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Fruit picking - do you eat as you go, and how much counts as stealing?

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FrannyandZooey · 04/07/2009 20:58

I am interested in MN take on this, wrt grapes / supermarket
plus everyone always claims to be ULTRA honest on threads about "i accidentally walked out of supermarket with a dvd" and the op gets lynched

so

i was fruit picking today and i ate LOADS and so did everyone with me
do you taste while you are picking, and how much is acceptable? do they factor people eating stuff into the price? does that make it ok?

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1dilemma · 06/07/2009 13:01

feel sorry for me
we went to 2 different PYO on Sunday and both had no strawbs

dcs were very sad
we had promised them strawbs to take to school and the first strawb to the first one to be quiet in the car

StripeyKnickersSpottySocks · 06/07/2009 13:05

I don't eat any but think they must expect you to. It cost me £4 for a punnet of pyo strawberries the other day. Twice the price of Tesco. Yes the PYO ones are twice as nice but blimey!!! Its not like there are the same transport/overhead costs either.

GooseyLoosey · 06/07/2009 13:08

I have asked at our local one if its OK to eat them. They looked as though I was mad and said "of course - it's part of the experience and factored into the price". She did go on to say that she does object if she sees people munching for an hour and then they come up and pay for about 20 strawberries - but if you have a big punner full, its no problem.

seeker · 06/07/2009 13:10

Absolutely fine. It's definitely OK to steal from farmers. Not the same as stealing from shops at all. Fruit farmers only grow fruit for fun - they wouldn't know what to do with it all if people didn't steal it, so you're really helping them out. Help yourself. I've got some lovely potatoes growing in may garden - why don't you come and help yourselves to those as well? It's such a brilliant lesson for children - teaches them to be really socially responsible.

nappyaddict · 06/07/2009 13:13

Do you reckon it's ok to eat stuff in supermarkets as long as it's something that doesn't have to be weighed?

WhereTheWildThingsWere · 06/07/2009 13:21

I used to work at a PYO farm, and it is definately factored into the price, and all part of the experience.

The a full punnet was exactly the same price, whether you went and gathered you own or just brought them from the van, which we had been paid to pick for you.

WhereTheWildThingsWere · 06/07/2009 13:22

I used to work at a PYO farm, and it is definately factored into the price, and all part of the experience.

The a full punnet was exactly the same price, whether you went and gathered you own or just brought them from the van, which we had been paid to pick for you.

GooseyLoosey · 06/07/2009 13:24

No, its not fine to steal from farmers but if you ask them (as I have), they do not see it as stealing but part of what you are paying for.

mrsdisorganised · 06/07/2009 13:33

When we go picking fruit the dc's and I do have a couple, we usually race to see who can fill their punnet first so not alot of time to eat any as they are very competitive We do leave with a huge amount, (paid for obviously) I make jam ect with them.

I will ask next time on the 'eating' policy out of interest!

Oblomov · 06/07/2009 14:07

nappyaddict, i do that alot. I eat something as i go round shopping. 90% of the time, they scan an empty packet and put it in the checkout bin. I do not think this is morally wrong. I don't consider it stealing.

Oblomov · 06/07/2009 14:08

think seekers post is a bit ott. but there you go.

WhereTheWildThingsWere · 06/07/2009 17:41

nappyaddict, I do that often, I give the dc's all sorts and then hand over the empty packets to be scanned as Oblomov does.

I can't see why there is anything wrong with this.

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FrannyandZooey · 06/07/2009 20:09

seeker i seem to have pissed you off more than once lately - as i said last time, i am sorry about it, as i respect you and feel unhappy that you have a problem with what i post

if you read the whole thread, i was mulling it all over and came to more or less same conclusions as you - MN is useful for that kind of thing isn't it
i won't be doing the same again - i'm glad i posted about it because it was bothering me

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seeker · 07/07/2009 05:32

I'm sorry, FrannyandZooey - my post wasn't directed at you some much as at the 'eat as many as you want" brigade.As someone said, you sounded angsty rather than in need of stringing up. And reviewing the thread I realize that there are very few of the 'eat one pick one " persuasion. So I apologize for my post. But I'm a country girl and see this from the other side.

Qally · 07/07/2009 06:23

This was our local one. (Can't find the local paper story when Googling, please forgive the Daily Wail.)

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FrannyandZooey · 07/07/2009 09:08

no after i posted i thought "good lord this is not all about ME"

i don't think you need to apologise

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seeker · 07/07/2009 09:48

Franny - it's not all about you - everyone knows that Mumsnet is all about MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!

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