Knowingly stealing - food shop delivery

No. I'd tell the driver I had cancelled the order. If the shop decided to give it to me for free then thank you but I would not want to be a thief. I'd look at the bigger picture..

Well I would just make up that there had been a communication error with husband.

So you are a liar too. Do you really think people would believe silly lies like this? Do you just make up anything at other times to benefit yourself? What a lovely person you must be to those around you.

That’s what I thought, too. Shameful!

It sounds like you did it on purpose. You say you had it happen before and owned up. You knew that you had the refund when the delivery turned up. So you should have turned it away.
It's appalling to steal a whole load of shopping. Why should you get stuff for free when we all have to pay? I'm on benefits and can barely afford to feed myself but I still wouldn't steal.

Can you quote these statistics, @MrsSunshine2b? I believe that most people are honest, and won’t steal, and I would be very disappointed to find out I was wrong.

But you are right that the supermarket’s profits will not suffer - because they build in a percentage to every price they charge, to cover shrinkage - loss due to theft, breakage, spoilage etc. So this was never going to make a dent in Tesco’s profits - it just makes a dent in the purses of every one who shops there.

Any psychological study where people are tested shows that people are not as holy as they pretend to be.

Wasn't there a study that showed that most people will literally electrocute people to death just because someone told them to do it? And yet it's only a slim margin of people who wouldn't accept a bit of fruit and veg they were handed on the doorstep. 😂

Yep
It was deliberate and it wasn't like you needed it
Blatant theft, not necessarily judging as nobody is perfect but at least admit what you are rather than try and excuse it and claim that most people would do the same

No, I know for sure I wouldn't. It would just be automatic for me to say to the driver that I had cancelled the order. Afterwards I might joke to people 'dammit, I could have had that for free!', but I wouldn't mean it.

I'd probably assume that I'd get charged for it and not even think about it again tbh

I wouldn't do that no, no one i know would. I've had extra groceries delivered with mine a few times, i knew they'd tell me to keep them after the first instance but i still always call and let them know cause its the right thing to do? Although i could have down without the 3 tubs of chicken hearts 🙃

Which stats are those?

Most people are honest IME. Thieving rats like to tell themselves that's how everyone else thinks because they simply can't imagine being honest. Honest people broadly feel the same way about stealing, they just don't understand it.

The only people saying "the majority/everyone would do it" are the ones that believe everyone has standards as low as them.

I had a similar thing happen when I reported something from Amazon as not turning up - it ended up arriving 3 months later, I still reported that to them via the live chat. (I ended up making £20 out of it as they originally refunded me and gave me a £20 gift card for the inconvenience on top, they told me to keep it all and it was fine. And I have a clear conscience as well as my £20, so, bonus).

Pretty sure Tesco's profit margins will quickly recover from this shocking heist. 😂

Yes, because that will have been the only instance of theft from Tesco that day, won't it?
FFS

You accept you have stolen but still think it's acceptable because you've never done it before and it was the supermarket's fault ?
I've heard better defences.

Of course it' stealing. She's made no effort to pay. So dishonest!

Dress it up how you want @Ponter However , you are a thief and a liar.

I know it’s wrong but I believe the majority would do the same

Don't judge others by your own, rock bottom, standards.

It’s really not about they won’t find out is it. It’s about having a moral compass. There’s lots of things one could do on the basis no one would find out. Crikey.

It's not 'holier than thou' not to steal. 🫣

It's not a "mistake", the shopping will already have been packed onto the van. Which is why is can't be cancelled on the day.
Taking things you haven't paid for is stealing.

They won't lose profit, they'll just increase the prices for consumers instead. Which affects everyone.

Did you see the thread title?

She did it on purpose because it had worked for her friend, it wasn't an accident.

I would totally...

I love how no-one on Mumsnet would ever do something like this even though stats on this kind of thing show that almost everyone would, given half the chance.

How much sympathy do you think you, as a regular person, would get if you reported a theft in which you brought the things to someone's door and handed them over, after they specifically told you not to?

Pretty sure Tesco's profit margins will quickly recover from this shocking heist. 😂