This happened to me when my youngest was still in a pram. You know the drill, supermarket shopping with a pram, nowhere to put all your shopping so you stick one or two bits in the hood of the pram until you get to the till.
Im afraid the items never made it out of the hood of the pram until I got home.
It was too late by then. Terrible of me, I know but I just kept them but I did make sure that it never happened again.
Omg, the embarrasment if I had been stopped on my way out of the shop.
Louise xx
Ps is it just my emoticons not working. grrrrrrrrrrrr.
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Aww...
Refreshing but after all your glowing cheeks and all just imagine how well it would have worked covering your blushes.. and for free lol..
Not sure I/we would have been brave enough to have gone back in after though.. lovely to think you did.
A big big
and a bigger 
and even a :therethere:
Well done...
Mike xx
Refreshing but after all your glowing cheeks and all just imagine how well it would have worked covering your blushes.. and for free lol..
Not sure I/we would have been brave enough to have gone back in after though.. lovely to think you did.
A big big
and a bigger and even a :therethere: Well done...
Mike xx
Sex God
they contributed to the stresses on your face......
should`ve just thought of it as a reward for your custom....bet they never do buy one get one free on it!!!!!
last winter...me hubby and kids had flu...
they wouldn`t sell me the littluns calpol ,with 2 packs of paracetamol....had to queue up at customer services....Mr was taking the trolley to unload in the car....he got fed up waiting ....but he beeped when he went thru the exit....I had the receipt so I had to go rescue him.....n I didnt beep....no way was I going back to the q with the calpol!!!!!
should`ve just thought of it as a reward for your custom....bet they never do buy one get one free on it!!!!!
last winter...me hubby and kids had flu...
they wouldn`t sell me the littluns calpol ,with 2 packs of paracetamol....had to queue up at customer services....Mr was taking the trolley to unload in the car....he got fed up waiting ....but he beeped when he went thru the exit....I had the receipt so I had to go rescue him.....n I didnt beep....no way was I going back to the q with the calpol!!!!!
Sex God
you don't need wrinkle cream
and if you do, just stick on of your shopping bags over your head thus saving money and helping the environment :giggle:
and if you do, just stick on of your shopping bags over your head thus saving money and helping the environment :giggle:
Sex God
It wasn't your face i ws looking at 
:rascal:
:rascal: Sex God
i've never missed an item at the self scan so not sure but i have been undercharged for items several times and have kept quiet, it's the cashier responsibility to get it right and inform you before you leave, if they overcharge you and you leave you don't get a refund do you?
Now go get that outfit on yer bloody Klepto
Now go get that outfit on yer bloody Klepto
Varca I was in similar retail mode, assorted cheese's pepperoni fresh baked french stick and bottle of port.
Now I knew she had not wiped the magnetic thing on the bottle of port so i knew the bleep would go off but could not be arsed to return. So went through expecting to be stopped after bleep went off, but twice now its gone off and not been stopped, maybe i have that innocent look about me :moon:
Now I knew she had not wiped the magnetic thing on the bottle of port so i knew the bleep would go off but could not be arsed to return. So went through expecting to be stopped after bleep went off, but twice now its gone off and not been stopped, maybe i have that innocent look about me :moon:
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... So went through expecting to be stopped after bleep went off, but twice now its gone off and not been stopped, maybe i have that innocent look about me :moon:
Pointless slightly related information:
Did you know if you take library books into one of the larger book shops (and many other types of stores) - you will set off the beepers :shock:
Quote by PoloLady
... So went through expecting to be stopped after bleep went off, but twice now its gone off and not been stopped, maybe i have that innocent look about me :moon:
Pointless slightly related information:
Did you know if you take library books into one of the larger book shops (and many other types of stores) - you will set off the beepers :shock:
Also pacemakers, hearing aids and some memory cards/sticks can activate EAS (Electronic Article Surveillance) (aka beepers ) gates in most stores. So if you're a deaf person with a pacemaker fitted, leave the digi-cam at home
You did the right thing though Varca as CCTV is everywhere. Even though you had no intention to steal the product, the minute you had placed it inside the orange bag knowingit hadn't been paid for you could have been dragged back into the store and faced a possible £80 on the spot fine, or, with a previous conviction, prosecution :shock: plus a police car ride from the store
Would have saved on the taxi I guess.... ;) I'm with BiWelshMinx on this one. Don't take the risk.
