woman admits stealing from tesco bin

[magpienchips]

Hi Mum's
I just want to know your opinion on the news that a woman who admitted taking food out of a tesco bin Is being prosecuted for theft?
I felt sorry for the woman when that news came to my attention because I would like to believe that she assumed that since the food was in a bin then it was no longer sell able and so it would not be considered a crime for taking it?
but tesco policy obviously does not allow that.
I think also that the fact that she admitted taking the food should have made tesco let her go.
also I can remember watching a Pro-gramme called whistle blowers I think?
anyway this man Applied for a job at various tesco stores and he secretly filmed tesco staff selling meat that was past the sell by date and I think that was done with the approval of management.
so my point is how can it be right for tesco to deceive and rip off customers
but it is wrong for customers to take food out of a bin?
I can understand that food is sold for profit but the fact is that food was bagged up and put into a bin to be thrown into a landfill site.
but if that woman had approached tesco management and ask them if she could take some of the food out of the bin?
I doubt very much if they would have said yes she can.
so this woman made the decision to take without asking permission which was foolish of course but yet it is understandable why she did it.
and for this woman to now be facing getting a criminal record and possibly a fine while tesco are still allowed to carry on trading after they were filmed Deceiving their customers.
I don't think that Is just or fair.
what do you Think?

If the woman had been poisoned by the out of date goods Tesco would be responsible.

i found a slim gold chain in our front garden (near our front door, not near the street) - i showed dh (i knew it wasn't mine as i don't wear jewellery or own gold), anyhoo, we decided that i would take it to the local cop shop and hand it in as i started thinking ie it could have belonged to someone who was given it by their mother who had died etc etc. so i took it to the station, the pc there took one look at the necklace and then me (i think he thought i was mad) and said that they encourage people who find things to keep them, i kid you not (i left my details incase someone came to collect, if they don't within the next month then it is mine) - it was only slim with no fancy things ie diamonds/locket, i think he thought it was a piece of shite, i was a bit embarassed actually

Identifiable items like bank cards, etc would be retained by the police otherwise the finder will be asked if they want to retain them. The natural place to ask about lost property would be the Police Station, so what you did was right. Other reasonable efforts to locate the owner would be to put a notice in the local paper, on a lamp post or ask in a local shop,etc.

This thread smells like the Daily Fail

I thought anything taken from a bin was fair game.

Or was if the fact it was on the land

its a good idea beertrick's but who would take any notice of me?

paisley
I think it was good of you to hand in the chain...years ago i found a gold chain on the pavement a really long one and I kept it...a few years later I let a friend and his girlfriend use my bedroom and the chain was on the windowsill...when they left the chain was gone...of course he denied taking it but he had stolen from me before and I actually saw him wearing what he had stolen whilst i was in his house.
i almost choked with shock and was really upset...we almost ended up fighting...so i took back what he had stolen and left.
it does not surprise me that the policeman thought you were mad to hand in the chain because i think most people just expect us to keep whatever we find and so when we do the opposite it does throw people.
I remember finding a wallet full of money one morning and it had the address of the owner inside it so I found the house and rang the bell and handed it back to the owner.
of course i could have kept it and been quids in but I it was wrong to do that.

Magpie ....Are you British?