"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> > The Ranger wrote:
> >> Nancy Young > wrote in message
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> >> [snip]
> >>> I was shocked to see a woman feeding her kid a cup of soup,
> >>> that kind that's in a styrofoam cup
> >
> >> I've also seen people sample the soups with the same spoon, even
> >> though there are six dispensers with signage reading, "Sample away
> >> but please use clean utensils." The shock and dismay these clods
> >> display at being called on their gauche behavior is sadistically
> >> entertaining.
> >>
> >> Hit them one person at a time but hit 'em hard so you leave a lasting
> >> impression.
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> > Um... where do you shop that lets you sample soup? I believe Nancy was
> > referring to something like that Campbell's 'Soup at Hand' thing, not a
> > buffet.
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> Oh, definitely, I didn't realize there could be any confusion, I meant a
> packaged product on the soup aisle. I'm now thinking she must have
> come prepared with a spoon or did she steal a plastic one from the
> disposable plates aisle?
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> At any rate, it wouldn't have even struck me as strange if she'd taken
> the container with her to pay for it. I've opened stuff in the store if I
> *really* needed to eat or whatever, but I paid for the product.

I've done that as well. A few times, when my blood sugar was too low and I
knew I wasn't going to be able to either wait for check out or leave and get
something somewhere else. Especially when I was first diagnosed and we were
still trying to find the right dosage...hypos could just hit me out of
nowhere! It's a kind of one track mind panick-y feeling. But I did take the
empty juice bottle or whatever to the check out with me and pay for it.

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> Honest, I never heard of being able to sample the soup at the salad
> bar. I wouldn't like that.

When Von's first put in the soup bar, the samples did alot to get people to
try and then buy the soups. They supplied spoons and small souffle cups.


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> > I do, however, agree with your basic message. Don't teach your children
> > to
> > shoplift. Uh uh, you can't have a handful of grapes off that bunch. We
> > *all* pay for theft in the long run.
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> I'm with you. I only think of one place where it's common to see people
> eating the whole time they shop, ****es me off. Produce market. I don't
> mean just test one grape. I mean the whole bunch.
>
> nancy

I'm glad you clarified, because there is, IMHO, a difference between eating
a grape, or cherry or whatnot to see if they're good and eating a handful or
a bunch. Heck, the produce guy at my local store often asks people if they'd
like to try a grape or a cherry or strawberry.

kimberly
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