Zone1 Should it be Illegal to Eat Food at The Grocery Store Before Buying it?

[Andrew_Jackson_FTW]

What some people do for example is they get a pound of walnuts….eat a few walnuts while at the store… if you think about it , it is stealing. When they go to pay for it, they’re paying for less than what they originally bought. It’s not the same thing as eating a entire candy bar and not paying for it. But it’s still a level of theft.

Many of us including a few times myself have been guilty of it. I haven’t done it in years though. And I think I did something like that a few times in my life.

 

[Frankeneinstein]

As long as you pay for it it’s not stealing.

How long does the law give you to pay before it is stealing?

 

[Road Runner]

How long does the law give you to pay before it is stealing?

If a police officer was grocery shopping and caught you in the act, not long at all.

 

[Frankeneinstein]

What some people do for example is they get a pound of walnuts….eat a few walnuts while at the store… if you think about it , it is stealing. When they go to pay for it, they’re paying for less than what they originally bought. It’s not the same thing as eating a entire candy bar and not paying for it. But it’s still a level of theft.

Many of us including a few times myself have been guilty of it. I haven’t done it in years though. And I think I did something like that a few times in my life.

Yes, but it should not be illegal unless of course it exceeds common sense norms...eating something charged for by weight is different than something with a unit price.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

It seems like that it's stealing to me. After all, what if the person doesn't wind up paying for it?

You said "before buying it".

Which means the food was then paid for.

So the correct poll answer is "no".

 

[Carl in Michigan]

True, except for not getting what you pay for. Most produce is sold by the lb around here.

Most of what I buy is prepackaged with the weight and the price

 

[White 6]

Most of what I buy is prepackaged with the weight and the price

Mostly same here, but for apples, grapes, bananas, etc. I can get some of these bagged,(except for bananas) but the bags used sometimes mask the fruit, with similar colors making it difficult to see what you are really getting, until home, so I pick and choose, bag it myself to get best quality. These are also some of the things, I have seen women and children eating, walking around the store, which like I said, without wash, that is simply nasty.

 

[AZrailwhale]

Of course it's stealing. When I was a teen, my friend's father did that. He went into a store, picked up a candy bar and ate it right in the store, never paying for it. He thought it was funny.

It also shows a lack of character. Character is measured by what you do when you won’t get caught.

 

[American Eagle]

Agreed but at a restaurant you still have to pay for your meal but I know that a lot of the time it's afterwards which I don't get either because anybody could just dine and dash.

Dine & Dash is seldom worth it. Running on a bloated stomach defeats the purpose.

 

[American Eagle]

That's nothing.

The grocery store vids are so lame. The store is always closed when they film these lamo skits.

 

[American Eagle]

So if I get the bulk macadamias and write the code for peanuts, then is that stealing?

 

[Winco]

I think it's ODD.

what if the person doesn't wind up paying for it?

But stealing is ONLY if you hide what you consumed or pocketed.

It's NOT hard.
Don't make excuses.

 

[American Eagle]

I remember the time this guy and me were in the store. It was high school. He walked around the store drinking a chocolate milk and eating a sandwich he made. It really wasn't that fantastic because the sandwich was only bread and lunchmeat. He didn't even add mayonnaise or tomato.

 

[American Eagle]

The crap I saw when I worked in a grocery store. I lost track of how many dirty diapers and opened boxes of new diapers were found in aisle 12.

 

[American Eagle]

The biggest thieves in retail are the employees, not the customers.

 

[American Eagle]

Some people will legitimately taste test a piece of bulk produce. I worked in produce and saw that as good marketing. Management saw it the same way. But then you have the old buzzards who pop five grapes in their mouth. You still let it go tho. Pick your battles.

 

[American Eagle]

I once worked third shift stock. There was a fellow stocker always walking outside. Sometimes he'd just go in the lot for a smoke. Other times he'd go to his car. Turns out the fucker was smuggling meat out the door. It was always early in the shift, so I guess he had a big cooler in his trunk. lol

 

[Slyhunter]

I always eat one grape before buying them because you can't tell if they're sour y looking at them. I hate sour grapes.

 

[American Eagle]

If a price is wrong, then 80% of the time it favors the store. That's the stat I've seen, and that's my experience.

 

[Mister Iggy]

That's nothing.

lol.
She left her underwear as a tip..