Poll: Eating Grapes at the Market: Sampling or Stealing?
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Technically stealing, though I personally feel that a grape or 2 is fine, it's not going to affect the weight THAT much. In the case of people eating whole bananas or apples (which I see done in the store I work in VERY often, it's stealing. I don't care if you are doing it to shut your little ***** kid up. You still aren't paying for it. A grape or 2 I'll forgive but a whole apple/banana? Fuck that.
It's stealing. I may be slightly biased here though, as I work in a supermarket. However, I've held this opinion for years, to be fair, while I've only been at the supermarket for about six months. Also, the supermarket I'm at is one where you can sample some things if you ask the staff and it's certain items (for example, we have a Wine Specialist, who you can ask for advice on buying wines with, and they may allow wine sampling for customers - same for our deli counter and cheese counter). I work at Waitrose, by the way. And also note that because as a company we take the quality of our food extremely seriously (we have to, it's literally part of our entire sales pitch), we operate on instructions to remove from sale any item that looks to be in bad quality - something most supermarkets don't do at all.
But yeah, the point still stands. Even though we offer sampling sometimes to customers. If you're taking something before paying for eat, and actually consuming it, then unless that's how things work (like in a restaurant) then it's stealing. Regardless of intent to pay later. If I saw someone at our store eating a grape, or anything for that matter, without buying it first, then I'd be straight onto them calling them out on it, and would get a manager involved too. It's that simple.
But yeah, the point still stands. Even though we offer sampling sometimes to customers. If you're taking something before paying for eat, and actually consuming it, then unless that's how things work (like in a restaurant) then it's stealing. Regardless of intent to pay later. If I saw someone at our store eating a grape, or anything for that matter, without buying it first, then I'd be straight onto them calling them out on it, and would get a manager involved too. It's that simple.
Stealing for the weight=cost reason.
Honestly, if you have to eat them to make sure they're good then you probably shouldn't be buying them. Of course I'm a guy that thinks if it don't look good, don't eat it. I mean really, how bad could a grape be if it looks tasty? Also I like what Whargarble is saying.
Honestly, if you have to eat them to make sure they're good then you probably shouldn't be buying them. Of course I'm a guy that thinks if it don't look good, don't eat it. I mean really, how bad could a grape be if it looks tasty? Also I like what Whargarble is saying.
Yes, but I assume they had to ask first, right? If they just took a bite out of a fruit willy-nilly then surely that would be considered stealing? As I said in my previous post, I work at a supermarket and we sometimes allow sampling if someone asks. But if someone just eats our goods without permission, or without paying, then that's theft, plain and simple...Wolfram01 said:
odd how it's a poll without poll questions, but
OT: stealing, unless the store has a bag set aside with, a note or something. Basically, if they're offering as samples, it's sampling.. if your just opening a bag and taking one. How is that not stealing? That's the definition of stealing, unless you buy that same bag.
I read further up that it's to test if the grapes are good, but that doesn't work. Your just testing if that perticular grape was good. I've bought grapes, and most were good, but some where bad, on the same branch.
OT: stealing, unless the store has a bag set aside with, a note or something. Basically, if they're offering as samples, it's sampling.. if your just opening a bag and taking one. How is that not stealing? That's the definition of stealing, unless you buy that same bag.
I read further up that it's to test if the grapes are good, but that doesn't work. Your just testing if that perticular grape was good. I've bought grapes, and most were good, but some where bad, on the same branch.
Well...would you take an apple and 'sample' it? Or would you take a pint of milk to 'sample'?
Nah, TECHNICALLY it's stealing (you are taking something which does not belong to you, without permission or paying for it), but I don't think the supermarkets care THAT much.
People only say it's 'sampling' 'cos they won't get caught putting an iddy biddy fruit in their mouth. You would be caught, however, if you took a 32 inch television to plug in at home to 'sample' the picture quality.
Nah, TECHNICALLY it's stealing (you are taking something which does not belong to you, without permission or paying for it), but I don't think the supermarkets care THAT much.
People only say it's 'sampling' 'cos they won't get caught putting an iddy biddy fruit in their mouth. You would be caught, however, if you took a 32 inch television to plug in at home to 'sample' the picture quality.
It's both sampling and extremely minor theft, in my opinion. Doesn't effect anything in a big way.
I don't want to argue with you, Fluttershy, but Sampling is Sampling and Stealing is Stealing.ThatDaveDude1 said:
Like in Supermarkets, how you occasionally find someone giving away a biscuit (or something) on a platter for you to taste, that's Sampling.
Stealing is like eating grapes in a market, like what the OP described :3. Unless, ofcourse, there is a big sign saying 'Sample as you please', or someone holding a platter full of grapes :O.
It is stealing. I know 1 grape is not that much but if everyone takes a grape it adds up. Like say 20 grapes a day that is giving no change in grape sampleage and it is open 365 days a year. So in total 7,300 grapes. See how the little things avalanche?
