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Post by pastlifepea on Jan 18, 2015 6:33:37 GMT
I'm hypoglycemic and very often will open something packaged with a upc code and set price in the grocery store if I start feeling odd. I always just tell the cashier that I've opened it and eaten some so they won't think I'm buying a package that had been opened by someone else. It would never occur to me to eat produce because it is stealing unless it is priced per bag and I am definitely not comfortable eating fruit if I haven't washed it. The one-grapers...I think that is totally justified even if I wouldn't do it myself.
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Post by alexa11 on Jan 18, 2015 7:18:10 GMT
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!! My mom always let my brother and I eat a box of animal crackers while she shopped. Now we always kept the boxes and paid for them. We weren't bad kids who had to be placated- it was just our treat. And I'm 55 years old, so this was loooong ago. It's a good memory.
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Post by njinkerbelle on Jan 18, 2015 9:51:05 GMT
Seriously hate the entitlement mentality that seems to be everywhere these days. I agree! I recently saw someone take a fresh baked donut out of the case and put it in one of the bakery bags. I few isles later she was walking with open bag in hand taking pieces off the donut and eating them. Don't know if she ever told the cashier about her snack to pay for it.
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Post by monklady123 on Jan 18, 2015 10:15:47 GMT
I always eat one grape (after rubbing it off well, which probably doesn't do much for germs but makes me feel better. lol) because I can't tell you how many times, before I got wise, that I've bought grapes only to get home and find the whole bag is sour. ugh. My grocery store, Giant in Northern Virginia, does not seem to understand about produce quality control. I know it can be done because Costco, right down the road, seems to manage well. I've had the produce guy even offer me grapes when I asked if they were any good because the last batch was awful. Anyway, I always return fruit if I get it home and then find out it's bad or sour or whatever, but I hate making the trip back to the store so now I just taste. That's the only thing I taste though. Things like apples, pears, peaches, no. But I do return them if they end up being bad. As for things with a UPC code, yes I've opened them. Before I figured out what was making my blood sugar spike and drop I'd get that sudden "shaky" hunger and I'd need to eat something right away. So I did. If it has a UPC code then it doesn't matter, the cashier just scans it anyway. I've also done it with a drink when I was absolutely dying of thirst. Same for the kids. I taught them early about what a UPC code is and how the cashier can scan it even if the package is totally empty. I figure if the store really didn't want people to do these things they'd put up signs. And no I would never put something back after opening it! ick
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Post by ScrapsontheRocks on Jan 18, 2015 11:28:09 GMT
I have a fairly recent issue of the opposite thing happening (not really accurate, but let me see if I can explain).
I scrapbook. When I was a newbie I bought lettering products by the kilogram, all styles, all manufacturers. I noticed they were always short of the letters S and R. It dawned on me fairly recently when I was cleaning out a batch of local scrap mags that the owner at that time's two kids had those initials. Lots of published layouts with bags of monograms. I can't prove it, of course, but wouldn't you wonder if you were in my shoes?
ETA: I meant the owner of the LSS. "Famous" local scrapper at that time, prolific scrapper, teacher & frequently published. Store was sold, much skulduggery involved with accusations from buyer and seller. Not in the USA.
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Post by deshacrafts on Jan 18, 2015 12:07:39 GMT
My complaint isn't about the stealing, although that's rediculous. I bought a carton of beef stock to make soup last week. When I went to use it someone had already opened it and broken the tin foil seal. Wasn't anyone at my house. So now I will have to check every time I buy stock in a carton to make sur someone hasn't brokrn the seal. Who does that?
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Post by AnotherPea on Jan 18, 2015 13:29:03 GMT
How long do people shop that they cannot manage to go without eating something they haven't paid for? Geez, eat before you leave or pack a snack for the car.
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Post by mikklynn on Jan 18, 2015 13:47:18 GMT
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. Oh my gosh, I did this with my granddaughter and totally forgot to pay for it! She was not quite 2. I realized when I buckled her into her car seat. I was horrified, even though they are only about a dollar. The next time I was at that store, I bought another box and asked the cashier to scan twice. She thought I was nuts and I actually had to argue with her to do it. The grape eating is disgusting. I have seen that more than once. ETA - not the tasting one, the eating half the bag before checking out.
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Post by anxiousmom on Jan 18, 2015 13:54:19 GMT
When the kids were little, one of the best things about Publix was that I could almost feed my kids dinner with the freebies they offer kids. It is their policy to offer meat and cheese slices and cookies, they have a lady (not being sexist, it is the same person for years) who makes a main/side dish for tasting every night etc. I had no need to open snacks, my little hoovers were well taken care of by Uncle Publix.
