We went to Costco today, it was remarkably empty, no one
in line for gas, not too many people in the store. Cool.
I was in a hunt to find the steam mop I wanted and left Ron
with the cart.

He stepped away look look at something and caught a woman
make a sneaky move and stole the only thing in the cart!
My coupon book!

Why he didn't say anything, I don't know. I think he was just
astonished. Bad enough my name and address are on the book,
my written shopping list was in there, a good size list.
Don't worry, I didn't forget to get the bananas. Heh.

Good thing my bag wasn't in there, we be sealing the entrance.
Thief on the loose.

nancy

On Monday, March 23, 2015 at 11:24:21 AM UTC-6, Nancy Young wrote:
> We went to Costco today, it was remarkably empty, no one
> in line for gas, not too many people in the store. Cool.
> I was in a hunt to find the steam mop I wanted and left Ron
> with the cart.
>
> He stepped away look look at something and caught a woman
> make a sneaky move and stole the only thing in the cart!
> My coupon book!
>
> Why he didn't say anything, I don't know. I think he was just
> astonished. Bad enough my name and address are on the book,
> my written shopping list was in there, a good size list.
> Don't worry, I didn't forget to get the bananas. Heh.
>
> Good thing my bag wasn't in there, we be sealing the entrance.
> Thief on the loose.
>
> nancy

Geez, I thought is was Squertzy taking a nice roast out of your cart
like he bragged about doing one time with another customer's cart.
==============

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
> We went to Costco today, it was remarkably empty, no one
> in line for gas, not too many people in the store. Cool.
> I was in a hunt to find the steam mop I wanted and left Ron
> with the cart.
>
> He stepped away look look at something and caught a woman
> make a sneaky move and stole the only thing in the cart!
> My coupon book!
> Why he didn't say anything, I don't know. I think he was just
> astonished. Bad enough my name and address are on the book,
> my written shopping list was in there, a good size list.
> Don't worry, I didn't forget to get the bananas. Heh.

Phew at least you got the important stuff <g>


> Good thing my bag wasn't in there, we be sealing the entrance.
> Thief on the loose.

I would be reporting the thief no matter what they had stolen!!!

--
http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/

On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 13:24:15 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

>We went to Costco today, it was remarkably empty, no one
>in line for gas, not too many people in the store. Cool.
>I was in a hunt to find the steam mop I wanted and left Ron
>with the cart.
>
>He stepped away look look at something and caught a woman
>make a sneaky move and stole the only thing in the cart!
>My coupon book!
>
>Why he didn't say anything, I don't know. I think he was just
>astonished. Bad enough my name and address are on the book,
>my written shopping list was in there, a good size list.
>Don't worry, I didn't forget to get the bananas. Heh.
>
>Good thing my bag wasn't in there, we be sealing the entrance.
>Thief on the loose.
>
>nancy

Weird thing is that you do not need the coupons there at all. In all
the years I have shopped there, I was never denied a sale price
because I did not have the book. For a while hey wanted you to show an
app on your phone, but that lasted about 3 months, then they just went
back to automatically granting the sales price.

Missing shopping lists are something else altogether,of course. Cause
for war.

Boron

On 3/23/2015 7:24 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
> We went to Costco today, it was remarkably empty, no one
> in line for gas, not too many people in the store. Cool.
> I was in a hunt to find the steam mop I wanted and left Ron
> with the cart.
>
> He stepped away look look at something and caught a woman
> make a sneaky move and stole the only thing in the cart!
> My coupon book!
>
> Why he didn't say anything, I don't know. I think he was just
> astonished. Bad enough my name and address are on the book,
> my written shopping list was in there, a good size list.
> Don't worry, I didn't forget to get the bananas. Heh.
>
> Good thing my bag wasn't in there, we be sealing the entrance.
> Thief on the loose.
>
> nancy

Maybe you should move to a better neighborhood. :-)

On 3/23/2015 2:28 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On 3/23/2015 7:24 AM, Nancy Young wrote:

>> He stepped away look look at something and caught a woman
>> make a sneaky move and stole the only thing in the cart!
>> My coupon book!

