To think moving perishable items in a shop is basically theft?

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Was in Tesco and someone had picked up some fresh chicken, clearly later decided they didn't want it, and put it down on another shelf in a non-chilled aisle. So that chicken can basically no longer be sold.

AIBU to think this is as bad as theft?

It's not theft but it's selfish, lazy and wasteful

If I do change my mind I always put chilled stuff in a fridge and frozen in a freezer, even if not exactly the right one

There's nothing dishonest about it, and no apparent intention to take it from the owner or keep it.

So no, it's thoughtless waste not theft. Since we are responsible for morally shaping DC, I don't think we should blur the lines between the criminal act and intent that makes you a thief, and just any old thing we disapprove of.

It's on my mind because I did it on Sunday and feel guilty. I was just too sore to Trek back to where I picked it up snd by the time I'd got to where I was id changed my mind on dinners this week.

Ironically it winds me up when people put fridge items in the freezers.

Our local Tesco used to have signs up saying if you change your mind about something it's fine but please give it to a member if staff rather than just abandoning it

I always take things back because it's what my parents did, as my sisters and I got older we were trusted to take it back, which for some reason we were pleased about