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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2015 17:18:15 GMT
Buying Grapes Tip #1: When buying grapes, look at the stems....don't buy green stems, buy grapes that stems are starting to turn brown....grapes are much sweeter. I read this buying tip online a couple of years ago and I've yet to buy sour grapes since then. (I apologize if someone has already posted this because I didn't read three pages of grocery store complaints)
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jan 19, 2015 17:27:01 GMT
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? Yes, yes, yes! I lost hundredS (yes, plural) of dollars to theft every year that I had my storefront. I had a small shop and I couldn't be everywhere and see everything. It would have been nice if someone could have said something to me even privately to give me a heads up if/when they saw someone pocketing something so I would know who to watch closer next time. Loss of any kind equals higher prices for everybody, unfortunately. The bad thing was, if I didn't SEE someone physically conceal something and then totally leave the premises with it, there wasn't a single thing I could do about it.
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Post by bigbundt on Jan 19, 2015 17:38:27 GMT
The bad thing was, if I didn't SEE someone physically conceal something and then totally leave the premises with it, there wasn't a single thing I could do about it. Could you have done something even if someone pointed it out? Or did you have to see it yourself? I have witnessed shoplifting and honestly, I was so dumbfounded as to what I was seeing and it happened so fast that I never even thought to alert the authorities. I was at a Wal-Mart deli counter (up front) and some guy came up along side me and we chatted a bit and then he just walked out with an entire cart full. As I see him walk out the final doors I realized nothing was bagged but it was like my brain literally could not process what I was witnessing so I dismissed it. A couple of weeks later there was an article in the newspaper about a shoplifter walking out with carts of groceries and sure enough the mugshot was the guy who chatted me up. People who don't report aren't willfully not reporting it, if there is any sort of doubt in my head, I'm not going to accuse someone. And 9 times out of 10 I notice next to nothing about my fellow shoppers unless they are right in front of me pissing me off. My kid always threw a fit at the point where we were furthest from the checkouts. I wasn't trekking back up to the front over $1.50.
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SweetieBsMom
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Jan 19, 2015 17:43:00 GMT
Am I the only one that thinks it is gross?? Grapes are so, so dirty!! I know!!!!! No way I'm eating grapes without washing them first!
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jan 19, 2015 17:51:17 GMT
The bad thing was, if I didn't SEE someone physically conceal something and then totally leave the premises with it, there wasn't a single thing I could do about it. Could you have done something even if someone pointed it out? Or did you have to see it yourself? Since my shop was small, I *KNEW* (or could at least recognize) the people who came in. So if someone came up to me even after the fact and said, "You know, I'm not positive, but I think that lady who just left stole something." I probably wouldn't be able to do anything about *that* particular instance, but I COULD spot check inventory in the area where she had been "shopping" to see if something was missing, and I could also watch that "customer" a little more closely the next time they came in by providing even better hands-on "customer service", if you know what I mean. So yes, it would make a big difference if someone could have pointed it out at the time. And OMG, I completely get how you would have been totally dumbfounded seeing the dude wheel a whole cart full of unpaid merchandise out of the store. But upon seeing it in the news later, I might have called the store to let them know what you saw in case they needed an eyewitness to prosecute.
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sweetandsour
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Jun 30, 2014 17:43:52 GMT
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Post by sweetandsour on Jan 19, 2015 18:16:12 GMT
So to play devil's advocate...she gave a couple grapes to her son and then tried a couple herself. She then returned them to the fruit section instead of just randomly putting them down anywhere. Sounds to me like she didn't think they were any good so she put them back in the fruit section. I don't think there is anything wrong with that. I can see the mother wanting to sample one grape to see if it's a good batch, but why would the young son need to sample the grapes too?
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Post by originalvanillabean on Jan 19, 2015 18:21:31 GMT
Ick. Just Ick. I don't taste the grapes. If they taste bad when I get home, then I just lost out on money. It's ok. Some people have no manners, no ethics...ok -- I'm going to stop now.
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