> Maybe you should move to a better neighborhood. :-)

It might seem like it, but I don't actually live at Costco.
(laugh)

babct

On 3/23/2015 8:50 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 3/23/2015 2:28 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> On 3/23/2015 7:24 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>>> He stepped away look look at something and caught a woman
>>> make a sneaky move and stole the only thing in the cart!
>>> My coupon book!
>
>> Maybe you should move to a better neighborhood. :-)
>
> It might seem like it, but I don't actually live at Costco.
> (laugh)
>
> babct
>

Ha ha, my understanding is that the nicest neighborhoods are near the
spices.

On 3/23/2015 2:20 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 13:24:15 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:

>> He stepped away look look at something and caught a woman
>> make a sneaky move and stole the only thing in the cart!
>> My coupon book!

> How hard would it have been to track her down in the store and grab
> that shit back away from her?

A middle aged white lady with a dark coat, only seen from
behind, carrying a Costco coupon book in Costco? You're right!
He only pointed out three other women he thought it could be
in our travels.

By the time I returned, she was long gone from the area or
I would have gotten the stupid thing back. Ron didn't think about the
address on the book business (like she's going to come to my house
or something ... I'd just rather she didn't have it), he's not
going to turn on his remarkable powers of intimidation over a
coupon book you can replace at the front desk.

If he knew my shopping list was in there ... that would have
changed things.

Actually, I wasted some time looking into people's carts, I thought
he meant that someone had walked off with the wrong cart. Hell,
I've done that.

> I had some lady and her daughter put a bunch of items into my cart
> from their hand-carry basket and then took all my stuff out of the
> cart and put it into her now-empty hand basket and then leave the
> basket right there on the floor.

That is just ballsy. What the hell.

> I tracked her down and emptied her
> cart out onto the floor, put my hand basket inside (so she couldn't
> use it again), then announced loudly to the rest of the shoppers
> within 40 feet, "Everybody better watch their carts because this lady
> will try and steal it!" (daughter looks at mom all ****ed off and
> embarrassed and mother has smirk on her face - that bitch).

Meanwhile everyone's thinking she just walked off with your cart
by accident.

> What is it with me and shopping carts? I love em!

You're a magnet for shopping cart madness.

nancy

On 3/23/2015 2:24 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 13:24:15 -0400, Nancy Young
> > wrote:

>> Why he didn't say anything, I don't know. I think he was just
>> astonished. Bad enough my name and address are on the book,
>> my written shopping list was in there, a good size list.

> Weird thing is that you do not need the coupons there at all. In all
> the years I have shopped there, I was never denied a sale price
> because I did not have the book. For a while hey wanted you to show an
> app on your phone, but that lasted about 3 months, then they just went
> back to automatically granting the sales price.

For a long time I would have to hand them the coupons to get the
price (hello, I'm a member, see the card? Why do I have to clip
coupons?), then I learned if you gave them one coupon, all the sale
prices would ring up.

Then they finally went to the clipless coupons but you had to
show the book (or your app). Day 1 I asked the cashier Do I
really need to bring my book? No. She just laughed.

Frankly, I think I only brought the book because it had my list
in there and it wouldn't get lost that way. so much for that.

> Missing shopping lists are something else altogether,of course. Cause
> for war.

Right? (laugh) Those big stores, I walk in and immediately
forget half the stuff I needed. Hence, the. list.

nancy

On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 14:02:28 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 08:28:05 -1000, dsi1 wrote:
>
>> On 3/23/2015 7:24 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
>>> We went to Costco today, it was remarkably empty, no one
>>> in line for gas, not too many people in the store. Cool.
>>> I was in a hunt to find the steam mop I wanted and left Ron
>>> with the cart.
>>>
>>> He stepped away look look at something and caught a woman
>>> make a sneaky move and stole the only thing in the cart!
>>> My coupon book!
>>>
>>> Why he didn't say anything, I don't know. I think he was just
>>> astonished. Bad enough my name and address are on the book,
>>> my written shopping list was in there, a good size list.
>>> Don't worry, I didn't forget to get the bananas. Heh.
>>>
>>> Good thing my bag wasn't in there, we be sealing the entrance.
>>> Thief on the loose.
>>
>> Maybe you should move to a better neighborhood. :-)
>
>This is proof she lives in a good neighborhood. If it was a bad
>neighborhood people wouldn't steal stuff out of your cart for fear of
>getting shot.
>
>-sw

Did you see the Arizona Walmart thing this a.m.?
Janet US

On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 15:07:16 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

>On 3/23/2015 2:24 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:

>> Missing shopping lists are something else altogether,of course. Cause
>> for war.
>
>Right? (laugh) Those big stores, I walk in and immediately
>forget half the stuff I needed. Hence, the. list.
>
>nancy

I now keep the list on my phone by direct typing or email it to an
addy I pick up on the phone.

