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Classyposter58

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Dec 14, 2010 2:54 AM
Honestly I do it all the time. Grab some grapefruit and a bag of chex mix and a drink and i just chow down while I'm picking out my groceries. Then i just let them scan it and I'm set.

Btw someone needs to get smart and put cupholders on carts
Dec 14, 2010 2:54am
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I Wear Pants

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Dec 14, 2010 2:57 AM
I do it all the time as well. I'm going to pay for it so I figure I can eat it when I want.
Dec 14, 2010 2:57am
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Dec 14, 2010 3:09 AM
I Wear Pants;600282 wrote:I do it all the time as well. I'm going to pay for it so I figure I can eat it when I want.

Ha exactly. Just follow the honor system and it's all good
Dec 14, 2010 3:09am
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Dec 14, 2010 3:20 AM
I especially eat in Giant Eagle when their bakery has just put something out fresh as I walk by.
Dec 14, 2010 3:20am
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Dec 14, 2010 7:31 AM
Classyposter58;600280 wrote:Btw someone needs to get smart and put cupholders on carts

The Meijer where we shop has cupholders on their carts.
Dec 14, 2010 7:31am
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Dec 14, 2010 9:15 AM
ernest_t_bass;600325 wrote:The Meijer where we shop has cupholders on their carts.

+1
Dec 14, 2010 9:15am
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Thinthickbigred

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Dec 14, 2010 9:31 AM
I dont see anything wrong with it ..Give your kids something to pasify them ..If you are comfortable with it go ahead....I dont think I would ...its ok to me though
Dec 14, 2010 9:31am
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Dec 14, 2010 9:34 AM
Only if the item you are purchasing is bought per pound.
Dec 14, 2010 9:34am
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Thinthickbigred

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Dec 14, 2010 9:41 AM
I was going to say only if bought for pound also...funny thing is that is what you see most people eating..grapes or fruit
Dec 14, 2010 9:41am
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enigmaax

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Dec 14, 2010 9:50 AM
As previously stated, unless it is produce or something in which the price is determined by weight, no problem with it. Can't really think of a time that I've done it, but unlike the almight whatshisname on the other thread, I also haven't walked around a grocery store judging people based on some minor action.
Dec 14, 2010 9:50am
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Dec 14, 2010 9:59 AM
I don't let the kids eat at the store but that is mainly because I have gotten to culture a shopping cart before....YUCK, you wouldn't believe all the nasty that grew!!! I wouldn't want the kids touching the carts and then putting food into their mouths (even though I wipe the "kids seats" down with a Lysol wipe). I try and involve them in the shopping and that keeps them busy at least until we get into the line to pay. Any time you go shopping with 5 kids though it isn't a walk in the park, they behave for the most part though.
Dec 14, 2010 9:59am
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Dec 14, 2010 10:22 AM
I have taken a couple kids into a store before. I just look at the last thing I'm going to get to on the list, and I tell them that the first one to spot it gets a prize (ends up being a sucker or something).

They get so busy looking that they're pretty well-behaved.
Dec 14, 2010 10:22am
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Dec 14, 2010 10:29 AM
I've never done this, and I don't recall ever seeing someone do it, but by the responses, it seems to be fairly commonplace. I don't have a problem with it, I just hate shopping so much that I just want to get in and out, so there's no time to be snacking.
Dec 14, 2010 10:29am
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Dec 14, 2010 10:32 AM
It's not your product until you pass a point of sale and pay for it.

Grocery stores are high volume low margin businesses. There's no way for them to know who will and will not pay for the product after they consume it in the store. IN my opinion it's not right to put the obligation on them to ask you not to eat it until you pay for it. There are people who don't pay and eat things in the store while they're shopping. How is the store to know you are not one of them?
Dec 14, 2010 10:32am
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Dec 14, 2010 10:56 AM
enigmaax;600429 wrote:As previously stated, unless it is produce or something in which the price is determined by weight, no problem with it. Can't really think of a time that I've done it, but unlike the almight whatshisname on the other thread, I also haven't walked around a grocery store judging people based on some minor action.

It's funny. I was going to start a thread about this based off of the other thread.

You're right though, I'm the only person on God's Green Earth that judges people by their actions.

I agree with everything that Con_Alma stated.

It's not like in a restaurant where there is intent to buy the food once you enter, sit down, or order. Taking a free sample is one thing, because there is a mutual understanding that you are going to eat the food.

Now, I've brought in a water bottle with me and drank it while shopping. Are you that hungry/bored that you need to grab a bag of chips and a bottle of pop to occupy your time while you shop? What if you don't like what you grabbed? Are you just going to put it back on the shelf?

Besides the issues stated by Con_Alma, IMHO, I just find it tacky and lazy. Eat something before you go in to the store, or give your kids a book to read or something while they are in there with you. Don't places still have kiddy carts, so they can help mom and dad? I know a few do around me.
Dec 14, 2010 10:56am
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Dec 14, 2010 11:01 AM
Con_Alma;600480 wrote:It's not your product until you pass a point of sale and pay for it.

Grocery stores are high volume low margin businesses. There's no way for them to know who will and will not pay for the product after they consume it in the store. IN my opinion it's not right to put the obligation on them to ask you not to eat it until you pay for it. There are people who don't pay and eat things in the store while they're shopping. How is the store to know you are not one of them?

This is one of the few times I agree with you. Besides that, it's tacky. Have some restraint and eat at a table like civilized people. It's also dirty, like BuckeyeChick said. Though, tacky people probably don't care about being unsanitary.
Dec 14, 2010 11:01am
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Dec 14, 2010 11:14 AM
Never done it. Can't say I have a huge problem with it but I don't see myself ever doing it. I get in, get what I need, pay and leave. My shopping lists are almost always the same so there's no need to wander around.
Dec 14, 2010 11:14am
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enigmaax

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Dec 14, 2010 11:17 AM
bigkahuna;600514 wrote:It's funny. I was going to start a thread about this based off of the other thread.

