I got assualted in Tesco!

Ms_Chocaholic

Q in posts 128, 129 and 130 for a start - i haven't the time (or inclination) to trawl thru the thread for any other questions you have avoided answering.

Poppy9

pennypuppy wrote: »

Har de har, no but whats the big deal about a picture. Why can they film us but it's not ok the other way round? Seems unfair. Why have that policy, for what reason?

A store is no different to your home. If you invite someone into your home and you have a sign saying "CCTV in operation" & "the taking of pictures is forbiddin in this house" the person has a choice. If they don't wish to be filmed, they don't enter. If they enter and take pictures you can ask them to leave. If they refuse to leave you can call the police to eject them.

While many people object to the intrusion of CCTV, other welcome it. In this case it will clearly show if the OP was assaulted, the police should have siezed the disc as soon as practical after the assault was reported. This will either support, or not the OPs stance.

debtdestroyer_2

DryWeeMuff wrote: »

The proof that the OP was manhandled is where?

Well the only proof of anything on an internet forum is word of mouth :rolleyes:

Ms Chocaholic just looked at the posts in question and I have answered those Qs. Like many you are missing the point anyway. Tesco staff have no right to manhandle someone for taking a photograph. Your misunderstanding of basic legal principles is almost criminal in itself.

Webtalk I know they wouldnt have been discounted if perfect but I honestly didnt see the harm in removing a banana that was clearly unfit for sale. Right or wrong that doesnt merit the sheer verocity that Tesco, and some of the posters on here, are showing me.

Ms_Chocaholic

Here are the three questions (at least) which you haven't given an answer to:

Why you chose to remove the banana you took dislike to, you hadnt paid for them so it wasnt your choice to remove the banana you didnt like

Why you didn't raise the point with a sales assistant in the fruit section about why there was a rotten banana

If you didn't like what was in the pack, why in heaven's name select it in the first place

Another question would be, why if you removed the banana from the pack before you got to the till, why did you not take a photo of it there and why did you feel the need to take the banana to the till with you.

Poppy9

debtdestroyer wrote: »

Webtalk I know they wouldnt have been discounted if perfect but I honestly didnt see the harm in removing a banana that was clearly unfit for sale. Right or wrong that doesnt merit the sheer verocity that Tesco, and some of the posters on here, are showing me.

So you know the law regarding food unfit for human consumption. You know the law of what constitutes an assault. You know the law of what constitutes false imprisonment but you don't know the law with regard to interfering with goods which don't belong to you?

Sorry, but your posts do not give the impression of some innocent, green shopper.

webtalk

debtdestroyer wrote: »

Webtalk I know they wouldnt have been discounted if perfect but I honestly didnt see the harm in removing a banana that was clearly unfit for sale.

I may very well have removed the banana myself.

I'd DEFINITELY only have removed it after telling the teller I wanted to do so. I'd also have asked her if she wouldn't mind throwing it away for me (I can't stand the smell of ripe bananas).

I'd also DEFINITELY would've cut my losses on the unhappy banana in the knowledge that I'd got the rest for a discounted price.

Maybe it isn't WHAT you did that is the issue and the reason that people are jumping all over you, but HOW you did it that has opened the door to the responses you've had.

debtdestroyer wrote: »

Right or wrong that doesnt merit the sheer verocity that Tesco, and some of the posters on here, are showing me.

No, it certainly doesn't.

However, it also doesn't merit your taking a picture of the poor ol' banana and threatening Tesco with Trading Standards and the like.;)

Your behaviour wasn't exactly reasonable and, possibly, without fault. :A

uktim29

debtdestroyer wrote: »

Your misunderstanding of basic legal principles is almost criminal in itself.

But it's fine for you to tamper with things you don't own?

IvanOpinion

As is often in these cases we only get to hear one side of a story whch will have the predictable slant on it. Yet again though we see a situation arise over trivia that, given the limited information available, was badly handled by both sides ... why in 21st century living in this country are we so incapable of handling trivia .. there is far too much 'I know my rights' and 'matters of principle' about instead of the application of common sense.

What is most disturbing is that valuable police time looks like it is being wasted on this trivia .. although I am sure the police have been making jokes about a banana scandal since it was reported.

ivan

Sssssss

Dealmad wrote: »

Also maybe the OP mentioned the person ethnic origin because new settlers to this country sometimes don't have an idea to our customs and behavior.

I think if people want or need to come to this country they need to learn our customs and how we live & if they don't like it then leave , anyway I'm going off track here but just wanted to get it off my chest:D

and what would that be larger louts and skin heads oi oi oi

Sssssss

debtdestroyer wrote: »

A staff member, who would best be described as off oriental origin, grabbed my left shoulder and lunged at my phone. He got on his radio and I began exiting the store. At this point I as accosted by 2 more staff members, who informed me that it was illegal to take photographs inside the store..

so staff member has one hand on your shoulder, another lunging for your phone, what did he use to get on his radio, this would take at least a 3rd hand, then there is the question of what happend to the banana while all this was going on.

Then 2 more staff members accosted you, so that's 3 counts of being manhandled.

anyone else getting my point here :rolleyes:

let it go cause if you take this further you'll be laughed out of court and maybe even get done for wasting police time.