That happened to me several time, only once i saw it immediately and told it the woman who was scanning the stuff; she gave me a "i cant believe how dumb you are" stare.

So i thought "fuck you all, i was just being honest, it's your job and i don't mind paying my food" and since then i always enjoy having unscanned item. Especially the time the guy forgot to scan a ps2 game and a pad.

In the end it felt like being honest isn't worth shit. So yeah your free stuff IS more delicious than the paid one.

jello_biafra

United Kingdom6641 Posts

August 01 2010 16:23 GMT

#82

On August 02 2010 00:33 Groslouser wrote:
So yeah your free stuff IS more delicious than the paid one.

The secret ingredient is crime!

I guess it's technically theft illu but not something you could ever be convicted of.

Cambium

United States16368 Posts

August 01 2010 16:26 GMT

#83

On August 02 2010 00:17 illu wrote:

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That's an interesting question. Considering I only bought discount items, I'd say probably they did not earn a net profit

this is totally irrelevant to anything, but you know stores get credits from factories for putting things on sale right? They actually get a bit extra than the discount because the clerks are expected to stock the items more frequently (I guess they use this money to hire more ppl??)

DrTJEckleburg

United States1080 Posts

August 01 2010 16:36 GMT

#84

On August 01 2010 14:01 Zealotdriver wrote:
Keep the watermelon and don't look back. Grocery store cashiers press down on the scale to increase the price you pay for produce that is priced per weight. OP, you are just a little closer to getting an honest deal.

Watermelons almost always have a fixed price as opposed to being weighed, not only that but most grocery store scales can detect if it's simply being pressed down and it will rule the weight unstable. Our cashiers get chewed out for missing items since we're a private store and we cannot afford any unnecessary losses as careless as one like this. $3.00 obviously seems like nothing but so does ten cents for a paper bag. We spend $50,000 a year on handled bags, it adds up. Just my opinion, I think you should go give them the $3.00. Course I'm biased

teh_longinator

Canada725 Posts

August 01 2010 17:12 GMT

#85

I work in a grocery store. If the CASHIER forgets to scan your item and GIVES it to you, then its NOT theft. It would be considered a mistake of the cashier.

Piste

6183 Posts

August 01 2010 17:30 GMT

#86

Once I went to buy some food and beer.
Once I got to home I was wondering how the items were so cheap.
I checked the receipt I noticed that cashier had only taken one bottle of beer into account when I bought 12-pack of them

I say it's not my fault and heck no I was not going to ride back with a bike to the shop.

If the cashier tricks me to carry 11bottles of beers to my home I could as well drink those beers as a payment for that!

Qzy

Denmark1121 Posts

August 01 2010 18:23 GMT

#87

It's not considered theft.. You had "good intensions" therefore not theft

yB.TeH

Germany419 Posts

August 01 2010 18:26 GMT

#88

americans so brainwashed, whatever they do they think it's a crime

UniversalSnip

9871 Posts

August 01 2010 21:35 GMT

#89

On August 02 2010 03:26 Qeet wrote:
americans so brainwashed, whatever they do they think it's a crime

I think we should invent a new game called failscrabble. Your post is high scoring because you packed so much stupidity into only eleven words, and you get a triple phrase score because the OP isn't even american.

I will be watching your future plays with considerable interest.

yB.TeH

Germany419 Posts

August 01 2010 21:36 GMT

#90

so which continent does canada belong to?

decafchicken

United States20159 Posts

August 01 2010 21:38 GMT

#91

The cashier would get fired before you would got in trouble.

GreEny K

Germany7312 Posts

August 01 2010 21:38 GMT

#92

I do that so often. Never notice until I get home because I don't check receipts. I don't think it's my problem because the person did a bad job. If I notice that she doesn't scan it then I tell her but I'm not always paying attention.

UniversalSnip

9871 Posts

August 01 2010 21:43 GMT

#93

On August 02 2010 06:36 Qeet wrote:
so which continent does canada belong to?

Don't even try. Nobody is going to respect you for trying to play that game.

yB.TeH

Germany419 Posts

August 01 2010 21:45 GMT

#94

well i'm not surprised that you can't answer me that simple question

UniversalSnip

9871 Posts

August 01 2010 21:57 GMT

#95

If you're not going to admit you were referring to residents of the US, I'm not going to waste my time forcing you to. It's obvious to everyone, and it's equally obvious how graceless you are in defeat.

so that's that.

yB.TeH

Germany419 Posts

August 01 2010 22:13 GMT

#96

if i would refer to us residents i would write us-americans like everyone else
but you wrote that he isn't from the continent america, lol
it's like telling germans they are not europeans

Symmetry

Canada294 Posts

August 01 2010 22:45 GMT

#97

On August 02 2010 07:13 Qeet wrote:
if i would refer to us residents i would write us-americans like everyone else

Like everyone else? Nobody does that.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/american
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_for_U.S._citizens#Development_of_the_term_.22American.22

yB.TeH

Germany419 Posts

August 01 2010 23:10 GMT

#98

so what, both your links state that american refers to us-americans and/or the citizens of the whole continent, and if your language doesn't distinguish between them, almost every other does, seen in the wikipedia link under "international use"

btw: the stupidity of you guys supports my point

User was warned for this post

UniversalSnip

9871 Posts

August 02 2010 02:32 GMT

#99

You expect me to believe that when you referred to americans you were describing your stereotype of the residents of brazil, canada, jamaica, argentina and chile in addition to those of the united states?

jello_biafra

United Kingdom6641 Posts

August 02 2010 02:43 GMT

#100

On August 02 2010 08:10 Qeet wrote:
so what, both your links state that american refers to us-americans and/or the citizens of the whole continent, and if your language doesn't distinguish between them, almost every other does, seen in the wikipedia link under "international use"

btw: the stupidity of you guys supports my point

Oh god here we go again...

In English the accepted term for someone from the US is 'American'
In many other languages they use the equivalent of "United Statesian" or "US-American"
In English though neither of those really work, so for the last ~250 years at least in the UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand 'American' has been the correct word for someone from the US.