Did you ever eat or drink something while grocery shopping?

My name is URL

Something from the store itself?

I had a bottle of Leffe while traipsing around Dunnes earlier

Made the last dash panic buying experience a lot more enjoyable.

It was a 4 pack and I told the cashier I had one out of it. She didn't seem to give a shit

What's the story with this though? Are you allowed to do it, and if so why do more people not do it? I wouldn't mind doing the weekly shop if I can just ate the stuff off the shelves!

kneemos

Not yours till it's paid for.

AtomicHorror

No

kneemos wrote: »

Not yours till it's paid for.

Tell that to a screaming 2 year old and all the judgey ****ing childless shoppers tutting at him.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

No

Always nice to take a trip by the deli first to pick up a bag of sausages while doing the shopping.

Hammer89

I wouldn't have the bollox.

Jesus Wept

Had a cup of cement. Cause I'm that 'ard.

RWCNT

Billy roll as a youngster!

AtomicHorror

No

My name is URL wrote: »

Something from the store itself?

I had a bottle of Leffe while traipsing around Dunnes earlier

Made the last dash panic buying experience a lot more enjoyable.

It was a 4 pack and I told the cashier I had one out of it. She didn't seem to give a shit

What's the story with this though? Are you allowed to do it, and if so why do more people not do it? I wouldn't mind doing the weekly shop if I can just ate the stuff off the shelves!

I'd say they won't care unless you find yourself unable to pay. Then they'll care a disproportionate amount.

Mind you, drinking alcohol in a public place is usually illegal regardless of whether you've paid for it.

My name is URL

No

Hammer89 wrote: »

I wouldn't have the bollox.

I wouldn't normally tbh. I was just very thirsty at the time and said fcuk it

Wasn't trying to be a rebel or anything :pac:

Probably wouldn't even have bought the pack otherwise

My name is URL

No

AtomicHorror wrote: »

I'd say they won't care unless you find yourself unable to pay. Then they'll care a disproportionate amount.

Mind you, drinking alcohol in a public place is usually illegal regardless of whether you've paid for it.

Is Dunnes a public place?

Summer wind

No

I was in Dunnes earlier tonight doing a load of grocery shopping. I'd just eaten a bag of chips before that and I was gasping for a drink. Couldn't wait until I'd paid as there was about twenty million people shopping. I got a bottle of Coke and drank most of it by the time I got to till. Threw it up on the counter and paid for it with the rest of the shopping. No bother.

warpdrive

No

It might seem a bit odd to some people but I'm sure cashiers have either dealt with it before or don't give a sh!t. The only time there'd be an issue is if you threw the packaging away in an attempt to avoid paying for it or something, I'm sure the security would spot you doing it all from the start and then pay extra attention to you to make sure you still paid for everything

Smidge

Summer wind wrote: »

I was in Dunnes earlier tonight doing a load of grocery shopping. I'd just eaten a bag of chips before that and I was gasping for a drink. Couldn't wait until I'd paid as there was about twenty million people shopping. I got a bottle of Coke and drank most of it by the time I got to till. Threw it up on the counter and paid for it with the rest of the shopping. No bother.

Hasn't everyone done this though, or at least something similar?
When the kids were smaller, I often had to give them something from the trolley to make the whole thing less of a drag but I always paid for it(sometimes it was out of a multi pack, or opened a tub of pre packed fruit and let them eat it and just paid for the empty tub at the till)

Actually, thinking about it now, I did this just the other day.
I was shopping after eating something in a rush and got heartburn. Picked a packet of rennie from the shelf. Took 2 from the pack, ate them and continued shopping. Paid for the pack at the till.
I think its only an issue if you are eating half the fecking supermarket and NOT paying for it tbh.

cashback

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RBvh-9JGIo

Is this you OP?

"God I must look so cool to her, like Pete Doherty or Bukowski."

My name is URL

My name is URL wrote: »

Is Dunnes a public place?

Yep.

Unless you were in there when it was closed to the public.

Graces7

Oh you mean STEALING something and eating it? As opposed to free samples? NO WAY.

me_irl

AtomicHorror wrote: »

Tell that to a screaming 2 year old and all the judgey ****ing childless shoppers tutting at him.

It's "childfree".

"Childless" implies you're missing something from your life by creating noise-leaking, free-time sucking crotch-spawn.

