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Sorry but you do not eat food until it is bought. I bet if they weren't caught they would have laughed about getting away with it. Although taking away the child was a bit extreme, I bet they never do something that stupid again.
If you had read the actual story then yes she forgot to pay for it. She paid for her 50$ in groceries so what makes you think she would not have paid for a 5$ sandwich? Yep she has a lawyer which is why she went to the media it was his idea.
I don't know what the case is with this woman and it certainly sounds like a mistake but within the last month my friend who owns a small hardware store caught two people stealing both of whom were making purchases.
The lawsuit if any should be directed at the police department and the laws regarding the procedures dealing with shoplifters, not the store. Once the wheels of justice start turning too bad.
I thought I read in the article that the store detained them for 4 hours before the cops got there.
... and keeping prices affordable for PAYING customers.
Like two sandwhiches are going to break Safeway's bank. You know how much food these grocery stores throw away? You probably eat Safeway meat. Becareful all the antibiotics and hormones are affecting your ability to think.
Sorry but you do not eat food until it is bought. I bet if they weren't caught they would have laughed about getting away with it. Although taking away the child was a bit extreme, I bet they never do something that stupid again.
Yeah I was thinking the same thing. I have never grabbed food or a drink walked around the store eating and drinking before. For 1 I would be scared the store would think That I am stealing it. For another it just doesnt seem right to do that.
Safeway over reacted I think.
What her intent was who knows. I knew a person who would intentionally leave an item in the bottom of the cart and not pay for it. It was a game to see if they could get away with it.
I knew another who would do what this woman did and with the intent not to pay for it.
Both were women both got caught eventually. To them it was a big joke.
Stores need to draw a line somewhere on theft and the general retardedness of some shoppers. Go to the grocery store sometime and see the fresh and frozen food, dairy and meat that nitwits decide they don't want and just leave laying on a shelf somewhere. I'd arrest those morons for shoplifting. And then you find stolen food, open packages, empty bottles, cherry pits, grape stems, nut shells, chicken bones, its disgusting. These two year olds in adults bodies need to learn that you pay for it first and it isn't free. Maybe if many have actually had to pay for food they wouldn't be so careless about wasting it. You could fill a food bank with what people leave to get ruined at one grocery store and we all end up paying for it.
I'd have let her go after making her pay for the sandwich but I hope the judge gives her a tongue lashing and then chews out her lawyer for wasting the courts time.
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