Eating in supermarkets

[rogerthomas]

What is the general opinion about people who take food off the shelves in supermarkets and eat it as they go around. Most of them present the empty packaging at the checkout and pay for it, but I'll bet there are plenty who dump the packet on their way round.

If I saw someone doing that (dumping the empty packet) I wouldn't hesitate to report them because it is undoubtedly theft. Yes, you may say that the supermarkets can afford it but that misses the point.

What do you think?

[Satin7]

I have picked something up off the shelves of supermarkets and eaten them.. And paid for the empty packet. I admit it.. The checkout girls dont give a dam generally. Nor do the store security. I've often given my little one the end of a baguette to munch while we're shopping too...I'd rather walk in with nothing and pay for a wrapper than argue over something I might well have bought else where. I dont see any harm - my intention is to pay for it. But I quite agree there are people that dump their wrappers and not pay - this is classed as theft. So, I think in order to combat that, supermarkets should have signs up to state their intentions if you're caught! Teaching a child the right between right and wrong ie: stealing and intention to pay fixes parental 'mistakes'.

[Kellymarie27]

When I was a toddler my dad used to stop the "I wants" by giving me a tomato. He would buy a pack of six, open the pack, hand me one and then pay for the pack at the end.

I genuinly think that there is absolutley nothing wrong with that. I think its a little sad of people to say things like "If I had it my way I would chop your hands off"

Theres nothing wrong with people consuming what they about to pay for, its all abour trust ... especialley when my supermarket sells me a car wash whilst im in doing my shopping and I have to pay up front.
Its the same thing, im trusting that the blokes gonna wash my car, and the supermarkets trusting that im gonna pay for that tomato.