SCs who abandon items

[zzapp the witch]

Worst I've ever done is find something that my kid's stuck in the cart without my seeing, and asking the cashier to set it back (since I'm halfway through the transaction) and apologizing, and making whichever kid did it apologize, too.

[Drakstern]

I wish people had been so subtle at the Big Raptor...

The worst we ever had was, one time, someone left an entire cart full of perishables- frozen, dairy, meat, and deli, no cans at all- sitting FIVE FEET from the frozen food department on Christmas Eve, when we're so busy that EVERYONE working is at the front running register, bagging, or getting carts.

To top it off, none of the other customers, the many many others who came through, bothered to tell us about it. They just left it. We found it as we closed the store.

Total cost of spoiled food? Almost three hundred dollars. Not to mention half an hour of cleaning up the gunk that pooled under the cart.

[kurisu7885]

I wish people had been so subtle at the Big Raptor...

The worst we ever had was, one time, someone left an entire cart full of perishables- frozen, dairy, meat, and deli, no cans at all- sitting FIVE FEET from the frozen food department on Christmas Eve, when we're so busy that EVERYONE working is at the front running register, bagging, or getting carts.

To top it off, none of the other customers, the many many others who came through, bothered to tell us about it. They just left it. We found it as we closed the store.

Total cost of spoiled food? Almost three hundred dollars. Not to mention half an hour of cleaning up the gunk that pooled under the cart.

It almost seems as if it was done on purpose.

[Department stores *sigh*]

once had two people (that i think i posted about since that exchange almost ended up in bloodshed) leave their food in Home E. Not just potatoe chips and stuff. I mean cooked goods from the resteraunt shop that they didnt want anymore >.<

[Jester]

The SC's who throw stuff around REALLY peeve me off at the mall.

Well, I did something like that in college, but not exactly in the same way you describe it.

See, I would walk into a grocery store with my friend Marc. And as I walked down the aisle, I would toss various items his way. As in TOSS. Over my shoulder. Without looking. Anyone who has seen "Animal House" gets the basic idea.

To Marc's credit, he never dropped a thing. This without me ever warning him that I was going to do this.

To my credit, this was all stuff I was buying. I wasn't just tossing RANDOM items his way, but stuff I needed for that day's/the next day's cooking.

[kurisu7885]

Well, I did something like that in college, but not exactly in the same way you describe it.

See, I would walk into a grocery store with my friend Marc. And as I walked down the aisle, I would toss various items his way. As in TOSS. Over my shoulder. Without looking. Anyone who has seen "Animal House" gets the basic idea.

To Marc's credit, he never dropped a thing. This without me ever warning him that I was going to do this.

To my credit, this was all stuff I was buying. I wasn't just tossing RANDOM items his way, but stuff I needed for that day's/the next day's cooking.

That I don't mind, atl east if another customer doesn't get blindisded by a pack of Oreos.

[Becks]

Because of course, nothing complements a display of tabloids better than a wedged-in ham & cheese hero.

I don't know...I mean, blocks of warm swiss cheese DO add that certain something...

[Rapscallion]

It almost seems as if it was done on purpose.

I remember hearing of a case when a load of customers did that, though the shop in question had done something rather arbitrary and had parents arrested for telling their child to shut up or something. One of the tricks was to do just that as an organised protest, though I can't remember the full details.

Rapscallion

[kurisu7885]

I remember hearing of a case when a load of customers did that, though the shop in question had done something rather arbitrary and had parents arrested for telling their child to shut up or something. One of the tricks was to do just that as an organised protest, though I can't remember the full details.

Rapscallion

Doesn't that cause a health hazard, like when PETA throws animal blood on people?

[Rapscallion]

Only if the store tries to sell it on after refreezing. Standard policy for such is to throw temperature-uncontrolled items, to coin a phrase, out.

Rapscallion

[Jester]

That I don't mind, atl east if another customer doesn't get blindisded by a pack of Oreos.

Er, um....that never happened when we were frollicking in the market aisles.

[kurisu7885]

Only if the store tries to sell it on after refreezing. Standard policy for such is to throw temperature-uncontrolled items, to coin a phrase, out.

Rapscallion

The good ol hole i nthe wall.

[DesignFox]

Doesn't that cause a health hazard, like when PETA throws animal blood on people?

They DO that...? o_0

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

They DO that...? o_0

Indeed they do, particularly if you are wearing a fur or leather jacket.

Anyhoo, I always make a point of returning my unwanted items to their place on the shelf. It's just the polite thing to do. Plus I hate finding sour milk stashed behind the bathroom towels just as much as the next person does.

[Enjis]

Indeed they do, particularly if you are wearing a fur or leather jacket.

Anyhoo, I always make a point of returning my unwanted items to their place on the shelf. It's just the polite thing to do. Plus I hate finding sour milk stashed behind the bathroom towels just as much as the next person does.

They do it to rich old ladies wearing fancy furs, but they DON'T do it to biker guys wearing leather...wonder why?

Also, about Meijer's Thrifty Acres, the store that started this thread. They don't call it 'Thrifty Acres' for nothing! It's one of my favorite stores, and it's HUGE. I must admit that I can understand (almost) a busy mom not returing a toy to the toy department when she decides she does not want it. The toy area is WAY far from the food section.
BUT, that being said, there is NO excuse for leaving perisable foods in non-cooler areas. None. And 'hiding' it? Why do they DO that? Is it out of shame (because they don't want anyone to see them doing something they know is wrong?) or is it because they really are dirty rats who like to play 'pranks'? ("HEE HEE, someone is gonna get a stinky surprise when they reach for this can of peas! Melted ice cream! HEE HEE!")