Oh I see, so it's OK to steal ...

[OfficeSlug]

Grocery store/cashier.

Last night, lady with two teenagers comes through my line with a cartful of groceries...


I get to her produce and there's a banana skin sitting on top of a bunch of bananas. I say, "You do know we weigh the bananas, right?"

She waves her hand dismissively, "Oh, don't worry about it. I've been doing that for 25 years. I spend thousands here!"


I stopped scanning and just stared at her in disbelief. I mean, so it's OK to steal if you spend "so much" money?

[Daemonmonkey]

Time to put something heavy, like 5 packets of sugar or wheat (here ~2kg) together with the bananas, and when CS protests just say:

- "Oh, don't worry about it. That's what I do when people steal bananas. In that way we get what you owe us.!"

[PepperElf]

"Oh, don't worry about it. I've been doing that for 25 years. I've stolen thousands here!"

Fixed for accuracy.
Cos if she's been stealing on a regular basis for 25 years... yeah she's probably stolen a hella lot

[ShinyGreenApple]

Ugh, I hate grazing. Most people at least have the decency to say "Could you tear one of those bananas off and charge me for it? My kid/baby ate one/I'm diabetic." Although that still peeves me a little, I appreciate their honesty.

[Lyse]

I used to eat the cucumbers if I could get away with it - of course, I was under five and my mom would have them ring up another twice. What entitlement attitudes!

[chainedbarista]

while i can feel for the whole diabetic issue, they know they are and should prepare ahead of time, not graze the stock and then use it as an excuse for doing so.

even worse for this cow, she thinks she's entitled to graze because of her 'long term relationship' with the store.

how i wish there was a button to include what these morons steal.

[El Pollo Guerrera]

I've always wanted to ask these people why they think it's all right to forget "Thou Shalt Not Steal"...

I mean, I don't know the Bible very well, but I'm pretty sure that line is on SOME kind of a Top 10 list somewhere...

[PepperElf]

while i can feel for the whole diabetic issue, they know they are and should prepare ahead of time, not graze the stock and then use it as an excuse for doing so.

and there's nothing wrong with buying one item to eat right away before going on to continue shopping.

some grocery stores actually have areas set aside as a cafe where you can do just that. others have a built-in starbucks or subway etc

[ShinyGreenApple]

and there's nothing wrong with buying one item to eat right away before going on to continue shopping.

But that would mean they'd have to run their caaaaaard twiiiiice. Or write twoooooo checks. I don't understand the phobia of multiple transactions, especially when you're using cash. I'll have some weirdos who will delay picking up their Rxs for days at a time so they can wait until all the meds are ready, and 9 times out of ten 'that way I don't have to write two checks'. Because going to an ATM or visiting the bank must be a foreign concept to them.

[Kogarashi]

The one time I needed to eat something before I was done shopping, it was because I had a sugar crash during the first few months of my first pregnancy. Know what I did? I went up front and paid for my snack first. Wish the grazers would realize they can do that.

I've had people come up to me with partially- or completely-eaten by-the-weight produce before when I was casheiring. I usually sent them back for another like item to weigh, or if they had more like it--like they ate one apple out of the five they were buying--I double-rang one of them. I've had customers complain about that, until I pointed out that the food is done by weight, so I have to, you know, weigh something in order to ring it up. Got some catbutt faces out of it, but few said anything after the explanation. Guess they didn't like getting called out on it.

[Chromatix]

In Britain, there's a perfect product on the shelf for a diabetic who needs a sugar fix rapidly. It's called Lucozade, it's stuffed full of glucose, and it comes in a bottle so it's not sold by weight. All they have to do then is put the bottle on the checkout and explain.

Unfortunately I haven't seen it on sale here. (I'm not diabetic, but I'd rather have a real energy drink than something which just has extra caffiene in it.)

[Kristev]

Golden Girls: Rose, two is sampling. Fourteen is brunch! (Rose liked to taste the grapes at the supermarket w/o paying first.)

[LillFilly]

some grocery stores actually have areas set aside as a cafe where you can do just that. others have a built-in starbucks or subway etc

No no no, because that's stuff they have to PAY FOR! They don't want to do that, they're SPECIAL (AKA, haven't gotten caught yet).

Ah, for sugar crashes we were taught that we could put a tube of cake icing in the medical kit; cheaper than the name-brand-diabetic-stuff and same effectiveness. My dog had diabetes and when he'd go loopy from low blood sugar I'd have to dip my finger in Karo syrup and run it along his gums; got him back to normal in a flash!

[crazylegs]

In Britain, there's a perfect product on the shelf for a diabetic who needs a sugar fix rapidly. It's called Lucozade, it's stuffed full of glucose, and it comes in a bottle so it's not sold by weight. All they have to do then is put the bottle on the checkout and explain.

A bottle of non diet coke will do, in fact anything sugary to get blood sugar levels up to a decent amount before you eat a decent meal will do. A friend of mine is diabetic and he carries around jelly beans as his emergency food.

[Reyneth]

But that would mean they'd have to run their caaaaaard twiiiiice. Or write twoooooo checks. I don't understand the phobia of multiple transactions, especially when you're using cash. I'll have some weirdos who will delay picking up their Rxs for days at a time so they can wait until all the meds are ready, and 9 times out of ten 'that way I don't have to write two checks'. Because going to an ATM or visiting the bank must be a foreign concept to them.

I get $.05 per debit card transaction. Ring 'em up! Using it three times in the same store, that's fine with me!