know that it is completely wrong to use it.

Sorry again.

I’m not sure what Greg said about the cowboys that has erked you, but I will have to agree with him.
Not a big fan of the cowboys. :slight_smile:

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[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]Ulty wrote:

[quote]roybot wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]roybot wrote:

The bottom line is that supermarkets can afford to lose whatever is eaten on the premises (and just as a customer I’ve lost count of the times I’ve seen empty wrappers, soda cans etc. left on shelves - casual “theft” of food and drink is far more common than most people think, when all you have do to get rid of the evidence is to consume it and dump the wrapper ), just as they can afford to throw out vast amounts of expired, but perfectly good food on a daily basis.

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?

OK, then I can assume the guy driving a new Corvette has the money and insurance to buy a new stereo system if I take his.[/quote]

I never said it was “right”. In fact, people grazing in-store annoys the hell out of me, but I digress. My point is that if their profits were affected by people literally eating them, they would do something about it. The profit margins are so high on what they do sell, they don’t even factor in losses from unseen theft of the type I described.

The amount of food supermarkets throw out due to expiry/ sell by/ best before dates is shameful (I won’t get into why this happens). They can do this and still make massive profits, because those margins are so high to begin with. It’s like Corvette guy throwing out his new stereo system and replacing it with a new one every day.

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Of course their profits are affected by this stuff. In fact, a full third to half of retail prices are attributed to account for theft and shrinkage on its own. This is a common fact in retail.

Stores don’t throw out expired food because they want to. That would be stupid. It’s a matter of quality and safety (although I don’t think it’s actually a legal issue). [/quote]

Uh oh…more realness.[/quote]
Next time I see a whiney brat jacking up my Cinnoman Toast Crunch prices I’m spanking him myself. His mom and dad too for giving in to a little baby. Right there in the aisle.[/quote]

LOL. The truth is, these jackasses are one reason the price of Cinnamon Toast Crunch is so freaking high to start with.

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I know. Funny how tuna fish is so cheap. It’s always the tasty stuff, I should have known whiney children were the root cause.

I might go spank some strangers tonight, just to make a point. Wanna meet at the Randalls on Voss around, say, 7? You take the cereal aisle, I’ll take candy.

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[quote]xlpicard wrote:

[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]xlpicard wrote:

[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]xlpicard wrote:

[quote]gregron wrote:

[quote]xlpicard wrote:

[quote]gregron wrote:

[quote]xlpicard wrote:

[quote]gregron wrote:

[quote]xlpicard wrote:
Arguing on the internet, is like running in the special olympics…Even if you win you’re still retarded.
[/quote]

EDITED TO KEEP IT PG:
You’re a friggin turd for making fun of special Olympic competitors. Those people have more courage and a bigger heart than you’ll ever have. You should be ashamed of yourself… Now GTFO :)[/quote]

You’re right, you win.
I guess this proves my point.[/quote]

We weren’t arguing so there is no “winner” or “loser” I was just stating a fact, that you are a bad person for making fun of people with special needs.

Nice try tough.[/quote]

I couldn’t find a picture that said “Stating a fact on the internet…”
But I would consider this in the same category.[/quote]

Again, “stating a fact” doesnt result in a winner or a loser (having a “winner” and a “loser” is necessary for your picture to be applicable)

Nice try again though. Care to go for round 3?[/quote]

So, would you consider what I said about Arguing on the internet to be a fact also?
If you leave out the “retarded” part of the comment…and make it more PC.
[/quote]

Its not PC there are people on here, Me being one of them that have children that are special needs. I go to special olympics every year, my suggestion is find your local one and go volunteer.

Maybe you will become a better person.
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Crap!!
Of course this comment wasn’t meant to be used to make fun of Special needs people.
I can only imagine how offended you are, and I am sorry.
I just read a bunch of the arguments in this thread and everyone had their own perception of the truth, and did not see the other side of the coin.

They are still arguing about it, and the case is solved.

