Taste testers

[greensinestro]

Yesterday, while I was waiting in line at the Publix deli, I witnessed this lady who asked for a pound of turkey. Upon the first slice, they always ask you if you would like a sample of it, and this lady was no exception. She took it, then after she got her pound of turkey, she actually left the remains of her sample on the counter! Yuck! And, to make things worse, she put it right in front of the displays of mustard, where the deli employees would not be able to see it. Thank goodness I saw this and said something not to this lady, but to the deli people.

I've seen people do this on the cookie aisle, where someone will open a bag of cookies, taste a couple, then roll the bag back up and put it back on the shelf! Or how about those who visit produce and taste test fifteen grapes before deciding they don't want to buy them?

I think I'll go to these people's houses and taste test their food.

[BookstoreEscapee]

OK, the deli guy offering a sample slice is all well and good, but sampling cookies out of the bag? Can you say, Stealing?

[greensinestro]

OK, the deli guy offering a sample slice is all well and good, but sampling cookies out of the bag? Can you say, Stealing?

And did I forget to mention those who also do this with a bag of chips? I saw a lady one time who went through the store eating a bag Doritos and ironically, I met up with her again at the check out counter. She had eaten half the bag when she told the cashier, "I can't buy these. They're stale!" Yet, they must have been tasty and delicious being she ate over half the bag!

[myswtghst]

Why is it that people seem to feel they're entitled to everything, yet responsible for nothing?

Getting a sample at the deli is one thing (I used to love getting a piece of cheese from the deli guys when I was little as a treat), as is trying 1-2 grapes and then buying the bag. Eating things when you have no intention of buying them, and *then* putting them back on the shelf for someone else to get shafted? Not cool.

[RentalRacer]

I knew a guy in college who thought it was funny to "test" a stick of deodorant and then put it back on the shelf, with hair attached of course.

We did not stay friends long...a good prank is all good, but his were over the top. The above, sadly enough, is one of his more harmless ones.

[MadMike]

I used to get bent out of shape enough when someone would grab an air freshener off my shelf and spray it to see what it smelled like. I don't recall ever finding any half-eaten and unpaid food on the shelves, but it probably did happen once or twice.

These days, when I do my grocery shopping, I see it almost every damn time.

Peopel suck.

[Becks]

I used to get bent out of shape enough when someone would grab an air freshener off my shelf and spray it to see what it smelled like.

The man of the household did that they other day, but we ended up buying the bottles we sprayed from.

[MadMike]

The man of the household did that they other day, but we ended up buying the bottles we sprayed from.

That's not so bad. Some of the people I saw doing it, I swear they'd empty half the damn can into the air, and then not buy it. And I'm sure the next customer who came along and did buy it wasn't happy when it ran out a lot sooner than they expected.

Although my aisle always smelled nice.

[ahanix1989]

As long as they don't test the condoms and put them back, we're fine, although people seem to occasionally taste a little bit of the chicken in the store, and leave the container somewhere

[CrazedClerk]

This doesn't just happen in grocery stores. In department stores I've come across boxed toys that have had only some of the parts removed, or a package of 8 AAs with two missing or a kids craft kit missing some of the pencil crayons.

Groceries are hard. I occassionally grab a drink at the grocery store and drink it while shopping. BUT I always pay for it when I reach the checkout. Produce is particularly difficult. I love buying fresh fruit but when I think of who's grubby hands might've been on it...

[SuperB]

I have to watch people eating beef jerkey as they wander around the store. One girl was happily munching one from the bin but when she finally came up to the counter, the one she showed me didn't have a bite in it. The smug look on her face melted when i charged her for both and she realized she didn't get one over on me.

[powerboy]

Recently, when I went shopping, I got a 6-pack of bottle Soda. When I got home, I realized, that one was drunk from, well I found out, when I was putting them away. That pissed me off, because it was one less soda, and that someone actually done that kind of crap

[greensinestro]

As long as they don't test the condoms and put them back, we're fine, although people seem to occasionally taste a little bit of the chicken in the store, and leave the container somewhere

You wanna know something? That could be no further from the truth. On that "Dateline" series where they catch sexual predators, one guy was found to have chocolate flavored condoms in his possession. So, taste testing those could be the next thing.

[Carolinagirl]

I see people doing that all of the time. They open a drink, a mom opens a package of cookies to keep the brat quiet... and then still comes to the deli/bakery for a free cookie. People eating produce..... all of the produce usually gets left in the deli since we are the last stop before the checkouts. I once saw a woman put down a bag of grapes in the deli dept.... I was making a fruit tray on that day, and I saw her in the produce dept. as she first got the bag of grapes.... weel, the bag was 1/2 gone when she finally made it around to the deli. She laid them down, and started to walk off, I went and got them, and siad... maam, I believe that you forgot your grapes. She gave me a look, and took them to the checkstand. Me being my nosey self, I wanted to make sure that she did not ditch them again, so I decided to bag for the cashier that was ringing her up.... at least she had to pay for the grapes that were left. I think that it should be shoplifting if you open anything in the store without paying for it first.

[draftermatt]

As long as you pay for it okay. I don't agree with it myself, but if a babies crying I would certainly do that for them provided it wasn't something you pay for in weight.

I mean really, would you rather have a baby balling the whole time about god knows what, or calm it down with a cookie?