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Post a dilemma here. (real or not)
I love learning how different people deal with situations.If you knew someone had stolen groceries to feed their children would you report them?
Should I mention the fact that you’ve used an apostrophe in the title of this thread?
@terry wrote:
Should I mention the fact that you’ve used an apostrophe in the title of this thread?
Should I mention you need to get a life?
@kent f OBE wrote:
Post a dilemma here. (real or not)
I love learning how different people deal with situations.If you knew someone had stolen groceries to feed their children would you report them?
No I wouldn’t report them. It would solve nothing.
@terry wrote:
Should I mention the fact that you’ve used an apostrophe in the title of this thread?
It’s blatantly obvious I used an apostrophe in the title which does not need pointing out….however if you mean I made a grammatical error (along with more in this post no doubt) … fill your boots :lol:
@kent f OBE wrote:
@terry wrote:
Should I mention the fact that you’ve used an apostrophe in the title of this thread?
It’s blatantly obvious I used an apostrophe in the title which does not need pointing out….
:lol: Now THAT made me laugh.
@terry wrote:
@kent f OBE wrote:
@terry wrote:
Should I mention the fact that you’ve used an apostrophe in the title of this thread?
It’s blatantly obvious I used an apostrophe in the title which does not need pointing out….
:lol: Now THAT made me laugh.
You need a holiday, Terry.
May I suggest this:
http://travel.saga.co.uk/holidays/touring-holidays.aspx?pid=ppsg
:P
@kent f OBE wrote:
Post a dilemma here. (real or not)
I love learning how different people deal with situations.If you knew someone had stolen groceries to feed their children would you report them?
Depends…. were they wearing a Rolex at the time? :D Or going home to play the latest video game….. I would like to think if they were really poor I would pay for the food myself….. difficult one this as the shopkeeper isn’t a charity either what would you do?….
@mrs_teapot wrote:
@kent f OBE wrote:
Post a dilemma here. (real or not)
I love learning how different people deal with situations.If you knew someone had stolen groceries to feed their children would you report them?
Depends…. were they wearing a Rolex at the time? :D Or going home to play the latest video game….. I would like to think if they were really poor I would pay for the food myself….. difficult one this as the shopkeeper isn’t a charity either what would you do?….
We had zero tolerence on stealing Mrs T…if it’s 10p or £10 theft is theft. That isn’t a real life situation I have experienced..was a general dilemma
We have caught children stealing, if I know the parents I tell them and don’t get police involved but if I don’t know the parents and the child refuses to tell us their phone number then we have called the police.
With regards to adults stealing from my shop…we don’t know their circumstances…but I didn’t sell general groceries, we had boxes of chocs stolen or sweets or cans of red bull. So regards to item of theft I would say that wasn’t to feed the children.
If I knew someone was hard up and stole food to feed the kids…I would probably turn a blind eye or as you have said, offered to buy them food.@kent f OBE wrote:
Post a dilemma here. (real or not)
I love learning how different people deal with situations.If you knew someone had stolen groceries to feed their children would you report them?
I guess it depends whether there is a genuine need…I have people who come into the shop who confide that things are financially desperate for them right now, bailiffs knocking at the door and so on, then in the next breath tell me what expensive gadgets they’re buying their kids for Christmas as they spend £40-50 on a necklace “to cheer myself up, you only live once don’t you?”…if I know the person I’ll hold back and ask if they’re sure, but it’s down to them what they spend their money on. If they then went on to steal groceries due to lack of money I’d find myself in a dilemma, sympathising with their situation but also feeling that they’re not really helping themselves to get out of it.
If there was a genuine need then no, I wouldn’t shop them, if I was there at the time and in a position to then I’d like to think I’d offer to pay (but until you’re in the situation you can’t really know what you would do) and if it was appropriate I’d try to have a chat with them to find out if they’re getting all the help that is available to them – for instance, there is a foodbank in the area for those genuinely in need but it doesn’t seem to be very well publicised.
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