But on topic, no never shopped and ate. Unless you count buying something in a newsagents and eating/drinking that while shopping... and then getting super paranoid about it.

pickarooney

Graces7 wrote: »

Oh you mean STEALING something and eating it? As opposed to free samples? NO WAY.

Usually stealing involves NOT paying FOR something.

I do it all the time but I think it's kind of frowned on in Ireland for some reason.

suicide_circus

I have seen mothers in my local Lidl feeding the kids cookies and lucozade while shopping and then wondering why their their kids are ADHD to f*ck with no self control. Not to mention that they don't pay for said items at the check out and then wonder why their kids end up thieving little bastards.

Badly Drunk Boy

Graces7 wrote: »

Oh you mean STEALING something and eating it? As opposed to free samples? NO WAY.

He means opening something that he's about to buy, and eating/drinking it (at least in part) in the shop. Even though it's not technically his while it's being consumed, he hasn't left the shop, so it's not stealing.

I've never done it. I don't even try free samples, though.

pickarooney

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

He means opening something that he's about to buy, and eating/drinking it (at least in part) in the shop. Even though it's not technically his while it's being consumed, he hasn't left the shop, so it's not stealing.

I've never done it. I don't even try free samples, though.

I've even done it in restaurants. Eaten a meal and only paid for I when my plate was empty.

Graces7

Graces7 wrote: »

Oh you mean STEALING something and eating it? As opposed to free samples? NO WAY.

Theft involves dishonest appropriation.

If you intend to pay, and you demonstrate that intention by paying, don't think it's theft.

If you don't pay, this is probably the more appropriate summons...

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2001/act/50/section/8/enacted/en/html

Sunflower 27

AtomicHorror wrote: »

Tell that to a screaming 2 year old and all the judgey ****ing childless shoppers tutting at him.

Maybe people judge because your child doesn't understand no? There are many children that don't have tantrums.

You give in, what do you exoect? They know it works and will do it again and again.

Sunflower 27

Sunflower 27 wrote: »

Maybe people judge because your child diesnt understand no?

Which would be wrong of them. The child may understand no, but may be hungry, tired etc.

me_irl

Deleted User wrote: »

The child may understand no, but may be hungry, tired etc.

...and that's the PERFECT time to take them shopping isn't it? :pac:

Sunflower 27

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Which would be wrong of them. The child may understand no, but may be hungry, tired etc.

Well if the child is hungry, that is different to them wanting a specific sweet.

Sunflower 27

me_irl wrote: »

...and that's the PERFECT time to take them shopping isn't it? :pac:

Lol

suicide_circus

Deleted User wrote: »

Which would be wrong of them. The child may understand no, but may be hungry, tired etc.

I recall being brought shopping to Quinnsworth or Roche's as a kid, being cranky and simply being told to be quiet and behave myself. No food bribery involved.

kneemos

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

He means opening something that he's about to buy, and eating/drinking it (at least in part) in the shop. Even though it's not technically his while it's being consumed, he hasn't left the shop, so it's not stealing.

I've never done it. I don't even try free samples, though.

You've destroyed the evidence by eating it.Doubt they could charge you for leaving the shop with a wrapper,they'd need cctv to prove their case.

Whitewinged

No

I often give my daughter a few grapes or a babybel. Pay at the end of course.

When I was pregnant, once or twice, felt like I was going to collapse if it didn't eat anything so had a few grapes and once a carton of orange juice from those packs of 3. Still paid for it so no big deal.

me_irl

me_irl wrote: »

...and that's the PERFECT time to take them shopping isn't it? :pac:

Sadly sometimes you only learn middle of a shop!

kneemos

kneemos wrote: »

You've destroyed the evidence by eating it.Doubt they could charge you for leaving the shop with a wrapper,they'd need cctv to prove their case.

Again, they could...for the crime of making off without payment anyway. Whether they could prove it is another issue, but doesn't need CCTV, evidence could be given by a witness, a store detective etc.

Subcomandante Marcos

I I've eaten a piece of fruit or two from a punnet and then had yo explain to the girl on the till that I know that it's opened, I opened it and ate some.

Menas

I was in lidl with a bulgarian friend and they grabbed a beer from the shelf and cracked it open. They could not understand my astonishment...apparently it is the done thing over there.
Makes shopping fun/slightly more bearable!

Diamond Doll

Have to admit, I'd be too morto to do it, no matter how hungry/thirsty I was! I'd just feel like a right piggy having to explain myself at the check-out!

