Sampling or stealing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. The woman was dressed in long skirt, hair was covered but not face. Flip flops. Pedicure. Not overtly religious garb, but definitely non-American traditional garb.

A cross between Jami Gertz/Shakira.

You stated so hard you could do a police sketch of the perp. Orrrrrr you made it all up in your head

[Anonymous]

Stared

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. The woman was dressed in long skirt, hair was covered but not face. Flip flops. Pedicure. Not overtly religious garb, but definitely non-American traditional garb.

A cross between Jami Gertz/Shakira.

What is the point of this description? Are you looking for someone to ID her?

[Anonymous]

OP what do you look like. What were you wearing. Maybe that is why store personnel ignored your report.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I get assistance from a food bank. We get white rice, white bread, and white pasta. The fruit is bananas. The vegetables are carrots and canned or bagged white beans. I don’t know who decides what to put in the food box, but they either think we won’t eat whole grains or whole grains are too expensive. We end up with the unhealthiest version of everything.

I don’t mean to sound like a jerk but even white pasta and white rice can make the basis for some pretty healthy meals depending on what you put on top.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I get assistance from a food bank. We get white rice, white bread, and white pasta. The fruit is bananas. The vegetables are carrots and canned or bagged white beans. I don’t know who decides what to put in the food box, but they either think we won’t eat whole grains or whole grains are too expensive. We end up with the unhealthiest version of everything.

I don’t mean to sound like a jerk but even white pasta and white rice can make the basis for some pretty healthy meals depending on what you put on top.

OMFG, that's the whole point! There's nothing to put on top. Damn...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. The woman was dressed in long skirt, hair was covered but not face. Flip flops. Pedicure. Not overtly religious garb, but definitely non-American traditional garb.

A cross between Jami Gertz/Shakira.

What is the point of this description? Are you looking for someone to ID her?

Op. Someone asked what she looked like. I left it generic in the beginning. But someone persisted. So I gave most of the details. I don’t think that really matters, but for some, it seems like it does.

And for those who said I stared her down, go back and read what I shared. She was right in front of me. Twice. How would I not know what she was wearing? She was stealing right in front of me. Like I said, she probably wouldn’t have stood out if she had used the right container. But that drew my attention. The fact that she immediately got on her cell phone while picking for the nuggets. She was really smooth, but I was there.




Someone said I must have seen someone steal before. Yep, many times. Many not remorseful. Some lives were put in danger.

Like I shared earlier, you end up developing an all or nothing attitude. Either it’s all okay or none of it’s okay, it’s not conditional, really, because everyone can give you a reason as to why they stole, that’s important to them.

[Anonymous]

Op again, I’ve seen several people who have stolen. They’ve lost jobs. Gotten arrested. It’s just not worth it if you ask me. But many of you feel that it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I get assistance from a food bank. We get white rice, white bread, and white pasta. The fruit is bananas. The vegetables are carrots and canned or bagged white beans. I don’t know who decides what to put in the food box, but they either think we won’t eat whole grains or whole grains are too expensive. We end up with the unhealthiest version of everything.

I don’t mean to sound like a jerk but even white pasta and white rice can make the basis for some pretty healthy meals depending on what you put on top.

OMFG, that's the whole point! There's nothing to put on top. Damn...

If pp is using a food bank I’m assuming she also has snap or wic. I don’t think most of these programs are designed to be the only source of food for someone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. The woman was dressed in long skirt, hair was covered but not face. Flip flops. Pedicure. Not overtly religious garb, but definitely non-American traditional garb.

A cross between Jami Gertz/Shakira.

What is the point of this description? Are you looking for someone to ID her?

Op. Someone asked what she looked like. I left it generic in the beginning. But someone persisted. So I gave most of the details. I don’t think that really matters, but for some, it seems like it does.

And for those who said I stared her down, go back and read what I shared. She was right in front of me. Twice. How would I not know what she was wearing? She was stealing right in front of me. Like I said, she probably wouldn’t have stood out if she had used the right container. But that drew my attention. The fact that she immediately got on her cell phone while picking for the nuggets. She was really smooth, but I was there.




Someone said I must have seen someone steal before. Yep, many times. Many not remorseful. Some lives were put in danger.

