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

[Stryder50]

I voted "no" ... I think it's up to the grocer ... throw the wrapper in the cart and pay for it is not stealing unless the sign says it is ... the business is allowed to set the rule, so it shouldn't be a law ... violators get thrown out of the store, but no jail time ... saves tax dollars ...

So I can break into your house, steal from your cabinets and fridge, eat my fill, and take more out with me, and since you don't have a "sign" posted saying I can't, it ain't a crime and tough shit on you. !!!

Can you be more of a stupid **** than you already are ???

What a waste of human flesh you are ...

 

[Foxfyre]

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

I have been so dehydrated sometimes that I got a bottle of water out of the cooler and drank it while grocery shopping and paid for the empty bottle when I checked out. I have been guilty of sampling one grape or cherry to be sure I liked them before spending $10 on a bunch of them. I'm pretty sure any grocery store staff would even give permission for that. As long as the empty container is on the cart and in full view of the personnel and security cameras at the store and you do pay for it, I don't think it's so bad.

 

[ReinyDays]

So I can break into your house, steal from your cabinets and fridge, eat my fill, and take more out with me, and since you don't have a "sign" posted saying I can't, it ain't a crime and tough shit on you. !!!

Can you be more of a stupid **** than you already are ???

What a waste of human flesh you are ...

Why would I have a grocery store in my home? ... or are you arguing with an ignorant strawman ...

Bubba didn't finish Middle School ... Stryder50 can't read ... HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW ...

 

[Slyhunter]

Why would I have a grocery store in my home? ... or are you arguing with an ignorant strawman ...

Bubba didn't finish Middle School ... Stryder50 can't read ... HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW ...

If it is ok to steal from a business, it should be ok to steal from you.

 

[ReinyDays]

If it is ok to steal from a business, it should be ok to steal from you.

Maybe in your area they teach what stealing is in high school ...

The store keeper has a freezer with ice cream bars ... with prices ... i eat the ice cream bar and then hand the cashier the empty wrapper and the money it costs ... the store keeper gets his money, I get the ice cream bar and the cashier keeps their job ... that's not stealing and it isn't a crime ...

Oh right ... you're too young to be taken into sit-down restaurants ... but there's the example ... adults sit and eat first, then pay for the food afterward ... it's pretty common in grown-up society ... but do as your mommy says, keep your hands to yourself in stores and in homes ...

 

[Slyhunter]

Maybe in your area they teach what stealing is in high school ...

The store keeper has a freezer with ice cream bars ... with prices ... i eat the ice cream bar and then hand the cashier the empty wrapper and the money it costs ... the store keeper gets his money, I get the ice cream bar and the cashier keeps their job ... that's not stealing and it isn't a crime ...

Oh right ... you're too young to be taken into sit-down restaurants ... but there's the example ... adults sit and eat first, then pay for the food afterward ... it's pretty common in grown-up society ... but do as your mommy says, keep your hands to yourself in stores and in homes ...

I eat one grape before deciding whether to buy a pound. I agree with your example. Not paying for it is the problem. Oh, and I am 60 years old.

 

[DakotaKai_fan20]

I eat one grape before deciding whether to buy a pound. I agree with your example. Not paying for it is the problem. Oh, and I am 60 years old.

My grandfather is 90 and he doesn't eat the grapes in stores. Taste testing in a store in my eyes is stealing.

 

[ChristisKing]

lol.
She left her underwear as a tip..

Yeah, and it was completely disgusting too.

Why would I have a grocery store in my home? ... or are you arguing with an ignorant strawman ...

Bubba didn't finish Middle School ... Stryder50 can't read ... HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW ...

 

[DakotaKai_fan20]

Yeah, and it was completely disgusting too.

Nobody in their right mind would tip with their underwear.

 

[ChristisKing]

Nobody in their right mind would tip with their underwear.

Yeah, but they weren't in their right mind.