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Post by peabay on Jan 18, 2015 15:26:11 GMT
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!! My mom always let my brother and I eat a box of animal crackers while she shopped. Now we always kept the boxes and paid for them. We weren't bad kids who had to be placated- it was just our treat. And I'm 55 years old, so this was loooong ago. It's a good memory. I'm 50 and my mother did the same. It was either a box of animal crackers or Nilla wafers. And both now are associated with good memories for me.
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Post by peabay on Jan 18, 2015 15:30:05 GMT
Seriously hate the entitlement mentality that seems to be everywhere these days. I agree! I recently saw someone take a fresh baked donut out of the case and put it in one of the bakery bags. I few isles later she was walking with open bag in hand taking pieces off the donut and eating them. Don't know if she ever told the cashier about her snack to pay for it. No, you don't. And, in all likelihood, she did. Not talking to you directly on this, but we're all so quick to judge so negatively. Rarely do I open something and eat it at the grocery store. But if I did, I'd pay for it. And I assume most other people would too. I walked out of Dunkin Donuts the other day without paying - I pay with my app and the girl behind the counter started pouring coffee before I paid, handed me my coffee and off I went. I only realized it in my car and I went back in and paid for it. I really do think most people are like me. Maybe I'm a cockeyed optimist, but I do think that most people want to behave well.
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Post by RosieKat on Jan 18, 2015 15:31:57 GMT
Sometimes I'm running behind and haven't eaten lunch when I go to the grocery. They have a deli section where you can pick up a sandwich, etc. I always pay for it first, and they put a big sticker on the container, but I'm always convinced people think I'm a thieving pig when I walk through the store eating it, and throw away the wrapper when I'm done.
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Post by PrettyInPeank on Jan 18, 2015 15:44:18 GMT
Don't you love seeing the face of a thief? I remember wanting a big cup for ice water at a burger place. They said sorry, only these flimsy see-through, tiny cups are for customers who want water. Okay. Well, sure enough, some woman was around the corner filling said cup with coke. I just stared at her thinking, YOU! You are why I can't a real cup.
I bought a lidded container of Almond Roca a few years ago, and the seal was missing as well as about 1/3 of the candy. Boy that pissed me off and grossed me out, knowing someone's grubby hands had ruined the whole thing.
That said, in the past if I didn't plan snacks right and time grocery shopping between meals well, I've given my kids a box of animal crackers and paid at the end. If it's at a place like Target where the snacks are at the check stand, I buy it first since I'm already there.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2015 15:45:45 GMT
A little bit off topic... The meat dept. at one of my local grocers still gives out raw hotdogs to kids to eat as they're sitting in the cart. I think it's pretty cool, brings back memories - although the thought of eating a raw, cold wiener is a little gaggy.
Those who are appalled at kids (or adults for that matter) eating in the grocery store, would this bother you as well?
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Post by peabay on Jan 18, 2015 15:55:42 GMT
A little bit off topic... The meat dept. at one of my local grocers still gives out raw hotdogs to kids to eat as they're sitting in the cart. I think it's pretty cool, brings back memories - although the thought of eating a raw, cold wiener is a little gaggy. Those who are appalled at kids (or adults for that matter) eating in the grocery store, would this bother you as well? RAW? Oh, that's gross.
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Post by melanell on Jan 18, 2015 16:31:20 GMT
My mom always let my brother and I eat a box of animal crackers while she shopped. Now we always kept the boxes and paid for them. We weren't bad kids who had to be placated- it was just our treat. And I'm 55 years old, so this was loooong ago. It's a good memory. I'm 50 and my mother did the same. It was either a box of animal crackers or Nilla wafers. And both now are associated with good memories for me. Add me to the list. Only it was my grandmother. Her method of shopping was fascinating to me because it was so different from what I experienced at home with my mom. First, we walked about 8 blocks to the grocery store & back. (While with mom we drove the car.) We bought everything, including a snack for me (Which I was allowed to eat in the store as long as I was neat.) and they rung it up, packing it into boxes instead of bags. Then we left it there and walked back to her house and after we were there awhile a delivery truck would show up with our groceries. I thought the whole thing was fabulous, including my snack. It was a special treat because it was my special time with Gramma. And that was about 30-35 years ago.
