"Lena B Katz" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Sarah wrote:
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>> "Damsel in dis Dress" > wrote in message
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>>> Crash and I did some serious grocery shopping last night, and I was so
>>> disgusted. In the (soda) pop aisle, we found a nearly empty plastic
>>> bottle
>>> of Mountain Dew. Later, we found a partially eaten roll of Rolo
>>> candies.
>>> These people have no class, and they're thieves!
>>>
>>> The greeter guy at another store recently told us of having to clean up
>>> after mothers who left dirty diapers in carts.
>>>
>>> The world is in a sorry state of affairs when this kind of thing is
>>> happening.
>>>
>>> Any other gross encounters of the shopping kind?
>>>
>>> Carol
>>> --
>>> Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon
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>> I saw a pensioner (the guy must hae been 80) stuffing his face as fast as
>> he
>> could at the grape display, it was not a pretty sight, he had no shame
>> even
>> when my 3 year old pointed out that the man was stealing grapes!
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> No shame? You're the one with no shame, lady.
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> Growing up in a small town, you see a lot of people who can't afford food
> for their kids... I've known people who worked at grocery stores, who
> deliberately turned a blind eye to people they knew couldn't afford
> produce for their kids.(to the point of putting out almost-rotten produce
> for them to take) I mean, you've got a consistent customer, who buys what
> they can afford, when they can afford it, and who occasionally takes food.
> This isn't the person who steals because they want to. It 's not the
> person who steals cars for a joyride. It's a person who finds that they
> can't afford enough to feed their kids.
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> I can hope that that old man was suffering from some form of dementia, and
> didn't realize where he was.
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>
> Lena

Hey no shame I'm a nurse working 75 hours some weeks to look after my
family, with self respect and knowing right from wrong. Not all old people
are little old dears, who wouldn't cheat you out of your well earned wages.
Just ask a no win no fee attourney!