Greengod Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Was in co op today and saw a man take lots of meat packs and walk straight out the door, I told a co op staff member and they said oh Did not seem too bothered and said they don't ever have any security working thereIs it now ok to steal food, maybe things have got so bad for people that they have to Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25668-shoplifting-food/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Micklewright Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 I think he has heard the Dulwich vegans are starting our Meat Free Days again and is getting prepared.If you would like to try a meat free day, which reduces your carbon footprint, land, energy and water use, then why not tweet me at @DulwichVeganSoc and I'll send you some meat free ideas!Tom Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25668-shoplifting-food/#findComment-577661 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratty Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Not uncommon. People have to eat. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25668-shoplifting-food/#findComment-577681 Share on other sites More sharing options...
castleofillusion Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 I would have said the same thing. From what I remember if my says working at a Co-op, if there's no security you need two witnesses and even then, if you challenge them and they bolt for the door, what are you going to do? Plus I want paid enough to care about that. If there's no security then so be it. Even security guards have limited powers and it's such a common occurrence. It is frustrating though, I agree. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25668-shoplifting-food/#findComment-577684 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeckhamRose Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 "maybe things have got so bad for people that they have to" Things have always been bad for many people. What planet have you been living on. Years ago we sent people to Australia for nicking bread. In some countries they cut folks hands off. Sorry but that was a bit of a naive statement. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25668-shoplifting-food/#findComment-577738 Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxi Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 The security the Co-op used to employ were there to protect the staff rather than nick shoplifters. Now they have been dispensed with it's not surprising no staff member wants to chase after a mass beef tea-leaf (why does that suddenly sound delicious?). Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25668-shoplifting-food/#findComment-577751 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED2013 Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Seems like nobody thinks it is that bad, cant believe I've been wasting money paying for stuff at co op. no security, surprised more people are not at it Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25668-shoplifting-food/#findComment-577760 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KalamityKel Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 I wouldn't recommend trying it though... be sods law afterall you'd b caught and all that Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25668-shoplifting-food/#findComment-577763 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED2013 Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 True Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25668-shoplifting-food/#findComment-577765 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandNewGuy Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Greengod Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Is it now ok to steal food, maybe things have got> so bad for people that they have toNo and no it hasn't. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25668-shoplifting-food/#findComment-577766 Share on other sites More sharing options...
edcam Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 I'm going to wait til there's an M&S. Much classier shoplifting to be had there. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25668-shoplifting-food/#findComment-577925 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DulwichFox Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 So one person goes into a shop and helps them self and it is passed off as one of those things. ?? Then surely it's ok for anyone to walk into a shop and help them self. So 20 people walk into a shop and help them self. and it constitutes a Riot. Looting People have short memories. Fox Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25668-shoplifting-food/#findComment-577945 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerryw80 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Depends on a person's inner conscience whether a person has self-guilt to commit such an unlawfull act and consider it wrong or not Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25668-shoplifting-food/#findComment-577953 Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodrot Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 BrandNewGuy Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Greengod Wrote:> --------------------------------------------------> -----> > > Is it now ok to steal food, maybe things have> got> > so bad for people that they have to> > No and no it hasn't.No and yes it has Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25668-shoplifting-food/#findComment-577965 Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodrot Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Tom Micklewright Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> I think he has heard the Dulwich vegans are> starting our Meat Free Days again and is getting> prepared.> > If you would like to try a meat free day, which> reduces your carbon footprint, land, energy and> water use, then why not tweet me at> @DulwichVeganSoc and I'll send you some meat free> ideas!> > Tomwould you steal broccoli and mung beans from the co-op if you were skint Tom ? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25668-shoplifting-food/#findComment-577966 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelly2012 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 I c people in the little sainb near the plough walk in almost every day a take somethink . One man goes in and fills his bag up with yogurts . The staff do nothink . Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25668-shoplifting-food/#findComment-578194 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBen Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 I've seen similar several times and also in the co-op with meat. One time a lady walked in, picked up 3 joints of topside and just walked out. And nobody batted an eyelid. The new Co-op sucks anyway - those plastic wooden floorboards that are meant to look "organic" and "your local Dulwich store" pretenses of neighborhood intimacy from a national chain make me want to vomit. It's bigger, yet strangely much harder to find anything. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25668-shoplifting-food/#findComment-578227 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annette Curtain Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 shelly2012 Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> I c people in the little sainb near the plough> walk in almost every day a take somethink . One> man goes in and fills his bag up with yogurts .> The staff do nothink .Well, that's given me somethink to thing about Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25668-shoplifting-food/#findComment-578243 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Oh, for Heaven's sake. The shoplifter didn't take packets of meat because he was hungry. He took them to flog at the nearest pub. CASH = ACCESS TO DRUGS (including tobacco / alcohol). Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25668-shoplifting-food/#findComment-578247 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dulwichgirl2 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Annette, likink it.Alex, well exactly. That Co op is awful cold, don't you think? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25668-shoplifting-food/#findComment-578253 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidKruger Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Mr Ben: "It's bigger, yet strangely much harder to find anything.Yes I've noticed this, harder to find because of new layout, but also harder to find because I'm convinced they sell less products. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25668-shoplifting-food/#findComment-578271 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Townleygreen Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Kid, it's "fewer" not less products.Give me the pedantry award. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25668-shoplifting-food/#findComment-578276 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandNewGuy Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 woodrot Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> > > Is it now ok to steal food, maybe things have> > got> > > so bad for people that they have to> > > > No and no it hasn't.> > > No and yes it hasShow me why people have to steal food because it's "got so bad". Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25668-shoplifting-food/#findComment-578287 Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Bob* Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Apparently there are a number of people in London who sleep under a pile of cardboard in shop doorways.I don't notice them myself of course - I'm too busy downloading new iPhone apps. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25668-shoplifting-food/#findComment-578289 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandNewGuy Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 People have been sleeping under cardbpoard boxes for a long while, alas - long before it's "got so bad". Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25668-shoplifting-food/#findComment-578290 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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