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Heelz

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Dec 14, 2010 1:24 PM
Hell yea why not put on a pair of running shoes and take a lap around the mall before paying for them or open a pack of diapers and change your kid right then, or put clothes on and wear them out of the store. WTF its a grocery store not a restaurant, its not yours until you pay for it. There is a reason they dont put tables in the middle of the isles
Dec 14, 2010 1:24pm
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Dec 14, 2010 1:25 PM
A lady friend of mine works at Giant Eagle shes always sliding me a cookie or something like that.
Dec 14, 2010 1:25pm
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Dec 14, 2010 1:32 PM
"Hell yea why not put on a pair of running shoes and take a lap around the mall before paying for them or open a pack of diapers and change your kid right then"

Some good points, the more I read the posts above it appears it is inappropriate to consume something before you pay for it. At least with running shoes you can return them. No one is regurgitating the food they consume. What would happen if a person with children is consuming (or their children is consuming) the store's food and something happens that requires them to leave the store quickly? Is the grocery store just SOL in that situation.
Dec 14, 2010 1:32pm
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Dec 14, 2010 2:00 PM
How bout chowing on some food.....and you get to the check out line and forgot your wallet.....then what?

Hell, while you are trying out your new running shoes...maybe you can fire up the grill you are about to buy...throw on some steaks you are about to buy and have a damn Cook IN..LOL

Do this in the Electronics department and catch a football game while you're at it.
Dec 14, 2010 2:00pm
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Dec 14, 2010 2:07 PM
Put your friend in a wheel chair ..act like he is disabled and let him do all the stealing ...he can have a nice larg coat on ..who is going to say something to a person in a wheel chair ..everybody tries to act like they aint looking at disabled people anyway .................lol food for thought ..for some of you ...as long as you have a fence lined up get some saw blades maybe some movies DVD's ..maybe some real expensive meat .....go fence the shit and get your drink on ..............just messing around people .........it is against the law to steal ..
Dec 14, 2010 2:07pm
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Dec 14, 2010 2:10 PM
The more I think about it, the more I am against the idea of eating what you haven't paid for. It does seem to be a bit "Hillbilly" or "Ghetto".
Dec 14, 2010 2:10pm
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Dec 14, 2010 2:45 PM
Okay, so this topic cracked me up a few minutes ago when I went to my local grocery store (southeastern ohio). I don't normally do the shopping when I'm home and I admit, I had a moment where I thought to myself, "THAT is who they were talking about on that thread."
Dec 14, 2010 2:45pm
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Dec 14, 2010 5:17 PM
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.
I had a shirt and tie on last week when I started chowing down on some french bread in the store so...
Dec 14, 2010 5:17pm
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Thinthickbigred

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Dec 14, 2010 8:34 PM
se-alum;600827 wrote:The more I think about it, the more I am against the idea of eating what you haven't paid for. It does seem to be a bit "Hillbilly" or "Ghetto".

Have you seen the shit they throw in dumpsters? its so much food ..catch em at the right time and its a gold mine ....3 or 4 days past due aint nothing..you can go back to your camp and be the hero .....
Dec 14, 2010 8:34pm
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Dec 14, 2010 9:46 PM
There is no way I would do this because, besides looking like a slob, you would have to think how much of the pain in the ass it would be for the store. You know there is/would be people that 1) dont pay for their shit 2) make a mess that would have to be cleaned up 3) cluster up the isles because they have to stop in the middle to snap into a slim jim
Dec 14, 2010 9:46pm
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Dec 14, 2010 10:22 PM
I Wear Pants;601020 wrote:I had a shirt and tie on last week when I started chowing down on some french bread in the store so...

you are tacky.
Dec 14, 2010 10:22pm
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Dec 15, 2010 8:09 AM
Went grocery shoppin' last night, hit up the deli counter first to get some wings and potato wedges to chow on while I shopped!!
Dec 15, 2010 8:09am
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Dec 15, 2010 8:21 AM
Definitely slob like behavior. especially when you go through the store and see opened boxes people left behind. show some damn self restraint for a few minutes until you out of the store.
Dec 15, 2010 8:21am
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Thinthickbigred

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Dec 15, 2010 9:02 AM
Glory Days;601613 wrote:Definitely slob like behavior. especially when you go through the store and see opened boxes people left behind. show some damn self restraint for a few minutes until you out of the store.