About Varca's self service sillyness, at a local store, Asba might be its name, they introduced self service last year and I was a fan at first but a few months back I was checking my goods through and 2 yobs behind me started harassing me and in this store there was no security available despite my requesting it from the person supervising the 4 self checkouts. So although I do sometime shop at that store (I like their fruit and veg offerings) I never use the self checkout as it puts a person at risk as you have to concentrate on your purchases and handling your own security (wallet etc) and as Varca posted, the self service units often get their knickers in a twist over something or other.
About Varca's self service sillyness, at a local store, Asba might be its name, they introduced self service last year and I was a fan at first but a few months back I was checking my goods through and 2 yobs behind me started harassing me and in this store there was no security available despite my requesting it from the person supervising the 4 self checkouts. So although I do sometime shop at that store (I like their fruit and veg offerings) I never use the self checkout as it puts a person at risk as you have to concentrate on your purchases and handling your own security (wallet etc) and as Varca posted, the self service units often get their knickers in a twist over something or other.
I had a similar experience a few years ago. I was in one of those pubs where you get served and pay the waiter/waitress.
The bill came to (can't remember but let's say ) I took out a "£10 note" and gave it to the young waitress. She gave me back $ obviously thinking I had paid with a £20 note!
Within a fraction of a second, I realised that the waitress had made a costly mistake, at her expense. I thought hard and fast about what to do. I remembered all the fat profits that that chain has been making, the number of broken relationships due to people drinking to excess in that pub (and others!), the huge amount the government rakes in in the form of taxes on alcohol, the unfairly excessive price of alcohol anyway, the fact that I had to walk home and needed a taxi -- and then I looked at the angelic face of the young waitress, probably a student doing holiday work who would probably have that £10 mistake taken out of her wages -- and then, I just called her back and explained her mistake while handing her back that £10 note, which she gracefully accepted.
I left the pub, happy and pleased with myself.
When I got home, and had another look at the contents of my wallet, I then realised that in fact I HAD paid with a £20 note in the first place.
Well, there you go. Believing in angels can sometimes cost you £10 a pop!
The bill came to (can't remember but let's say ) I took out a "£10 note" and gave it to the young waitress. She gave me back $ obviously thinking I had paid with a £20 note!
Within a fraction of a second, I realised that the waitress had made a costly mistake, at her expense. I thought hard and fast about what to do. I remembered all the fat profits that that chain has been making, the number of broken relationships due to people drinking to excess in that pub (and others!), the huge amount the government rakes in in the form of taxes on alcohol, the unfairly excessive price of alcohol anyway, the fact that I had to walk home and needed a taxi -- and then I looked at the angelic face of the young waitress, probably a student doing holiday work who would probably have that £10 mistake taken out of her wages -- and then, I just called her back and explained her mistake while handing her back that £10 note, which she gracefully accepted.
I left the pub, happy and pleased with myself.
When I got home, and had another look at the contents of my wallet, I then realised that in fact I HAD paid with a £20 note in the first place.
Well, there you go. Believing in angels can sometimes cost you £10 a pop!
Awwww Varca you took it back!!
I would have done too - and have done. I was doing some Christmas shopping about 3 years ago and went into BodyShop to get a few bits and pieces.
The young girl at the counter charged my debit card something when it should have been £22 something.
When I pointed it out she looked very relieved and whispered "Thanks I'm new!" whilst going a little red.
I would have done too - and have done. I was doing some Christmas shopping about 3 years ago and went into BodyShop to get a few bits and pieces.
