Taste testers

[draftermatt]

A responsible parent would have cookies/wafers/crackers in the diaper bag/purse for just such an occasion. Parents? Agree or disagree?

True, but then you run the risk of someone claiming you stole whatever the kid is eating. Normally when my wife and I have our nephew we will carry something for him to eat, but if you forget once, or whatever I don't think that makes you an irresponsible parent (or babysitter).

[greensinestro]

The other day a lady pulled a jug of that exspensive organic orange juice out of the cooler, opened it and started pouring it into the kid's cup. Now she didn't put it back in the cooler, but I did have to wonder why a 5 year old can't complete a shopping trip with out a drink, and if that's the case, why didn't mom bring juice along?

Never mind that. Did this woman pay for that juice afterward? Or did she get to the check out counter and tell the cashier that it was sour after her baby guzzled half of it down?

[AFpheonix]

And, can anyone imagine women that test out lipstick at the local drug store, then put it back? Can anyone say.....AIDS? Herpes? Anything else transmitted through bodily fluids like saliva?

Sorry, HIV is not saliva transmitted. Only through blood or semen/ vagina goo. I suppose, if someone had a bleeding wound in their mouth and slobbered all over the lipstick and you used it right after and managed to smear the bloody spit on an open wound of your own, then you could be at risk of infection. HIV does not survive well out of the body.

[sunhasfallen]

When I worked in retail one of the locations I worked at was in the same building of many government offices. I recall a story my co-worker told me, that was relayed to her by a friend who worked in the drug store. Apparently this woman, who worked in one of the offices, would come into the drug store every day and apply a full face of makeup (using the testers) before work.

[greensinestro]

Sorry, HIV is not saliva transmitted. Only through blood or semen/ vagina goo. I suppose, if someone had a bleeding wound in their mouth and slobbered all over the lipstick and you used it right after and managed to smear the bloody spit on an open wound of your own, then you could be at risk of infection. HIV does not survive well out of the body.

In any case, all diseases I can think of are on that tube of lipstick if someone else I do not know used it.

[Midnight12]

people please....have you forgotten? DON'T SHOP HUNGRY...
oh wait...they do, thats why there's all this...

and I guess its too hard to to go without so that you don't steal?
I'm not starving myself but I could do without those chips or not go a while without batteries to my cd player since I can bring my portable plug in radio? (with headphones)
heaven forbid I live without them

yes I know...but if I had sent to jail every person I caught using an item and putting it back the contracts for building hundreds more would be in the works if not in construction already

the worst part is that if we don't find/catch them its waste. and the store looses money for it. which means less of a paycheck for us and its true..(i was a victum of it and theft like this infuriates me to this day)

[simplyanother]

A responsible parent would have [food]. Parents? Agree or disagree

Bah, I disagree. Even responsibile parents have a brain fart and forget to bring a snack. But I'm talking about those small boxes of animal crackers, not anything that needs to be weighed. Now, try to convince my grandmother that it is NOT okay to give my two year old a banana while we are shopping? You might as well be explaining physics to the two year old.

I suppose I'll have to live with commiting someones pet peeve.

oh woe.

[Primer]

Sometime, remind me to tell you the story we around here call "Can I help you?"

Please, do tell!

[Tria]

On that "Dateline" series where they catch sexual predators, one guy was found to have chocolate flavored condoms in his possession.

Sick.... But I can see why.

[Tria]

Can anyone say.....AIDS? Herpes? Anything else transmitted through bodily fluids like saliva?

Herpes maybe through the lipstick, but AIDS is a nonprobability....

[Imogene]

At Wal-Mart, I always keep in mind that flourescent lighting is a bit misleading.

I don't care so much. If I'm in Wal Mart makeup shopping, it's because I got it in my head that *this particular color* would look good on me, so I'll grab a tube of it, take it home, try it on. If I like it, I'll try to find it somewhere more upscale next time, but Wal Mart makeup is just for trial runs.

[42_42_42]

When I worked at Publix (in the bakery), I'd find all sorts of trash in our refrigerated and freezer display cases. Mostly partially eaten pieces of meat from the deli "samples" - people would just toss them in with the birthday cakes! Gross! Sometimes I'd find a chicken wing bone or even an used tissue! ::shudder::

And then, when walking through the aisles, I'd find a package of raw chicken sitting among the cereal boxes. Or people would put fresh produce in the bakery freezer case. One time someone left one of the ice cream cakes sitting on a shelf somewhere - felt bad for the guy who had to clean that mess up.

I can understand if you change your mind about something, but don't just leave it sitting any old place.

People suck.