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!

Well, keep this going. I am going to have a bath in prep for my work tomorrow. Wich in case you dont all know, involves rehabiliatiing criminals pmsl.

Dragon - I DID!!!! Ages ago tho! Did you not get it?

Pavlov - the cashier scratched his balls?? Well you didn't tell us that did ya??
This gets more exciting by the minute!

Froot Shoots
Fanjo
and a half eaten apple?

This reminds me of that child at a pick your own strawberries thing who was told she could eat half of what she picked. When they went to pay all the strawberries had been neatly bitten in half

YANBU he didn't need to be so rude - the only thing that would get me about my DDs eating an apple I hadn't paid for is that it hadn't been washed!!! I had a horrible allergic reaction to one once when I hadn't bothered to wash it .....

Well I'll definitely be scrubbing all my fruit and veg after hearing about the cashier scratching his nads!!

Is this a wind up? I never quite catch up on these 'challenge' threads ...

OK, assuming its not - i cannot believe you're stringing this 23 month old baby up for swiping an apple and taking a couple of bites before her mother took it away from her (therefore IMO teaching her that it is not ok to take things without paying) and took it to a till to pay for it.

You're all as mad as a box of frogs!!

Pavlov - IM humble O you are NBU. He was clearly a jobsworth who'd possible had a shite day and yes, maybe didn't want baby spit on his hands.

As for those who said that Pavlov should have been quicker to stop her dd from her thieving munching - how does it feel to be so perfect??

Don't forget the guy who unpacked it.... and all the nose-pickers who've picked things up then rejected them...

And what about the people who lick their fingers, to open the plastic bags? I confess that sometimes I really have to, but I'm consistent about which hand I use and always say to myself, "Left to lick, right to pick". Oh dear, I'm sadder than I thought.

I am realy shocked at the cashier, and all the 'its stealing' hype - even on MN!

I have willfully given DS a banana to stop hysterical meltdown, and then told the cashier to please weigh one banana twice as DS ate one. It was fine - cashier smiled and laughed and weighed a banana twice. I would have been surprisd at anything otherwise.

ha
I let my two eat some grapes the other day to keep them quiet.
when I got to the checkout I told the cashier they'd eaten about 10 grapes if she wanted to add on a few cents. she laughed and said don't worry
I thought of mumsnet

I've been known to eat a few strawberries at the pick-your-own.
Anyone gonna call the police?

Someone asked how can it be theft. That's because you're eating it before you paid. It's not a very complicated point at all. If you walked into an open house in the road and took an oil painting and later the police asked you about it and you said but I was about to pay for it - not a defence, is it? Because at the till they could refuse to serve you or you might not have the money. You cannot use and take goods before the money is paid.

Valid point Xenia, but we are talking about a 23month old baby and an apple. Please tell me that you can see that its not exactly the same ...

you've not taken it off the stores property without paying though.

Ahem... I have to confess to opening a box of tissues before I'd paid for them (unusual for me not to have at least 149 tissues about me, somewhere). I figured it was preferable to spreading my germs everywhere. Forgive me, Xenia?

is that you Senora? you big Teef.

Erm, no, it's not her.

And I'm not a thief... I paid for the box, after apologising!

Xenia, I always cheque I have cash in my purse before letting DSs eat anything.

I can't see why anyone needs to let their children eat anything in a supermarket to be quite honest. Personally I find it rather yucky, and totally unnecessary.

Do people not wash fruit before eating it? Why would you give your children something to eat that any number of people have already handled?

Mummytubb - she didn't give her child the apple. Her dd took a couple of bites before she had realised. Once she had realised, she took her dd (and the offending fruit) to the till to pay for it.

hth.

bloomin heck MummyTubb - you're quite certain about that!

Even if she did give her child the apple, I would always attempt to keep a child happy, rather than drag a screaming 2 year old around a supermarket.

check, not cheque. duh.

Oh, right! I missed that bit!

That's why I tie mine firmly into the trolley and keep out of toddler-arm-reach of the shelves. They're more interested in cuddling each other (at the beginning of the shop) or beating each other up (by the time I'm halfway round) to care about what's on the shelves!

Ah, but, onebatmother - I'm a very cruel mummy. It would be the thin end of the wedge - if I give them something so I'm not dragging a screaming 2 year old (and 4 year old) round the supermarket once, then I'm going to have to do it virtually every time. There's no point in my two screaming since it won't get them anything!