Litiquette IV

[Suz_anne]

Papa C, you've hit upon a gold mine topic. Who knew?

I have never worked at a grocery, but I did work in the fast food industry and at a Wal-Mart as a teen. I don't quite understand how someone eating a candy bar or opening a drink before they pay for it (as long as they do pay for it) is rude. Scanning a wrapper or a half full bottle of soda doesn't present any sort of hardship for the cashier.

There are far more egregious acts that take place in the Retail environment to get nutted up about.

So I'm with Trekka. Y'all are nazis.

 

[AKentuckyLady]

Papa C, you've hit upon a gold mine topic. Who knew?

I have never worked at a grocery, but I did work in the fast food industry and at a Wal-Mart as a teen. And to me, I don't quite understand how someone eating a candy bar or opening a drink before they pay for it (as long as they do pay for it) is rude. Scanning a wrapper or a half full bottle of soda doesn't present any sort of hardship for the cashier.

There are far more egregious acts that take place in the Retail environment to get nutted up about.

So I'm with Trekka. Y'all are nazis.

Glad I'm not alone in this. Threepeat on the Grocery Nazi's.

 

[Mrtenant]

Standing in line at the grocery store yesterday and a guy in front of me reaches over, grabs a candy bar, eats it and then hands the cashier the empty wrapper to scan. I'm not sure if it was hunger or boredom that triggered that action but it struck me as inappropriate. I'm really, handing the cashier an empty wrapper. Never seen or heard of that before.

While technically the customary order of operations as modified, did he do anything wrong?

Its an accepted practice now. Did the retail management thing years ago, I get it.

Me? I was taught, and I hold true to it, didn't pay for it or wasn't given to me, it aint mine. Being such, treat it that way.

Its like going to someone's house and borrowing a tool or something without them knowing until you tell them after.

There's a certain rudeness to it. But thats me. To each their own.

The worlds got bigger problems to solve and you people aint gettin it done by quibbling over grocery store ettiquete.

Happy Sunday love you guys

 

[ChainedUp]

Our self check lanes or for 15 items or less.

And I'm pretty sure the hot minx I was following around the store looked over her shoulder at me and winked.

 

[Trekka]

Okay, we need music though.

*cues Eye of the Tiger

There are far more egregious acts that take place in the Retail environment to get nutted up about.

So I'm with Trekka. Y'all are nazis.

*fist bumps*

I was a cashier for years and years. A man came in dressed as a woman once? And stole like 20 shower curtains by shoving them up his skirt and holding them between his knees. We alerted the manager and then we all just watched in amazement. It was way better entertainment than watching the old ladies switch price tags...

 

[RacyRedLips]

I'm sure he picks his line according to stunning MILFs ahead of him.

My thoughts exactly.

Doesn't everyone do that? Geez.

Crap, even I do that. Sometimes.

Really well put.

Intent would be difficult to prove if the customer is still in the store. I believe there are subtle differences in interpretation on 'shoplifting' between the US and the UK.

As I said, for sure. Plenty of room for argument. However, when it comes to items priced by weight or pound, the standard layperson knows that items, such as cherries or grapes, can't be calculated once in someone's tummy.

Welcome to Lit.

 

[thejabber27]

*cues Eye of the Tiger



*fist bumps*

I was a cashier for years and years. A man came in dressed as a woman once? And stole like 20 shower curtains by shoving them up his skirt and holding them between his knees. We alerted the manager and then we all just watched in amazement. It was way better entertainment than watching the old ladies switch price tags...

Oh oh, great song.
Time to dance!!!

I worked in the restaurant industry, so we had our fair share of egregious acts happen to us (mostly really rude customers to the waitresses) but again I just see it as a poor self control issue, not a crime issue.

 

[DarkSimian]

A few years ago, this man came in, got in an electric cart, rode over to the stationary dept., stole a pair of scissors, the proceeded to electronics and took a whole display of phones. He then proceeded to cut them open, in full view of everyone, and put them in a cloth bag. Management met him in the vestibule, with the police outside. He wound up taking 32 cell phones, the scissors, and 2 big bags of mixed candy

 

[Trekka]

A few years ago, this man came in, got in an electric cart, rode over to the stationary dept., stole a pair of scissors, the proceeded to electronics and took a whole display of phones. He then proceeded to cut them open, in full view of everyone, and put them in a cloth bag. Management met him in the vestibule, with the police outside. He wound up taking 32 cell phones, the scissors, and 2 big bags of mixed candy

The candy! Lol

Maybe he was diabetic? As mentioned before?

 

[DarkSimian]

The candy! Lol

Maybe he was diabetic? As mentioned before?

I helped count the packages, the phones were in the $60- $75 range; just the phones totaled over $2300. He said he came in with them

 

[SMNaughtywife]

Doesn't everyone do that? Geez.

Guilty, I'm always looking for some eye candy while I wait. US Weekly has been lame lately.

Our self check lanes or for 15 items or less.

And I'm pretty sure the hot minx I was following around the store looked over her shoulder at me and winked.

Minxs are like that, a little saucy.

