To be furious that a cashier at supermarket told me off for DD eating a bite of an apple...

[pavlovthecat]

... which I paid for?

Apparently, it is paid for by weight, so could I not let her do it in future? No please. Nothing else.

She is 23 months old. So charge me the extra f**king half pence then tosser!!!

It came to 21p. She had taken two 23 month old sized bites. Which is why I was buying it in the first place!

Like I say, I get over my wild anger at the rudeness of pple by reporting them to customer services. I'm ever so polite, I never loose my temper, but I'll have my say.

Manners and respect are sadly lacking and its not just young pple.

groundhog day. It's the grape thread again.

This is what dh used ot do

let child eat apple/carrot
take another one them him to check out and get them to weigh that

'I am surprised, although should not be, at how many people dont bother to read any of the other posts before posting their sanctimonous shite opinions!'

Er - pavlov pot kettle black! I don't think anyone is wanting to cart your dd off to jail - if YOU read the posts with a slightly less hot head I think you will see that people are just pointing out the side and not accusing your child of theft!

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oh btw if anyone here was in newark waitrose driving an bmw x5 with 3 noisy whiny kids, did y'eva think their dreadful behaviour was helped by you stuffing 14 barrels of shit into them all the way round before paying for it becuse they whinged for it....
Grapes
ham
crisps
chocolate milk
my dp judged you harshly indeed

Um that should read 'pointing out the other side' not just 'the side'

bellavita - I always thought there was that kind of discretion too. I think to be honest the male cashier (pointed out as many people have presumed he was a she*!) was more erked by having to touch an apple which has baby spit all over it! (he was in his early 20s).

Check out lady sounds like an arse

Yes, we all know eating food before you pay for it is wrong and we should take our own snacks to the supermarket and all that but for heavens sake.

The toddler took two bites and the op took it off her and paid for it because of that. She didn't need to be that petty and could have mentioned it without telling off the mother.

If I was not hot headed, I would not be in the AIBU thread, I would be in the CHAT thread, surely!

Cuppa anyone?

Yeh fair enough pavlov and it wouldn't be as much sport if we didn't all over react sometimes

Yes please - milk one sugar!!!

pmsl - was just about to post to tell you to go get a cuppa.

but then thought I might be seen as patronising

I'm still fantasizing about seeing babies up in the dock at the Old Bailey charged with the theft of a ha'penny's worth of apple. Long arm of the law and all that, example to others what what...

Well I think YANBU, particularly as you went over to pay for it when you realised your dd had bit it. Sounds right to me. My dc have knocked jars over and broken them in supermarkets and I've not been asked to pay. It's what children do, as is eating stuff when you're not looking. Staff should expect it and deal with it accordingly.

'taken a bite, not bit it.

yabu. I am sure the lady didn't want to handle the apple after bites had been taken out of it. and if it is done by weight(all loose fruit is) then she was within her rights to be annoyed.

Perhaps you could write to the store manager congratulating the cashier on being so thorough. And suggest a transfer to the veg. section to police people who remove stalks from mushrooms and broccoli which I can't spell? If you are handling coins, baby dribble is the least of your germy worries.

presumably somebody has mentioned grapes?.....

I am actually amazed that so many posters think that YABU here. Next time I buy new potatoes I'm going to ask the cashier to knock a bit off for the dirt - I'm not paying for that!

do people remove stalks?

I have looked at the broccoli ones sometimes thinking that's half the weight but I can't imagine snapping it off. I'd probably get a bendy one and then send both pieces flying and hit a store assistant or something embarrassing.

MrsC you must EAT the stalk
it is much more nutritious than florets

male cashier not female!

I am as well Cornsilk. Honestly, we are the customers. Its a bite of an apple, paid for.......some perspective needed. I bet the op goes in there most weeks and spends a small fortune. If its anything like me, I get my wages paid directly into Sainsburys.

No, no, Franny, life is too short for broccoli stalk.

Dh puts it in the stir-fry and I always feel annoyed. I have a whole frigging plateful of lovely multicoloured nutritonal vegetables, I do not need the stalk.

pavlov - surely if he did not want to handle the apple then it would have just been better all round for him to say oh go on then, this will be my good deed of the day.

In fact, I used to give quite a bit away (small things anyway), especially if it was busy and the runners on the back did not have time to come to your till to see what you wanted. If a bar code was missing on a piece of fruit or if something would not scan - I would let the customer have it. It is a win win situation then, customer happy, you have done your good deed and it keeps the queues moving which keeps the supermarket happy.

By the way - I did not make up my own rules about giving stuff away - we were told to use our own judgement on how busy we were and the easiest plan of action.