Wouldn't give my toddler anything either, he's not really prone to tantrums but even if he was, I wouldn't give in to him. When I'm shopping with him, I let him pick out foods he likes, like bananas or blueberries or ricecakes or yoghurts or whatever, and he likes holding them in his buggy or the trolley seat as we go around the shop. But he's well able to understand that he doesn't get to eat them until we're home, and he's not even two yet!

kneemos

Menas wrote: »

I was in lidl with a bulgarian friend and they grabbed a beer from the shelf and cracked it open. They could not understand my astonishment...apparently it is the done thing over there.
Makes shopping fun/slightly more bearable!

In Lidl the other day and was informed I couldn't buy two cans of beer I had to buy the four pack.
What's up with that?

murphyebass

AtomicHorror wrote: »

Tell that to a screaming 2 year old and all the judgey ****ing childless shoppers tutting at him.

How about bringing something else with you for them to snack on that you've paid for previously or feed the child pre shopping or don't bring them if you can't control them.

Menas

kneemos wrote: »

In Lidl the other day and was informed I couldn't buy two cans of beer I had to buy the four pack.
What's up with that?

It's Lidl policy to make sure that all their customers are happy. Perhaps you looked a little sad and so insisting on you having a 4 pack would help cheer you up?

Fr_Dougal

Jesus, OP. You're worse than that Kony fella.

Clive Bisquette

Deleted User wrote: »

Which would be wrong of them. The child may understand no, but may be hungry, tired etc.

Could the parents not have their OWN food supply with them to cater for this eventuality ?

Clive Bisquette

Clive Bisquette wrote: »

Could the parents not have their OWN food supply with them to cater for this eventuality ?

Oh of course.

I was merely pointing out that a child crying in a shop may not be some spoiled brat throwing a tantrum because they aren't getting their way.

kneemos

Menas wrote: »

It's Lidl policy to make sure that all their customers are happy. Perhaps you looked a little sad and so insisting on you having a 4 pack would help cheer you up?

Excellent policy.

Menas

kneemos wrote: »

Excellent policy.

Every Lidl helps.

Grayditch

I wonder about people that can't wait 10 mins for a donut or something.

Dricmeister

No

We frequently do this. Surprisingly for a shop where you spend thousands of Euro a year, they don't really have a problem with you or your kids eating the odd Babybel or drinking the odd bottle of water and then paying for it. Very strange.

Ruu

Would be nice if drink and small food bites was brought up to you while shopping.

Whitewinged

No

murphyebass wrote: »

How about bringing something else with you for them to snack on that you've paid for previously or feed the child pre shopping or don't bring them if you can't control them.

Temper tantrums can happen often for some toddlers and for others rarely. It's a normal part of child development.

My own child rarely has them but has had a few. Not the end of the world and she's certainly not spoilt or anything like that.

I do sometimes give my child a bit of fruit in the shop. It's really not a big deal. It doesn't effect anyone else in the shop and the food is paid for at the till. Maybe I'm just more laid back, i don't know but some people get really Frank Grimes about things

Diamond Doll

Ruu wrote: »

Would be nice if drink and small food bites was brought up to you while shopping.

Pity there's so few sample stalls in supermarkets these days. That used to be my favourite thing about going shopping with my mum when I was a kid!

IamtheWalrus

There's nothing technically wrong with it, but that doesn't make it right. Personally, I'd never do it. And if I knew someone who did it, they'd never be in my very close group of friends. I think this act would be indicative of other odd acts and I've enough on my plate without that carry-on.

Dricmeister

No

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

There's nothing technically wrong with it, but that doesn't make it right. Personally, I'd never do it. And if I knew someone who did it, they'd never be in my very close group of friends. I think this act would be indicative of other odd acts and I've enough on my plate without that carry-on.

What a coincidence! Someone who would marginalise a person because on occasion they eat things in a supermarket and then pay for them would never be in my close group of friends.

piperh

No I have enough self control to wait 10 minutes until I've paid and enough common sense to know no matter how thirsty or hungry I am I'm not about to starve waiting an extra few minutes.

I also never had the need nor the inclination to teach my children that taking something they hadn't yet paid for was ok.I always thought the baby/toddler bag full of supplies was part of parenting 101....never leave the house without spare clothes/nappies/dummy/toy/food and drink.

I have a parent with a medical condition who can suddenly need to eat or drink so always carries their own so unless its a sudden illness I can see no reason not to be prepared.

Sorry I can see no reason for not waiting.