Thieving Shopkeeper

fasttalkerchat · 21-12-2011 10:39PM

goat2 wrote: »

thats pricey

But not pricey enough for you to leave your pint to go to a shop.

MyKeyG · 21-12-2011 10:43PM

I agree with the shop keeper. These charity types saunter in with their 'save this that and the other' collection boxes and have the audacity to ask shopkeepers to place them at the till free of charge. What the OP calls thieving I call rent.

Nothing free in this world ya know:D

goat2 · 21-12-2011 10:47PM

fasttalkerchat wrote: »

But not pricey enough for you to leave your pint to go to a shop.

the person who bought the matches did not want to make an issue of it infront of a good few people, as there was no tv or radio on at time everything could be heard, and he is a quiet person, but we swished back our drinks fast, and left, will not be back.
i once worked in a bar, that there was always a lighter or match available to customers.
it is called appreciation of your customer.

21-12-2011 10:52PM

Unless the shopkeeper is holding the box hostage behind the counter, just put it there yourself.

I don't really see the problem.

dxhound2005 · 21-12-2011 11:17PM

goat2 wrote: »

i was out for a drink last week, a friend of mine asked for box of matches, gave in forty cent for matches, received no change, my friend said nothing, but when we came out of same public house, my friend said he would never ever darken that door, and i will never go there again either,
anybody know the price of a box of matches

I will find out the price of a box of matches tomorrow for you.

dxhound2005 · 21-12-2011 11:23PM

goat2 wrote: »

i was out for a drink last week, a friend of mine asked for box of matches, gave in forty cent for matches, received no change, my friend said nothing, but when we came out of same public house, my friend said he would never ever darken that door, and i will never go there again either,
anybody know the price of a box of matches

This is serious. Tomorrow I will find out the price of a box of matches and let you know. Then if it turns out your friend was not overcharged you both can resume your patronage of that establishment and everyone will be happy.

Sunnyisland · 21-12-2011 11:26PM

dxhound2005 wrote: »

This is serious. Tomorrow I will find out the price of a box of matches and let you know. Then if it turns out your friend was not overcharged you both can resume your patronage of that establishment and everyone will be happy.

Didn't know they still sold boxes of matches,thought it was all lighters these days,

There not maguire & paterson by any chance.

Sunnyisland · 21-12-2011 11:29PM

goat2 wrote: »

the person who bought the matches did not want to make an issue of it infront of a good few people, as there was no tv or radio on at time everything could be heard, and he is a quiet person, but we swished back our drinks fast, and left, will not be back.
i once worked in a bar, that there was always a lighter or match available to customers.
it is called appreciation of your customer.

Was it the goats bar in ...........goats town

charlemont · 21-12-2011 11:29PM

When I read that I thought straight away of what Wayne Dundon said to a reporter "In for a penny, In for a pound".

dunnaman93 · 21-12-2011 11:52PM

Why didn't you just post this in the stingy thread instead of making a pointless thread?

It would have contributed greatly to it, and god damn it we need our daily stinge stories!

later12 · 21-12-2011 11:56PM

Molloys Clondalkin wrote: »

I know a shop that does that and it all added up to a pretty penny at the end of the day, said shops ass manager used to pilfer the charity boxes aswell.

So you're saying Molloy's of Clondalkin rob the poor box?!

Hootanany · 21-12-2011 11:57PM

dunnaman93 wrote: »

Why didn't you just post this in the stingy thread instead of making a pointless thread?

It would have contributed greatly to it, and god damn it we need our daily stinge stories!