You're right though, I'm the only person on God's Green Earth that judges people by their actions.

I agree with everything that Con_Alma stated.

It's not like in a restaurant where there is intent to buy the food once you enter, sit down, or order. Taking a free sample is one thing, because there is a mutual understanding that you are going to eat the food.

Now, I've brought in a water bottle with me and drank it while shopping. Are you that hungry/bored that you need to grab a bag of chips and a bottle of pop to occupy your time while you shop? What if you don't like what you grabbed? Are you just going to put it back on the shelf?

Besides the issues stated by Con_Alma, IMHO, I just find it tacky and lazy. Eat something before you go in to the store, or give your kids a book to read or something while they are in there with you. Don't places still have kiddy carts, so they can help mom and dad? I know a few do around me.

Wait, so, it is trashy and tacky to open anything other than water......because you open water so clearly that is different? Were you that thirsty that you just couldn't wait...or are you just as much trashy, tacky, and lazy as you're blabbering about others?

As for your questions about putting it back, etc...then you'd be committing a crime. And that is a completely different story.
Dec 14, 2010 11:17am
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Dec 14, 2010 11:22 AM
It's tacky...Lol

Who would you imagine, let alone observe, grazing on food in the store, "people of Wal-Mart" or a well dressed individual just out of the office?

Have some self restraint and avoid the stereotype.
Dec 14, 2010 11:22am
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enigmaax

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Dec 14, 2010 11:24 AM
bigkahuna;600514 wrote:It's funny. I was going to start a thread about this based off of the other thread.

You're right though, I'm the only person on God's Green Earth that judges people by their actions.

I agree with everything that Con_Alma stated.

It's not like in a restaurant where there is intent to buy the food once you enter, sit down, or order. Taking a free sample is one thing, because there is a mutual understanding that you are going to eat the food.

Now, I've brought in a water bottle with me and drank it while shopping. Are you that hungry/bored that you need to grab a bag of chips and a bottle of pop to occupy your time while you shop? What if you don't like what you grabbed? Are you just going to put it back on the shelf?

Besides the issues stated by Con_Alma, IMHO, I just find it tacky and lazy. Eat something before you go in to the store, or give your kids a book to read or something while they are in there with you. Don't places still have kiddy carts, so they can help mom and dad? I know a few do around me.

Putting something back on the shelf after you've opened it is a completely different story.

Outside of that, maybe there are good reasons - maybe someone didn't have time to eat before they went to the store. Maybe the kids will do better with a little snack - and that might be better for the people around them. There are probably better solutions for each situation, I just don't think it is as big of a deal as what you make it out to be to the extent of calling people "trashy". Tacky, probably.
Dec 14, 2010 11:24am
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Dec 14, 2010 11:30 AM
I know my wife or I will occasionally let our daughter open some goldfish if we have been out for a while, but I wouldn't do it. I would feel like a slob 'chowing down' while trying to shop; I can wait until I get home.
Dec 14, 2010 11:30am
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enigmaax

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Dec 14, 2010 11:30 AM
ytownfootball;600562 wrote:It's tacky...Lol

Who would you imagine, let alone observe, grazing on food in the store, "people of Wal-Mart" or a well dressed individual just out of the office?

Have some self restraint and avoid the stereotype.

And this might be part of the difference in opinion. Several of the places I work, people rely heavily on public transportation. I see a lot of people in suits work 14 hour days and head directly to the store across the street to pick up some items for the way home. Crowded stores, long checkout lines, and they may still have an hour trip home. Personally, I rarely take a lunch and am starving by the time I get done with work. Again, I don't necessarily do this (I have a short walk to the hotel) - but it just isn't uncommon at all for me to see this and I don't find those people to be trashy at all. My first point of reference to the question is different, I guess.
Dec 14, 2010 11:30am
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Dec 14, 2010 11:37 AM
enigmaax;600581 wrote:And this might be part of the difference in opinion. Several of the places I work, people rely heavily on public transportation. I see a lot of people in suits work 14 hour days and head directly to the store across the street to pick up some items for the way home. Crowded stores, long checkout lines, and they may still have an hour trip home. Personally, I rarely take a lunch and am starving by the time I get done with work. Again, I don't necessarily do this (I have a short walk to the hotel) - but it just isn't uncommon at all for me to see this and I don't find those people to be trashy at all. My first point of reference to the question is different, I guess.
I do actually understand that point, though I don't necessarily agree that waiting isn't a possibility. I mean, it's not like you've been behind barbed wire in a concentration camp for months with nothing more than moldy bread and dirty water. Just my personal reflection LOL.
Dec 14, 2010 11:37am
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Dec 14, 2010 1:07 PM
I will have to try this next time I shop at Meijers. Head straight to the beer section, grab a case of beer, and crack one open and use the drink holder in my cart. Would probably make grocery shopping less of a pain in the ass.
Dec 14, 2010 1:07pm
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Dec 14, 2010 1:17 PM
Rider_In_Ttown;600732 wrote:I will have to try this next time I shop at Meijers. Head straight to the beer section, grab a case of beer, and crack one open and use the drink holder in my cart. Would probably make grocery shopping less of a pain in the ass.

LOL, most definitely. When I worked at a truckstop we'd have people drink fountain drinks, cokes or gatorade while wandering - but that's a bit different since the area was small and there wasn't an opportunity to conceal the consumption. I don't think I've seen anyone eat chips or whatever at the grocery store other than the free samples provided - as mentioned above the sanitary questions alone would keep me from eating in the store.
Dec 14, 2010 1:17pm