On 3/23/2015 2:59 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On 3/23/2015 8:50 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
>> On 3/23/2015 2:28 PM, dsi1 wrote:

>>> Maybe you should move to a better neighborhood. :-)
>>
>> It might seem like it, but I don't actually live at Costco.
>> (laugh)

> Ha ha, my understanding is that the nicest neighborhoods are near the
> spices.

You're right, we shouldn't have been dawdling near the riff raff
hanging around the cell phone booth.

nancy

On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 13:24:15 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

>We went to Costco today, it was remarkably empty, no one
>in line for gas, not too many people in the store. Cool.
>I was in a hunt to find the steam mop I wanted and left Ron
>with the cart.
>
>He stepped away look look at something and caught a woman
>make a sneaky move and stole the only thing in the cart!
>My coupon book!

If he saw her take the book why didn't he say something?

>Why he didn't say anything, I don't know. I think he was just
>astonished. Bad enough my name and address are on the book,
>my written shopping list was in there, a good size list.
>Don't worry, I didn't forget to get the bananas. Heh.
>
>Good thing my bag wasn't in there, we be sealing the entrance.
>Thief on the loose.
>
>nancy

If that was all there was in the cart and no one nearby said anything
it'd be easy for someone to think the cart and contents were
abandoned... if your husband was distracted the person taking your
book may even have asked "anyone's cart?"... no one replied so she
took the coupons. Maybe when she sees your contact info she will turn
it in to customer service... were it me I'd think it better to turn it
in than leave it there when no one claimed the cart. Truth is it's
mostly your fault for not taking your stuff with you, and for not
telling your husband to keep an eye on your stuff. I've often seen
unattended carts with a woman's bag just sitting there and fully open
with the wallet hanging halfway out. Once I stayed and waited till
the women returned, took a good five minutes. When I informed her
about leaving her bag she quickly looked to see her wallet was still
there and gave me a look like she thought I had taken something. She
didn't thank me for watching her bag, she didn't say a word and just
walked off in a huff. Now when I see a cart with a handbag unattended
I just get far away.

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
> We went to Costco today, it was remarkably empty, no one
> in line for gas, not too many people in the store. Cool.
> I was in a hunt to find the steam mop I wanted and left Ron
> with the cart.
>
> He stepped away look look at something and caught a woman
> make a sneaky move and stole the only thing in the cart!
> My coupon book!
>
> Why he didn't say anything, I don't know. I think he was just
> astonished. Bad enough my name and address are on the book,
> my written shopping list was in there, a good size list.
> Don't worry, I didn't forget to get the bananas. Heh.
>
> Good thing my bag wasn't in there, we be sealing the entrance.
> Thief on the loose.
>
> nancy

Maybe she thought it was an empty cart and someone left the coupon book in
it? I have seen people leave coupons in carts for others to use at
supermarkets. Probably not, but just a thought.

Cheri

On 3/23/2015 10:00 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 3/23/2015 2:59 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> On 3/23/2015 8:50 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
>>> On 3/23/2015 2:28 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>
>>>> Maybe you should move to a better neighborhood. :-)
>>>
>>> It might seem like it, but I don't actually live at Costco.
>>> (laugh)
>
>> Ha ha, my understanding is that the nicest neighborhoods are near the
>> spices.
>
> You're right, we shouldn't have been dawdling near the riff raff
> hanging around the cell phone booth.
>
> nancy
>

Hee hee.

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
> On 3/23/2015 2:24 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
>> On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 13:24:15 -0400, Nancy Young
>> > wrote:
>
>>> Why he didn't say anything, I don't know. I think he was just
>>> astonished. Bad enough my name and address are on the book,
>>> my written shopping list was in there, a good size list.
>
>> Weird thing is that you do not need the coupons there at all. In all
>> the years I have shopped there, I was never denied a sale price
>> because I did not have the book. For a while hey wanted you to show an
>> app on your phone, but that lasted about 3 months, then they just went
>> back to automatically granting the sales price.
>
> For a long time I would have to hand them the coupons to get the
> price (hello, I'm a member, see the card? Why do I have to clip
> coupons?), then I learned if you gave them one coupon, all the sale
> prices would ring up.
>
> Then they finally went to the clipless coupons but you had to
> show the book (or your app). Day 1 I asked the cashier Do I
> really need to bring my book? No. She just laughed.
>
> Frankly, I think I only brought the book because it had my list
> in there and it wouldn't get lost that way. so much for that.
>
>> Missing shopping lists are something else altogether,of course. Cause
>> for war.
>
> Right? (laugh) Those big stores, I walk in and immediately
> forget half the stuff I needed. Hence, the. list.

