On Aug 1, 11:37*am, ChattyCathy > wrote:
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The questions are two disparate items:
Is grazing given or theft?

Is prodding produce okay?

Fer example:
In Nancy's post, Dear Ol' Grandpa went through the produce dept.
snagging items and eating them then-and-there with no intention of
paying.

In your question, you intimate that produce that is pinched, poked,
and prodded will be tossed eventually because no one will buy it.
Given what I see at several local grocery stores, this isn't true.
Some customers are willing to simply walk up to a bin, load up a bag
and toss it in the cart, never checking or caring what they are
planning to purchase. Others are capable of viewing a fruit and
through black magic (osmosis of fruit-to-hand-color-to-eye) determine
a fruit's worthiness. Others utilize more (touch) to make their
purchases. The whole difference is a majority of these customers are
going to pay for their final choices.

The Ranger