Scott en Aztlán wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 22:52:34 -0800, The Real Bev
> > wrote:
>
>
>>>I've seen couples do the equivalent thing. The woman will pull 12
>>>items out of the cart, pay for them, and then stand at the end of the
>>>aisle waiting while her boyfriend pulls the remaining 12 items out of
>>>the cart and pays for them. Then they put all the grocery bags into
>>>the cart and walk out of the store together, load everything into
>>>their car, and drive home.
>>
>>I don't see the problem here. Is there one?
>
>
> They are complying with the letter of the rule, but not the spirit.
> It's morally bankrupt.
>
> As soon as that couple has kids, they'll start adding 12 additoional
> items per kid to their carts in order to exploit the loophole even
> further.
>
Would you feel better if they carried separate baskets with 12 items in
each one and went through the same like? I don't do this but don't
really see what difference it makes.

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