Without a list, I have to go down each aisle to look at everything to see if
I need it I keep my list on my phone these days, that way I am sure to
have it with me.


--
http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/

"Boron Elgar" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 15:07:16 -0400, Nancy Young
> > wrote:
>
>>On 3/23/2015 2:24 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
>
>>> Missing shopping lists are something else altogether,of course. Cause
>>> for war.
>>
>>Right? (laugh) Those big stores, I walk in and immediately
>>forget half the stuff I needed. Hence, the. list.
>>
>>nancy
>
> I now keep the list on my phone by direct typing or email it to an
> addy I pick up on the phone.

I add to the list on my phone as and when I think of something.

--
http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/

On 2015-03-23 1:24 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> We went to Costco today, it was remarkably empty, no one
> in line for gas, not too many people in the store. Cool.
> I was in a hunt to find the steam mop I wanted and left Ron
> with the cart.
>
> He stepped away look look at something and caught a woman
> make a sneaky move and stole the only thing in the cart!
> My coupon book!
>
> Why he didn't say anything, I don't know. I think he was just
> astonished. Bad enough my name and address are on the book,
> my written shopping list was in there, a good size list.
> Don't worry, I didn't forget to get the bananas. Heh.
>
> Good thing my bag wasn't in there, we be sealing the entrance.
> Thief on the loose.
>
There are lots of honest, law abiding citizens who may not be aware that
there are a lot of thieves around. People are warned not to leave
valuables unattended in carts.

A couple years ago I was in a discount grocery store in Niagara Falls
and I spotted a woman pulling a fast one with bundles of asparagus. It
is the only time I have ever seen asparagus sold by the bundle rather
than by the pound. She would grab two bundles of asparagus and then
very deftly remove about 1/3 of the spears from one bundle and slip them
into the other and then return the small one to the bunker. She did that
with a number of them. I dropped a dime on her on the way out, telling
the cashier what I had seen and leaving a description of the woman...
the only Phillippino in the store.

On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 08:28:05 -1000, dsi1
> wrote:

>On 3/23/2015 7:24 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
>> We went to Costco today, it was remarkably empty, no one
>> in line for gas, not too many people in the store. Cool.
>> I was in a hunt to find the steam mop I wanted and left Ron
>> with the cart.
>>
>> He stepped away look look at something and caught a woman
>> make a sneaky move and stole the only thing in the cart!
>> My coupon book!
>>
>> Why he didn't say anything, I don't know. I think he was just
>> astonished. Bad enough my name and address are on the book,
>> my written shopping list was in there, a good size list.
>> Don't worry, I didn't forget to get the bananas. Heh.
>>
>> Good thing my bag wasn't in there, we be sealing the entrance.
>> Thief on the loose.
>>
>> nancy
>
>Maybe you should move to a better neighborhood. :-)

Bothell is supposed to be nice.

On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 17:37:30 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>A couple years ago I was in a discount grocery store in Niagara Falls
>and I spotted a woman pulling a fast one with bundles of asparagus. It
>is the only time I have ever seen asparagus sold by the bundle rather
>than by the pound.

It's usually sold in bundles in Aus.

On 3/23/2015 5:12 PM, Cheri wrote:
>
> "Nancy Young" > wrote

>> He stepped away look look at something and caught a woman
>> make a sneaky move and stole the only thing in the cart!
>> My coupon book!

> Maybe she thought it was an empty cart and someone left the coupon book
> in it? I have seen people leave coupons in carts for others to use at
> supermarkets. Probably not, but just a thought.

I can understand why you'd consider that, except Ron said
she totally took a guilty look and scooped it up and made
off with it. All furtive-like.

I trust his judgement on that, he knows what he saw, just
not enough to recognize her again. She didn't walk up like
hey, look, a coupon book! and pause, it's like she scoped it
out and made off with it.

