>>3573253
1. USA
2. Yes, but looked down upon. Typically children do this because they have a lack of self-control. But as long as you pay for it in the end, it is okay.

1) US

2) No one's ever given me flak about it, especially if it's a soda or something.

1. USA
2. I see people sneak food from the bulk bins frequently. I've never eaten food in the grocery store before paying for it, but I was taught manors.

1. USA
2. I think it is tacky, but as long as you intend to pay I guess it is alright. I wouldnt do it myself. Most grocery stores here have coffee shops in them, if you really need something, just bu something there first. Or obviously if you are diabetic and your blood sugar is low or something, totally different situation.

1. US

2. I have absolutely never done that. It's poor etiquette and reeks of having no class. What, you can't wait fifteen minutes to get outside before filling your gaping maw?

Before I moved to a less shit class neighborhood I would often see assorted trash helping themselves to canned goods (vienna sausages) in the store and seeing cans of opened canned sausages stuffed into another aisle. It's a nigger thing to do.

>>3573260
>manors

1. USA
2. Yes, you can get paper plates and napkins as you walk in the door. The fat people carts come with a food tray on them.

>>3573272
Manors are for people who live in manors, hence why they are called manors.

1.UK
2. I've never seen it done by adults or teens before. Normally its just parents who give their kids that are riding in the shopping trolleys a chocolate bar to shut them up.

USA
People do it, i guess it's kind of tacky. I'll open a drink in the check-out line. When I'm thirsty I'm fucking thirsty It's an emergency, but i'd never eat anything before I paid.

I've also on occasion gone into a sneezing fit and had to open a box of tissue without paying, but that I also consider an emergency.

>>3573261

I once did this with my own food I keep on me, and some mother came over and was yelling at me for doing this. She caused this big scene for nothing

Ireland

Yes. see it happen occasionally; mostly with parents looking to keep their kids calm by letting them eat something while in the supermarket

1. Belgium
2. Lol no

USA

Drinks are fine if it's a hot day. No food, that would be classless.

1. USA
2. Yeah no one gives a shit, My cousins go to the dollar store and we walk around eating shit, Most of the time we don't even pay.

if a store wouldn't let me eat shit while shopping i wouldn't go there. i like grocery shopping, so i'll grab some chips and something to drink and take my time. i also like going when no body is there

>>3573316

Fat fuck with no self control detected.

>>3573310

What the fuck? You go around grocery stores, eat merchandise, and then don't pay for any of it? Goddamn I'm glad I don't know any entitled dicks like you IRL.

1. AMERICA, best country in the whole world!
2. I have no idea if it's okay, I would never do it because Jesus didn't eat before paying so I won't either! Never seen one of my God fearing AMERICAN brothers doing it either, but I once saw a niggerete grab a watermelon and start trying to deepthroat it.

>Your country
New Zealand
>Is it OK to eat in grocery stores before you pay for your food?
Not that I know of. Call me a moralfag if you want, but I personally wouldn't do it unless I saved the packaging and paid for it at the counter. I work in a supermarket, and sometimes I get people who save the packaging and tell me that they got too hungry or thirsty to wait, or they needed something to shut their kids up, which I understand. I wouldn't know how many customers eat something then leave the packing on a shelf or something though.

> germany
> no problem.

haven't done it in years though.
i prefer to get my stuff quicky so i can head home and eat whatever the fuck in want in rest.

murica
yes, just did this monday actually. friend and i went food shopping and neither of us had lunch, so as we're going up and down the aisles, we opened a bag of everything bagel bites (not that good) and had some. yes, we paid for it

1. USA
2. I usually go out to eat before I do any shopping. The only thing I'll consume during my trip is water (and this is usually for taking my allergy meds.)

America
I've never done it, nor have i seen others do it, but my mom did it all the time, usually right before checkout

USA
I wouldn't eat food before paying for it but I have drank a pop while shopping and paid for it after.

USA, I've done it before when I was absolutely starving (Shopping while hungry is always stupid). Just put the empty package on the conveyor and they'll scan it and charge you for it, no questions asked.

1. Norway
2. Nope, but I have seen people do it tho.

USA

Worked in a grocery store for 6 years. Not many people would do it, be we had a number of regulars who would eat chips, candy bars, crackers.

Oh, but shit loads of people open drinks right off the shelf. I scanned a lot of empty cans

>>3573442

that said, the store didnt really care. Call it the honor system i guess.