I think some people just want to feel cool about themselves ,like carefree look at me CC Rider....If you got a little kid and he is in the buggy eating some ho ho's out of the box its ok I guess as long as he doesnt litter
Dec 15, 2010 9:02am
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Dec 15, 2010 9:54 AM
Thinthickbigred;601639 wrote:I think some people just want to feel cool about themselves ,like carefree look at me CC Rider....If you got a little kid and he is in the buggy eating some ho ho's out of the box its ok I guess as long as he doesnt litter

So its ok to use stuff you havent paid for?
Dec 15, 2010 9:54am
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enigmaax

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Dec 15, 2010 10:04 AM
Heelz;601686 wrote:So its ok to use stuff you havent paid for?

I just don't care for this as an argument. It isn't stealing until you leave without paying for it....and then you've entered a whole new situation. There are a lot of products/services for which you don't pay until after it is provided. It may be silly, but it isn't a crime at that point.
Dec 15, 2010 10:04am
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Con_Alma

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Dec 15, 2010 10:10 AM
No one stated it's stealing. It is not yours.
Dec 15, 2010 10:10am
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Dec 15, 2010 10:14 AM
enigmaax;601702 wrote:I just don't care for this as an argument. It isn't stealing until you leave without paying for it....and then you've entered a whole new situation. There are a lot of products/services for which you don't pay until after it is provided. It may be silly, but it isn't a crime at that point.

Ok how about the food is sealed for a reason if you were suppose to eat it right then it would be called a buffet line. Hell even in alot of restaurants you pay before you eat. It's just sloppy and rediculous that a person cant wait 5 min to get out to the car or even pay for the food first, It's not like you just got back from a month at sea or lost in the woods sure you might have had along day at work but not that long.
Dec 15, 2010 10:14am
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Dec 15, 2010 4:44 PM
Ha this thread turned into the most epic one ever I think
Dec 15, 2010 4:44pm
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Dec 15, 2010 5:38 PM
Steel Valley Football;600518 wrote: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.

I agree with this and what Con Alma and Buckeye Chick said as well.

Extremely unsanitary, bad manners, and just plain disgusting. I see slobs do this from time to time. Have some flipping decency people.

#1. You should wash all fruits and veggies off before eating them. Do you enjoy the taste of pesticides or perhaps microscopic larve?
#2. Eating in front of other people as they are about to walk up and grab the same item you just picked from and standing there eating it? GROSS.
#3. Do you not have enough patience to wait until you are at least out of the store, if not at home, to begin eating your groceries? How disgusting.
#4. Pushing carts, or carrying baskets... do you not realize how many germs are on them and how many people before you that day touched them?

It's no wonder diseases and sickness get around so fast.
Dec 15, 2010 5:38pm
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Dec 15, 2010 5:48 PM
Go_Fast_Sports;602239 wrote:I agree with this and what Con Alma and Buckeye Chick said as well.

Extremely unsanitary, bad manners, and just plain disgusting. I see slobs do this from time to time. Have some flipping decency people.

#1. You should wash all fruits and veggies off before eating them. Do you enjoy the taste of pesticides or perhaps microscopic larve?
#2. Eating in front of other people as they are about to walk up and grab the same item you just picked from and standing there eating it? GROSS.
#3. Do you not have enough patience to wait until you are at least out of the store, if not at home, to begin eating your groceries? How disgusting.
#4. Pushing carts, or carrying baskets... do you not realize how many germs are on them and how many people before you that day touched them?

It's no wonder diseases and sickness get around so fast.

Lol come on it's not like the black plague is going around
Dec 15, 2010 5:48pm
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Dec 15, 2010 6:59 PM
When I worked at giant eagle back in hs and college I used to see parents give their kids bananas all the time. I always wondered what the hell they were thinking cause you pay per pound not per banana, and to me it's considering stealing. Some people just lack common sense.
Dec 15, 2010 6:59pm
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Dec 15, 2010 7:09 PM
I won't open food and eat it in the store, but I have no problem with picking up a bottle of pop from the cooler and drink it while in the store and pay for it when checking out.
Dec 15, 2010 7:09pm
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Dec 15, 2010 7:38 PM
LJ;602300 wrote:I won't open food and eat it in the store, but I have no problem with picking up a bottle of pop from the cooler and drink it while in the store and pay for it when checking out.

That happened often when I worked at a truck stop in the summers - although it was mostly gatorade with some pepsi or mountain dew thrown in. Never had a problem with it, no different than getting a slurpee at 7-11 and slurping while in line. Seems a lot different to open up a potato chip or cracker bag.
Dec 15, 2010 7:38pm
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Dec 16, 2010 12:32 AM
Heelz;600771 wrote: its not yours until you pay for it.

That's basically how I view it. There's no reason you can't just wait until you get home.
Dec 16, 2010 12:32am