Also there is no way of knowing what the actual truth is…Unless we ask this couple, and even then…[/quote]

No worries, I agree some things in our society has gotten to PC. We all need a little levity in life, makes you more enjoyable human IMO.

I just think when it comes to certain demographics and certain lines in the sand we all need to be a little PC.

Again no worries man.

Greg Okay I dont hate you anymore, but next family reunion I am dunking you in the pool for the Cowboys comment in the NFL thread.[/quote]

I think that is part of the allure to use that joke…you know that it is completely wrong to use it.

Sorry again.

I’m not sure what Greg said about the cowboys that has erked you, but I will have to agree with him.
Not a big fan of the cowboys. :slight_smile: [/quote]

Just playing with Greg. He knows about my son, so it May have been the reason he jumped on you.

Plus he is about to get married and never get a BJ for the rest of his life, so he is a little moody.

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[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]xlpicard wrote:

[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]xlpicard wrote:

[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]xlpicard wrote:

[quote]gregron wrote:

[quote]xlpicard wrote:

[quote]gregron wrote:

[quote]xlpicard wrote:

[quote]gregron wrote:

[quote]xlpicard wrote:
Arguing on the internet, is like running in the special olympics…Even if you win you’re still retarded.
[/quote]

EDITED TO KEEP IT PG:
You’re a friggin turd for making fun of special Olympic competitors. Those people have more courage and a bigger heart than you’ll ever have. You should be ashamed of yourself… Now GTFO :)[/quote]

You’re right, you win.
I guess this proves my point.[/quote]

We weren’t arguing so there is no “winner” or “loser” I was just stating a fact, that you are a bad person for making fun of people with special needs.

Nice try tough.[/quote]

I couldn’t find a picture that said “Stating a fact on the internet…”
But I would consider this in the same category.[/quote]

Again, “stating a fact” doesnt result in a winner or a loser (having a “winner” and a “loser” is necessary for your picture to be applicable)

Nice try again though. Care to go for round 3?[/quote]

So, would you consider what I said about Arguing on the internet to be a fact also?
If you leave out the “retarded” part of the comment…and make it more PC.
[/quote]

Its not PC there are people on here, Me being one of them that have children that are special needs. I go to special olympics every year, my suggestion is find your local one and go volunteer.

Maybe you will become a better person.
[/quote]

Crap!!
Of course this comment wasn’t meant to be used to make fun of Special needs people.
I can only imagine how offended you are, and I am sorry.
I just read a bunch of the arguments in this thread and everyone had their own perception of the truth, and did not see the other side of the coin.

They are still arguing about it, and the case is solved.

Also there is no way of knowing what the actual truth is…Unless we ask this couple, and even then…[/quote]

No worries, I agree some things in our society has gotten to PC. We all need a little levity in life, makes you more enjoyable human IMO.

I just think when it comes to certain demographics and certain lines in the sand we all need to be a little PC.

Again no worries man.

Greg Okay I dont hate you anymore, but next family reunion I am dunking you in the pool for the Cowboys comment in the NFL thread.[/quote]

I think that is part of the allure to use that joke…you know that it is completely wrong to use it.

Sorry again.

I’m not sure what Greg said about the cowboys that has erked you, but I will have to agree with him.
Not a big fan of the cowboys. :slight_smile: [/quote]

Just playing with Greg. He knows about my son, so it May have been the reason he jumped on you.

Plus he is about to get married and never get a BJ for the rest of his life, so he is a little moody. [/quote]

Yeah, I knew about your son too…from another thread, and I wasn’t thinking when I posted the pic. I don’t blame him at all. He was actually pretty nice to me considering.

I’m already married, so I guess that would explain my problem. :slight_smile:
But I guess that’s a whole new topic.

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[quote]xlpicard wrote:

[quote]Derek542 wrote:
Just playing with Greg. He knows about my son, so it May have been the reason he jumped on you.

Plus he is about to get married and never get a BJ for the rest of his life, so he is a little moody. [/quote]

Yeah, I knew about your son too…from another thread, and I wasn’t thinking when I posted the pic. I don’t blame him at all. He was actually pretty nice to me considering.