He thought it was weird but hey, it doesn't have any value.
He just waited for me to show up and said You don't need that
coupon book, do you? Heh.

nancy

On 2015-03-23 5:45 PM, wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 17:37:30 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> A couple years ago I was in a discount grocery store in Niagara Falls
>> and I spotted a woman pulling a fast one with bundles of asparagus. It
>> is the only time I have ever seen asparagus sold by the bundle rather
>> than by the pound.
>
> It's usually sold in bundles in Aus.
>
>

It is usually sold in bundles here in Canada, but priced by the pound.
That was the only time I ever saw it sold her unit priced by the bundle.
If it had been priced by the pound there would have been no point in
her sleight of hand.

On 2015-03-23 5:46 PM, Nancy Young wrote:

> He thought it was weird but hey, it doesn't have any value.
> He just waited for me to show up and said You don't need that
> coupon book, do you? Heh.
>

I have a low tolerance for stuff like that. I would have confronted her.
.... like the lady on the walking trail who cleaned up her dog's crap,
looked around and then dropped the bag on the edge of the trail. I
asked stopped and asked if she thought it was a good idea for her to
leave her dog's shit in a bag for someone else to pick up. She said it
must have slipped out her hand. Yeah... right.

On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 15:19:30 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:


snip
>
>Walmart always brings out the best in people. And they shouldn't
>letting people camp out in their cars in the parking lot for days on
>end. Or is that a new service they offer?
>
>-sw
A couple of years ago they issued a statement to the effect they would
no longer allow camper trailers etc to overnight in the parking lot. I
haven't heard anything about cars.
Janet US

On 3/23/2015 5:29 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "Nancy Young" > wrote

>> Right? (laugh) Those big stores, I walk in and immediately
>> forget half the stuff I needed. Hence, the. list.
>
> Without a list, I have to go down each aisle to look at everything to
> see if I need it I keep my list on my phone these days, that way I am
> sure to have it with me.

I think the most I could do with my phone is text myself a list.

I don't have a smart phone. And I don't even carry a phone,
generally.

nancy

On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 21:33:53 -0000, "Ophelia"
> wrote:

>

>I use Out of Milk but I don't use it on line. I use it directly from the
>phone. ie I don't have to log into anything, I just open it up.

If you have it on your phone and you downloaded it and gave it
requested permissions, it has access to things and at some point will
collect that data.

It doesn't harm you in any way unless it is leaked somehow, and even
then, odds are in your favor nothing will happen...

On 3/23/2015 4:32 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> I've often seen
> unattended carts with a woman's bag just sitting there and fully open
> with the wallet hanging halfway out. Once I stayed and waited till
> the women returned, took a good five minutes. When I informed her
> about leaving her bag she quickly looked to see her wallet was still
> there and gave me a look like she thought I had taken something. She
> didn't thank me for watching her bag, she didn't say a word and just
> walked off in a huff. Now when I see a cart with a handbag unattended
> I just get far away.

I occasionally see women leave their purse in the "baby seat" of a
shopping cart and just walk off. I truly don't understand it. It's
just an invitation for someone to grab your purse/bag/whatever and walk
off with it. I keep my purse/bag on my shoulder at all times, even when
I move my cart to the side and walk a few paces away to look at some
items. It's just common sense... something a lot of people don't seem
to have much of.

Jill

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
> We went to Costco today, it was remarkably empty, no one
> in line for gas, not too many people in the store. Cool.
> I was in a hunt to find the steam mop I wanted and left Ron
> with the cart.
>
> He stepped away look look at something and caught a woman
> make a sneaky move and stole the only thing in the cart!
> My coupon book!
>
> Why he didn't say anything, I don't know. I think he was just
> astonished. Bad enough my name and address are on the book,
> my written shopping list was in there, a good size list.
> Don't worry, I didn't forget to get the bananas. Heh.
>
> Good thing my bag wasn't in there, we be sealing the entrance.
> Thief on the loose.
>
> nancy

This sort of thing is often reported on coupon forums. And back in the day,
popular toys such as Cabbage Patch dolls and Transformers were stolen out of
carts. I once had an elderly woman going through my cart in a Fred Meyer.
I wanted a pastry brush and for some reason they were located on two
different aisles. I was walking back and forth between the aisles without
moving my cart to compare them. The woman's daughter got her out of my cart
and apologized for her behavior.

