The Real discuss eating and sampling groceries before purchasing them at the checkout

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Did you know eating groceries you intend to purchase once done shopping is still considered shoplifting? At least to some extent. Hosts on The Real discuss the topic on a recent episode. Adrienne Bailon admits to doing this with a bag of chips while Jeannie Mai says she doesn’t do this with food or produce that must be weighed first. She then

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[analievelyn]

those alarms exist in hell. they are so scary. im less scared the older i get, but damn, its so terrifying knowing the alarm might go off

[bloopbloop01]

I forget to deactivate the alarms on items a lot, even when they don’t beep at my register they still make the doors go off and I feel so bad!! I always tell customers who are buying stuff that, hey the doors might beep when you leave but that’s cause those doors suck!

[phililen3]

Those alarms! OMG! I never feel safe with my things until I've passed them too.

[starsaregas]

I could never. I even get nervous that someone will accuse me of stealing when my kids and I get samples from the bakery.

Stealing Food

[analievelyn]

I notice that the white ppl in my life are so chill about stealing shit in the name of giving capitalism the bird.

honestly, im so scared to even look like im stealing. but im black, so...

also respectability politics are a bitch i havent fully shaken. ~ god forbid, i make my race look bad ~ and "cause" more racism

idk, i always feel like im under surveillance

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[ketterings]

when i was a teen, it was a game between us girls to see who could steal the most. it was mostly candy and makeup, so fucking stupid

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[nomoneyfun]

Yeah, I'm Black and ain't no way I'm about to have the cops called on me because I sampled a grape.

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[sabrina54]

I do this all the time with things I get from the bakery section especially with these little bread pizza things that I'm addicted to. With pastries I get 2 or 3 and I always tell the cashier that I ate one. With water I give them the empty bottle lol. Never thought of it as wrong?? I don't know what the laws here in Canada are but I'm Black so I should not be doing this shit regardless. Your comment really got me thinking about things differently.

[futile_devices]

Sometimes I'll take a sample from the bulk bins but I would never open a package to try something

[syphilisdiller]

my aunt opened a bag of chips for my cousin to snack on while we were in the checkout line- 5 year old me was absolutely scandalized

my parents would neva!

[godramaclub]

lol i remember my mother used to babysit my lil cousin and she did that and I yelled THAT'S STEALING. She was mortified lol.