I’m already married, so I guess that would explain my problem. :slight_smile:
But I guess that’s a whole new topic.[/quote]

LOL DJ you turd! hahaha
I knew about your son and my cousin has Autism so it really bothers me when people make fun of people/kids with special needs.

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[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:

I know. Funny how tuna fish is so cheap. It’s always the tasty stuff, I should have known whiney children were the root cause.

I might go spank some strangers tonight, just to make a point. Wanna meet at the Randalls on Voss around, say, 7? You take the cereal aisle, I’ll take candy.[/quote]

Sounds like a plan. I’ll bring the “styrofoam” baseball bat.

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[quote]Ulty wrote:

Of course their profits are affected by this stuff. In fact, a full third to half of retail prices are attributed to account for theft and shrinkage on its own. This is a common fact in retail.
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How much of that 1/3 to 1/2 is a result of theft?

Are people walking out with a desk of Cheeze-its on the regular?

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Anyways, Safeway is not pressing charges.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hnbtN1qem8QidTAIM5N4Z2pvVFCg?docId=f2207baf8af041b1af7a146a905088c7

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[quote]Ulty wrote:

Of course their profits are affected by this stuff. In fact, a full third to half of retail prices are attributed to account for theft and shrinkage on its own. This is a common fact in retail.[/quote]

So a third to a half of mine and everybody elses’s grocery bills are to account for theft and shrinkage of goods I didn’t actually buy? Interesting. I’m sure there’s a profit tacked on there as well.

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Stores don’t throw out expired food because they want to. That would be stupid. It’s a matter of quality and safety (although I don’t think it’s actually a legal issue). [/quote]

I never said they want to throw it out. Expiry dates are overly cautious and arbitrary. The standards are there to get rid of food before it spoils.

Supermarkets are overstocked. They display far more food than they can sell (“customer choice” and “variety”). That’s where a lot of the wastage is coming from. They may not want to throw away food, but they’ll bring it in anyway…

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[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:

I know. Funny how tuna fish is so cheap. It’s always the tasty stuff, I should have known whiney children were the root cause.

I might go spank some strangers tonight, just to make a point. Wanna meet at the Randalls on Voss around, say, 7? You take the cereal aisle, I’ll take candy.[/quote]

Sounds like a plan. I’ll bring the “styrofoam” baseball bat. [/quote]
And I’ll bring the “plastic” 5 iron.

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[quote]gregron wrote:

[quote]xlpicard wrote:

[quote]Derek542 wrote:
Just playing with Greg. He knows about my son, so it May have been the reason he jumped on you.

Plus he is about to get married and never get a BJ for the rest of his life, so he is a little moody. [/quote]

Yeah, I knew about your son too…from another thread, and I wasn’t thinking when I posted the pic. I don’t blame him at all. He was actually pretty nice to me considering.

I’m already married, so I guess that would explain my problem. :slight_smile:
But I guess that’s a whole new topic.[/quote]

LOL DJ you turd! hahaha
I knew about your son and my cousin has Autism so it really bothers me when people make fun of people/kids with special needs.[/quote]

No doubt, it would bother me too.

Greg, you should log off and get as many BJs as you can…not much time left!!

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[quote]Christine wrote:

[quote]xlpicard wrote:

[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]xlpicard wrote:

[quote]gregron wrote:

[quote]xlpicard wrote:

[quote]gregron wrote:

[quote]xlpicard wrote:

[quote]gregron wrote:

[quote]xlpicard wrote:
Arguing on the internet, is like running in the special olympics…Even if you win you’re still retarded.
[/quote]

EDITED TO KEEP IT PG:
You’re a friggin turd for making fun of special Olympic competitors. Those people have more courage and a bigger heart than you’ll ever have. You should be ashamed of yourself… Now GTFO :)[/quote]

You’re right, you win.
I guess this proves my point.[/quote]

We weren’t arguing so there is no “winner” or “loser” I was just stating a fact, that you are a bad person for making fun of people with special needs.