Like I shared earlier, you end up developing an all or nothing attitude. Either it’s all okay or none of it’s okay, it’s not conditional, really, because everyone can give you a reason as to why they stole, that’s important to them.

Point to the post where somebody asked what she looked like and then "persisted"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I get assistance from a food bank. We get white rice, white bread, and white pasta. The fruit is bananas. The vegetables are carrots and canned or bagged white beans. I don’t know who decides what to put in the food box, but they either think we won’t eat whole grains or whole grains are too expensive. We end up with the unhealthiest version of everything.

I don’t mean to sound like a jerk but even white pasta and white rice can make the basis for some pretty healthy meals depending on what you put on top.

OMFG, that's the whole point! There's nothing to put on top. Damn...

No, the point of your original post was that you receive white rice/pasta instead of whole grain rice/pasta. Or at least that’s how you wrote it. You didn’t even mention putting a protein on top of the rice or pasta… (not pp, but your response was rude to pp and out of proportion!). Also I’m assuming you also get WIC/SNAP and you’re getting free food so it is what it is. You can also BUY whole grain rice/pasta at the store like the rest of us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I get assistance from a food bank. We get white rice, white bread, and white pasta. The fruit is bananas. The vegetables are carrots and canned or bagged white beans. I don’t know who decides what to put in the food box, but they either think we won’t eat whole grains or whole grains are too expensive. We end up with the unhealthiest version of everything.

I don’t mean to sound like a jerk but even white pasta and white rice can make the basis for some pretty healthy meals depending on what you put on top.

OMFG, that's the whole point! There's nothing to put on top. Damn...

If pp is using a food bank I’m assuming she also has snap or wic. I don’t think most of these programs are designed to be the only source of food for someone.

Food banks are for families in crisis. SNAP requires documentation, which can be hard to access for people in some situations (e.g. domestic violence) and can take time to process. WIC is only for families with kids under 5. It also puts up a lot of barriers that can make it hard to access and keep a job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I get assistance from a food bank. We get white rice, white bread, and white pasta. The fruit is bananas. The vegetables are carrots and canned or bagged white beans. I don’t know who decides what to put in the food box, but they either think we won’t eat whole grains or whole grains are too expensive. We end up with the unhealthiest version of everything.

I don’t mean to sound like a jerk but even white pasta and white rice can make the basis for some pretty healthy meals depending on what you put on top.

OMFG, that's the whole point! There's nothing to put on top. Damn...

No, the point of your original post was that you receive white rice/pasta instead of whole grain rice/pasta. Or at least that’s how you wrote it. You didn’t even mention putting a protein on top of the rice or pasta… (not pp, but your response was rude to pp and out of proportion!). Also I’m assuming you also get WIC/SNAP and you’re getting free food so it is what it is. You can also BUY whole grain rice/pasta at the store like the rest of us.

Yep. Imagine complaining about the food someone gave you FOR FREE. Boo hoo the only fruit was banana!!!! Okay? WHITE rice and WHITE pasta, oh the horror!!! Not beans and carrots!! There is literally nothing wrong with any of those things.

[Anonymous]

It’s definitely stealing, but I’d be more annoyed if she was the one consuming the chicken. The poor kid has no choice and has to live with this woman as his mother.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Watched a woman use her child to steal food from the hot bar at premium grocery store.

I was about to grab an item from the hot bar. She was there before me. Then she got on her phone. I noticed the toddler (not infant but 1-2 year old) in the stroller.

What made me look hard was the container she used. She grabbed a soup container from the other side of the bar (instead of the hot bar containers). Then she put about 10 premium chicken nuggets in the container and then handed them to jar daughter to eat.

I thought that maybe she would try to pass them off as soup at the checkout. But no, she had the kid eat the nuggets. I was behind her at checkout. 3 cannolis put on the conveyor while the kid remained hidden in the stroller, finishing up the nuggets.

Security guard was nearby. He did not see it. I told the clerks and she hurried out of the store before anything could have been said. I’m sure that had I not said anything that she would have “sampled” more food.

Disgusted.

Why are you monitoring what other people do, much less post about it? What is your major dysfunction? This isn’t going to affect Jeff.