I thought this needed a threaad of it own Bah Humbug

Arianna_26 · 22-12-2011 12:04AM

You should've punched him OP. :mad:

(:p)

carlosvan · 22-12-2011 12:17AM

i work in a shop and someones bill came to 19 euro one day they said put change in box, so once they left i put euro in a empty match box, stuck it in my pocket and went and bought a sun newspaper and went for a jerkoff in my van, should i feel bad about it, i did do as i was asked after all

Hootanany · 22-12-2011 12:31AM

carlosvan wrote: »

i work in a shop and someones bill came to 19 euro one day they said put change in box, so once they left i put euro in a empty match box, stuck it in my pocket and went and bought a sun newspaper and went for a jerkoff in my van, should i feel bad about it, i did do as i was asked after all

Yes you should the daily sport is much better and only a bit dearer

Kev.OC · 22-12-2011 12:57AM

To answer the question someone asked earlier, average I come across seems to be 30c.

LighterGuy · 22-12-2011 01:03AM

Hootanany wrote: »

Just went in to my local shop chap in front had just bought something, anyway his change was about 8 to 12 cent in fiddlers and he told the shopkeep to put in in the boxes i.e charity things Fecker put it in the till when guy walked out should I report this.

Report? :pac:
Sorry man, it just sounds like a little kid in school reporting someone to the teacher :P

Just realise he is a greedy fecker and hey, if you dont wanna shop there no more. Thats grand. But it aint something report worthy.

teishen · 22-12-2011 01:19AM

I used to work in a shop and he's scrounging for change for the till as it costs money to obtain change from the bank and such, especially if everyone is walking in with €50 for something that costs €2.56 or some ****e.

I used to just throw small change into the till that I was told to stick into the charity boxes when I was low while keeping a running count. When I hit 20c or so worth of charity box change I'd **** a 20c piece into the box and so on.

Some beggars are fierce fussy about getting their poxy 1c back.

thisiswar · 22-12-2011 01:55AM

You should report him to the Police immediately.

Be prepared though as you may be required to testify in court. Crimes this serious in nature usually involve long, drawn out court cases

Maedbhish · 22-12-2011 02:08AM

Maybe you should've said something at the time rather than starting a thread about it... But that's just me and my wacky ideas.. :pac:

randylonghorn · 22-12-2011 02:09AM

MyKeyG wrote: »

I agree with the shop keeper. These charity types saunter in with their 'save this that and the other' collection boxes and have the audacity to ask shopkeepers to place them at the till free of charge.

And the shopkeeper has the option to politely say "no".

OP, why didn't you say it to the shop guy at the time? What's the point of saying it on Boards?

EDIT: Lol, snap!

Johnny Foreigner · 22-12-2011 12:53PM

Hootanany wrote: »

Just went in to my local shop chap in front had just bought something, anyway his change was about 8 to 12 cent in fiddlers and he told the shopkeep to put in in the boxes i.e charity things Fecker put it in the till when guy walked out should I report this.

Splash him with your holy water and see if he burns and blisters.

Stovepipe · 22-12-2011 03:46PM

Any shopkeeper who lifts the contents of a charity box should be shopped(geddit) to the taxman. I knew a fella whose job was to hand out and collect up the contents of charity boxes and they were regularly getting robbed, by shop staff and shopowners alike. Apart from that, any shopkeeper who does it must be **** at conniving ways to keep cash for himself, as most are quite savvy when it comes to that.
As an aside, a guy I know who worked in an inner-city shop said that they were always plagued with junkies trying to rob charity boxes, which are chained to the counter.One fine day, one toerag entered, grabbed a box and turned and ran. The chain extended to it's fullest length and the box stopped dead, causing the lowlife to sprawl on his back, whereupon the shop guy was able to administer a few swift kicks to said loser trash before he managed to escape. No point in bothering the cops about it.

regards
Stovepipe

wilkie2006 · 30-12-2011 04:38AM

Hootanany wrote: »

Just went in to my local shop chap in front had just bought something, anyway his change was about 8 to 12 cent in fiddlers and he told the shopkeep to put in in the boxes i.e charity things Fecker put it in the till when guy walked out should I report this.

Johro wrote: »

Who to? The penny police?

Now, now. If that shopkeeper "found" 8 to 12 cent every day then he could retire with a nice little nest egg after about 8,000 years.

We need to have men looking into it now. Top... men.

Thieving Shopkeeper

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