The young girl at the counter charged my debit card something when it should have been £22 something.
When I pointed it out she looked very relieved and whispered "Thanks I'm new!" whilst going a little red.
I was xmas shopping one year and I saw a woman with money hanging out of her back pocket. It would have been easy. But I told her about it. She was grateful.
A lot of stuff gets nicked by kids during shopping trips. They are usually not easy to spot below the check in desk. As most parents will testify.
I often get a freebie when shopping for things, just by realising a genuine mistake has occurred and benefitting from it. Most of us probably do the same.
A lot of stuff gets nicked by kids during shopping trips. They are usually not easy to spot below the check in desk. As most parents will testify.
I often get a freebie when shopping for things, just by realising a genuine mistake has occurred and benefitting from it. Most of us probably do the same.
you get it back the other way though twice in same fast food outlet 2 or 3 guys come in and order food then change their mind about 4-5 times then hand over money, then they ask for it back to change it then give it back get the poor person confused, then say they gave a £20 when it was a £5 this scum make a living out of it 
Orgasminator
feck me ive just read all that post and decided that you can type as much as you can talk!!!!!!!!!!
but either way its always as enthralling
caught my eye as always darl :P
wheres the icon for "it counter balances getting ripped off on the short taxi ride when you put foundation,unpaid for,in yr handbag" ????
but it always feels good being so honest and money cant buy such a thing .
you good moral minded citizen.
mmmmmmmmmwwwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaa!!!
but either way its always as enthralling
caught my eye as always darl :P
wheres the icon for "it counter balances getting ripped off on the short taxi ride when you put foundation,unpaid for,in yr handbag" ????
but it always feels good being so honest and money cant buy such a thing .
you good moral minded citizen.
mmmmmmmmmwwwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaa!!!
Sex God
I can remember a time when my Dad took the family to London to see relatives (1970's - ish) and we went into somewhere in town that had a multi-storey car park which for us all was very exciting as we lived very rurally in the Cotswolds.
On coming back after yomping around endless concrete streets with my Dad saying "This was the first place i ever ....." etc countlees times. Enthralling us (yawn - a 10 n 12 year old boys) of his youthful adventures.
Getting to our car (a gold Vauxhall Viva no less! ) He let himself in and as we were getting in there was a shout from a bloke.
My Dad had only got in the wrong car on the wrong level of the carpark :shock: The bloke was doing his nut!! Thinking that my Dad was nicking it.
As he was just getting a bit punchy not trying to listen to my Dads protestations of innocence. Dad pulled out his warrant card as he was a copper (obviously) to which the bloke started shouting about that as he was a oopper he shouldnt be able to get away with stuff like that etc. At the time it was bit frightening but my brother and I have dined out on that numerous times since to my Dads annoyance.
On coming back after yomping around endless concrete streets with my Dad saying "This was the first place i ever ....." etc countlees times. Enthralling us (yawn - a 10 n 12 year old boys) of his youthful adventures.
Getting to our car (a gold Vauxhall Viva no less!
) He let himself in and as we were getting in there was a shout from a bloke. My Dad had only got in the wrong car on the wrong level of the carpark :shock: The bloke was doing his nut!! Thinking that my Dad was nicking it.
As he was just getting a bit punchy not trying to listen to my Dads protestations of innocence. Dad pulled out his warrant card as he was a copper (obviously) to which the bloke started shouting about that as he was a oopper he shouldnt be able to get away with stuff like that etc. At the time it was bit frightening but my brother and I have dined out on that numerous times since to my Dads annoyance.
I'm generally a very honest person but in this instance I'd have trousered the said item and lived with the pending guilt. Purely because these retail emporiums make a huge fortune each year, keep building more and more stores at the expensive of yer local shop keepers who quite often are forced out of business. It was a plain and simple mistake and not pre meditated (we only have your word for it ) so I wouldn't have felt too bad.
