Pregnant mom arrested for forgetting to pay for sandwich

[OnyxCog]

The Onyx Cog has something to say about this.

First. Wouldn't it be the cashier or deli workers fault for not making them pay for the sandwiches during checkout?

Second. The fact that the manager had no clue that the child would be taken away is absolute crap. You are having two people arrested what do you think is gonna happen to the child is she going with her parents to booking?

Third. I hope that this manager is fired and spit upon in society because of his retardation.

[Wiztopia]

How dare that store manager not have any common sense!

Yes, because common sense = "I'm going to break store policy and risk my job for a potential shoplifter because she's pregnant."

Common sense = Letting them pay and not having them arrested. The couple were stupid too. They should have just threw $10 at him and left with their groceries.

[Conserative Morality]

Common sense = Letting them pay and not having them arrested. The couple were stupid too. They should have just threw $10 at him and left with their groceries.

Common sense = Letting shoplifters go free by just paying. We've already been over why that's a fucking stupid idea.

[Wiztopia]

Common sense = Letting them pay and not having them arrested. The couple were stupid too. They should have just threw $10 at him and left with their groceries.

Common sense = Letting shoplifters go free by just paying. We've already been over why that's a fucking stupid idea.

Letting people who already paid for $50 worth of groceries go free is not a stupid idea.

[Volnotova]

And in the end, all the bureaucracy involved cost more then those groceries.

(Repeat ad infinitum)

[Keronians]

Common sense = Letting them pay and not having them arrested. The couple were stupid too. They should have just threw $10 at him and left with their groceries.

Common sense = Letting shoplifters go free by just paying. We've already been over why that's a fucking stupid idea.

We have?

[The Murtunian Tribes]

And in the end, all the bureaucracy involved cost more then those groceries.

(Repeat ad infinitum)

The bureaucracy must expand to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy.

[Dyakovo]

Common sense = Letting shoplifters go free by just paying. We've already been over why that's a fucking stupid idea.

We have?

Yes. Whether you agree with the conclusion or not, it has been gone over...
*nods*

[Geilinor]

I agree they should have been given a chance to pay for it, the police overreacted, but what difference does it make that she's pregnant? She shouldn't receive special treatment when it comes to paying for things, if that's what you're saying.

[Joshuahood]

They should have remembered to pay. It was an overreaction on the store's part, though.

And do people actually eat things from a store before they pay for them?

I saw a woman start eating out of a box of chocolates while waiting in line to pay for them. I wanted to slap her, it was that stupid. Just pay for it, then gorge yourself

[The Black Forrest]

Please people.

Let this one die. It's been argued to death and about every possible tangent has been mentioned.

Let it die........

[Wiztopia]

They should have remembered to pay. It was an overreaction on the store's part, though.

And do people actually eat things from a store before they pay for them?

I saw a woman start eating out of a box of chocolates while waiting in line to pay for them. I wanted to slap her, it was that stupid. Just pay for it, then gorge yourself

Because there is totally something wrong with eating while in line. Those damn scumbag thieves should all have their asses beat.

[Dazchan]

Common sense = Letting shoplifters go free by just paying. We've already been over why that's a fucking stupid idea.

Letting people who already paid for $50 worth of groceries go free is not a stupid idea.

A lot of the people I went to school with were shoplifters. You know what? Every single one of them would buy something while shoplifting. They did this for two reasons:
1. It made the checkout operator less likely to suspect them of shoplifting in the first place, and
2. If they were caught, they could claim that they forgot about the Mars bar in their pocket

You're quick to call the manager a "retard" for following policy, yet you're ignorant of how shoplifters work.

[Wiztopia]

Letting people who already paid for $50 worth of groceries go free is not a stupid idea.

A lot of the people I went to school with were shoplifters. You know what? Every single one of them would buy something while shoplifting. They did this for two reasons:
1. It made the checkout operator less likely to suspect them of shoplifting in the first place, and
2. If they were caught, they could claim that they forgot about the Mars bar in their pocket

You're quick to call the manager a "retard" for following policy, yet you're ignorant of how shoplifters work.

Doesn't matter. They should have just left after giving him the $10. Also not every single person buys something while shoplifting.

[Dazchan]

Doesn't matter. They should have just left after giving him the $10.

Why? If they were genuine shoplifters, then they would be encouraged to do it over and over again.

Also not every single person buys something while shoplifting.

Because that's totally what I said.

[Wiztopia]

Doesn't matter. They should have just left after giving him the $10.

Why? If they were genuine shoplifters, then they would be encouraged to do it over and over again.

Also not every single person buys something while shoplifting.

Because that's totally what I said.

They probably weren't. Either way we can establish that they were stupid for not leaving after giving him $10. That is what you implied.

[Dazchan]

Why? If they were genuine shoplifters, then they would be encouraged to do it over and over again.



Because that's totally what I said.

They probably weren't.

I found your problem.

That is what you implied.

No, I really didn't. I stated that every shoplifter I knew does that. The implication is that it is common, not universal.

[Ovisterra]

Pretty heartless store owner. I mean come on. She honestly forgot to pay for the sandwich, and she then offered to do it when she realized, but that's not enough for Mister Head Up His Own Ass the manager, who obviously hasn't heard of a thing called "an honest mistake".

[Cill Charthaigh]

The store did overreact and yes, it was wrong to detain them. But why the hell does it matter that she's pregnant?

[The Alma Mater]

The store did overreact and yes, it was wrong to detain them. But why the hell does it matter that she's pregnant?

Being forgetful and hungry are symptoms of being pregnant, making the story that it was not done on purpose slightly more likely.

[Tekania]

Pretty heartless store owner. I mean come on. She honestly forgot to pay for the sandwich, and she then offered to do it when she realized, but that's not enough for Mister Head Up His Own Ass the manager, who obviously hasn't heard of a thing called "an honest mistake".

It was a manager, not owner. The manager was merely following company policy because he likes being able to have a job which provides him with income to feed himself and have a dry place to sleep.

[Wiztopia]

They probably weren't.

I found your problem.

That is what you implied.

No, I really didn't. I stated that every shoplifter I knew does that. The implication is that it is common, not universal.

And your problem is assuming they were.

Also yes you were. "yet you're ignorant of how shoplifters work."

[Dazchan]

I found your problem.



No, I really didn't. I stated that every shoplifter I knew does that. The implication is that it is common, not universal.

And your problem is assuming they were.

Well, we can assume they shoplifted, because they did. I have made no comment on the intention, other than to note that they were treated no differently to any other shoplifter who was caught.

Also yes you were. "yet you're ignorant of how shoplifters work."

Which you are, as demonstrated by your inability to comprehend that some shoplifters do, in fact, make a purchase to disguise their theft.

[Dyakovo]

Pretty heartless store owner. I mean come on. She honestly forgot to pay for the sandwich, and she then offered to do it when she realized, but that's not enough for Mister Head Up His Own Ass the manager, who obviously hasn't heard of a thing called "an honest mistake".

I like how you assume that she couldn't possibly be lying...

[Dakini]

The store did overreact and yes, it was wrong to detain them. But why the hell does it matter that she's pregnant?

Being forgetful and hungry are symptoms of being pregnant, making the story that it was not done on purpose slightly more likely.

Her husband was pregnant too? The stories don't really play this up, but they do mention that *two* sandwiches were eaten, but only ever mention *one* being eaten by the pregnant woman. What's her husband's excuse for forgetting?

Also, I have friends who have had babies recently, somehow they've managed to avoid pigging out in a store and then "forgetting" to pay for what they ate. Being pregnant doesn't turn a woman into a retard for 9 months.