Nice try tough.[/quote]

I couldn’t find a picture that said “Stating a fact on the internet…”
But I would consider this in the same category.[/quote]

Again, “stating a fact” doesnt result in a winner or a loser (having a “winner” and a “loser” is necessary for your picture to be applicable)

Nice try again though. Care to go for round 3?[/quote]

So, would you consider what I said about Arguing on the internet to be a fact also?
If you leave out the “retarded” part of the comment…and make it more PC.
[/quote]

Its not PC there are people on here, Me being one of them that have children that are special needs. I go to special olympics every year, my suggestion is find your local one and go volunteer.

Maybe you will become a better person.
[/quote]

Crap!!
Of course this comment wasn’t meant to be used to make fun of Special needs people.
I can only imagine how offended you are, and I am sorry.
I just read a bunch of the arguments in this thread and everyone had their own perception of the truth, and did not see the other side of the coin.

They are still arguing about it, and the case is solved.

Also there is no way of knowing what the actual truth is…Unless we ask this couple, and even then…[/quote]

If you were paying attention, you would realize that we really aren’t arguing and there have been very few insults thrown around (your insult being one of them).

It is more like a fun discussion. Life is boring when everyone agrees.[/quote]

Well I guess life must be good…Not too many people agreeing in this thread.

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[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:

I know. Funny how tuna fish is so cheap. It’s always the tasty stuff, I should have known whiney children were the root cause.

I might go spank some strangers tonight, just to make a point. Wanna meet at the Randalls on Voss around, say, 7? You take the cereal aisle, I’ll take candy.[/quote]

Sounds like a plan. I’ll bring the “styrofoam” baseball bat. [/quote]

Damn it!

I can’t meet you guys there.

I’m sure I deserve a spanking.

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[quote]Christine wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:

I know. Funny how tuna fish is so cheap. It’s always the tasty stuff, I should have known whiney children were the root cause.

I might go spank some strangers tonight, just to make a point. Wanna meet at the Randalls on Voss around, say, 7? You take the cereal aisle, I’ll take candy.[/quote]

Sounds like a plan. I’ll bring the “styrofoam” baseball bat. [/quote]

Damn it!

I can’t meet you guys there.

I’m sure I deserve a spanking.[/quote]
Houston is a cheap city to fly in to. I’ll pick you up at six. Hustle and you can make it.

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[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:

[quote]roybot wrote:

[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:

[quote]roybot wrote:

[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:

[quote]roybot wrote:

The bottom line is that supermarkets can afford to lose whatever is eaten on the premises (and just as a customer I’ve lost count of the times I’ve seen empty wrappers, soda cans etc. left on shelves - casual “theft” of food and drink is far more common than most people think, when all you have do to get rid of the evidence is to consume it and dump the wrapper ), just as they can afford to throw out vast amounts of expired, but perfectly good food on a daily basis.

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I can afford a new TV but if I ever see someone trying to steal mine I will shoot them. Even if clean up costs more than a new tv.

Lets not make this thread “Occupy T-Nation”.[/quote]

You’re not a supermarket. Again, I never said it was right; I’m explaining why supermarkets don’t do anything about it. It’s their prerogative.

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We are both private entities. Just because supermarkets don’t have faces doesn’t change anything.

I can afford to give away some money. If someone tried to steal from my business I would, in a perfect world, shoot them. Would definitely prosecute.

I feel for the corporations and not the people in this scenario, I will be honest. It’s not like they just exist. Somebody puts up collateral on all those products, be it a single guy or a whole bunch of shareholders.

In the original argument of when to pay, I still say stores are not credit cards. Here I say stealing is stealing. [/quote]

I urge you to do some research on how much supermarkets throw away. They can do it because they are huge businesses that buy vast amounts of stock dirt cheap and the huge mark-up offsets any losses they make (including consumption of unpurchased foodstuffs).

