Eating whilst grocery shopping

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You’re shopping for groceries, you pick up something, put it in your trolley…but feel the temptation to eat it there and then…

Do you give into that temptation? :faizy:

I do that a lot with olives from the deli section. I get a huge tub of the stuff…and by the time i get to the checkout to pay, they’re all gone… so i make them scan the empty tub… the weird looks i get are priceless :smiley:

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Re: Eating whilst grocery shopping

I used to do that also. Its ok if the package has a bar code so they can scan it anyways but produce that only can be bought by weight (nuts, grapes, cherries) were bothering me (the munching part)...

Once I made the cashier charge me for one extra pound of grapes because I guesstimated that is how much I ate while shopping.

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Re: Eating whilst grocery shopping

haha, I do that all the time..... i never get weird looks.... probably because I have my daughter with me :p

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Re: Eating whilst grocery shopping

TLK, i’ve had to do that with grapes once before, cos the kids and Mr Maroush started munching on them…:hehe:

MIA, i can’t really blame the empty olive tub on my youngest who’s with me when i shop as he’s only 4 months old! :phati: I like to shop when my daughters are at school…but thanks for the tip… i shall take my girls with me next time!! :smiley:

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Re: Eating whilst grocery shopping

haha.. same as I answered in TLK's thread.. bakery items and drinks.. I get the empty bags and bottles scanned :D

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Weird I did that once here in CAnada .... was thirsty so drank water and gave the cashier the empty bottle...she looked at my like I had committed a crime ...what the heck woman...

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^hhahahah

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I do it all the time.....I'm in Canada......and I've never had a weird look.....I just hand it to them, smile and say "I couldn't wait".

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I can never eat something before I pay.............dont know why...........

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why not just go thru self checkout to avoid embarassing looks :)

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I used to do this quite a lot - usually because we do our grocery shop early in the day and I'm known to skip breakfast! I hear that some other customers take offence when they see other customers walking around eating food that hasn't yet been paid for. But, they can mind their own business, I pay for it - so will eat it when I choose to do so :D