....2 big bags of mixed candy

Guessing it was Chocolate Bridge Mix, just seems like a good choice.

 

[RacyRedLips]

So I'm with Trekka. Y'all are nazis.

I know. Round up the ladies. Let's go shoe shopping instead.

The worlds got bigger problems to solve and you people aint gettin it done by quibbling over grocery store ettiquete.

But....it's Sunday.

 

[thejabber27]

I know. Round up the ladies. Let's go shoe shopping instead.



But....it's Sunday.

Yes, and on Sundays we solve the world's Licorice crisis, it's on the schedule! XD

 

[Mrtenant]

I know. Round up the ladies. Let's go shoe shopping instead.



But....it's Sunday.

Yes, and on Sundays we solve the world's Licorice crisis, it's on the schedule! XD

See? Priorities!

Jimmy Choos for you darlin?

 

[thejabber27]

See? Priorities!

Jimmy Choos for you darlin?

I'd like to reopen the discussion from last week to replace all black licorice factories with red vine factories and double production.

 

[Trekka]

What was that, Jabber? Sorry, couldn't hear you over the crush of this MILFy mall crowd. It's BOGO at Payless.

*ponders*

What about when you take your kids, or your man, shoe shopping (Pmann, plug your ears) and they don't bring socks, so you open a bag of socks with which to try shoes on at the store? And then pay for them before leaving of course...

~I shall now bend over for my spanking~

 

[thejabber27]

What was that, Jabber? Sorry, couldn't hear you over the crush of this MILFy mall crowd. It's BOGO at Payless.

*ponders*

What about when you take your kids, or your man, shoe shopping (Pmann, plug your ears) and they don't bring socks, so you open a bag of socks with which to try shoes on at the store? And then pay for them before leaving of course...

~I shall now bend over for my spanking~

Mostly stuff about things, I hear Malls are crazy. And that has never happened to me so heck if I know. I would love to be able to buy just a pair of socks though.

 

[Trekka]

Mostly stuff about things, I hear Malls are crazy. And that has never happened to me so heck if I know. I would love to be able to buy just a pair of socks though.

There is sock shortage in The Great North? How do you keep warm Sept - mid June?

 

[ChainedUp]

And then they went off shoe and sock shopping

 

[Trekka]

And then they went off shoe and sock shopping

Actually I spent the day cooking

 

[ChainedUp]

Sometimes it's good to use a real world, tangible topic, seems like most everyone could relate. Sonfor today:

Who drives? Meaning, when you are in a car with another are you more likely to be behind the wheel or is someone else? Is it a control thing, a lazy thing, a submissive thing, even? Maybe you're an excellent driver so you always drive. Maybe you're for shit behind the wheel and toss the keys over easily. Maybe it's all about logistics and proximity.

Do you enjoy your hands on the wheel, or would you prefer to be driven?

 

[TheSilverLining]

I drive. Always. I love my little car, and it's fun!

When I'm not driving, I have a need to be driven. Hands-off the wheel.

This whole thing's a metaphor, yes?

 

[Mindfondler]

Sometimes it's good to use a real world, tangible topic, seems like most everyone could relate. Sonfor today:

Who drives? Meaning, when you are in a car with another are you more likely to be behind the wheel or is someone else? Is it a control thing, a lazy thing, a submissive thing, even? Maybe you're an excellent driver so you always drive. Maybe you're for shit behind the wheel and toss the keys over easily. Maybe it's all about logistics and proximity.

Do you enjoy your hands on the wheel, or would you prefer to be driven?

In a literal context, I like to share the driving duties with my wife — particularly on a long haul. I can make myself just as useful by navigating, being another pair of eyes, sorting out the music (and, less usefully, by singing along to it). If there are any tricky circumstances to the journey, though, then I'll seize the wheel and take control myself (which is fine with my wife).

In a figurative sense... actually, it's a very similar answer.
.

 

[Bitesback]

I've just come onside on a cold and wet night, after a quiet drive home, alone. I don't mind a long drive alone. However, these days, when my family take any journey with me, I don't get to drive very often. With two learner drivers on my family, each needing a minimum of 120 hours behind the wheel before they can sit the drivers' licence test, I rarely get to drive anywhere with anyone else in the car. Ordinarily, I probably do more than half of the driving, but on family holidays, especially overseas, my SO insists on doing just about all the driving, citing a need to fill the traditional role of a male looking after his family, with me navigating, and seeing the sights out the window...

 

[Trainspotter]

Sometimes it's good to use a real world, tangible topic, seems like most everyone could relate. Sonfor today:

Who drives? Meaning, when you are in a car with another are you more likely to be behind the wheel or is someone else? Is it a control thing, a lazy thing, a submissive thing, even? Maybe you're an excellent driver so you always drive. Maybe you're for shit behind the wheel and toss the keys over easily. Maybe it's all about logistics and proximity.

Do you enjoy your hands on the wheel, or would you prefer to be driven?

I don't own a car, so I'm usually driven. That is when I have a need to get into a car. Which hasn't happened for something close on to two months now.