 

[DakotaKai_fan20]

Yeah, but they weren't in their right mind.

If I received underwear as a tip, I would handle it with gloves and once I got home, I would burn it in the burn barrel I have with some loose limbs.

 

[Slyhunter]

My grandfather is 90 and he doesn't eat the grapes in stores. Taste testing in a store in my eyes is stealing.

If I buy sour grapes, they either get returned or go in the trash. You can't tell if the grapes are sour unless you eat one.

 

[frigidweirdo]

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

Should you pay for the food in a restaurant before eating it? Isn't it stealing otherwise?

 

[Zebra]

If you are buying weighted produce, and eat those grapes before they are weighed, that is stealing. Other than that, very few things are stealing.

If you open a package and consume the contents and throw it away, you are stealing.

If you open a package and consume the Tums because you have a case of heartburn and pay for the whole container, absolutely not.

If you open a candy bar and eat part of it because you are suffering from hypoglycemia, but you keep the wrapper to pay for it, absolutely not.

If you buy a bottle of water and drink it, but keep the bottle and pay for it, absolutely not.

correct!

 

[JoeMoma]

If I were a grocery store manager, I would not be concerned with the dude that eats an apple while is loading up a cart with $500 of groceries that he pays for. I would have a problem with the dude that just comes in an eats an apple that does not pay for it.

 

[Captain Caveman]

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

Not sure in the US but in the UK, it's called the Right to Treat.

So the shopkeeper displays the goods with prices. The customer browses the products. Now if it was up to the shopkeeper to determine you accepted to buy the item, then he could say you bought it because you touched it. So the law reverses the sake. So the customer decides what to buy and in effect, takes them to the till and is saying, "I wish to buy these". Usually the cashier accepts the contract and rings them through the till.

So some points -

1) As a customer, you could say, "The ticket price sates $10, I offer $8". It's up to the shopkeeper to say, yes, no, or $9 etc..

2) When the shopkeeper is presented with the offer to purchase them by the customer, he could decline and place them back on sale, no excuse needed

3) The item is normally $19.99 but a wrong ticket for $9.99 was on display, "You have to sell me it for $9.99". "No sorry I don't, I don't accept the sake, there's been an error on the price, I am removing all from sale until the problem has been investigated". Hopefully the shop has a price checking procedure in place or trading standards could get upset. If the shop does sell it at a lower price, normally due to goodwill, but they're not legally obliged to do so.

So going back to the thread reading the above, if the customer eats the sandwich and goes to the till, what happens if the shopkeeper decides not to sell it? So technically, it's theft, wait until after the purchase is my advice, but this is UK law.

 

[Slyhunter]

Not sure in the US but in the UK, it's called the Right to Treat.

So the shopkeeper displays the goods with prices. The customer browses the products. Now if it was up to the shopkeeper to determine you accepted to buy the item, then he could say you bought it because you touched it. So the law reverses the sake. So the customer decides what to buy and in effect, takes them to the till and is saying, "I wish to buy these". Usually the cashier accepts the contract and rings them through the till.

So some points -

1) As a customer, you could say, "The ticket price sates $10, I offer $8". It's up to the shopkeeper to say, yes, no, or $9 etc..

2) When the shopkeeper is presented with the offer to purchase them by the customer, he could decline and place them back on sale, no excuse needed

3) The item is normally $19.99 but a wrong ticket for $9.99 was on display, "You have to sell me it for $9.99". "No sorry I don't, I don't accept the sake, there's been an error on the price, I am removing all from sale until the problem has been investigated". Hopefully the shop has a price checking procedure in place or trading standards could get upset. If the shop does sell it at a lower price, normally due to goodwill, but they're not legally obliged to do so.

So going back to the thread reading the above, if the customer eats the sandwich and goes to the till, what happens if the shopkeeper decides not to sell it? So technically, it's theft, wait until after the purchase is my advice, but this is UK law.

It works in Cambodia, Thailand, and the Philippines.