The Great Ham Caper

[Plague*Star]

Well....I went to "Spry Shopper" tonight, mostly because I wanted to ditch the deposit bottles. I really don't like shopping there, I don't care for the clientele, and sometimes the check-out times are long. I am informed you can't redeem the bottle slip at the SCO, thus meaning another wait in the CS line, while somebody argues about their phone bill or whatever with the long-suffering clerk.

As I perused the produce isle, somebody in a hooded jacket scurried past me and took up position by the mushrooms. I did not pay them much mind until I distinctly heard:
"Care Bears."
OK.....it's some kid? Maybe with an MP3 player?. No, adult male human, who continued to walk through the produce area, muttering "Care Bears" and making chimp sounds.

OK......whatever. I hope I'm never unfortunate to suffer from serious mental illness, but if I do......I hope I get to talk to Thor or Pan, not......Care Bears. Still, I guess it could be My Little Unicorn. There's always a lower level to descend to.

At a later point in my adventure, I was walking past the Sugary Caffeinated Beverages and noticed what looked rather like a misshapen bowling-ball lurking between the 2L bottles of "Ca-ca Cola". It turned out to be a large-esh ham, with a retail price of $35+. It was still cold, obviously but recently cast aside by some unseen SC. So, since we all wind up paying for this loss in higher prices, and since there are hungry people in the world, I put down my basket and ran the ham up to the clerk at the SCO.
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[jjc927]

I hate people who just leave perishible items (or any items for that matter) in places where they obviously don't belong. Some will at least have the sense to put the perishibles in the soda refrigerators by the registers, but that is still just beyond lazy.

[MaggieTheCat]

There have been at least a few times that, when I'm out shopping, I'll find something in the magazine racks as I'm checking out, mere feet from the clerk who's scanning my items. I always pick the items up and hand them to the clerk...how hard is it to do that in the first place, especially if you're standing in line right next to an associate anyway?

[Marmalady]

That's my pet peeve at the store where I work. OK, we all change our minds about things, but how hard is it to hand said item to an employee and say "I won't have this after all thanks"?
(Even better is the pie / pasty / sausage roll with a bite or two taken out, and the rest stuffed behind a cushion or something).

[Falor]

I put down my basket and ran the ham up to the clerk at the SCO.
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I love you.

Seriously, come shop at my grocery store, because

(Even better is the pie / pasty / sausage roll with a bite or two taken out, and the rest stuffed behind a cushion or something).

Or the shrimp we found behind the paper towels one night. . . We just followed our noses

[Marmalady]

Or the shrimp we found behind the paper towels one night. . . We just followed our noses

Oh, indeed. Or a chicken portion artfully concealed behind the kick plate of one of the fittings... yuk.

[Seshat]

I think almost everyone in this community has spotted out-of-place perishables. And that we've (almost?) all developed the habit of reporting such things.

I considered fixing the issue myself, but I don't know how long these things have been unrefrigerated.

[Treasure]

was out shopping one night, and saw a skillet on top of some candy i think, like 4 or 5 aisles over; so i let an associate (on the easter egg hunt) know "btw, you have an "easter egg" over on X"
she was like, oh, ok, thanks, (cue confused wtf face)

[Mnemjian]

It's really good of you to have returned the ham. You're right, people are hungry in the world and it's just shameful to waste good food like that. Especially the pig who "donated" it appreciated your help, I'm sure

[xx_wolfie_xx]

Uneaten fried chicken with barbecue sauce in a display model oven...

[MoonCat]

I hate when I see refrigerated stuff--or fresh produce!!--left in a freezer, and frozen stuff left in a refrigerator case. Is it really THAT hard to figure out you shouldn't do that??

[Falor]

Is it really THAT hard to figure out you shouldn't do that??

Yes, yes, it is.

[Marmalady]

My guess is that these people think 'I'm not paying for it, therefore it's not my loss if it goes off' (that's supposing they think at all, of course).
The fact that (as the OP pointed out) they do pay for it in the long term, as do we all, doesn't occur to them.

[Merriweather]

My guess is that these people think 'I'm not paying for it, therefore it's not my loss if it goes off' (that's supposing they think at all, of course).

I think (if they think at all) that they expect it'll never go bad or cause problems, cause doesn't every store have a few dozen employees who's only job is to roam around the store finding any out of place item immediately, and whisking it back to it's appropriate place? Or one eimployee for each customer, to follow them around, be there for their every obvious question, read every sign for them, and put away what they toss aside? That's how it's supposed to be in SC land, isn't it?

[Draco]

I will say this, when on cashier duty, it's GREAT to catch them trying to shove items behind magazines. Yes, they do this in the check out line.

I'll immediately go, usually somewhat loud to make sure they hear me (and to embarrass them, I'll admit), "Oh, I'll take that from you, Sir/Ma'am! It doesn't go with the magazines!"

They look like deer stuck in headlights and hesitate before turning it over to me so it can be put away.