Is Eating Groceries Before You Pay For Them a Crime?

Do you ever open groceries and nibble while shopping before checking out? Does your toddler? Is that OK? The internet is divided. Join the debate here

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Check this out. There's a wom named Samantha. She posts
this on TikTok. She was at the supermarket with her son,
who had been sick and not eating while he was sick,
but he seemed interested in the yogurt that she bought,
so she gave it to him while they're shopping. Then
she handed the empty yogurt container to the cashier, and
the employee gave her a bad look while she scanned
the yogurt and then threw away the yogurt container. The

(00:21):
cashier actually said, I don't think it's right that people
let their kids eat stuff as they walk around this door,
and the mom said, I don't think it's your job
to give your opinion on what you think. Snap shoot wow.
Some say if you haven't paid it stealing. Others say
that employe should not have been rude to the customer.

(00:43):
What do you think listening this is?

Speaker 2 (00:45):
This has multiple layers, because isn't It's not just about
the fact that the food was eaten and the kid
We'll find that, but it was that the mother was
insulted on her parenting.

Speaker 1 (00:56):
So here's where I would be as a parent if
I had kids in this happened to me, I would
on approach, as I'm walking right up to the cashier
about to unload the groceries from the basket, I would say,
I'm so sorry. My son hasn't been feeling well or
eating and he just really wanted this and I felt
like he needed it. Now, I apologize. If it's a problem,

(01:18):
That's what I would say, and it's diffused, then you
move on. It's true, I don't think employees is gonna
get upset with you when you tell them that your
son has been sick and notty right.

Speaker 2 (01:25):
When you hand over a goofy container of yogurt.

Speaker 1 (01:28):
Yeah, and without an explanation. But I also think the
employee could have been a little bit nicer about it.
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