to think eating products before you pay for them at the till is uncouth?

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OH and I disagree. He thinks eating a packet of crisps then handing the empty packet over at checkout to scan is perfectly acceptable but I think this is a no-no.

Where do you guys sit on this matter?

I am so glad I unhid the AIBU topic for Easter.

It's a shame the supermarkets are shut tomorrow, as I can feel an undercover investigation coming on.

My Nan was offended by people walking along eating, let alone in a supermarket! You buy your food and then find a seat outside to eat if you're desperate to eat. She also hated chewing gum, smokers and people who swore. I do miss my Nan with her 1930s attitude! ??

Oh I always pay for my water.

But just at the end. I don't go pay for the water then come back to my trolley filled with toddler to do the rest of the the shop.

And I actually do take my own snacks for DS - to deploy when next to the checkout so the rat bag doesn't pull everything off the conveyor

Oops, I am wrong - my decade old memories of criminal law were mistaken.

You are permanently depriving the other party of what you eat, because you can't exactly regurgitate it in saleable condition. BUT: if he appropriates the property in the belief that he would have the other’s consent if the other knew of the appropriation and the circumstances of it then it's lawful, and that plainly does fit, where people are paying at the till and staff are cheerfully accepting payment without any concern or training to the contrary. And given supermarkets don't mind this, and people are pretty sure they are allowed to do it (and reasonably so, in fact) then it can't be theft on that basis.

I asked my local supermarket manager once, by the way.

She told me she was happy for any child to eat a 10c bread roll quietly in a trolley rather than running around causing havoc.

She said it was a cheap price to pay.

Too right usual. Named and shamed for drinking half a bottle of water then having the audacity to scan the bottle.

'Don't have nightmares' as whatsisname used to say at the end.

Jigsaws, your Nan and my Granny would have got along well

I walk round the supermarket picking my nose and eating it. Beat that.

You could take a packed lunch to the restaurant to be on the safe side.

I love you.

I'm imagining this in the local Exceedingly Posh Joint. "But I was scared you'd think I was planning a runner..." as they escort me from the premises.

You brought your own snack with you Uncertain as per the new rules.

Who cares? I buy crackers, eat a couple, pay for packet at till. No big deal, as long as I pay. Which I always do.

Lo mega - I am having visions of your manager chasing the ambulance to get the 50p for the life saving mars bar...

I find self checkouts deter this - if your item is underweight you will get the old "please place the item in bagging area" repeated

I always used to eat the end of the french bread walking around.

It doesn't bother me at all to see people eating before they paid.

My Nan was offended by people walking along eating, let alone in a supermarket! You buy your food and then find a seat outside to eat if you're desperate to eat. She also hated chewing gum, smokers and people who swore. I do miss my Nan with her 1930s attitude!

And mine! She used to say with all seriousness, "A lady is never rude unintentionally."

Was the question not "is this a bit uncouth?", though.

Rather than "is this morally wrong and crime of the century?"

I actually think that its not "uncouth" and people that think otherwise have rods up their backsides.

I once saw a baby (couldn't have been more than 8 or 9 months old), gnawing on a baguette once, while his Mum was browsing the ciabatta bread.

She grabbed it from his hand, threw it back on the shelf and said "Matthew, what has Mummy told you about doing that?"

It made me wonder

A) How many times he's done it

B) If the poor fucker who bought it, could taste baby drool

I don't understand why people HAVE to eat walking round a supermarket? Do people that do this not eat before shopping or feed their kids before going shopping? I seriously don't see the need to give children bread/crisps/ cookies to do a food shop or pop in for a few bits.

Uncouth baby Matthew

Uncouth?
People need more to worry about.

It absolutely is not theft - unless you fail to pay for it, of course.

And "uncouth"? Oh please fuck off.

There's every need if the child is throwing a strop in the trolley.

I actually think that its not "uncouth" and people that think otherwise have rods up their backsides.

I must have a rod up my arse as it's uncouth IMO. I will happily keep the rod up my arse .

Amazing the excuses people have to excuse self control. Nom nom nom round a supermarket. The brain boggles

Upthread someone said that 'uncouth' was underused.

I think we've rectified that.