) so I wouldn't have felt too bad. what intrigues me on this thread is the mention of the self-serve tills.
never having had the courage to venture near those things, I'm unaware of thier perculiarities... so the *age confirm* moment is news to me... i know... innocent me.
now, I dont drink, so will rarely be buying alcohol in a supermarket, and as far as Im aware, pornography isn't on the shelves twixt pancake mix and polenta flour... so nothing comes to mind where age verification may be needed.
but nor varca has made us aware of this... I see the suprmarkets reason for sadly still having to drag an harrassed supervisor along... it's a socially aware act, protecting the local community with their foresight from what may become a very nasty and dangerous decent into criminal activity at each extreme of the age spectrum.
Picture the scene... outside Tosco's, our local nieghbourhood little treasures are eager for their next fix of UHU or crate of vivid blue paint-stripper-vodka.... what are the poor mights to do?
well...obviously, they'll run amuck in the aisles as usual, filling a trolley with the bright and shiny things to make thier lives complete... and enable them to become completely smashed *down the rec* later... but what to do at the tills...???
well... its not as easy as mugging your old gramps after pension day anymore isit?.. all thier funds now go straight into the bank/PO.. and nor is it as simple as snatching the swipe-card and having it away tothe tills...
no no
Gramps or Gran has tobe dragged to the tills... card snatched from clawed arthritic hand, swiped...then of course *age verification*!!!.. OAP's face pressed to screen in the final struggle for our party-group to get free of the store with thier valid reciept....
dreadfull
but in this fast moving world we live, it wouldn't take long for our senior generation to see the opportunity to sieze once the market had itsself apparent from thier previous abuse... oh yes...
gangs of service providing Grannies would also be hanging around outside wankrose... loitering with intent alongside our shuffling be-hoodied beautifull youth. Circling each other 'til one would break ranks... approach the other witha mumbled 'looking for business?'....
....I hear the marketing/social development offices of the supermarkets saw this developing way before it hadthe opportunity.....
what they predicted was a startling breach of the so far constant *generation-gap*... OAPs would assist the youth on thier shopping expeditions, a kind of self-protection racket.
alco-pop seeking youth could provide their own stolen plastic >as long as it wasn't stolen from know *faces* in the senior-underworld< in return for which, at checkout, the aged-fences would mug-for-scan at the point of *age verification*, instead of mugged-for-cash in the bad old days...
they, the olds, would also benefit from a cut of the spoils... maybe one bottle in five, or somesuch.
the horror!
as the bond twixt oap and sallow youth tribal groupings strengthen... the local supermarket's carparking zones and trolley pick-up areas would descend into a vipers pit the old/young wheeler dealering in glue, cards, pop, vodka, jellie babies and continence products...
so you see,asfar as a little inconvenience to ourselves is concerned,we, for once, have to agree surely that the supermarkets have done the right thing in making us wait for the hassled staff to peek at our own careworn faces, smile sympatheticaly andonly slightly appologetically, before pressing the *yup, old!* button..... don't you agree?
ass for the foundation, next time you pinchsome varca, chuck it my way. ta
lp
never having had the courage to venture near those things, I'm unaware of thier perculiarities... so the *age confirm* moment is news to me... i know... innocent me.
now, I dont drink, so will rarely be buying alcohol in a supermarket, and as far as Im aware, pornography isn't on the shelves twixt pancake mix and polenta flour... so nothing comes to mind where age verification may be needed.
but nor varca has made us aware of this... I see the suprmarkets reason for sadly still having to drag an harrassed supervisor along... it's a socially aware act, protecting the local community with their foresight from what may become a very nasty and dangerous decent into criminal activity at each extreme of the age spectrum.
