Pick n Pay in broken chocolate row

Honestly I don't care if someone eats in the queue, I don't know if it's a habit or once off, for all I know they're diabetic. What annoys me is people that wait for everything to get rung up then dig for the cash or their debit card.
 
pinball wizard said:
Dunno about theft, but it sure points to a complete lack of self control. I cannot stand people who do this.
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LazyLion said:
People need to learn some self discipline and teach it to their kids as well. We are raising a generation of instant gratification pussies.
My parents taught me to respect other people's stuff. And never mind eating in the shop, we didn't even eat in the car or parking lot. We waited until we got home.
People think everybody else on this planet owes them a favour.
You're not that special.
Grow up. Learn some damn manners.
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You guys should complain to the management. Maybe there's a reward… or they might even name an aisle after you! :)
 
lcbxx said:
I remember seeing a sign in a Spar in a KZN town that read something along the lines of "Eating/Drinking items in this store before payment constitutes theft and patrons will be prosecuted".
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That's an excellent idea.

You should see how many people eat grapes from the open boxes at the local Pick 'n Pay.

Who is going to buy that after half has been eaten?
 
So Pick n Pay will detain me if I place an already broken slab of chocolate in my basket or I carry it in my hand while walking towards the tills?
 
Pitbull said:
Why?
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It is a courtesy to the shop owner and staff. Standard behaviour in a shop is to buy your food, then eat it.

Pitbull said:
I'm paying for it so I'll gladly let my kids have a packet of crisps while I do the shopping without them nagging for other things. Those posting this can only be one of two things:

1. Don't have kids
2. Never take kids shopping
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Firstly whenever I go shopping myself, I make sure I am not hungry as that always influences the way anyone shops. Since children are theoretically human as well, I expect them to behave in a similar way.
Secondly, I have taken small children shopping before. I took the precaution of making sure that they were not hungry upon entering the shop. Lo and behold, since they were not hungry, they were fine.
 
I am not even going to read specific posts and respond to those, just leaving out here what I left on the post on facebook.

Track back 20-30 years when we were kids. You did not touch anything on the shelf when you were forced to go shopping with your parents. You were walking with them, pushing the trolley if you were old enough or sitting in the trolley when you were a toddler.

People need to teach their kids manners and respect.

This will improve a lot of issues we are facing right now.

No I do not condone the way the manager treated the victims/perpetrators but good on PnP brand for trying to sort the victims/perpetrators out with some hampers. At least they are getting an apology.
 
Cray said:
The reason people are only arrested/charged when leaving the store is because is makes it much easier to prove the case, however it is incorrect to assume you are not stealing until leaving the store. The test is intent, did you intend to take something without paying for it, the act of leaving the store simply makes that easier to prove.

http://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/can-i-be-convicted-shoplifting-when-i-never-left-store.htm
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I suppose chucking a wrapper in an isle will constitute intent yes. But consuming it and not hiding the wrapper will then prove intent how unless you leave the actual store without paying.
 
konfab said:
It is a courtesy to the shop owner and staff. Standard behaviour in a shop is to buy your food, then eat it.


Firstly whenever I go shopping myself, I make sure I am not hungry as that always influences the way anyone shops. Since children are theoretically human as well, I expect them to behave in a similar way.
Secondly, I have taken small children shopping before. I took the precaution of making sure that they were not hungry upon entering the shop. Lo and behold, since they were not hungry, they were fine.
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Congratulations! Well done.

Changes nothing :o
 
I'm guilty of taking a few sips of a bottled drink (that I'm buying) while shopping once in a blue moon, but I would never consume other stuff before paying for it. Mainly because I don't feel that it's reasonable to expect a teller to scan your garbage. A sealed drink that's missing a few millilitres isn't the end of the world though imo.
 
Hate it when people break the chocolate slabs on the shelf, also hate it when these things have melted somewhere and the shop sells it to you and you only realise it at home.
 
boxerulez said:
No I do not condone the way the manager treated the victims/perpetrators but good on PnP brand for trying to sort the victims/perpetrators out with some hampers. At least they are getting an apology.
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3min ago

Pick n Pay Hi Timnyc. We have investigated this incident and are truly sorry at what happened at our store. We have had some difficulty finding contact details for our customer but will talk to her as soon as we are able to locate her.

We’ve also spoken to as many people as we can about this incident. While the accounts of what happened differ quite widely, we cannot ever accept that a customer leaves our store distressed. We have addressed this with the franchisee, the security company representative on duty and other employees in the store, and there is no doubt that we could have handled this incident far better than we did
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Vrotappel said:
Hate it when people break the chocolate slabs on the shelf, also hate it when these things have melted somewhere and the shop sells it to you and you only realise it at home.
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Ice cream that has melted and been re-frozen...:mad:
 
So did the child open the chocolate or just break it?
I see many people commenting about how bad it is to eat an item in store and how kids should be taught better.

Is that what happened in this case or is this thread being derailed big time?
 
DA-LION-619 said:
Honestly I don't care if someone eats in the queue, I don't know if it's a habit or once off, for all I know they're diabetic. What annoys me is people that wait for everything to get rung up then dig for the cash or their debit card.
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You want annoying....Dude, you have not endured Checkers Sea Point...and all the Montessori approach to parenting incidents, you can encounter. Kid screaming from the top of its lungs...as they want another ****en bottle of Ben Ten shampoo....and mommy being oblivious ...trying to negotiate a settlement of 'we will discuss this later, in a more familiar environment"
 
PsYTraNc3 said:
So did the child open the chocolate or just break it?
I see many people commenting about how bad it is to eat an item in store and how kids should be taught better.

Is that what happened in this case or is this thread being derailed big time?
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The wrapper was NOT opened.
 
I don't get why people have such difficulty in understanding this.

Do you also drive around a new car on the showroom floor that you just bought, or wait until you get outside?

Kids should be taught very early on that they cannot get everything in life by throwing a tantrum. They will go on to grow up believing that it is a solution to everything.

They will then have to learn it the hard way some day.

You just need to look at the news to see what happens when kids go on to throw tantrums as adults when they don't get their way.
 
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