I got caught shoplifting

[RoseBiscuitll]

I really didn't know what topic to choose for this

I'm mortified, I got caught shoplifting in boots today, I was stealing baby milk and a facial moisturiser. I'm so ashamed of myself. It was in the city center aswell. They didn't call police but they took my details, took a picture and told me I can't return to the store again

Will this picture and my details go around to the other shops near by or will it just go to the other boots shops.

I can't believe I was stupid enough to do this! I'm so embarrassed and also feel really guiltily!

I used to volunteer at my local food bank.

Odd argument. Showing compassion for OP and her situation isn't the same thing as saying 'hey everybody, it's fine to steal, let's all do it!'

So what's your problem with cheap items that the general public has donated taking into account people like me also buy these in our actual weekly shops as most working families can't afford to buy everything branded and there's absolutely nothing wrong with a tin of aldi baked beans or chopped tomatoes

Of course there's nothing wrong with non branded perishables. Who said there was?

It is for some.

With prices rising, there's even more need to go without food and heating.

You can't budget your way out of not having enough money to cover essentials.

This is precisely the problem. Food banks are purely reliant on donations from the public, who are often struggling themselves.
Where are the supermarkets, who are making record profits, playing a part in donating food. They can afford it.

@NasiDagang did

To be fair they do donate a lot only a small percentage is from the general public

I didn't realise the hospitals where full in this country of babies starving to death I thought we where in an obesity crisis

Always a good idea to read the thread 😂

I'd be embarrassed to post something like that.

That’s not right, supermarkets give a lot.

https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/food-waste/are-the-supermarkets-getting-food-banks-right/597063.article

Well when someone is writing babies are starving to death in this country when their not what do you expect me to write

Well that’s a bit rich given you’d not even read the thread 😂

Parents need to take some responsibility in this too though.
I do appreciate that not everyone has parents, or even parents who have these skills, but it shouldn't all be down to schools either.

Hardly. She said they were cheap, which they usually are.

The food at a food bank isn't fantastic quality. That's not because it's non branded. It's because eating cheap random items of food, often that don't necessarily go together to make a meal, wears you out.

But you've already displayed a deep ignorance of the subject along with a critical failure to be able to be empathetic so I'm sure you'll be back with some excuse for why poverty is people's own fault.

I wish I didn't have to read this tripe, but I have.

There is no logic whatsoever to any part of that statement.

Most people on benefits do have enough though, if they budget correctly. That's my point. It might not be a very nice budget, it might involve some very bland meals and other sacrifices, but it can be done. It does need a mindset change for many though.

An aside to the topic of the thread, but obese folk can actually be malnourished.

Sometimes poverty is the persons fault. I grew up in poverty, I know. There is no fucking disputing it. Not always, a lot of people doing everything possible to get themselves out of poverty, but far far from everyone.

I have never said poverty is people's own fault. People don't need my empathy they need practical help which they have been given on this thread by being aware of services available, benefits to apply for and the importance of working to change their situation. Most foods can go together to make a meal it doesn't have to be fine dining it just has to be food. Food banks are for short term emergency use not a lifestyle

How do you know there are no starving babies? Do you work for the Office of National Statistics or something?

I was replying to someone saying some babies in this country are starving to death they are not