Why do adults have to eat around supermarkets?

Mrs_justjohn

cybergibbons wrote: »

In addition, you may not be wearing the correct attire to go shopping - you may be wearing a t-shirt, or possibly even track suit bottoms - so in all likelihood, despite being a hard-working, tax-paying man, people will perceive you as being a benefit-dodging, weed-smoking jobless moron. Don't mention you do one of those jobs that involves your hands, or speak using local dialect, as you may be lynched.

Vending machines are put there for the customers use whilst waiting/browsing...etc... I thought we were talking about people taking things off the shelf in a supermarket, consuming them whilst shopping and when they were not yet paid for. Has this thread changed - Or are you twisting the 'topic' into something that you feel you can 'win on'

As for your post (quoted) - I have never read so much twaddle. I have never stated any of those things you have mentioned (weed smoking? jobless? moron? ). YOu are simply making things up now...where has local dialects and manual jobs ever been discussed on this thread?

I have a local dialect as does my partner (completely different to mine as we were born 500 miles apart) but have never found that this causes us to eat in supermarkets. And....despite working in a bank for 21 years both I and my other half both do what would now be considered as manual jobs/work with our hands...but again a change of jobs did not mean a change in standards

crabyducky

Mrs_justjohn wrote: »

So for you the line is drawn thus....

You can not eat in any shop that does not sell food...but if a shop sells food you feel it is acceptable to eat it whilst walking around and not having yet paid for it?

no if it has signs saying no eating then you should respect these.

(by the way i was kidding when i said about the shops selling food, it was meant to be a little bit of fun)

Mrs_justjohn wrote: »

Does the 'class' of store matter?....i.e Would you walk round Asda's eating pork pie that you had taken off the shelf?...If so ...would you walk around Harrods eating Quails Eggs that you had just taken off the shelf - or is that less acceptable?

i wouldnt know i dont shop at either. Oh and i don believe shops have 'class'. There are cheap an dear shops

cybergibbons

Mrs_justjohn wrote: »

I would guess

Ah, yes, guesses. I'm glad that we don't tend to base policy on guesses.

Now I am not stating that everyone eating in supermarkets are thieves (obviously!) but why should shops run the risk?

Why should they run the risk? Because it's so small that any loss they could recover by banning eating would be outweighed by staff to enforce it and loss of sales to people not stealing.

You do realise that the supermarkets spend a vast amount of time and effort working out what makes them money, and what doesn't? If they thought that losses could be reduced by stopping eating, they would.

Anyhow my gripe really is that it is just bad manners..!!

At last. It's just a construct in your own mind. No real reason.

Mrs_justjohn

crabyducky wrote: »

no if it has signs saying no eating then you should respect these.

So if there is no sign saying you can't eat things you have not yet paid for, then it must be okay to do?

There is no sign saying that I can't ride a horse whilst doing my shopping...Does that mean that it's ok to do?

Or does it just come down to common sense?

cybergibbons

Mrs_justjohn wrote: »

Has this thread changed - Or are you twisting the 'topic' into something that you feel you can 'win on'

As for your post (quoted) - I have never read so much twaddle. I have never stated any of those things you have mentioned (weed smoking?
jobless? moron? ).

This is a forum. I can be replying to any number of people - the weed was mentioned by justjohn.

YOu are simply making things up now...where has local dialects and manual jobs ever been discussed on this thread?

So I'm only allowed to mention things that have previously been discussed?

The post was a wind up. Several people on this thread clearly have preconceptions about appearance and class, I was simply playing on that.

Mrs_justjohn

crabyducky wrote: »

i wouldnt know i dont shop at either. Oh and i don believe shops have 'class'. There are cheap an dear shops

Ok so you don't shop at either but you fully understand what I'm asking.

cybergibbons

Mrs_justjohn wrote: »

So if there is no sign saying you can't eat things you have not yet paid for, then it must be okay to do?

Yes, it is fine. No one is put in danger. No one loses any money. Theft is not committed.

There is no sign saying that I can't ride a horse whilst doing my shopping...Does that mean that it's ok to do?

That's expressly forbidden in the Highways Act 1835. You would be breaking the law to do so. To anyone who familiar with horses, it would be highly likely you would put the public at risk by doing this.

crabyducky

Mrs_justjohn wrote: »

So if there is no sign saying you can't eat things you have not yet paid for, then it must be okay to do?

There is no sign saying that I can't ride a horse whilst doing my shopping...Does that mean that it's ok to do?

Or does it just come down to common sense?

The example used was of eating chips in a clothes shop.
Completely different to a supermarket. Ive never come across a supermarket that says no eating in the shop, but many clothes shops do display signs asking customers not to eat whilst in their shop.

So yes use your common sense.

Mrs_justjohn

cybergibbons wrote: »

That's expressly forbidden in the Highways Act 1835. You would be breaking the law to do so. To anyone who familiar with horses, it would be highly likely you would put the public at risk by doing this.

I am no more familiar with horses than I am familiar with the highways act 1835....LOL:rotfl:Secretly scared of horses :eek:

It was just an example (all be it a bad one) to the effect that people should not need signs to tell them what is common sense or acceptable behaviour. If it helps you to understand then replace the word 'horse' with rollerskates, ice skates, Pogo Stick, 3ft Stilts....

preable

Only time i have ever done it is when i need to get my blood suger level back up but i always pay for the item so no one really minds.