to have kept an item I inadvertently 'stole' today?

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I was doing supermarket sweep at Tesco's today, huge amount of food in trolley so I hung a maxi pack of Huggies nappies off the hook under the kids seat at the front of the trolley. I paid for all my shopping, then realised when I got to my car that I had walked out with the Huggies still hanging on the hook.

...and then drove off.

AIBU to have kept them?

If it was a genuine mistkae I wouldn't stress about it, something we have all done at some point. It used to be the huge 18 rools of loo roll hanging on the trolley, usually I would realise at some point going through the till but did miss it once.

yes. You had ample opportunity to return to the store to make payment, you failed to do this therefore you didn't inadvertantly "steal" anything. You did it in full knowledge you were stealing.

oh lordy lord... you don't know what you've done here, do you?

well yabu if you think it isn't stealing. I don't have a moral objection to stealing from tesco for the record. Wouldn't do it myself mind, but wouldn't buy anything from them either

well of course you are unreasonable - but many of us would do the same.

yabu - should have got pampers

Aitch what have I done? Am I going to burn in hell?

to be honest... i would have driven away as well... based on the distance i'd already gone with them, however, i would take the first opportunity to right my karma.

Don't you feel soooo bad now?

Your big mistake was to post it on here, because many people are going to tell you off and make you feel bad.

you won't burn in hell but karma will knick you in the butt.

YABU but hey, Tescos aren't exactly the most morally sound company. They have a very complex system for avoiding as much tax and possible and sent in the big guns to try to stop the Guardian from reporting it.

They may have managed to make it legal by employing lots of clever-clever tax lawyers but essentially they owe you, me and every other taxpayer a deal of money.

'then realised when I got to my car'

back to customer services, sharpish, no excuse

you know once,

and this is a great example of what goes around,

i/we went for a thai meal,

the bill came and they had massivly undercharged us,

we told them,

they did that beautiful thing they do at great thai resturants and they told us we didnt have to pay the difference for being so honest,

we went back,

lots,

and everytime we did, they gave us a free drink

it will come back to bite you on the arse at some point in life,

if not at the supermarket checkout,

if not in the supermarket carpark,

but it will...

PMSL

Anyone else got a Pampers ad on this thread?

Even the ad agency are trying make you feel horribly guilty

< waits for the grape scenario>

Stick the price of the nappies in the next charity collection box you see. That way you'll merely have liberated a few pennies of Tesco's ill-gotten gains.

good example of what goes around from me too..........
I ordered a load of clothes from Topshop online, the bag arrived with about £120 worth of M&S clothes in the bag as well as my order. Took the clothes back to M&S, told them what had happened. They though I was mad. Did I get anything back from them? Fuck all! Not a sausage!

I've done this with a box of bottled lager (one of those 20x ones)... left it in the trolley and forgot to get it swiped with the scanner as I usually do (so I don't have to bother lifting it out onto the conveyor thing)

Realised when I checked my receipt back at home and wondered why it was so cheap

No, I didn't take it back

Am sure Tesco will cope

But fully acknowledge it was theft. Will prepare for Judgement Day

for all that have said,

ok,

tescos will cope,

i have done this,

judgement day,

blah blah,

honest question?

if you found something that didnt belong to you would you return it if you knew who the owner was?

lol Minky...don't blame you for taking them back

M&S clothes are shoite!!

In answer to the OP, I wouldn't lose too much sleep over it, tis only Tesco after all

yes

In answer to the OP, I wouldn't lose too much sleep over it, tis only Tesco after all

regardless if it is theft?

and she knew this before she left tesco!

it is only tesco

Return something to a person yes return something to a mego store maybe not.

I would slap yourself and promise to do a proper good turn asap to someone who really needs it.

I would feel bad if it was the Co-op round the corner or a small shop but somehow the fact that it's Tescos made it seem less wrong in my mind as they seem to rule the world. Yes I know it's technically stealing but I didn't mean to do it and they aren't going to miss it.

I will await to be struck by lightning. Yikes.

Yes I know it's tecnically theft but it was a one off and so no, I wouldn't lose any sleep over it