Why do adults have to eat around supermarkets?

hoyles10

cybergibbons wrote: »

Right, so your problem is people stealing the food, you don't actually have a problem with them eating it.

So why not treat the cause of the problem i.e. that people think it is OK to steal?

Yes my problem is people stealing food, but if supermarkets banned people from just randomly opening food and eating it on their way round then it'll be easier to catch the people who eat and don't pay. If someone is walking around munching on something they've opened then stop them and deal with it regardless of if they intend to pay or not.

cybergibbons

Titus_frogsbutt wrote: »

Why people cannot make sure they are fed before going shopping bemuses me

Why people cannot stop being nosy busybodies when they go shopping bemuses me.

Like I said earlier, I go out of my way to go to a larger supermarket on the way back from work. All I want to do is buy my shopping and go home. I'm both hungry and thirsty, and have the mental capacity to eat and shop at the same time. So I save time by doing them at the same time.

Still no one has actually give a decent reason for it.

No one has shown there is any correlation between eating in supermarkets and theft.

There is no evidence that stopping eating in supermarkets would reduce theft or spoilage.

There is no evidence that there are a significant number of accidents due to eating in supermarkets.

No one has elaborated on a hygiene reason.

I've never been asked to stop eating by security, managers, or checkout staff. I've never seen a notice either. No one has any hard evidence of this.

Come on sandwich eating haters, step up to the mark. Or is it the case that this is just one of those pet hates and you're just trying to justify it?

cybergibbons

hoyles10 wrote: »

Yes my problem is people stealing food, but if supermarkets banned people from just randomly opening food and eating it on their way round then it'll be easier to catch the people who eat and don't pay. If someone is walking around munching on something they've opened then stop them and deal with it regardless of if they intend to pay or not.

But how much do they lose through this mechanism? Is it of any significance compared to shoplifting? Who is going to enforce this rule and drag the sandwich eaters to the checkouts to pay there and then?

Mrs_justjohn

cybergibbons wrote: »

There's a chance that an plane could crash on Asda, killing everyone inside. Yet they've not hardened it like the containment area on a nuclear reactor. I'm guessing they should put no-fly zones up around the supermarkets to keep the shoppers safe.

If a plane were to crash into ASDA's killing everyone inside some of those people would die thieves having not paid for the food they crammed into their faces whilst shopping;)

eranou

So is it ok if I purchase a sandwich and eat it whilst doing the rest of my shopping?

justjohn

cybergibbons wrote: »

In what way is it inconsiderate? How does it actually affect you? It doesn't, does it?



What's the bigger picture? Is there some kind of correlation between people who eat sandwiches in supermarkets and benefit frauds? Are these people the same ones who have ASBOs? God forbid, are they from other countries?

Get real, society has far bigger issues that this.

Bigger issues stem from smaller issues.

Someone with standards, etticate morals are unlikely to have an asbo or defrauding benefits(or there will be a smaller concentration).

This is a standards and morals issue. As the standards and morals decline then things become more socially acceptable. eg the norm

Not everything that becomes more socially aceptable is good for society or is apparent as to why it is not.

For instance many chavs would not be adverse to fiddling the dole and smoke a bit of weed. This is socially acceptable in there circle but not the norm.

Smoking weed is more aceptable now, in a wider cricle now. Does not make it right.

Everyone has standards even the "chav" has standards.
But as these small things acummulate then the boundaries and standards get pushed back even further.

So yes it is only a sandwich today , But how far will it go and what will the it lead to or is it leading to. Wearing pajamas in supermarkets was band , Is there any difference to eating a sandwich? (in my oppinion there is no difference)

Already people cannot see taking something that does not belong to them is not theft because they have the intention of paying for it. Already people are eating food in the supermarket and sticking 2 fingers up at the majority that object to it. If people discussing this think it is such a unobtrusive action then contact the big supermarkets regarding it. Think i know which side of the fence they will be on.

I do not actualy have a major issue with it in my life. I do however have an opinion about it.

We are privaliged to stay in an area that does not have, Certain undisirable aspects of living elsewere.

I have made my views known and will bow out now.

hoyles10

cybergibbons wrote: »

But how much do they lose through this mechanism? Is it of any significance compared to shoplifting? Who is going to enforce this rule and drag the sandwich eaters to the checkouts to pay there and then?

Surprisingly I don't know the statistics and i'm sure you don't either so I can't answer the question of how much they lose as i'm sure you can't answer it either.

As for who is going to enforce it, again I don't have the answer to that but then again I don't run a supermarket, if I did then I would ban people from eating in the aisles and find a way of enforcing it.

hoyles10

eranou wrote: »

So is it ok if I purchase a sandwich and eat it whilst doing the rest of my shopping?

But why do you need to eat it whilst you're shopping? Is time that precious to you that you can't spend a couple of minutes eating your sandwich before you do your shopping.

eranou

hoyles10 wrote: »

But why do you need to eat it whilst you're shopping? Is time that precious to you that you can't spend a couple of minutes eating your sandwich before you do your shopping.

I may be doing the shopping on my lunch break.

hoyles10

eranou wrote: »

I may be doing the shopping on my lunch break.

Then if you don't have time to eat your lunch and do your shopping then why not do the shopping after work?