I love it when some spaced out person puts something in my cart. That has
happened a few times.

On 3/23/2015 5:45 PM, Jeßus wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 17:37:30 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> A couple years ago I was in a discount grocery store in Niagara Falls
>> and I spotted a woman pulling a fast one with bundles of asparagus. It
>> is the only time I have ever seen asparagus sold by the bundle rather
>> than by the pound.
>
> It's usually sold in bundles in Aus.
>
>
Aparagus is sold in bundles where I live in the USA, too. And I'm not
talking about a "discount grocery store" (whatever that may be).

Jill

On Monday, March 23, 2015 at 3:15:18 PM UTC-7, Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 21:33:53 -0000, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
>
> >
>
> >I use Out of Milk but I don't use it on line. I use it directly from the
> >phone. ie I don't have to log into anything, I just open it up.
>
> If you have it on your phone and you downloaded it and gave it
> requested permissions, it has access to things and at some point will
> collect that data.
>
> It doesn't harm you in any way unless it is leaked somehow, and even
> then, odds are in your favor nothing will happen...


Huh, well, I have no way of knowing. I have many apps on my phone and I have no evidence of anyone gathering any info though I'm not naive enough to think they don't.

My latest one was developed by Ellen Degeneris called "Heads Up' and I'm sure she is not the least bit interested in my personal info.

Nellie

On 3/23/2015 5:37 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2015-03-23 1:24 PM, Nancy Young wrote:

>> He stepped away look look at something and caught a woman
>> make a sneaky move and stole the only thing in the cart!
>> My coupon book!

> A couple years ago I was in a discount grocery store in Niagara Falls
> and I spotted a woman pulling a fast one with bundles of asparagus. It
> is the only time I have ever seen asparagus sold by the bundle rather
> than by the pound. She would grab two bundles of asparagus and then
> very deftly remove about 1/3 of the spears from one bundle and slip them
> into the other and then return the small one to the bunker.

That would bug the hell out of me. And it's obvious she's been
getting away with it for who knows how long since she had the
process down pat.

> She did that
> with a number of them. I dropped a dime on her on the way out, telling
> the cashier what I had seen and leaving a description of the woman...
> the only Phillippino in the store.

I hope they found a way to put a stop to that. They probably
couldn't do much unless they had her on surveillance. I'm glad
you clued them in.

nancy

On Monday, March 23, 2015 at 3:56:15 PM UTC-7, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 3/23/2015 5:37 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2015-03-23 1:24 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>
> >> He stepped away look look at something and caught a woman
> >> make a sneaky move and stole the only thing in the cart!
> >> My coupon book!
>
> > A couple years ago I was in a discount grocery store in Niagara Falls
> > and I spotted a woman pulling a fast one with bundles of asparagus. It
> > is the only time I have ever seen asparagus sold by the bundle rather
> > than by the pound. She would grab two bundles of asparagus and then
> > very deftly remove about 1/3 of the spears from one bundle and slip them
> > into the other and then return the small one to the bunker.
>
> That would bug the hell out of me. And it's obvious she's been
> getting away with it for who knows how long since she had the
> process down pat.
>
> > She did that
> > with a number of them. I dropped a dime on her on the way out, telling
> > the cashier what I had seen and leaving a description of the woman...
> > the only Phillippino in the store.
>
> I hope they found a way to put a stop to that. They probably
> couldn't do much unless they had her on surveillance. I'm glad
> you clued them in.
>
> nancy


Yeah, me too. Once I watched a woman peeling tangerines and feeding them to her kids right there in produce. She must have seen me staring and put out her hand with a few slices in them and offered them to me. Whoa, no sense of wrong-doing at all.

Nellie

jmcquown > wrote:
> On 3/23/2015 5:45 PM, Jeßus wrote:
>> On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 17:37:30 -0400, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> A couple years ago I was in a discount grocery store in Niagara Falls
>>> and I spotted a woman pulling a fast one with bundles of asparagus. It
>>> is the only time I have ever seen asparagus sold by the bundle rather
>>> than by the pound.
>>
>> It's usually sold in bundles in Aus.
>>
>>
> Aparagus is sold in bundles where I live in the USA, too. And I'm not
> talking about a "discount grocery store" (whatever that may be).
>
> Jill

I bought asparagus for dinner tonight, actually. It was sold in a bundle,
but priced by weight at $3.59 per pound.
--
jinx the minx

On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 17:37:30 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>A couple years ago I was in a discount grocery store in Niagara Falls
>and I spotted a woman pulling a fast one with bundles of asparagus. It
>is the only time I have ever seen asparagus sold by the bundle rather
>than by the pound. She would grab two bundles of asparagus and then
>very deftly remove about 1/3 of the spears from one bundle and slip them
>into the other and then return the small one to the bunker. She did that
>with a number of them. I dropped a dime on her on the way out, telling
>the cashier what I had seen and leaving a description of the woman...
>the only Phillippino in the store.

