Saw new one at grocery store last night

Some people are just downright rude, disrespectful and nasty.

In a word: appalling. Damn.

Unbelievable! I just want to throttle those people and say, "Is this yours? Did you pay for it?!" It seems like every time I go to the store, I see someone with a child in their cart, opening up a package of goldfish or crackers or chips that they just plucked from the grocery store shelf and blithely handing it to the kid for their snack. WTF?!? Until you buy it, it is the property of the grocery store! Seriously hate the entitlement mentality that seems to be everywhere these days. Lady, your kid can make it through the grocery store without a snack!!

What I hate the most is seeing people chowing down on deli foods while they are shopping, I mean things like wings and pieces of chicken, and then setting the container down when it's empty.

I agree with you. But at least the package of crackers or cookies has a UPC that can be scanned so the person can be charged for the whole package. (Assuming that they give the cashier the open/empty package to scan and don't ditch it somewhere along the way.) The thing with produce is that it's usually sold by weight and when the person has already EATEN it, how is the clerk supposed to know what it weighed in order to charge the person for it? It's shoplifting! Sheesh. I owned a retail store so I am particularly annoyed by people who seem to think it's okay to steal. It was very eye opening at inventory time to see exactly how much stuff walked off by itself over the course of the previous year.

I feed my kid before we go to the store (heck, DH and I feed OURSELVES first to cut down on impulse shopping, LOL), and on the rare occasion when I can't I have a couple packs of fruit snacks or a chewy granola bar in my purse that I can give to my kid in the car. It's so much better to try to set DD up for success before we even leave for the store, it makes for a much more pleasant shopping situation for everyone and a LOT less begging going through the store for stuff I don't want to buy.

What a cheek! Did she say anything back to you? I'm not a confrontational person but one day I saw a mother and daughter, and the daughter took the lid off a can of body spray, spray it - obviously decided she didn't like the scent - and put it back on the shelf. I said "Are you going to buy that now?" They both just walked off.

My friend's daughter got arrested for eating chicken from the deli. Her and her friend got 10 days in County lock up. The judge decided to make an example out of them. If more places did this it would not be as prevalent.

sometimes i will taste ONE grape. If its sour I wont buy the bag. If its sweet, I buy the bag.

I have no problem with someone giving their kid a box of animal crackers or whatever and then paying for them on the way out. But I do take issue with those who think the rules just don't apply to them.

Yummy unwashed fruit

Wegmans has scales and printers near their produce and bulk bins so you weigh and label your items as you choose them. So if you put 5 cookies in a bag, the sticker reflects the price of those 5 cookies even if you eat them all.

So when DS #1 was little, I used to do just that. Then we'd pay for the empty bag.


One day we were at a local store that also had bulk cookies, but didn't have that kind of system and DS asked if he could have some. I bagged up a few and put them in the cart. he clarified that he wanted one then, and I explained that we could only do that at Wegmans.

Unbeknownst to me, an older woman was nearby and heard him asking. She comes closer to us and says to me "Oh, just let him have them. No one will ever know."

I was dumbfounded. I'm thinking "Seriously? You seriously just told a 3 year old that's it's fine to steal some cookies if you want them??". I mean, I know people pull stuff like that, but to come up to a kid and tell them it's okay to do so seemed a step worse to me for some reason. I was pretty speechless.

I drink water. I walk around the store drinking water. At the check out I just say here's my empty bottle. Just charge me for it. They smile and say sure, no problem. They know me at the store I shop at and they are cool with it. I mean I handed the bottle to the cashier and asked to be charged. Everyone was happy. Eating fruit at the store only happens if the grocery manager shares with me.

I am a one grape eater too. Can't stand sour grapes. I have had produce guys tell me that it's ok and that they would rather have us do that than buy something we won't enjoy. 
Jen

I am guilty of opening boxes of tissues. I have sinus issues and several times I have gotten in the store and needed a tissue but didn't have one. I have bought more boxes of tissues because I needed them at the time than I care to think about. Funny thing is the cashier usually tells me that my tissue box is open. I will take my chances with the fruit though, I buy it and try it at home, after cleaning it. I don't blame those who taste one to see if they are good though.