Picture the scene... outside Tosco's, our local nieghbourhood little treasures are eager for their next fix of UHU or crate of vivid blue paint-stripper-vodka.... what are the poor mights to do?
well...obviously, they'll run amuck in the aisles as usual, filling a trolley with the bright and shiny things to make thier lives complete... and enable them to become completely smashed *down the rec* later... but what to do at the tills...???
well... its not as easy as mugging your old gramps after pension day anymore isit?.. all thier funds now go straight into the bank/PO.. and nor is it as simple as snatching the swipe-card and having it away tothe tills...
no no
Gramps or Gran has tobe dragged to the tills... card snatched from clawed arthritic hand, swiped...then of course *age verification*!!!.. OAP's face pressed to screen in the final struggle for our party-group to get free of the store with thier valid reciept....
dreadfull
but in this fast moving world we live, it wouldn't take long for our senior generation to see the opportunity to sieze once the market had itsself apparent from thier previous abuse... oh yes...
gangs of service providing Grannies would also be hanging around outside wankrose... loitering with intent alongside our shuffling be-hoodied beautifull youth. Circling each other 'til one would break ranks... approach the other witha mumbled 'looking for business?'....
....I hear the marketing/social development offices of the supermarkets saw this developing way before it hadthe opportunity.....
what they predicted was a startling breach of the so far constant *generation-gap*... OAPs would assist the youth on thier shopping expeditions, a kind of self-protection racket.
alco-pop seeking youth could provide their own stolen plastic >as long as it wasn't stolen from know *faces* in the senior-underworld< in return for which, at checkout, the aged-fences would mug-for-scan at the point of *age verification*, instead of mugged-for-cash in the bad old days...
they, the olds, would also benefit from a cut of the spoils... maybe one bottle in five, or somesuch.
the horror!
as the bond twixt oap and sallow youth tribal groupings strengthen... the local supermarket's carparking zones and trolley pick-up areas would descend into a vipers pit the old/young wheeler dealering in glue, cards, pop, vodka, jellie babies and continence products...
so you see,asfar as a little inconvenience to ourselves is concerned,we, for once, have to agree surely that the supermarkets have done the right thing in making us wait for the hassled staff to peek at our own careworn faces, smile sympatheticaly andonly slightly appologetically, before pressing the *yup, old!* button..... don't you agree?
ass for the foundation, next time you pinchsome varca, chuck it my way. ta
lp
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.... Happily she accepted my story and accepted my payment and proceeded to tell me that she had never known anyone do what I had just done before and thanked me for my honesty. As I walked away, she added "If it had been me, I would have pocketed it and said nothing".
So, finally, the point to my ramblings is, if you had found yourself in the same situation, what would you have done and why?
There is only one thing to do, take it back and pay for it. As for the assistant, I would never trust her with anything. If she is willing to rip one person or company off she is willing to rip me off.
Sex God
Quote by varca
I can remember a time when my Dad took the family to London to see relatives (1970's - ish) and we went into somewhere in town that had a multi-storey car park which for us all was very exciting as we lived very rurally in the Cotswolds.
On coming back after yomping around endless concrete streets with my Dad saying "This was the first place i ever ....." etc countlees times. Enthralling us (yawn - a 10 n 12 year old boys) of his youthful adventures.
Getting to our car (a gold Vauxhall Viva no less!
My Dad had only got in the wrong car on the wrong level of the carpark :shock: The bloke was doing his nut!! Thinking that my Dad was nicking it.
As he was just getting a bit punchy not trying to listen to my Dads protestations of innocence. Dad pulled out his warrant card as he was a copper (obviously) to which the bloke started shouting about that as he was a oopper he shouldnt be able to get away with stuff like that etc. At the time it was bit frightening but my brother and I have dined out on that numerous times since to my Dads annoyance.
How was your dad able to get into the other car though, surely the key wouldn’t have worked? I’m just a non driving woman so please humour me :lol2:
Seriously the key fitted fine my Dad protested the same at the time and still does lol
Warming the Bed
Back in the 70's both Ford & Vauxhall were notorious for only having about 20 different key patterns, the others were not much better, once I locked my car door leaving the keys in the ignition, the chap from the RAC spent half an hour trying to get in & failed, someone pulled up in an identical car (hillman avenger) & I borrowed his keys & they worked, then out of curiousity asked the RAC bod to try his ford transit keys & they opened my car as well.