Soon to be a major motion pictu The Asparagus Thief.

Smuggled into this country as a child and coerced into a life of
crime, living on discount asparagus and too much of it ... or was this
just her cover story?

J.

On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 15:31:33 -0700 (PDT), Nellie
> wrote:

>On Monday, March 23, 2015 at 3:15:18 PM UTC-7, Boron Elgar wrote:
>> On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 21:33:53 -0000, "Ophelia"
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >
>>
>> >I use Out of Milk but I don't use it on line. I use it directly from the
>> >phone. ie I don't have to log into anything, I just open it up.
>>
>> If you have it on your phone and you downloaded it and gave it
>> requested permissions, it has access to things and at some point will
>> collect that data.
>>
>> It doesn't harm you in any way unless it is leaked somehow, and even
>> then, odds are in your favor nothing will happen...
>
>
>Huh, well, I have no way of knowing. I have many apps on my phone and I have no evidence of anyone gathering any info though I'm not naive enough to think they don't.
>
>My latest one was developed by Ellen Degeneris called "Heads Up' and I'm sure she is not the least bit interested in my personal info.
>
>Nellie

No one is interested in you or your information as in identified
individual. All the data is aggregated and used to target advertising
or develop marketing strategy and sold off that way.

Go read up on it.

http://www.acxiom.com/

http://www.comscore.com/

http://www.google.com/analytics/

On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 15:31:33 -0700 (PDT), Nellie
> wrote:

>On Monday, March 23, 2015 at 3:15:18 PM UTC-7, Boron Elgar wrote:
>> On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 21:33:53 -0000, "Ophelia"
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >
>>
>> >I use Out of Milk but I don't use it on line. I use it directly from the
>> >phone. ie I don't have to log into anything, I just open it up.
>>
>> If you have it on your phone and you downloaded it and gave it
>> requested permissions, it has access to things and at some point will
>> collect that data.
>>
>> It doesn't harm you in any way unless it is leaked somehow, and even
>> then, odds are in your favor nothing will happen...
>
>
>Huh, well, I have no way of knowing. I have many apps on my phone and I have no evidence of anyone gathering any info though I'm not naive enough to think they don't.
>
>My latest one was developed by Ellen Degeneris called "Heads Up' and I'm sure she is not the least bit interested in my personal info.
>
>Nellie


OH - that Ellen app? This is what it tracks and has access to....

In-app purchases
Identity
find accounts on the device
Photos/Media/Files
modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
read the contents of your USB storage
Camera
take pictures and videos
Microphone
record audio
Other
full network access
view network connections

On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 14:12:07 -0700, "Cheri" >
wrote:

>
>"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
>> We went to Costco today, it was remarkably empty, no one
>> in line for gas, not too many people in the store. Cool.
>> I was in a hunt to find the steam mop I wanted and left Ron
>> with the cart.
>>
>> He stepped away look look at something and caught a woman
>> make a sneaky move and stole the only thing in the cart!
>> My coupon book!
>>
>> Why he didn't say anything, I don't know. I think he was just
>> astonished. Bad enough my name and address are on the book,
>> my written shopping list was in there, a good size list.
>> Don't worry, I didn't forget to get the bananas. Heh.
>>
>> Good thing my bag wasn't in there, we be sealing the entrance.
>> Thief on the loose.
>>
>> nancy
>
>Maybe she thought it was an empty cart and someone left the coupon book in
>it? I have seen people leave coupons in carts for others to use at
>supermarkets. Probably not, but just a thought.
>
>Cheri

I often leave coupons on shelves for others to use.

