Crash and I did some serious grocery shopping last night, and I was so disgusted. In the (soda) pop aisle, we found a nearly empty plastic bottle of Mountain Dew. Later, we found a partially eaten roll of Rolo candies. These people have no class, and they're thieves!
And they don't know how to dispose of the evidence! Eat or drink *all* of what you steal, dammit! (just kidding)
seriously... if you're so hungry you've got to steal, _eat the damn food_. don't leave half of it somewhere.
I know in some locations stupidmarkets maintain public restrooms but many locations throuhgout the US do not. I've never seen a public restroom at any stupidmarket in the entire state of NY... if the stores
Maybe you don't get out much. I know Price Chopper, Wegmans, Grand Union and a regional chain we visit (Asian Food Market)which probably have 50 locations among them have public restrooms and are in New York State. We recently visited some friends in Queens and there was a public restroom in the Pathmark and there were public restrooms in the Asian markets we visited out in Flushing.
Crash and I did some serious grocery shopping last night, and I was so disgusted. In the (soda) pop aisle, we found a nearly empty plastic bottle of Mountain Dew. Later, we found a partially eaten roll of Rolo candies. These people have no class, and they're thieves!
The greeter guy at another store recently told us of having to clean up after mothers who left dirty diapers in carts.
The world is in a sorry state of affairs when this kind of thing is happening.
Any other gross encounters of the shopping kind?
Carol
The worst market in my area used to be one of a chain. It is on the border between the good and bad part of town. It was open 24 hours and was plagued with people coming in during the night hours for "dinner" and left open packages and partially eaten stuff. They gave up and now close at 10 PM.
And no matter how wide the aisles are, a woman (it's always a woman) can block the entire aisle with her cart -- she'll park it sideways if she has to -- while she chats with another shopper or looks for something.
Old couples are sometimes nearly as bad, but I cut them some slack. I usually just go to the next aisle and come back 5 or 10 minute later after they are done, or if the aisles are short I'll go all the way around.
recently visited some friends in Queens and there was a public restroom in the Pathmark and there were public restrooms in the Asian markets we visited out in Flushing.
I once wheeled my cart too close to a teething baby, turned ny back and when I turned around he was chewing on my branch of brussells sprouts! Funny sight to behold..but gross. I get infuratated when I see people making a salad at the salad bar, and then walk around the store eating and "shopping." Then they put the empty clam shell case in the cart and leave. I've seen well dressed, clean people doing this. I report them. Does no good. And I want to see those lazy SOB's who can't hand a package of meat they don't want to the CHECKER rather than tuck it into the feminine hygiene products DRAWN AND QUARTERED.
And no matter how wide the aisles are, a woman (it's always a woman) can block the entire aisle with her cart -- she'll park it sideways if she has to -- while she chats with another shopper or looks for something.
Old couples are sometimes nearly as bad, but I cut them some slack. I usually just go to the next aisle and come back 5 or 10 minute later after they are done, or if the aisles are short I'll go all the way around.
Bob
I just say "Excuse me. Coming through, please." -- -Barb, <http://www.jamlady.eboard.com> Cam Ranh Bay food added 4-8-05. Sam I Am! updated 4-9-05. "I read recipes the way I read science fiction: I get to the end and say,'Well, that's not going to happen.'" - Comedian Rita Rudner, performance at New York, New York, January 10, 2005.
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Crash and I did some serious grocery shopping last night, and I was so disgusted. In the (soda) pop aisle, we found a nearly empty plastic bottle of Mountain Dew. Later, we found a partially eaten roll of Rolo candies. These people have no class, and they're thieves!
The greeter guy at another store recently told us of having to clean up after mothers who left dirty diapers in carts.
The world is in a sorry state of affairs when this kind of thing is happening.
Any other gross encounters of the shopping kind?
Carol -- Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon
I saw a pensioner (the guy must hae been 80) stuffing his face as fast as he could at the grape display, it was not a pretty sight, he had no shame even when my 3 year old pointed out that the man was stealing grapes!
No shame? You're the one with no shame, lady.
Growing up in a small town, you see a lot of people who can't afford food for their kids... I've known people who worked at grocery stores, who deliberately turned a blind eye to people they knew couldn't afford produce for their kids.(to the point of putting out almost-rotten produce for them to take) I mean, you've got a consistent customer, who buys what they can afford, when they can afford it, and who occasionally takes food. This isn't the person who steals because they want to. It 's not the person who steals cars for a joyride. It's a person who finds that they can't afford enough to feed their kids.