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Post by melanell on Jan 18, 2015 16:38:27 GMT
A little bit off topic... The meat dept. at one of my local grocers still gives out raw hotdogs to kids to eat as they're sitting in the cart. I think it's pretty cool, brings back memories - although the thought of eating a raw, cold wiener is a little gaggy. Those who are appalled at kids (or adults for that matter) eating in the grocery store, would this bother you as well? Many of our stores give samples or treats to kids. One local store keeps a special Tupperware container of sugar cookies in the bakery, and all you have to do is go ask, and they will give one to any child shopping. And if you aren't aware of this, or don't ask, someone will often ask the adult on the sly if the child can have one. Another local store has a little loyalty card for kids, and if they show their card they can have a cookie. Wegmans will give a child a slice of anything they ask for at the deli. My kid always picks American cheese. Out of everything he could have, he goes for the American cheese. Go figure. But my guess is that those who dislike the practice dislike it because it's unpaid merchandise at the time of consumption, and since when a store gives something, that's not merchandise at all, but a free sample. My own personal rule is that I will not allow anything to be eaten ahead of time UNLESS I have cash on hand. I have been at 2 different stores when something went wrong and debit./credit cards could not be accepted, and I've had things go wrong with my own individual debit/credit card. So I must have enough cash to at least be able to pay for whatever we're eating. DS's cookies used to cost a whole whopping 20 cents or so, so even if something completely crazy happened and the registers went down completely, I could still hand them the bag and a quarter and let them ring it up later.
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Post by melanell on Jan 18, 2015 16:39:45 GMT
Sometimes I'm running behind and haven't eaten lunch when I go to the grocery. They have a deli section where you can pick up a sandwich, etc. I always pay for it first, and they put a big sticker on the container, but I'm always convinced people think I'm a thieving pig when I walk through the store eating it, and throw away the wrapper when I'm done. So may stores have marketplaces in them around here that seeing people eating already purchased items is totally the norm for me. Wegmans even puts little cup holders in the carts to hold the coffee you just bought while you shop.
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Post by Skellinton on Jan 18, 2015 17:00:02 GMT
My complaint isn't about the stealing, although that's rediculous. I bought a carton of beef stock to make soup last week. When I went to use it someone had already opened it and broken the tin foil seal. Wasn't anyone at my house. So now I will have to check every time I buy stock in a carton to make sur someone hasn't brokrn the seal. Who does that? I buy Beef stock in the boxes and the brand I buy don't use the foil seal anymore. Freaked me out when I bought a carton a few weeks ago, convinced that someone had done the same thing, until I got another box and read the carton. But, if yours still had the foil that is a really odd thing to do.
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Post by pjaye on Jan 18, 2015 17:02:22 GMT
My complaint isn't about the stealing, although that's rediculous. I bought a carton of beef stock to make soup last week. When I went to use it someone had already opened it and broken the tin foil seal. Wasn't anyone at my house. So now I will have to check every time I buy stock in a carton to make sur someone hasn't brokrn the seal. Who does that? I was completely astounded to see someone do something like this a few weeks ago. Was out shopping and a woman in front of me picked up a jar of spaghetti sauce, opened the lid and smelled it...when she saw me watching her, she said "yummy" and put it in her cart. I wasn't about to follow her around the shop to make sure she did buy it but I wondered if she would just put that opened jar back and get herself a new one.
Made me make a mental note to make sure all jars were sealed and the 'pop top' still down before I buy next time.
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Post by Skellinton on Jan 18, 2015 17:02:43 GMT
A little bit off topic... The meat dept. at one of my local grocers still gives out raw hotdogs to kids to eat as they're sitting in the cart. I think it's pretty cool, brings back memories - although the thought of eating a raw, cold wiener is a little gaggy. Those who are appalled at kids (or adults for that matter) eating in the grocery store, would this bother you as well? RAW? Oh, that's gross. They aren't really raw, just cold. Just like you don't buy raw ham, you don't buy raw hot dogs.
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Post by pjaye on Jan 18, 2015 17:13:29 GMT
A little bit off topic... The meat dept. at one of my local grocers still gives out raw hotdogs to kids to eat as they're sitting in the cart. I think it's pretty cool, brings back memories - although the thought of eating a raw, cold wiener is a little gaggy. Those who are appalled at kids (or adults for that matter) eating in the grocery store, would this bother you as well? RAW? Oh, that's gross. Hot dogs aren't raw, they are fully cooled before they are packaged. When you make them at home, you aren't cooking them, they are just being reheated.
Listeria is also a risk in many other deli foods, so an unheated hot dog is no more gross or dangerous than many other types of cold cut / deli meats that people have cold on their sandwiches.
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Post by lbp on Jan 18, 2015 17:19:47 GMT
Last week I saw a woman feeding her two children cherries from the bag. Now you buy these by the pound. They were behind me all the way through the store, at one point the littlest boy ran off and came back with a children's book and a box of crayons. He proceeded to color in the book with the crayons and munch on the cherries. When I got to the check out they were still behind me. The mother took the EMPTY bag the cherries were in and laid it with the magazines, then took the book and crayons (all except one that the little boy still had in his hand and wouldn't give up) and put them on the shelf with the candy. Then she changed lanes because one opened up, and she didn't pay for any of the cherries, the colored in book or the crayons. I mentioned it to my cashier and she said it happens all the time! I can't believe the entitlement of some people.
