Do people have no shame any more?

The amount of dog shit I see around these days and general litter shows how little some people care. Generally, the type of people who do this are also the type of people who will tell you to fuck off if you call them out on it. (first hand experience of this)

I’ve also witnessed shoplifting in stores a fair few times. They don’t even hide it these days. I’ve mentioned it to security a couple of times, but they are pretty useless and react with as much urgency as a sloth, so I’ve stopped bothering now.

Some people have no shame and it’s becoming worse. In all areas of life. Theft as in the OP, how you dress in public, state of houses and gardens, not ashamed to be in receipt of out of work state benefits. Bring back shame. I stand by this.

I broadly don't care about people stealing actual food, or trying to get better quality food, if it is obviously for them to eat. I doubt they are selling the eggs for profit.

But there are situations within that, which can be different. If people are stealing 10 alarmed expensive steaks, as much as they might be doing it for them to eat it does become less likely. And in this case, the issue is the next person doesn't know what they are buying so not a good thing for them to do.

I was in a well known supermarket the other day

I was wearing a long-ish coat (knee length) that was open (thank you premenopause-too hot to wear zipped up but too cold to go without)

I had some college aged kids standing next to me and as I leaned forward to grab my sandwich,they used my hanging,open coat as cover to grab as many sandwiches as they could and walked out

I know a member of staff and she said they do it all the time-they are bloody fast

I've been the idiot thats got one brand of eggs and got them home to find I've paid a lot for the cheap ones

Really pissed me off as I only use decent eggs

The temptation to record them and post it on social media would have been too much for me.

Not surprised OP, so many people don’t give a shit. The sad thing is, if you said something to them they would likely have told you to fuck off.

There was an article about this in the Times today:

https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/decent-shame-kept-honest-now-extinct-f0h25sbvb

One of my mums friends had hens when I was a kid. We used to have fresh eggs at breakfast when visiting, they were the best eggs I’ve ever had!

There are still eggs from caged hens for sale in UK supermarkets. They are described as 'colony' or 'enriched cage' and instead of the hens being kept singly in small cages they are kept as a small group in a slightly larger cage which has a nesting area. Still a cage though and the hens don't see daylight till they go for slaughter at about 18 months of age.

Other options are barn eggs where the hens are kept inside but not caged; and free range where they in theory have the chance to go outside through pop-holes (though they might not do this for various reasons). With bird flu, free range may not be free range if they are restrictions in place.

If you really want to see how the hens laying your eggs are kept, you need to buy from a small-scale farm where you can see how they live or keep a few yourself (preferably rescued ex commercial hens who will really appreciate their new lives and who make lovely pets). Their eggs will also be fresher and tastier than anything you can buy on a supermarket!

I have only checked mine since reading about it just before Christmas

I check my eggs for broken ones, would never think someone had swapped them!

Always check your eggs if buying the expensive ones, there is a crown stamp on the Burford ones.

Shoplifters have always been pretty brazen tbh

I was in markies last week, someone had a member of staff direct them to the meat section, he said thanks, then proceeded to put a load into his shopping bag and just walked out. I watched him go. No attempt to hide it.

And no I didn’t get involved. I just moved a bit away. He didn’t look like someone you’d want to mess with, and I’m sure the staff saw and they didn’t want to get involved either.

it was the most brazen thing I’ve seen, literally had a staff member take him to tnem section.

It’s not the supermarkets that suffer - it’s the poor bastards that pay more for the lousy eggs.

It's just another form of shoplifting really isn't it and staff often just turn a blind eye. People at out local Tesco's just walk out with trays of chicken etc.

Considering how expensive things are, i am not surprised in the slightest! Maybe the supermarkets need to stop ripping the farmers & customers off!

Urgh people are just awful. You should have alerted a member of staff to what they were doing.

There was a man in Sainsburys last week at the scan and shop till next to me who had a mini check. He'd weighed 3 loose fennel bulbs but got a ticket for carrots which are a lot cheaper. He did have to pay for the fennel but I wonder how many people do the same and just claim to have made a mistake if they're checked?

You're right, some people don't care.

Just as you didn't care enough to discreetly tell a member of staff.

so did you report this to Tesco staff before they left the shop?
Up to Tesco whether they acted on your info of course.

If not, I don't think you can claim the high ground re moral stance and shaming

Some people are just dishonest. 🤷‍♀️

I agree that it’s the height of CFery, and I would have told a member of staff, but I do think there is a noticeable difference between different eggs.

This is true, sadly. I suppose all we can do is take the highest-welfare option available to us.

Yes, there are already more and more products now with security cages in the shops - certainly not the sort you would consider to be 'premium'. It looks really ugly and uninviting to people who do want to consider actually buying them.

I could see it ending one of two ways: either with high-tech methods that automatically scan everything each person leaves with and charges their account (without which entry will be barred); or otherwise back to the old days where everything is kept behind a counter and you have to ask the shop assistant to get it for you and pay before they hand it over.