In article >,
"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote:

> "ffu" > wrote in message
> >
> > Not a personal attack at all, just stating a fact concerning this topic.
> > A muffin squeeze is not a criminal offence, they didn't even give the
> > girls the
> > chance to pay for the product. Want to bet the company has lost business
> > because of this fiasco? Poor customer treatment spread by word of mouth,
> > newspaper, or internet can be a powerful deterent against shopping there.
>
> Just stating fact., damaging goods that makes them usalable is a criminal
> act, petty as it is.

I guess we'll just have to take your word that you are very familiar
with the laws of England. I barely know the laws of the US, where I
live. I certainly don't know the laws of England. These "criminals"
were teenagers, age not specified. They may not know much about *any*
laws. That's why children are treated differently than adults when they
break laws. To add insult to injury, these teens were also not from
England, they were from Italy. That makes it even less likely that they
know the laws of England.

> Was it handled properly? I was not there so I don't know. It may have
> started out as a simple incident that escalated.

If the store wanted to be really harsh, they should have tried to make
the girls pay for the muffins they squeezed. It was about US$1, for
purposes of comparison for you and I. The girls would have thought
twice about squeezing the muffins next time if they had to pay for them.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA