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98. Eggs are higher priced recently and now because the bird flu

Reply to Warpy (Reply #7)

Thu Aug 27, 2015, 03:00 AM

Aug 2015

in some areas has necessitated thousands, tens of thousands of laying hens had to be destroyed.

$2.00/dozen and more.

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I saw a woman shoplifting a dozen eggs from the supermarket. [View all] hunter Aug 2015 OP

I'd have given her a ten spot. bettyellen Aug 2015 #1

You rock! JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #6

well I was a little light fingered myself back in the day. so, that's my karmic solution. bettyellen Aug 2015 #8

She wanted most at that moment to be invisible. hunter Aug 2015 #10

She knew you saw her, so I don't see the harm in perhaps helping her avoid arrest. YMMV. bettyellen Aug 2015 #12

You don't have to defend..you did the right thing at the right time. nt msanthrope Aug 2015 #87

Someone didn't have enough $ ahead of me, started putting things aside, so I bought their groceries leveymg Aug 2015 #28

Part of the 'cost of business' in running a supermarket. onehandle Aug 2015 #2

Thank you. I'm an ex-shoplifter. Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #21

Do tell Munificence Aug 2015 #63

Nope. It was long ago in a different city. Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #67

Young People Do Stupid Things.. StarzGuy Aug 2015 #136

Not just young people .. jb5150 Aug 2015 #138

Yep and just ask A&P how that worked out for them yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #62

A & P own employees stole from them.... MaeScott Aug 2015 #114

Senior management decisions by A&P are a classic example of poor accounting. ieoeja Aug 2015 #141

Right who cares about theft npk Aug 2015 #84

That follows with theft of wages as well. Tsiyu Aug 2015 #148

Was her name Jean Valjean? KamaAina Aug 2015 #3

Well said! dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #48

This reflects badly on you. I would self delete. nt msanthrope Aug 2015 #88

Not taking sides, but curious what you mean. Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #116

the implication is that the OP is relating fiction. nt msanthrope Aug 2015 #125

No, the implication is that our society has become Hugoesque. KamaAina Aug 2015 #137

That's how I read it. nt Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #144

Completely disagree. I also draw analogies to works of fiction when closeupready Aug 2015 #142

It shouldn't have to happen. Agschmid Aug 2015 #4

I would have looked away too - JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #5

I'd have told her to put the eggs in my cart Warpy Aug 2015 #7

She was exiting through the "IN" door. hunter Aug 2015 #11

In that case, I'd have been selectively blind, also. Warpy Aug 2015 #14

Me too Omaha Steve Aug 2015 #16

I have to admit Aerows Aug 2015 #22

Great idea..... George II Aug 2015 #23

Many of us homegirl Aug 2015 #56

My mom had a thing about clothes. Cracklin Charlie Aug 2015 #85

Your Mom did a good thing. It's very important that children - boys and girls- No Vested Interest Aug 2015 #99

I grew up in a very small town. Those places can be brutal. Cracklin Charlie Aug 2015 #146

Eggs are higher priced recently and now because the bird flu No Vested Interest Aug 2015 #98

I have done the same as you Hunter olddots Aug 2015 #9

I'm glad this post doesn't include her getting caught by the store and arrested by the police. n/t ellisonz Aug 2015 #13

This breaks my heart. bvar22 Aug 2015 #15

Next time, if you can afford it, offer to pay for them for her. JDPriestly Aug 2015 #17

See Reply 11. merrily Aug 2015 #101

Food banks Scarsdale Aug 2015 #18

food banks are seeing increase in business -people w jobs Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #19

It's a damn shame Aerows Aug 2015 #24

That would require Walker be a decent human being mythology Aug 2015 #20

There are two churches that I am actively involved ChazII Aug 2015 #26

Walker would just think 'those people' are lazy. Enthusiast Aug 2015 #105

I was kind of shocked to learn the other day that the grocery store keeps infant formula Turn CO Blue Aug 2015 #25

Sadly it is a high shrink item. Glassunion Aug 2015 #41

People steal it nonstop. It's easily resold Codeine Aug 2015 #69

This,..diapers and razors too. nt msanthrope Aug 2015 #89

And TIDE detergent--that's a big 'rip off' seller, too, for some reason...? MADem Aug 2015 #113

... Enthusiast Aug 2015 #107

I would have looked the other way too and gone about my business. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2015 #27

If you had been the owner, great. Igel Aug 2015 #77

Imagine this country with Trump as president! RKP5637 Aug 2015 #78

He would have such empathy. Enthusiast Aug 2015 #108

He so represents the ugly side of America! I watched a video recently of what he did RKP5637 Aug 2015 #126

The Donald is not very popular in Scotland. Enthusiast Aug 2015 #127

This is the video I watched, probably you've seen it. He's a ugly monster IMO! RKP5637 Aug 2015 #128

I don't think anyone would be happy about it. davidthegnome Aug 2015 #91

Well put... kag Aug 2015 #133

and we are proud of this nation.... Stargazer99 Aug 2015 #29

Poor lady, that's so sad. :( n/t prayin4rain Aug 2015 #30

You are a good person... N_E_1 for Tennis Aug 2015 #31

Well, taxing the rich to provide for our society is out of the question, and all taxpayer valerief Aug 2015 #32

We do provide SNAP (Food Stamps) to 46 million Americans frazzled Aug 2015 #53

Not everyone. davidthegnome Aug 2015 #92

+100%! Enthusiast Aug 2015 #109

Excuse me, but ... frazzled Aug 2015 #129

Alert results irisblue Aug 2015 #33

Oh my... hunter Aug 2015 #34

Stupidest alert ever Marrah_G Aug 2015 #37

Well, I got alerted on once AngryAmish Aug 2015 #64

hahahaha Marrah_G Aug 2015 #74

You disrupter, you! merrily Aug 2015 #102

Almost. Enthusiast Aug 2015 #110

I was asked recently if I'd seen more frivolous alerts and said no. Now I have uppityperson Aug 2015 #39

wow. Facility Inspector Aug 2015 #40

Oh for fuck's sake. Glassunion Aug 2015 #42

Oh yeah irisblue Aug 2015 #45

Okay, that's one of the weirdest alerts I've ever seen, and there have been some doozies. MerryBlooms Aug 2015 #47

False flag alert?? Is that a thing? Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #70

That would be my guess as well. Sheldon Cooper Aug 2015 #79

Crossed my mind too. Duppers Aug 2015 #83

That was my thought too. Someone trying to make the board's more militant feminists look bad. merrily Aug 2015 #103

I see. Thanks for the info. Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #117

It's just my hunch about the alert, not info, per se. merrily Aug 2015 #118

Everything good can be taken too far. Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #121

Coincidentally, I just did a post about the ERA. You might be interested. merrily Aug 2015 #124

Literally the most rediculous alert I've seen on DU... Agschmid Aug 2015 #120

I probably would have done the same thing. hamsterjill Aug 2015 #35

Two weeks ago....................... turbinetree Aug 2015 #36

Republicans ran on a jobs platform in 2012 and won, Unknown Beatle Aug 2015 #46

Yep, they sure did....................... turbinetree Aug 2015 #49

I love people like you. BlueJazz Aug 2015 #50

Thank you.............................very much........... turbinetree Aug 2015 #52

don't know where the alert comes from irisblue Aug 2015 #38

Sometimes you do what you gotta do frylock Aug 2015 #43

I was her, several times in my life. Lyric Aug 2015 #44

WOW. MADem Aug 2015 #115

This is to all the people on this thread. They walk the walk. BlueJazz Aug 2015 #51

We really need discuss Homlessness and the hungry DU. V0ltairesGh0st Aug 2015 #54

Not all shoplifters are hungry and afraid nichomachus Aug 2015 #55

Of course, but I'd give someone stealing eggs the benefit of the doubt uppityperson Aug 2015 #57

+1 !! n/t veness Aug 2015 #58

Me too. Enthusiast Aug 2015 #112

I've made my living in grocery retail. Codeine Aug 2015 #71

I did it because I had a hangup about courage: Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #75

I was once coming out of an Albertson's and a security guard pushed by me iwillalwayswonderwhy Aug 2015 #59

Oh that is sad. DawgHouse Aug 2015 #66

You were wrong. Stealing is not cool no matter what. yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #60

Easy to say. davidthegnome Aug 2015 #94

Accessory? ProfessorGAC Aug 2015 #119

I used to pretend I knew what would make other people happier LanternWaste Aug 2015 #139

Morals and ethics are not supposed to be easy yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #145

I used to work in a grocery store d_r Aug 2015 #61

A dozen eggs can keep you alive for a few days. AngryAmish Aug 2015 #65

I too would not have gotten involved. None of my business. Nye Bevan Aug 2015 #68

Oddly enough, many of the shoplifters I caught weren't poor... Imajika Aug 2015 #72

Nah, we live in a place that's not wealthy; with a lot of homeless and/or mentally ill people about. hunter Aug 2015 #73

A medical resident I trained with got kicked out of the program Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #76

I was in a Target store Kelvin Mace Aug 2015 #80

When you wittness anothers need randr Aug 2015 #81

David Bowie from Space Oddity (1969): God Knows I'm Good eggplant Aug 2015 #82

That song Tree-Hugger Aug 2015 #123

Eggs just shot up to $3 / dozen where I am. JimDandy Aug 2015 #86

that was cool n/t Psephos Aug 2015 #93

Maybe you should have bought them for her instead of condoning shoplifting seveneyes Aug 2015 #90

And fundamentally, that type of action is called "not going hungry." LanternWaste Aug 2015 #140

Good for you. You are not a narc. McCamy Taylor Aug 2015 #95

Am I the only one who thought "Why eggs?" eridani Aug 2015 #96

lack of refrigeration? CBGLuthier Aug 2015 #97

True--but I've left cheese out for awhile also eridani Aug 2015 #100

Adults tend to steal ready-to-eat food for themselves. They were probably for her kids. GliderGuider Aug 2015 #111

Or maybe she was competing on one of thise cooking shows Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #122

Well at the farmer's market the other day fasttense Aug 2015 #132

Eggs pack a massive nutritional punch in a small package NickB79 Aug 2015 #149

I'm with you, hunter. Enthusiast Aug 2015 #104

Been there Lunabell Aug 2015 #106

People are forced to steal to stay alive in the wealthiest nation on earth. Octafish Aug 2015 #130

In Germany, I've been told, you can not be arrested for stealing food if it's in your mouth. grahamhgreen Aug 2015 #131

I saw a similar thing .... DrBulldog Aug 2015 #134

A man stole 2 cans of sphaghetoos - I paid for them 840high Aug 2015 #135

Good for you fadedrose Aug 2015 #143

The most stolen book is The Bible. Are_grits_groceries Aug 2015 #147