How much do you think that $2.50 sandwich in the OP cost them to make? Nowhere near $2.50…

I’m not saying supermarkets deserve to be robbed, which seems to be what people think I’m saying judging by some of the responses I’ve read; I agree that theft is theft, in which case the supermarkets should ban in-store eating, certainly eating from sealed containers. At the very least it would cut out the confusion over whether someone “forgets” to pay for an item.

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Production loss (overhead) is common to all businesses in one form or another.

Stealing is stealing.

If someone wants to dumpster dive the old shit have at it.[/quote]

I meant to urge you to do some research on how much supermarkets throw away. Must’ve slipped my mind. Next thing you know I’ll be forgetting to pay for sammiches at the supermarket…

Did I urge you to do some research on how much supermarkets throw away?

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[quote]pushharder wrote:
I don’t know if this has been addressed or not as I’ve skipped the past 2 - 3 pages but how is it that Safeway can detain someone for four hours? Do they have the right to physically restrain someone(s) from leaving the store?

I’m talking when the family was in the manager’s office. What if they simply had gotten up and walked away, say after 15 - 20 minutes or so of questioning and after they had given them their identity and such? Would a security officer have tackled them? Handcuffed them to a chair? A shopping cart? A bathroom stall?

Would a 30 week pregnant woman literally and forcibly been held against her will if she walked out the door after handing a five dollar bill to the manager in his office (whether he accepted it or not)?

I’m genuinely curious.[/quote]

Dunno.

If you do that in Austria, you get charged with something a tad more serious than shoplifting.

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Having literally grown up in a family owned grocery store, I have found this thread to be at once hilarious, disturbing, and wtf.

I laughed! I cried! I said ‘WTF?’!

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[quote]roybot wrote:

[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:

[quote]roybot wrote:

[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:

[quote]roybot wrote:

[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:

[quote]roybot wrote:

The bottom line is that supermarkets can afford to lose whatever is eaten on the premises (and just as a customer I’ve lost count of the times I’ve seen empty wrappers, soda cans etc. left on shelves - casual “theft” of food and drink is far more common than most people think, when all you have do to get rid of the evidence is to consume it and dump the wrapper ), just as they can afford to throw out vast amounts of expired, but perfectly good food on a daily basis.

[/quote]
I can afford a new TV but if I ever see someone trying to steal mine I will shoot them. Even if clean up costs more than a new tv.

Lets not make this thread “Occupy T-Nation”.[/quote]

You’re not a supermarket. Again, I never said it was right; I’m explaining why supermarkets don’t do anything about it. It’s their prerogative.

[/quote]
We are both private entities. Just because supermarkets don’t have faces doesn’t change anything.

I can afford to give away some money. If someone tried to steal from my business I would, in a perfect world, shoot them. Would definitely prosecute.

I feel for the corporations and not the people in this scenario, I will be honest. It’s not like they just exist. Somebody puts up collateral on all those products, be it a single guy or a whole bunch of shareholders.

In the original argument of when to pay, I still say stores are not credit cards. Here I say stealing is stealing. [/quote]

I urge you to do some research on how much supermarkets throw away. They can do it because they are huge businesses that buy vast amounts of stock dirt cheap and the huge mark-up offsets any losses they make (including consumption of unpurchased foodstuffs).

How much do you think that $2.50 sandwich in the OP cost them to make? Nowhere near $2.50…

I’m not saying supermarkets deserve to be robbed, which seems to be what people think I’m saying judging by some of the responses I’ve read; I agree that theft is theft, in which case the supermarkets should ban in-store eating, certainly eating from sealed containers. At the very least it would cut out the confusion over whether someone “forgets” to pay for an item.

[/quote]
Production loss (overhead) is common to all businesses in one form or another.

Stealing is stealing.

If someone wants to dumpster dive the old shit have at it.[/quote]

I meant to urge you to do some research on how much supermarkets throw away. Must’ve slipped my mind. Next thing you know I’ll be forgetting to pay for sammiches at the supermarket…

Did I urge you to do some research on how much supermarkets throw away?[/quote]

Overhead vs. theft, tie it together for me.