Shoplifting on a technicality

[squiddna]

There was a sale on eggs the other day. There were two cartons left. Each carton had one broken egg in it

Comments

[ionfish]

The other angle is that supermarkets are bastards and any opportunity to screw them out of a few bob should be taken.

Of course, you may not have bought your eggs in the supermarket, in which case you'll need to find some other way to assuage your guilt.

[ionfish]

Plus of course the distinction between de facto and de jure authority is pretty clear; swapping eggs isn't the kind of thing that we should be preventing, and so while the legislation may have force, it's not moral force.

[moe_from_rb]

I do this on a regular basis. They are selling the EGGS, not the cartons, so if I wish to stack my carton with intact eggs then I may do so.

[squiddna]

Moe's argument is compelling. The tag on the shelf does of course say "one dozen eggs" not "a carton which contained a dozen eggs when it was packed."

[tilga]

dude - have you never been grocery shopping with a woman before? specifically an OLDER woman?
my mom & grandma taught me at a young age that you should not only look for cracked eggs in your carton, but pick them up & turn them to make sure they are not stuck to the carton for some reason.
i forgot the picking up & turning thing once & came home to unload the eggs into my fridge door, only to pull up just half an eggshell on one.
*grr*

but mom & grandma also taught me that when you check your eggs, if one is not to your liking, you trade it for one that is & in another carton.

do you not see old ladies doing this in stores?
where have you BEEN??

sheesh - the south in you is getting too diluted. come home. :p

[squiddna]

I usually just quickly run a finger across the tops. 1) Any egg that isn't cracked on top but is cracked on bottom will stick to the paper carton and won't rattle.
2) If the test passes, I buy the eggs. If it fails, I put it back with the lid open and in all likelihood nobody else is going to buy the carton before an employee notices it. Thus nobody has my fingers all over their eggs.

Picking it up and inspecting it closely is such an old lady way to do things, sheesh.

[tilga]

i am teh old lady!
PH33R M3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!one

:p

[ionfish]

Yeah, me too. :\

[vixenangelita]

Hey do you also take one grape from the bag to taste it and make sure they're okay? Because I do that.

[squiddna]

No, I'm not a goddamn hippie like some people.

[tilga]

don't deny your desires... come to the dark side...

[tilga]

i've never done that but perhaps i should start.
i once bought a bag of the red grapes & didn't wash them for two days after getting them home.
when i did put them in a bowl to wash them off, the bottom 1/2 to 2/3 was covered in some type of cobwebby-mold.
ew.
if i had just opened the bag, maybe i would've noticed that?