Why do adults have to eat around supermarkets?

POPPYOSCAR

NEH wrote: »

Techincally it has left the store, it's in someone's tummy...:rotfl:

How can it have left the store if you are still inside!!

NEH

POPPYOSCAR wrote: »

How can it have left the store if you are still inside!!

I was joking....:cool:

Mrs_justjohn

Barneysmom wrote: »

It's a bit like trying to explain to a stroppy teenager why they shouldn't drink booze.........................................................................:rotfl:

Yes...head, brickwall and well.....banging comes to mind:rotfl:

Mrs_justjohn

NEH wrote: »

You would argue black is white wouldn't you?

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I think they would argue that black is the new white...LOL:rotfl:

eranou

To the people who are saying this is due to slipping British standards Im interested from what time period are you comparing these standards?

cybergibbons

NEH wrote: »

You would argue black is white wouldn't you?

There's absolutely no doubt about it, in the eyes of the law, until someone can prove you have intention not to pay for the goods, it isn't theft. Show me someone who has been successfully prosecuted for theft of food after eating a sandwich and neither hiding the wrapper or leaving the store. Actually, has anyone been arrested for it?

NEH wrote: »

How does the store determine that you are going to pay for it? At the end of the day , they see you eating something you haven't paid for how are they to know that you aren't going to stuff it on a shelf somewhere and run off...

How do they know that the unopened DVD in your hand won't get stolen?

There's been absolutely no proof from anyone that a person eating food in the store is more likely to be a thief than any other person. Just because you've seen someone do it means nothing - you're far more likely to remember someone stealing something than someone just eating.

The very fact you've started eating something that is technically not yours and then saying honest guv i was going to pay for it, they're hardly likely to believe you...

I've never been asked, probably because the bulk of the world don't care and don't assume that everyone is a thief.

cybergibbons

Mrs_justjohn wrote: »

Yes...head, brickwall and well.....banging comes to mind:rotfl:

Well, come on, some hard evidence might convince, rather than just "slipping standards" and "bad manners".

HouseHuntr

This thread is surely soon going to become the most pointless whinge ever posted on MSE ! :rotfl:

Barneysmom

Despite everything, I think we're all enjoying it.
We clearly disagree but there's been no real name-calling, so it proves 'friends' can disagree quite amicably

Mrs_justjohn

Barneysmom wrote: »

Despite everything, I think we're all enjoying it.
We clearly disagree but there's been no real name-calling, so it proves 'friends' can disagree quite amicably

Gosh I have never had so many 'friends' ...well not ones that eat whilst shopping anyway....LOL:rotfl: