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Post by toomuchreality on Aug 18, 2015 2:56:10 GMT -5
(a spin off of shooby's thread about shoplifting)
I don't eat or drink things as I shop, unless it's paid for first. I know a lot of people do.
What are your thoughts on the subject?
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Post by deziloooooo on Aug 18, 2015 3:51:03 GMT -5
(a spin off of shooby's thread about shoplifting) I don't eat or drink things as I shop, unless it's paid for first. I know a lot of people do. What are your thoughts on the subject? Sure..many times..a drink or a snack ..always give container to cashier to check out..not going to try and rip off my favorite food store for a buck or less..silly... Actually feel at times it saves me many $ ..keeps me from getting carried away if am thirsty or hungry...Wish I did it today..Returned a rotiserie chicken today..so salty unable to eat it ..pocked my $5.99 but felt it would be unamerican to just leave the stor..[sigh]..$92 later..Hey..three bottles of wine..different types only $10..How can one not ...
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Post by toomuchreality on Aug 18, 2015 4:11:25 GMT -5
LOL I did the same thing today... Went in to pick up 2 prescriptions ($6.45) and spent an additional $104.00! I sometimes will take a drink or something in with me. Or if I really want it (can't wait), I'll go through the line and pay, then eat it while I shop. Sorry about your chicken. The Costco by me has the best rotisserie chicken and chicken salad. Very tasty! -just sayin'
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Post by deziloooooo on Aug 18, 2015 6:59:13 GMT -5
LOL I did the same thing today... Went in to pick up 2 prescriptions ($6.45) and spent an additional $104.00! I sometimes will take a drink or something in with me. Or if I really want it (can't wait), I'll go through the line and pay, then eat it while I shop. Sorry about your chicken. The Costco by me has the best rotisserie chicken and chicken salad. Very tasty! -just sayin' can you get over the price of food,..? I am alone and yet...and for a $100 you get nothing...and I have cut down my cooking...been going out more...Down here there are all these early bird places..soup, salad, entree, desert and coffee..$10.....theyn want no credit card..so pay cash... Walmart best place for canned goods..hate the place..{ I know ...bad for ya ...but got some favorites..} but usually go to Publicks....so expensive unless on sale, 2 for 1...and then a twio store chain..Penn Dutch...unbelievable meats and specialties..things you never see and special one time buys..Just had a bunch of different Progresso soups--- .99 each..and prices are great
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Post by deziloooooo on Aug 18, 2015 7:01:44 GMT -5
LOL I did the same thing today... Went in to pick up 2 prescriptions ($6.45) and spent an additional $104.00! I sometimes will take a drink or something in with me. Or if I really want it (can't wait), I'll go through the line and pay, then eat it while I shop. Sorry about your chicken. The Costco by me has the best rotisserie chicken and chicken salad. Very tasty! -just sayin' can you get over the price of food,..? I am alone and yet...and for a $100 you get nothing...and I have cut down my cooking...been going out more...Down here there are all these early bird places..soup, salad, entree, desert and coffee..$10.....theyn want no credit card..so pay cash... Walmart best place for canned goods..hate the place..{ I know ...bad for ya ...but got some favorites..} but usually go to Publicks....so expensive unless on sale, 2 for 1...and then a twio store chain..Penn Dutch...unbelievable meats and specialties..things you never see and special one time buys..Just had a bunch of different Progresso soups--- .99 each..and prices are great on the meats... Have a Cosco near me ..neighbor use to bring me one every know and then and your right ..the best rotissorie Chicken and always a big bird too..moist...I don't beliong to those places..just me and sizes usually way to big so stopped going...joining
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2015 7:18:53 GMT -5
If I'm really hungry or thirsty.... I'd say it happens maybe once or twice a year? Not often, but often enough... I do things I will pay for though. Ie. After they are weighed and tagged.
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Post by sarcasticgirl on Aug 18, 2015 7:36:15 GMT -5
My grocery store has a bar and freshly made food. You bet I drink while I shop!
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Post by Shooby on Aug 18, 2015 9:36:25 GMT -5
No. I don't eat or drink. Can't people do anything any more without shoving food in their faces?
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Post by ArchietheDragon on Aug 18, 2015 9:54:27 GMT -5
whole foods is nice because they give the kids a snack at the the customer service counter.
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Post by chiver78 on Aug 18, 2015 10:06:57 GMT -5
I don't usually, but if I'm feeling a little off from low blood sugar, I will. if it's produce, I'll run that through a cashier and pay for it before going around the store. if it's something with a bar code, I will make sure the cashier scans it when I'm checking out.
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Post by lexxy703 on Aug 18, 2015 10:56:00 GMT -5
That is a fantastic price. Progresso soup is $2 - $2.50 a can here.
I will sometimes grab a bottled water out of the case & drink it while shopping. I don't think I've eaten anything other than samples though. I give the empty bottle to the cashier to ring up.
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Post by wyouser on Aug 18, 2015 12:37:15 GMT -5
Shop? Like in a real store? Like actually walking aisles? I thought that was the whole purpose of the internet. Shop at home and no one knows whether or not you are eating or drinking while shopping....
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Aug 18, 2015 13:14:14 GMT -5
I don't usually, but if I'm feeling a little off from low blood sugar, I will. if it's produce, I'll run that through a cashier and pay for it before going around the store. if it's something with a bar code, I will make sure the cashier scans it when I'm checking out. Same here. If I've just come from a race or something physically taxing, I might feel the need. But I'm not expecting a freebie. I've shopped at the same grocery store for about 25 years. I couldn't get away with theft even if I wanted to. They know me too well.
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Post by Shooby on Aug 18, 2015 13:49:17 GMT -5
I usually just think "slob" that a person can't wait to pay for it then eat it.
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Post by Shooby on Aug 18, 2015 14:00:31 GMT -5
But, most people lack self control so of course I am not surprised.
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Post by deziloooooo on Aug 18, 2015 14:17:39 GMT -5
My favorite is chocolate milk...for me a treat...Mom wouldn't let me have it as a kid except every now and then..didn't think as healthy as the whole milk with all that fat to make you grow...LOL Today it's made with no fat...so it's like i'm getting away with something 60 plus years later..." gotcha Mom.."
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Aug 18, 2015 14:19:21 GMT -5
Sometimes a person just might need to eat something right away - like as chiver78 mentioned, low blood sugar.
I've been known to open a pkg of crackers I have in my cart and munching on a few if I start to feel faint or weak. I'm buying the package anyway, so it's not like I'm stealing anything.
Maybe if it bothers you so much, you should just get your own shopping done & over with as quickly as possible instead of worrying about what other customers around you are doing.
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Post by steff on Aug 18, 2015 15:09:50 GMT -5
eat? Not usually unless I'm sampling something. I do ask to try things in the hot bar or the deli counter before I'll buy it.
drink? I almost always get a fountain Dr Pepper from the deli (first section you hit) & pay for it there to drink as I shop.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Aug 18, 2015 15:17:45 GMT -5
Lordy, I misread this as "eating whle you sleep" Glad I kept on reading!
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Post by spartan7886 on Aug 18, 2015 16:35:36 GMT -5
I worked in a grocery store one summer. It never bothered me to scan an open bag of chips or anything like that. I was amused by the mother I had one time who had bought an apple for each child and was upset that I weighed the uneaten apple twice instead of using the weight of the half-eaten one.
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Post by Shooby on Aug 18, 2015 16:36:45 GMT -5
It isn't the problem of the store if you have "hypoglycemia". Perhaps planning better would be in order?
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Post by zibazinski on Aug 18, 2015 16:38:43 GMT -5
They tell you never shop while you're hungry bcuz you'll spend more. Some people aren't being very YM!!
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Post by chiver78 on Aug 18, 2015 16:40:19 GMT -5
I love how people use quotes to denote "diseases" they don't think exist.
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Post by kittensaver on Aug 18, 2015 16:52:04 GMT -5
I love how people use quotes to denote "diseases" they don't think exist. Touche. I have three diseases that "do not exist" so you have my sympathies! My DH is also severely hypoglycemic and I know that a blood sugar drop can happen pretty much any time after two hours or so since the last time you ate. It's hard to live with and impossible to pinpoint when a drop might take place. *smh*
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Post by Shooby on Aug 18, 2015 16:54:43 GMT -5
My sister has "hypoglycemia" so if you want to infer what I mean by that, be my guest.
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Post by kittensaver on Aug 18, 2015 16:59:16 GMT -5
My DH was actually TESTED for hypoglycemia.
Baseline: 90 Hour One: 100 Hour Two: 110 Hour Three: 104 Hour Four: 33 Hour Five: 47
YOU try having YOUR blood sugar drop a freaking 71 points in one hour and then come back and tell me it's a "disease," not a disease.
Harrumph! Judgy McJudgerson much?
ETA: it was originally supposed to be a six hour glucose tolerance test, but they had to stop it at hour five because he clearly had a major blood sugar crash and almost passed out twice. It took him two days to recover fully from that test. You bet your sweet bippy he's going to eat something - regardless of where he is - if he feels his blood sugar dropping.
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Post by Shooby on Aug 18, 2015 17:13:15 GMT -5
Not sure who you are arguing with? You just like to presume everything I say is a "judgment" against anything and everything.
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Post by kittensaver on Aug 18, 2015 17:16:31 GMT -5
Well when you call perfect strangers about whom you know NOTHING who are eating something in a random grocery store "slobs" (post #13) lacking "self control" (post #14) PLUS putting a legitimate medical condition with severe consequences in quotes, that sure as heck sounds like judgment to me . . .
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Aug 18, 2015 17:20:25 GMT -5
Not sure who you are arguing with? You just like to presume everything I say is a "judgment" against anything and everything. Weren't you judging in post #13?
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Post by Value Buy on Aug 18, 2015 17:27:11 GMT -5
I worked in a grocery store one summer. It never bothered me to scan an open bag of chips or anything like that. I was amused by the mother I had one time who had bought an apple for each child and was upset that I weighed the uneaten apple twice instead of using the weight of the half-eaten one. Ever been behind a customer with open soda, or bag or box in hand, and the cashier asks if they need to scan it, and the response is "oh I brought this in here from home with me"?
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