With regard to innocently leaving the store without paying, I would keep going, the supermarkets make billions by paying the farmers buttons (£1 for a whole lamb) & exploiting the staff & the wonderfull 'self-service' tills should be avoided, do you like working for your local supermarket for nothing?
If I'm given too much change I always ask is the change correct, the minions on the tills have to make up any shortages, if they say it is I walk; however if I'm shortchanged.....
With regard to innocently leaving the store without paying, I would keep going, the supermarkets make billions by paying the farmers buttons (£1 for a whole lamb) & exploiting the staff & the wonderfull 'self-service' tills should be avoided, do you like working for your local supermarket for nothing?
If I'm given too much change I always ask is the change correct, the minions on the tills have to make up any shortages, if they say it is I walk; however if I'm shortchanged.....
Sex God
Quote by hairry1
Back in the 70's both Ford & Vauxhall were notorious for only having about 20 different key patterns, the others were not much better, once I locked my car door leaving the keys in the ignition, the chap from the RAC spent half an hour trying to get in & failed, someone pulled up in an identical car (hillman avenger) & I borrowed his keys & they worked, then out of curiousity asked the RAC bod to try his ford transit keys & they opened my car as well.
With regard to innocently leaving the store without paying, I would keep going, the supermarkets make billions by paying the farmers buttons (£1 for a whole lamb) & exploiting the staff & the wonderfull 'self-service' tills should be avoided, do you like working for your local supermarket for nothing?
If I'm given too much change I always ask is the change correct, the minions on the tills have to make up any shortages, if they say it is I walk; however if I'm shortchanged.....
Well from experience of many Minis (the old ones) I can state that you can open the door with just about any key, a hair clip, a 2 pence peace or just about anything that will fit in the lock
failing that just push the window down as the winders seem to have minimal resistance 
Quote by hairry1
With regard to innocently leaving the store without paying, I would keep going, the supermarkets make billions by paying the farmers buttons (£1 for a whole lamb) & exploiting the staff & the wonderfull 'self-service' tills should be avoided, do you like working for your local supermarket for nothing?
If I'm given too much change I always ask is the change correct, the minions on the tills have to make up any shortages, if they say it is I walk; however if I'm shortchanged.....
So the suppermarket exploits it's staff, you would never do such a thing...but you are willing to take money out of their pockets.
the minions on the tills have to make up any shortages
What you mean is the world is a shit place so shit on it?
Have you read Bede? Do the right thing, show an example for others to follow. Mostly they will, eventually.
Sex God
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If I'm given too much change I always ask is the change correct, the minions on the tills have to make up any shortages, if they say it is I walk; however if I'm shortchanged.....
So the suppermarket exploits it's staff, you would never do such a thing...but you are willing to take money out of their pockets.
the minions on the tills have to make up any shortages
What you mean is the world is a shit place so shit on it?
Have you read Bede? Do the right thing, show an example for others to follow. Mostly they will, eventually.
, what he said was:
Quote by hairry1
If I'm given too much change I always ask is the change correct, the minions on the tills have to make up any shortages, if they say it is I walk; however if I'm shortchanged.....
That, to me, reads like he gives them the chance to correct their mistake if they give him too much change, because he knows they'd have to make up the shortfall in their till. If they still miss it, then it's their fault and as he's questioned it, they only have themselves to blame.
Sex God
Quote by Kiss
I was more concerned that he was calling the people on the checkout 'minions'.
In that context, they are minions. They are there to do the job they are paid to do - it wasn't necessarily a derogatory term.
Quote by Freckledbird
I was more concerned that he was calling the people on the checkout 'minions'.
In that context, they are minions. They are there to do the job they are paid to do - it wasn't necessarily a derogatory term.
Unless the original poster is fluent in French and intended it to be a compliment - servile and unimportant could be perceived as derogatory to some!!
