FatHobbit;1681585 wrote:I think it's weird. I was shopping with my step dad and he drank a pop while we were shopping. He paid for it when we checked out so I don't really have an issue with it but it struck me funny. I've also opened a box of crackers to keep my 16 month old son calm while we were shopping

SnotBubbles;1681594 wrote:I've fed my family many meals with this approach.

"Grapes, green beans and lunch meat samples for dinner tonight boys!"

Fuck you Kroger.

majorspark;1681445 wrote:I am at the grocery store today and I glance up and realize this women just popped a grape in her mouth. She realizes I see her and grimaces like she does not like it and carries on with her shopping without taking the bag of grapes. I have eaten a few grapes in the grocery store before but only when placed in my cart knowing I will be purchasing them and taking them home with me.

hilliardfan;1681610 wrote:Is there any difference in eating the grape and not buying versus eating a grape and then buying them? Either way, you're not paying for the grape you ate.

sleeper;1681616 wrote:It's acceptable because if you weren't allowed and you bought the grapes and they ended up being too sweet or not sweet enough(or terrible or whatever) you could return them to the store. This wastes everyone's time and if they are return the store will lose money from an expired product.

Other fruits require you to degrade the quality of the product before you buy, say an apple where a bite would ruin the apple for another customer. For grapes, taking 1 grape doesn't ruin the product for the next customer.

hilliardfan;1681628 wrote:I'm not questioning if it's acceptable or not, just is there any difference if you buy them or not and the fact is there's really no difference at all.

raiderbuck;1681649 wrote:Aren't grapes sold by weight? If so...then technically, eating before purchasing would be stealing. You would be lowering the weight of the bunch and only paying for the leftovers. However, one grape isn't going to tip the scale anyway.

sleeper;1681663 wrote:Again, no grocery store manager cares if you or 100 people eat 1 grape. Most people that eat 1 grape end up buying the package anyway.

BR1986FB;1681668 wrote:When I was a kid, my father owned/operated a fruit stand at his house. I was over there one weekend (parents divorced) and this family pulls up and gets out of their car. Their son was enormous and I believe he may have had Downs Syndrome, or something. The kid walks up to the fruit stand and just starts picking up random pieces of fruit, taking two or three bites, and then putting the partially eaten fruit back into the basket. The kid must have done this with about 8-10 apples, pears, peaches, etc and I'm looking at him like "WTF?" Can't remember who was running the fruit stand that day but they must not have cared because they didn't say anything to the kids parents (who didn't seem to care).

sleeper;1681593 wrote:One grape isn't a big deal.

salto;1681812 wrote:Same type of mentality as Michael Brown stealing a box of cigars.

Glory Days;1681927 wrote:People who open food before purchasing it bothers me. you haven't bought it yet, you don't own it.

DeyDurkie5;1681943 wrote:Just don't shoot them officer