Wow... People really do this?

grayme-m

cazzymouse wrote: »

Our local Sainsburys used to offer a baby change facility with complimentary nappies and wipes, needless to say people went and filled their bags with all the nappies and the service was stopped. What a shame a small minority always spoil things for the rest of us!

Was it that woman again (the one that took the loo roll from toilets), saving on the water meter by not having to flush....?

Lost2

I used to work in a supermarket
and the things people got up to you
would not believe the usually one eating food and dumping
the wrappings behind things
but there was one customer that used to come in twice a day
and go into the cafe he would take as many packs of sugar pepper salt and sauces he could grab then walk out of the shop :eek:

samanthaknd

SnowBelle wrote: »

Sadly this does not surprise me one bit.
Go to my local AS** at any given time and a fair number of the clientele seem to think that the place is one huge free buffet where they can walk around eating stuff then leaving the empty/half eaten packets scattered around the store.
On another thread recently this was mentioned & sadly a huge percentage of the replies saw nothing wrong in it!

Seriously??
Oh my no wonder all the supermarkets put their prices up!!

dawyldthing

SnowBelle wrote: »

Sadly this does not surprise me one bit.
Go to my local AS** at any given time and a fair number of the clientele seem to think that the place is one huge free buffet where they can walk around eating stuff then leaving the empty/half eaten packets scattered around the store.
On another thread recently this was mentioned & sadly a huge percentage of the replies saw nothing wrong in it!

when i worked at Kwik Save (back in 2003 - 2005) many a time we used to find stuff empty on the shelves or would be given an empty drinks bottle/packet of crisps etc which they have eaten round the store and couldn't wait to pay for it before eating it.

Rachels1979

Surely there's nothing wrong with that if they're then giving you the packet or bottle at the check-out to pay for? It's not theft then as they're paying for it is it?

CapJ

The ones that pay with it isn't a problem as long as it isn't against store policy. The rest is stealing.

brettcta

me and my manager once followed someone around the store after i spotted him leaving wrappers on the shelf. he was walking around, feeding himself and his 2 young kids. we picked up all the wrappers & bottles on the way round and put them on the checkout when he went to pay. there was £22 worth of food that he'd eaten & dumped, including hot chicken pieces, milk, crisps and then kitchen roll to wipe the kids hands

Hermia

cazzymouse wrote: »

Our local Sainsburys used to offer a baby change facility with complimentary nappies and wipes, needless to say people went and filled their bags with all the nappies and the service was stopped. What a shame a small minority always spoil things for the rest of us!

I used to work in a library that had a toilet and baby change near the kid's area so that kids could come in and attend storytime or do homework without worrying about the loo. In the end we had to permanently close it because mums were stealing loo rolls, soap and even the lightbulbs pretty much every day. I know money is tight but there was a warehouse-type shop near the library that sold big packets of loo rolls cheaply and a lot of these mums had fancy pushchairs, mobiles and bags of shopping on them. They all moaned when we shut the loos - grrrrr! I wish would figure out that their actions can lead to them and others losing out in the long term.

paddyrg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons

King_Nothing

Rachels1979 wrote: »

Surely there's nothing wrong with that if they're then giving you the packet or bottle at the check-out to pay for? It's not theft then as they're paying for it is it?

They don't have to serve you though, then what happens? It's scummy behaviour regardless.