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Post by not2peased on Jan 18, 2015 17:25:54 GMT
Was picking up a few things last at the local grocery store and saw a husband/wife with two younger boys. Mom had bag of grapes in hand while dad pushed carriage, boys walking. So I saw her give one of the boys a couple grapes, ok so what, we've all done that at some point or other. Fine. But then she eats a couple grapes and zips the bag shut. Great you think. But then I watch her walking back up the fruit row and I just stopped for some reason and watched her .......put the bag back and not buy them. We weren't quite half a row from each other but I did yell to her "what a piece of work you are" and walked away disgusted. I would have loved to have said more but in today's day one has to think twice. I always wondered about when you see an apple core in the middle of a row or an open bag of cookies. Apparently i know what one of those pieces of crap people look like. you yelled at her? in a grocery store? I might say something in that instance that she was stealing, or notify an employee of the store-but scream at someone like a fishwife in the grocery store? no, I wouldn't do that, especially something like that-no one was in danger, the store wasn't on fire, etc
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Post by sillyrabbit on Jan 18, 2015 18:12:27 GMT
If you had yelled at me I would've told you to kiss my ass. Why do you think you are the grocery store police? Good grief...you have no idea whether she paid for the eaten grapes or not. Yes, it is gross to eat from something and then put it back, but it really wasn't your place to monitor them. Report it to management if you must confront the evils of the world such as this. (And no...I don't eat food from my cart as I shop nor do I steal produce. Just wish people would mind their own dang business.)
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Post by grinningcat on Jan 19, 2015 12:42:45 GMT
If you had yelled at me I would've told you to kiss my ass. Why do you think you are the grocery store police? Good grief...you have no idea whether she paid for the eaten grapes or not. Yes, it is gross to eat from something and then put it back, but it really wasn't your place to monitor them. Report it to management if you must confront the evils of the world such as this. (And no...I don't eat food from my cart as I shop nor do I steal produce. Just wish people would mind their own dang business.) Just playing devil's advocate, when do people stop minding their own business and start being a community? Shouldn't people look out for wrong doing and try to stop it from happening whereever they see it? Isn't that part of being a community member? Or is stealing and nefarious activities okay in a grocery store because it's a big bad corporation that's out to screw people so we shouldn't care if people screw them? It's kind of like people stealing movies and music online, people think it shouldn't be a big deal but why is stealing a song, or a cherry or a colouring book or a sandwich okay in a grocery store but robbing a bank or breaking into someone's home and stealing a TV or computer not okay? Where's the line and why should we just mind "our own business" when we see someone breaking the law?
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Post by tallgirl on Jan 19, 2015 13:59:36 GMT
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!! When my kids were younger, I did this all the time. I don't see the big deal. It was always never an item that was paid for by weight, but cheese sticks or crackers, no problem. As long as I pay for the item, what does it matter if it's already open? If that kept my kid from having a meltdown in the checkout line, it was worth it. I wouldn't eat an unwashed grape that is paid for by the pound.
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Post by conchita on Jan 19, 2015 14:31:04 GMT
What I used to do when my kids were younger is grab their snack and drink, pay for it at the 20 item or less checkout and then do my shopping. I don't give one good damn if someone looked at me cross eyed thinking I was stealing. I had to shop with two special needs children, keep them content before a meltdown ensued and fill my empty fridge. That was more than enough for me to contend with without adding someone being bothered that I was giving my kids "stolen" food and thinking I should be better prepared by feeding them first. And yeah, there were a few times I wasn't able to put my cart in the corral either. That's not being entitled, it's being overwhelmed and doing whatever it took to make it through what should be a mundane chore and is for most people. Benefit of the doubt, it's not only helpful to the person you're judging but is less stressful on you (general you) as well.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2015 16:32:04 GMT
I totally remember digging into a bag of cookies (that I later paid for) when I was pregnant. When I had to eat, I HAD. TO. EAT!!!!!
I'd often give my kids an apple, then have the cashier put a few through twice.
Don't you all get hungry when you're looking at all that food, LOL? Our grocery store has cup holders on the carts, too.
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Post by sphmaz on Jan 19, 2015 16:53:28 GMT
sometimes i will taste ONE grape. If its sour I wont buy the bag. If its sweet, I buy the bag. This is me. Grapes are expensive and I would hate to buy an entire bag that wont get eaten. I taste one and buy the bag (more often than not)
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