On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 17:37:30 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2015-03-23 1:24 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>> We went to Costco today, it was remarkably empty, no one
>> in line for gas, not too many people in the store. Cool.
>> I was in a hunt to find the steam mop I wanted and left Ron
>> with the cart.
>>
>> He stepped away look look at something and caught a woman
>> make a sneaky move and stole the only thing in the cart!
>> My coupon book!
>>
>> Why he didn't say anything, I don't know. I think he was just
>> astonished. Bad enough my name and address are on the book,
>> my written shopping list was in there, a good size list.
>> Don't worry, I didn't forget to get the bananas. Heh.
>>
>> Good thing my bag wasn't in there, we be sealing the entrance.
>> Thief on the loose.
>>
>There are lots of honest, law abiding citizens who may not be aware that
>there are a lot of thieves around. People are warned not to leave
>valuables unattended in carts.
>
>A couple years ago I was in a discount grocery store in Niagara Falls
>and I spotted a woman pulling a fast one with bundles of asparagus. It
>is the only time I have ever seen asparagus sold by the bundle rather
>than by the pound. She would grab two bundles of asparagus and then
>very deftly remove about 1/3 of the spears from one bundle and slip them
>into the other and then return the small one to the bunker. She did that
>with a number of them.

Here they sell asparagus bundled with a couple rubberbands but still
they are weighed at the check out... as I'm shopping I snap the
bottoms off, why pay for compost. I remove the damaged outer leaves
from produce too... and I shake off all that spritz water, can make a
head of leaf lettuce weigh double.

On Monday, March 23, 2015 at 4:53:18 PM UTC-7, Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 15:31:33 -0700 (PDT), Nellie
> > wrote:
>
> >On Monday, March 23, 2015 at 3:15:18 PM UTC-7, Boron Elgar wrote:
> >> On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 21:33:53 -0000, "Ophelia"
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >>
> >> >I use Out of Milk but I don't use it on line. I use it directly from the
> >> >phone. ie I don't have to log into anything, I just open it up.
> >>
> >> If you have it on your phone and you downloaded it and gave it
> >> requested permissions, it has access to things and at some point will
> >> collect that data.
> >>
> >> It doesn't harm you in any way unless it is leaked somehow, and even
> >> then, odds are in your favor nothing will happen...
> >
> >
> >Huh, well, I have no way of knowing. I have many apps on my phone and I have no evidence of anyone gathering any info though I'm not naive enough to think they don't.
> >
> >My latest one was developed by Ellen Degeneris called "Heads Up' and I'm sure she is not the least bit interested in my personal info.
> >
> >Nellie
>
> No one is interested in you or your information as in identified
> individual. All the data is aggregated and used to target advertising
> or develop marketing strategy and sold off that way.
>
> Go read up on it.
>
> http://www.acxiom.com/
>
> http://www.comscore.com/
>
> http://www.google.com/analytics/



Yep, yep, I believe it, kind of. Good luck to them if they can cull any valuable info from my several photo apps, my Night Sky, my Light Trac, etc.

Nellie

On Monday, March 23, 2015 at 4:55:59 PM UTC-7, Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 15:31:33 -0700 (PDT), Nellie
> > wrote:
>
> >On Monday, March 23, 2015 at 3:15:18 PM UTC-7, Boron Elgar wrote:
> >> On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 21:33:53 -0000, "Ophelia"
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >>
> >> >I use Out of Milk but I don't use it on line. I use it directly from the
> >> >phone. ie I don't have to log into anything, I just open it up.
> >>
> >> If you have it on your phone and you downloaded it and gave it
> >> requested permissions, it has access to things and at some point will
> >> collect that data.
> >>
> >> It doesn't harm you in any way unless it is leaked somehow, and even
> >> then, odds are in your favor nothing will happen...
> >
> >
> >Huh, well, I have no way of knowing. I have many apps on my phone and I have no evidence of anyone gathering any info though I'm not naive enough to think they don't.
> >
> >My latest one was developed by Ellen Degeneris called "Heads Up' and I'm sure she is not the least bit interested in my personal info.
> >
> >Nellie
>
>
> OH - that Ellen app? This is what it tracks and has access to....
>
> In-app purchases
> Identity
> find accounts on the device
> Photos/Media/Files
> modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
> read the contents of your USB storage
> Camera
> take pictures and videos
> Microphone
> record audio
> Other
> full network access
> view network connections


Hmmm, not sure about this, but since I live in the hotbed of app designers, it will be easy to find out.

My USB storage, whaaaat?

Nellie