In my eyes it is stealing.

[MikeG]

Mmmm, that's a regular occurrence in supermarkets @postman

While shopping in Tesco here, one invariably sees half eaten sandwiches, open cans of drink, open boxes of chocolates and the like dotting the shelves at random. I guess the major retailers factor the losses in, but really, this shouldn't be happening.

One particular incident that sticks in my mind was a box of Roses that was in the dry goods yellow sticker bin. It was in there because the box was dented, and every time I went to Tesco, there were ever fewer chocolates in it. By the time it was finally cleared away, the box was empty...

I've spotted your problem, Reynard.

 

[I like Skol]

Last summer, on a very hot day, I walked to the shops, drank a small bottle of juice while I did the shop, paid for it with the rest of my shopping.

Admit it Pat, it was grape juice, in a glass bottle, with a cork!

 

[Edgy Dee]

Until you have paid for it it isn't your property to consume. What happened to decency and dignity! As my granny would often say, "We're not savages!' She must be spinning in her grave

 

[Milzy]

Loads of the dodgy types know how to scam self service by knowing what weights to shift at the right times etc.

 

[midlife]

Until you have paid for it it isn't your property to consume. What happened to decency and dignity! As my granny would often say, "We're not savages!' She must be spinning in her grave

I use my electric without paying for it ...... Until later

 

[Accy cyclist]

The same as me and that Rolls Royce I rather fancy...….you go without.

A Rolls Royce is a luxury unnecessary item. Food is an essential. Not having a go at you in particular,but some have to steal food to survive.

 

[Milzy]

A Rolls Royce is a luxury unnecessary item. Food is an essential. Not having a go at you in particular,but some have to steal food to survive.

Precisely. It’s always happened and always will happen. Look at all the tons of food we waste while people are starving. Moaning about a few poxy chocolates stolen is petty in all honesty.

 

[Blue Hills]

Admit it Pat, it was grape juice, in a glass bottle, with a cork!

kinda linked.

For a while my local sainsburys had a till/computer system that used to produce odd effects with discounts on stuff just up against the sell by date, particularly if some were buy one get one free or whatever. At least once, maybe twice, the manned till added everything up and produced a minus figure. The friendly staff advised me to pop back in and add a couple of bottles of wine to throw it into positive territory. Which I did. Who are we to argue with a computer?

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Until you have paid for it it isn't your property to consume

I also live in my flat while the mortgage is still running .... sorry

 

[Accy cyclist]

Precisely. It’s always happened and always will happen. Look at all the tons of food we waste while people are starving. Moaning about a few poxy chocolates stolen is petty in all honesty.

I was hoping someone would've said similar earlier in the thread,but no one did so i had to say it. We can all be holier than though when we are quite well off,but if you're not so lucky then sometimes taking stuff without paying for it is your only option.
John:87.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=17&v=8bxYeyq0xq4

 

[nickyboy]

Until you have paid for it it isn't your property to consume. What happened to decency and dignity! As my granny would often say, "We're not savages!' She must be spinning in her grave

Eh?
Doing the weekly shop and I buy something to eat immediately. Consuming it before I get to the till and then presenting the empty packaging and pay for it doesn't even register on my "offended decency-meter"

 

[dantheman]

I'm not really caring what anybodies stance is here. Stealing happens and always will, sometimes for fun or to look cool, sometimes to survive...

And as for not using stuff till its paid for - is anybody driving a car owned by a bank or lending service, or living in a home with a mortgage still on it? Sure, you intend to pay and most likely will - just like the people handing over entry packets to be scanned...

I've handed over packs and been told (random item I thought of) "theres a fruit shoot missing in this pack, shall I get you a replacement?" -"no, my daughter had one already I'm afraid" - you haven't stolen in the eyes of the law ( I think) until you've left the premises..

I got 2 packs of green and blacks miniatures (usually around £12.50) for £2.50 each as someone had opened them ... wasn't complaining at all, one was full and one had 2 miniatures missing.

And also remember that not only employees but also businesses steal - I remember buying my amplifiers and getting free cables, the company writes them off as stolen and insurance claim happens.. insurance companies have stolen by not covering policies they should have also, I'm sure...

Too much worrying about petty things that you cannot change... I'd rather someone stole from a business than someone's home...

 

[dantheman]

Understand, I'm not saying it's right..

Just something that won't change.

 

[tyred]

Some years ago, suffering from a cold and a terrible headache, I popped out of work to a nearby Tesco's and bought a packet of Panadol and returned to the office, filled a glass of water and opened the packet only to find every single tablet had been removed from from the blister pack. I was not amused.

 

[Jenkins]

Nobody ever been to a 'pick your own' fruit farm and scoffed a few pieces while on the way round without offering extra money at the end?