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People eating food they haven't paid for....

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maddiemookins16mum · 24/09/2016 23:02

....It just really bugs me. To the point of utter revulsion.
In a supermarket, grown adults opening a pack of 4 pork pies and happily munching their way around the shop, only to toss the empty pack to be scanned as their shopping goes through. Why do people do that, have you ever, and why??? (DD had to wait until the car for her gingerbreadman biscuit from Waitrose).

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SuburbanRhonda · 24/09/2016 23:03

They paid for it - what's the problem?

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LyndaNotLinda · 24/09/2016 23:04

I don't tend to eat but I've opened a bottle of water. And will give DS something if he's starving. So what?

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maddiemookins16mum · 24/09/2016 23:04

They've not paid for it before it's eaten.

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AdaLovelacesCat · 24/09/2016 23:05

i have never seen anyone 'munching 4 pork pies' and certainly not in Waitrose darling!

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Sparklesilverglitter · 24/09/2016 23:05

They pay at the till, I don't see a problem and supermarkets don't appear to care

I often see Parents giving DC a bit of French stick or a breadstick while pushing the trolley round.

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NeedsAsockamnesty · 24/09/2016 23:06

Do you only eat out at pay up front places?

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TaggySits · 24/09/2016 23:06

That's what you call an impulse buy.

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hownottofuckup · 24/09/2016 23:06

So?

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Tartsamazeballs · 24/09/2016 23:06

As long as they're going to pay I don't see what the problem is?

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AppleJac · 24/09/2016 23:06

I do this every week. Dd is a pain for pestering for food in the supermarket so i get her a sandwich from the kiosk and she walks round eating it and the empty packaging gets put in the trolley.

As long as i have the money to pay for it before you eat it and you dont leave the shop without paying its not theft.

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maddiemookins16mum · 24/09/2016 23:06

Your kid is not "starving" on a supermarket shop.

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AdaLovelacesCat · 24/09/2016 23:06

whats it to you anyway Maddie? I have done this when really hungry in the supermarket - who cares?

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fakenamefornow · 24/09/2016 23:07

I agree op. I think the only exception to this, for me, would be water if I was really desperate.

I suspect this thread will be one to watch and you'll be worn out for mentioning Waitress. :)

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Eatthecake · 24/09/2016 23:07

I often give my little ds a gingerbread or something when pushing him round, it keeps him quiet and I've never been told off in any supermarket for doing it. I pay for it with my big trolley of shopping so what is there to get worked up about?

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maddiemookins16mum · 24/09/2016 23:07

Disgusting, you can't wait until you've paid.

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CointreauVersial · 24/09/2016 23:07

The only time I ever did this was while pregnant. Supermarket shopping, for some reason, made me want to pass out, so I'd sip a smoothie (or similar) as I walked around, then put it through the checkout.

I also used to pull a piece off a baguette/loaf for the DCs to munch if they were threatening to kick off.

I don't think it's a major problem, is it? As long as you pay for it.

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chattygranny · 24/09/2016 23:09

Do you mean it's bad manners? I don't see that paying for it is an issue if they're paying upon leaving. I've given toddlers bananas or drunk water like PP. Manners wise, surely it depends if they're eating loudly and being selfish, eating smelly things or generally behaving badly, like eating in the street or on a train.

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PaulAnkaTheDog · 24/09/2016 23:09

It bugs you to the point of revulsion? Wow, talk about an overreaction.

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Eatthecake · 24/09/2016 23:09

disgusting you can't wait until you've paid

Christ chill the fuck out!

I gave my ds a gingerbread in waitrose before I paid Shock so fucking hang me!

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Katinkka · 24/09/2016 23:09

I also think it's terrible behaviour. My kids have asd they've always known food needs to be paid for first. The only time I've had something before paying was when I was heavily pregnant on a hot day. I had some of the water I was queuing up to pay for.

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Oblomov16 · 24/09/2016 23:10

I do it all the time. I can't see what the problem is. How does it affect anyone else? What is the problem?
Is it that someone is eating? They could be eating their own food bought from home. And even if they are, how does that directly affect you?

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thecolonelbumminganugget · 24/09/2016 23:10

YANBU it really annoys me (Although it's really nothing to do with me, I'm not the one doing it or a Tesco shareholder).

What if you get to the checkout and haven't got your wallet, or your card is declined, or there's a fire alarm, or you're suddenly taken ill, or aliens attack? In all those scenarios you're a tealeaf.

Who's that hungry that they can't wait until they've paid?

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MerchantofVenice · 24/09/2016 23:10

It's pretty normal in lots of contexts to pay after you've consumed something. Why the 'revulsion' (if we're going to take issue with hyperbole) in a supermarket setting?

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Trickie03 · 24/09/2016 23:10

Does it matter where you got your gingerbread man from? Hmm

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AdaLovelacesCat · 24/09/2016 23:11

" Who's that hungry that they can't wait until they've paid?"

me sometimes. what is to anyone else?

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