Went to shops today with dcs. Dd was a bit tired and hungry and I wanted to get in and out quickly and home.
She was very hungry and has health issues and needed to eat that minute so I picked something up and let her have it. I have not done this before but couldn't have gone and paid then given it to her and continued shopping as she needed to eat straight away. Usually I have a snack in my bag for her but she had already had that one and I was going to buy more snack bits for her from the shops to replenish the ones I carry for her.
I noticed that a shop assistant was watching us intently and kept seeing her as we went round the shop.
When we got to the till I took the packet off dd for the man to scan and gave it back to her. As we were leaving the member of staff who had been watching approached us with a security guard and asked had we paid for what dd had eaten round the shop. I replied yes we had but she asked to check the receipt which obviously was fine.
She then told me that in future we HAD to pay for food before consuming it. I explained to her that it was a one off as I had run out of snacks I usually carry and dd needed to eat immediately but the security guard said food has to be paid for first.
It wasn't like I do this all the time and tbh as long as the food is paid for does it really matter?
WIBU to have let dd eat her snack before we had paid for it?