To the older woman lunching at Snoopy's with her granddaughter (You were wearing yellow, green, and turquoise; your granddaughter was wearing a lime green t-shirt.): You are a thief. Period. There is nothing else that can describe a person who steals. If you do not pay for something, and you take it, you have stolen it. To do this in front of your teenaged granddaughter makes me wonder what you are going to say when she starts shoplifting and taking money from your purse (if she doesn't do that already). Well, maybe you encourage her to take things if she can get away with it. At least you encourage her by your example. I know it's not a lot of money stolen when you order a cup of water (free) and then fill your cup with tea (after checking to see that the clerk wasn't watching you); however, it is still stealing. You should be ashamed.
No, although I wanted to badly. However, I didn't think a public confrontation in front of the family with a lot of small children was appropriate. I did talk to one of the employees about it, however.
i always watched as my mother and father took cups salt shakers, knives from resturants when i was a teen at least 35 yrs ago and i didn't do it, in fact i always felt embarassed that they did and before you ask yes i did say something and was told at first they expectedit and as i got older the answer got rougher so i said nothing. So it all depends on the child the individual what they will feel is right for me , it was just wrong to do it. this just causes the resturants to have to add charges to the rest of us to pay for the people who justify this
Technically, yes. But we all do it because we think we can get away with it most of the time. (Yes, my name is Volleygrl and I am a criminal :lol It's the same with this lady and the drink and the OP's point. Just because it's a little thing that you can get away with most of the time without getting caught doesn't make it okay.
My grandma would do this in a heartbeat. It is a pet peeve of mine. She goes to church three times a week when it comes to "not paying for stuff", she turns a blind eye. :roll: I'll never forget she left Lowe's with a bunch of things, and she noticed on the receipt the cashier forgot to ring up about $50 worth of merchandise. My grandma said it was a "gift from God."
My family and I were having lunch at The Shiny Diner this past Sunday and happen to be looking out the window - saw a lady walk up to the newspaper rack, put in her money, pull down the door, reach in and select a paper -- while doing so, she started "rifling" through the other papers, placed her paper inside the rack, at an angle and proceeded to "slip" coupons from at least 2 other newspapers inside her paper. Picked up her paper and walked away. Came into the restaurant and proceeded to join her family/friends for lunch. As was said before, I didn't confront her because I didn't want to cause a scene in the restaurant, but I did tell the girl at the counter - not that there was anything she could do about it, but I was furious. I will admit that I have been to a station on 42 on Sunday to get a paper, from a rack, and when I put my money in, there have been coupons sitting on top of the paper, and I have taken those - but I would not rifle through a paper to take the coupons. In fact, this has happened twice. It just makes me so mad to see someone to take advantage of others. My son works at a local drugstore and he saw this happen and stated that when he works on Sundays, if someone purchases a newspaper, he has to check after they leave the store, to see if coupons are in the remaining papers. What a sad world we live in when people resort to this type of behavior - whether it be filling an empty cup, taking salt/pepper, cups or coupons.
I actually had a woman come up behind me one day while I was taking a newspaper out of one of those pay boxes. She actually asked if she could grab one while I had it open... :?. Umm... NO. Put your own money in. :twisted:
The Walgreens on Cleveland School you have to buy them inside and you only get a max number (2 I think). I couldn't figure out why because I don't use coupons so my mind didn't go there, but it all makes sense now.
Is it bad that I will order a 1/2 gallon of sweet tea for a large group at Bojangles and when it's empty I refill it and if need be again before I walk out... All I paid for was the sweet tea and they provided the cups... Clearly I think not. The sweet tea is soo good there.
Gammie did her part taking stuff to a cashier to check out. You don't want to embarass the cashier and let her know she made a mistake, or possibly cost her a job.
No wonder merchants have a hard time making a profit. In the example you gave you are clearly stealing from Bojangles!
Well.. if they provided the cups then everyone might just as refill those on the way out the door as well as your 1/2 gallon container. :? I can see refilling a cup, but really... the 1/2 gallon container?
Actually, they offer FREE REFILLS. Doesn't say whether or not you can refill a 1/2 gallon jug? :allears: I don't work there so I don't know the rules.
The newspaper carrier pays for the papers that they put inside those racks. So anything stolen comes out of the carrier's pocket. Not the N&O.
This make sense. A jug costs more than a cup obviously. I wonder if difference in cost in taken into consideration when refilling? I guess the common sense thing to do is ask. :lol: Can I refill this jug for free?
:beathorse: Yeah um Obviously Bojangles is NOT one of those merchants that can't make any money... I read on one of their news reports that one of their locations- Either Western Blvd or 64 Highway Cary/Apex makes enough money to support all the other local Bojangles. I don't remember the specifics but it was pretty astronomical. If that franchise was hurting they would not have opened the 210/40 Location.... They certainly do not see the traffic that either of the other locations.. Even the one at 401/40 location makes bank...
