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 then you are a very lucky lady. Take a deep breath and remember those who aren't so fortunate

Hmm - not sure I feel that lucky when they're bashing seven bells out of each other in the bread aisle in Sainsbury's!

Xenia - when you go for a meal you don't usually pay until after you have eaten - what if you don't have your purse in those circumstances? Is that theft also?

Cornsilk - I think it's to do with whether there is a value-added element to what you are purchasing. Generally if you are paying simply for a physical item you pay in advance (supermarket shopping, takeaway, clothes, etc). If you are paying for something which has a service element (restaurant meal, car servicing, plumber, etc), you pay afterwards.

cornsilk- no because you go in on the understanding that you will pay after eating your meal. If you then state that youo have no money and do not intend to pay, then it becomes theft.

I am detecting a subtle difference in approach between those of us who have legal training and those who don't.

The law is. Everything else is just mitigating circumstances.

findtheriver - I dont know if he actually scratched his balls, I am making the assumption that he did this or something else unsavoury which I would not know about before handling food without gloves - pick his nose, not wash his hands after going to the toilet, handling money handled by someone who did scratch his balls, you getting me?!

Bluenoesaint I can assure you that this is not a wind up thread. Or rather, I did not start it as a wind-up thread, although giving some of the slightly far-out comments of the nature that may well make mothers tie their children up in their pushchairs, hands by sides/outside with the mutts for fear of their toddler deliberately and willfully stealing two bites of an apple, I can see why you may feel you have stumbled on a wind-up thread!

And you say you can't keep up? Me neither. I fear there are some MNers who may not have even left this thread

I can't believe this has descended into a legal debate. It was a few mouthfuls of apple.
It's not the end of the world people!!!

I have to applaud you all though, you have thoroughly entertained me this afternoon, and evening. You even almost got me in trouble for sneaking away from my friends to check on who was saying what and why.

I have not had a good 'discussion' for want of a better word, like this for a while

There are opinions on this thread which border on the maniacal. I can't quite believe that anyone seriously expects a normal, unsedated toddler not to nick a bit of food occasionally, or that any parent can stop them doing it 100% of the time, or that it's not outrageously poor customer service to make an issue out of a couple of bites from an apple.

So I'll presume you're all just having a larf at the OP's expense.

There are opinions on this thread which border on the maniacal. I can't quite believe that anyone seriously expects a normal, unsedated toddler not to nick a bit of food occasionally, or that any parent can stop them doing it 100% of the time, or that it's not outrageously poor customer service to make an issue out of a couple of bites from an apple.

So I'll presume you're all just having a larf at the OP's expense.

Lyra - it is MN! Would you really have expected anything else? I have to confess I did not really get involved in the whole grape discussion, I paid vague attention and not fully grasped the enormity of it.

If I had, I would have, as rightly pointed out by Duchesse donned my protective armor earlier than I did! I would probably still have posted

The main point is not the fact that your daughter started munching on an apple ... no-one's suggesting you physically restrain her - it's the fact that you didn't pay for the two mouthfuls. I mean they're not like free nibbles for toddlers are they?

DaDaDa - I hope they are, or else I would be quite concerned that some people wont sleep well 2nite .

I for one, have had a good roast dinner, trifle (not stolen) and soak in the bath and a bloody good chuckle. At least once I got over my initial annoyance at the checkout bloke ande vented my anger on MN. Much calmer!

Pavlov, what have you started?
This will go down in MN history along with grapes, Fruit Shoots and Greggs sausage rolls.

Quattrocento

Quattro, are you serious?

Lyra How very dare you compare this situation with fruitshoots and greggs

I am shocked and appalled.

Blimey. I my DC have broken jars/boxes of eggs more than once in our local shop and never had to pay, although I have of course offered to do so.

Did you apologise BTW? I apologise profusely and offer to pay, they laugh, reassure and refuse.

methinks she is not.
Cheek firmly in tongue I reckon.

"The main point is not the fact that your daughter started munching on an apple ... no-one's suggesting you physically restrain her - it's the fact that you didn't pay for the two mouthfuls. I mean they're not like free nibbles for toddlers are they?"

Eh?? Are you really saying that? Utterly bizarre!

Two mouthfuls!! TWO MOUTHFULS!! TWO MOUTHFULS!! from a baby!!

Its not the crown fecking jewels!!

And she did pay for the blasted trouble-causing fruit as soon as she realised!!

TFM - I did apologise, but not with much grace, given the rudeness of his manner to me, and look of disgust like DD has puked on it or something. I should have offered to pay, there was big queue, the cashier next to him thought he was being unreasonable, so would have been funny for him to ask manager how he would claim half penny at most from me/work out how much exactly I owed!

tsk pavolv! I bet your dd piles her plate high at the salad bar in pizza hut.

LOL Cornsilk - its got a slightly different name in our house, that place!

What's that then?