Free toilet paper, soap & water!

magoogy

the toilet paper one isnt that bad lol...my late mum and late nan used to always be nicking loo rolls when i was little - or when at bolton abbey they used to nick the cups and trays....just small things lol....or usher us under the doors of the loo to avoid having to pay - i remember once having to climb over a turnstile and my nan got stuck - the attendant rescued her but didnt tell her off as he was laughing too much....

but - this takes the biscuit;

in supermarkets just alately i have noticed people serving themselves a salad at the salad bar and eating going round or getting pasties or something - so in effect they are eating their tea and not paying for it - now that is cheeky and wrong.....

RuthMarianna

My Scottish husband says they even have a name for this up there. Chorying I think he said. Also an assistant in Morrisons told me about customers getting a ready cooked chicken, eating the whole thing in the store then hiding the remains on a shelf behind the stock. Think she was madder about the prospect of finding it a few days later than the stealing. Have been known to feed my kids in the store when they were small but I always paid for the empty bag Lol

ThinkingOfLinking

ozvaldinho wrote: »

My household is so poor we have to use second-hand toilet paper.

I'm so poor I cannot even pay attention!!

ThinkingOfLinking

she_grinch wrote: »

Next time you do the weekly shop pick up a magazine, when you get to the tills pick the busiest one with the longest queue, read in the queue and leave it behind when you get your turn!!! free mag every week

I actually do this sometimes, but I do not pick the longest queue...but if there is a paper or mag there I will read it while I wait.

indelacio

RuthMarianna wrote: »

My Scottish husband says they even have a name for this up there. Chorying I think he said. Also an assistant in Morrisons told me about customers getting a ready cooked chicken, eating the whole thing in the store then hiding the remains on a shelf behind the stock. Think she was madder about the prospect of finding it a few days later than the stealing. Have been known to feed my kids in the store when they were small but I always paid for the empty bag Lol

I gather your supermarkets dont have cctv camera's on every aisle then as we do so there really wouldnt be anywhere you could do that without getting spotted by the eye in the sky.

And for it to happen often enough to get a name lol! oh dear.

she_grinch

You could pop into your local supermarket on route to work, use toilet(free loo roll), wash in the sink (free soapand water) and then use deoderant straight from the shelf(another freebie), use any mousse, hair gel, wax, putty, spray you may need before you go to work! Extreme MSE;)

smartt21

RuthMarianna wrote: »

My Scottish husband says they even have a name for this up there. Chorying I think he said. Also an assistant in Morrisons told me about customers getting a ready cooked chicken, eating the whole thing in the store then hiding the remains on a shelf behind the stock. Think she was madder about the prospect of finding it a few days later than the stealing. Have been known to feed my kids in the store when they were small but I always paid for the empty bag Lol

On a holiday in IOW, lady in small local shop said that she loses LOADS of ice cream by parents giving them to their kids to eat while they walk around the shop and hiding the evidence. I'm all for saving money but that's just theft pure & simple. :mad:

jenniewb

wow! I am not sure if I am laughing out of funniness or at the sheer shock! I was always under the impression if someone has asked a price for something they own or are selling, and you take it uninvited, its got its own title. That title is... STEALING!

I dont think theres a huge difference if its a kid eating an icecream, a grown up using deoderant or a family eating out from the salad bar and dumping the remains- dont these people worry about DNA left on things? if supermarkets want to ban someone from the store or escalate it to the point where someone is sentenced/has a criminal record, I was told in lessons we all had as children in secondary school (part of the curriculm 10 years ago apparently), that stores have been known to store data, so say you make it a regular thing that you "trial" the salad bar or help yourself and "forget" to pay/hide the remains/whatever, they hord the details on cctv videos, combine it all and when they feel they have enought, prosecute you for a fine, criminal record, community service, banning you from the company/any of the stores (they apparently use face recognition now a days that will pick up your bone structure in any store you visit in the UK) or even inprisonment. Be very careful.

I think using deodorant on shelves is a bit on the low side- people will go and buy these deodorants and its effectively stealing from them. I wouldnt want to buy a half full deodorant- would you??

washing in the toilets- while possible, is a little desperate, I am on benefits at the moment, I do voluntary work and have medical appointments every day so unable to get a "real" job (hence the voluntary work). I have extrmemly low income as I dont qualify to get incapacity benefit. It works out to a salary of £10K and aI live in London. (expensive!) Yet I dont wash in public toilets, I wouldnt be sure they are clean for a start as I am yet to find one that doesnt smell sickeningly bad. (and thats not including the mens toilets where I dont go!).

Goodluck to you if its really makeing you that many saveings on your shopping bills, but I would be suprized if the "saveing yourself for the supermarket/public toilets..." idea saves you money: you can end up with an UTI (where your urine has given you an infection as its been in your bladder too long) this will cost you more to get remedied then sueing the toilet at home. Trust me!

indelacio

Just that last mispelling...

"this will cost you more to get remedied then sueing the toilet at home. Trust me!"

sueing your own toilet... now theres a lawsuit I dont want to handle.

she_grinch

Are people still taking this thread seriously as it was all meant to be tongue in cheek!