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Why do adults have to eat around supermarkets?
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I've only been able to flick through this thread as it is so long but all i can say is unless it is a medical emergency then no you shouldn't be allowed...
I know from working on a checkout in my younger days that having sticky wrappers covered in dribble handed over to put through the till was awful...I wish parents would have some appreciation for the person that has to put it through the till...
As for adults they should know better. I remember one time i had to take some medication so i went in and bought a drink and then took my tablets and went back in to do my shopping, it wasn't exactly a hardship....0 -
The only time Iv encountered people who have a problem with it is on this thread so I will continue to do it untill someone asks me not to.0
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Where do you shop? I'm always on the look-out for a bargain & if your local is reducing their prices..OI! YOO GIZE! Spread the word that CG has found the mythical, ethical supermarket!
An average basket of goods will now cost the consumer less as a proportion of their earnings than ever before. 30 years ago, the concept of massive chains of supermarkets with JIT supply chains working globally was just a dream.Just putting the word "fact" in a sentence doesn't make it so.I didn't say it did
But you said:but the sad fact is that a large % of that wastage is caused by the customer
Sorry, it isn't true. The bulk of spoilage is from overstock. Tesco and Asda both publish annual reports on this.But it is still a cost that has to be covered by SOMEONE, & that someone is you & I.
The cost of enforcing the eating ban, the loss of sales from people eating and not stealing, etc. all have to be taken into account. In the lack of evidence (because no one on here has anything concrete do they?), it's likely cheapest and easiest to just take no action.
The supermarkets have likely found that people eating and not paying for food is not a significant loss mechanism, being massively outweighed by other customer spoilage, overstock spoilage and shoplifting.
You do realise that it is in the interest of the supermarket to keep costs low and keep the majority of the customers happy? Do you think they've maybe looked at this and found it just isn't worth their while?It is not my fault if Time Management is not this person's strong point.
Like I have said, why waste your time doing the two things separately when you can do them at the same time? We're not all so uncoordinated that we can't eat a sandwich and walk at the same time.
Do you ever think the problem with society isn't in fact these "chavs" eating sandwiches? Maybe it's the busybodies, sat at their computers, dreaming up rules to banish things, that when it comes down to it, are simply annoyances? "Oh look at that man eating a sandwich in Tesco, as soon as he leaves the store he's going to shoot-up, then go and claim benefits and work that cash-in-hand job", "Oh look at those youths wearing hoodies, we must stop them congregating using a ultrasonic teenager repeller", "Oh look at those people wearing burkas, we must stop the slippery slope of everyone covering their faces".
Why don't you divert your attention to actually doing something that will make a difference? That will make people's lives better? Imposing petty rules on a group of people who are unable to follow hard, fast law isn't going to make a blind bit of difference.
Do you feel that alienating groups by making sweeping generalisations really helps?
I fully understand that people think it is strange to eat a sandwich whilst shopping. But stopping it isn't going to fix any of the bigger problems with society, is it now?0 -
My personal thoughts are that you haven't paid for it yet, and don't own it. Therefore, it's theft.
Well, nice that you think that. The law differs though.
A person shall be guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it.0 -
I remember one time i had to take some medication so i went in and bought a drink and then took my tablets and went back in to do my shopping, it wasn't exactly a hardship....
But it is a hardship to see someone eating a sandwich in a supermarket.
If you lived your life by the rule of "I must only do things that are not exactly a hardship", you'd have a crap life.0 -
It's theft until you actually buy it. Sadly, there's a percentage who don't.
Asked my partner who manages a store how he would feel- his answer was that if someone took something off a shelf and started eating it, unless they had a medical reason, they'd be escorted to the tills to pay for it.
He's continually throwing kids out who open bottles of Coke from the shelf and then maintain they bought it in another shop.
In any case, regardless of what laws are dragged up, it's bad manners.0 -
Yes, actually..it just might--see **! I am all for challenging 'the way we used to do things' to see what improvements there may be but still accept there are many things that you simply do not do in public. Call it manners, breeding, etiquette, what ever your pleasure, but it doesn't change the fact that many millions of people find no problem in conducting themselves with a more aesthetically pleasing demeanour.cybergibbons wrote: »An average basket of goods will now cost the consumer less as a proportion of their earnings than ever before. 30 years ago,....That may well be, but the customers were even less likely to walk around eating a sandwich while they shopped!
The cost of enforcing the eating ban, ....it's likely cheapest and easiest to just take no action. *Therein lies the crux. There are too many people thinking they can do just as they please simply because they feel like it, without a second thought to any effect it will have on another. Some rules are petty but on the whole are in place for a reason; we don't have to always agree with that reasoning & it is up to us to get it changed by going through official procedure & NOT by openly flouting the decree. Many of the ultra-stupid health & safety rules are in place because folk can't or won't act in a responsible, considerate manner!
The supermarkets have likely found that people eating and not paying for food is not a significant loss mechanism, being massively outweighed by other customer spoilage, overstock spoilage and shoplifting. You do like this particular argument don't you! Let's see what I can counter with..folk moan if they get caught by a speed camera & that's enforcing a law!; or dropping litter; fly-tipping; DUI;..May I ask how you know the feelings of supermarkets & people eating stock before purchase?
You do realise that it is in the interest of the supermarket to keep costs low and keep the majority of the customers happy? Duh..yea-ah
Do you think they've maybe looked at this and found it just isn't worth their while? NO..because I have worked in supermarkets & know they work hard to discourage this behaviour. It's more a case of being wary of approaching some folk for fear of personal safety. Not all customers are cuddly grandmas on a jolly 
Like I have said, why waste your time doing the two things separately when you can do them at the same time? We're not all so uncoordinated that we can't eat a sandwich and walk at the same time. Indigestion anyone? To be serious, you are setting yourselves up for all manner of digestive problems by eating on the go & THAT impacts on the NHS! Can be up there with alcohol & drug abuse, & not at all a healthy way to carry on..
Do you ever think the problem with society isn't in fact these "chavs" eating sandwiches? Maybe it's the busybodies, sat at their computers, dreaming up rules to banish things, that when it comes down to it, are simply annoyances? See *
Why don't you divert your attention to actually doing something that will make a difference? That will make people's lives better? Imposing petty rules on a group of people who are unable to follow hard, fast law isn't going to make a blind bit of difference. **If it helps the next generation to see that not everyone behaves in a particularly selfish way, it IS doing some good. I can sit back & watch common decency go to H3ll in a hand-basket but I choose to try & lead by example; butterfly effect if you will.
Do you feel that alienating groups by making sweeping generalisations really helps? Didn't know I had
I fully understand that people think it is strange to eat a sandwich whilst shopping. But stopping it isn't going to fix any of the bigger problems with society, is it now?
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