I can hope that that old man was suffering from some form of dementia, and didn't realize where he was.
Lena
Hey no shame I'm a nurse working 75 hours some weeks to look after my family, with self respect and knowing right from wrong. Not all old people are little old dears, who wouldn't cheat you out of your well earned wages. Just ask a no win no fee attourney!
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It all depends on which market I'm in. The most hilarious thing I've seen was in a drug store. Thanksgiving day was a hoot at Walgreen's. There were 3 guys in the food aisle yapping on their cell phones picking up gravy bottles and packets of dry mixes and relating what Walgreen's had in stock to the other party on the phone. You could tell these guys were NOT happy. Obviously someone had forgotten to buy something and Walgreen's was the only game in town.
Not in my case. I had just gone to two Long's, and another Walgreen's trying to find Scalloped Potatoes because the from-scratch batch my MIL made shattered as she took them out of the oven. Can you believe not one place had a box of scalloped potatoes? I found a box of sour cream spuds and potatoes au gratin that I was going to make work when I got back to the house. I called up to let SWMBO know but got one of my SIL (BQfH). She wouldn't put me through and then proceeded to argue with me. I'm sure my temple veins were pulsing just beautifully by the time I got to the register.
I wish stores would just not offer samples any more. If you look long enough, you *always* see people going gross things with them. At Whole Foods yesterday, I watched a woman walk by a series of cheese displays and take a sample from each with her fingers even though there were tongs right there. That's a mild example. We have a local deli that always has sample dips out on the counter with bread and crackers. You get people bellied up to the counter standing talking and double, triple and quadruple dipping all the dips. You can't even get up to the counter to buy anything.
By far the very worst stupidmarket _filth offenders_ are the employees working in the meat and deli departments... um, yoose really don't wanna know.
My sister in law was at the meat counter of her favourite local (family run) grocery store. The girl who was waiting on her sneezed into her hand and could not understand why my SIL would not accept the meat she had just wrapped for her or why she insisted on someone else waiting on her.
Actually, no. I *could* say get the F*** outta the way and if you want to stand around and chit-chat take it to the parking lot. But I was raised better than that. Just as I was raised not to block the aisles whilst shopping.
Not just aisle blockers. It's the way they do it. They stop and talk to someone and park side by side, or they park their cart on one side of the aisle and then stand in the middle of the remaining space to view the shelves from a distance. Heaven forbid they should recognize that they are not the only people in the store.
seriously... if you're so hungry you've got to steal, _eat the damn food_. don't leave half of it somewhere.
It's more than just hunger. Some people get a cheap thrill out of getting away with things like that. Many people who steal can well afford the items they take.
I was shocked to see a woman feeding her kid a cup of soup, that kind that's in a styrofoam cup, and when she was done, just put the empty back on the shelf. I thought that was just unbelievable, so much so that I went back and checked for the empty, thinking, my eyes must have deceived me. Gross, too, imagine the next person who wants that soup and picks up someone's trash. Yuck.
Next time you're an eyewitness, think about calling for a manager before she has a chance to leave the store. She's teaching her kid some excellent values, isn't she?
Carol -- Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon
=> "Excuse me" is the *only* _necessary_ thing to say. <=
The problem I've noticed about "Excuse me" these days, is that it's said _after_ someone has barged right on through. Say "excuse me", and then give the person a chance to respond before pushing through.
I know in some locations stupidmarkets maintain public restrooms but many locations throuhgout the US do not. I've never seen a public restroom at any stupidmarket in the entire state of NY... if the stores don't offer a terlit to the patrons it should come as no surprise that putrid pampers will be changed and discarded out in the parking lot... and generally there are no trash recepticals, at least not handy, so if garbage ends up in the carts rather than strewn about the streets that's a good thing (lesser of evils)... for that kind of trash I place the *entire* blame on the Municipality Officials for not enacting commercial building code REQUIRING _adequate_ public restroom facilities in *ALL* retail establishments, and that the municipality must require that all retail establishments contract with private sanitation companys to maintain adequate trash recepticals with timely pick up thereof.
Move to Minnesota. All restaurants are required to have a public bathroom. I'm not sure if the grocery stores are required to, as well, but they all do. Actually, any of the larger stores (like hardware stores, etc.) have public bathrooms. The diaper incidents happened at Super WalMart. They definitely offer public accommodations.
Carol -- Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon
