The Ranger wrote:
> Damsel in dis Dress > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>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!
>
> [snip]
>
>>Any other gross encounters of the shopping kind?
>
>
> The hit-and-run eaters are not too big a problem where I live. When I've
> seen it, I call them on it. It can drive SWMBO nuts at times because she's a
> very passive-aggressive Gandhi type; you enact social change through
> non-violence. I'm more, call them now and handle the consequences quickly
> and (in many cases) painfully. Make them fear the reprisals and they'll not
> do it again.
>
> Have you brought this up with the manager? He might be blissfully ignorant
> hiding away in his office all day/night.
>
> The Ranger
>
>


With all due respect, this won't work. Friends of ours own a chain
grocery store. You should hear some of the horror stories. If
someomeone wants to steal, they will find a way. He was telling us of
how shoppers remove those smelly thing refills and put back the empty
container. He told us about customers who actually steal toothpaste.
Then there is the food sampling issue. Another friend who owns a
smaller grocery store tells the same story except his losses are worse.
Go figure! People think this ok?