>>3573442
Jesus Christ America.
The worst thing I've seen was some 5 year old eating some candy.

UK

Legally yes, but I will look down on anyone who does this.

>>3573452

yeah, it was a store in a relatively small town. Lots and lots off obese, welfare recipients.

Really really stereotypical. I have since moved.

1. US
2. Dunno if it's "Okay" but I've gotten a drink from the cooler and drank it all before paying for it.

Usa.

I base this every time on how fast the clerk moves. I grab a snack and start upon entry of the line.

If the snack depletes before im being rung up, I do not pay for it.


Voting with my dollar.

What the fuck, people actually do this? Seems just so wrong.

>>3573464

It's only wrong if you don't have the money to pay for it and you put the empty wrapper back on the shelf like a fucking thief.

>>3573469
Is it really wrong if they dont have money to pay, though? Id see it worse if they did have money to pay.

UK, if you did it it would get you strange looks at best, everyone would think you were a criminal and you'd be stalked or even pulled in by security at worst.

We're polite and not self-entitled up the wazoo here after all.

>>3573463
Entitled faggot detected.

1) Hong Kong (when I grew up). Canada, NZ
2)
Hong Kong: It used to back in the early 90s back when I was young, or maybe my Mom just made that special exception for me because I was underweight, on the verge of dying most of the time and could barely keep any food and me wanting to actually eat anything was rare. Always paid for at the end. Now, generally no.
Canada: Bulk foods, I see people generally having one or pieces from a bulk foods bin to see if they actually like it but generally not really done.
NZ: Don't see anyone doing it, probably because the food in the supermarkets are so shit tier anyway.

>Czech Republic
>Most of people here is trash
>nobody gives fuck at all if you eat before you pay
>sometimes when mothers feed their kid with piece of bread i wonder if they count that eaten piece of bread to the quantity of bread they got in a bag
>i frequently open soda before paying if im thirsty (not the cans tho)

Canada
No. I was taught not to; its stealing. I mean, no ones gonna shit themselves over a grape or 2, or someone drinking a bottled water while in line to checkout, but don't go to town on a bag of chips while browsing.
It makes me so mad to see opened product sitting on random shelves. Its such a waste.
At my work, when people rip open packs of dog treats or bags of dog food to "see what it looks like" (as if pictures aren't good enough, do you want to taste test the food for your dog too?) we have to toss that shit and its a loss to the company.

It's perfectly fine as long as you pay for it. Of course it has to be in a container with a bar code; there's no way to eat fresh produce or something like that before putting it on the scale and then pay for it.

USA

I've never heard of people actually eating the food they've chosen in the store before they pay for it. Nothing wrong with taking a few sips of something from a bottle though.

>>3573644
At the supermarket where I work, we have scales in the produce section that print out a little label that has a barcode that you stick on the bag. If you were going to be honest about eating produce, you could do that.

USA
Where I live, opening anything up (besides grapes to taste test and there's usually a sample bag out in stores) is seen with a nose turned up. It's considered rude and gross here.

>uk
>sure


i've done it with cold drinks on really hot days when i'm really thirsty. but rarely, and we don't have many hot days here anyway

>>3573526
i work at bulk barn (im sure, being Canadian, you've heard of it) and people eat out of my bins all the time. I kick them out if i'm in a bad mood, or if i feel like embarassing a douchebag infront of their girlfriend.

good times, bro.

>>3573658

That makes sense, but where I live, the produce isn't "officially" weighed until the checkout line. There are scales in the produce area, but it's only for you to estimate how much you're buying.

1. USA
2. Only if it's from the bakery section, because you have to write on the bag what you have in there.

Germany

well, if you keep the package and pay for it, it should be no problem.

I see it sometimes with parents and little kids. Grown ups should have enough self control to focus on shopping though.

USA

I've known guys that walk around the store eating what amounts to an entire meal, and then they just throw the packaging for all of it in the trash and leave. Sometimes they buy something. This problem comes from people thinking it's ok to open stuff and eat in the store, therefore I don't believe it's ok to open stuff.

If you get caught stealing, you get in a lot of trouble. What those guys I mentioned are doing is obviously stealing.

1. The Netherlands.
2. I have never seen anyone do it. If anyone did do it people would probably find it unacceptable.

1. USA
2. Yes and no. As a kid I would do it because it was pretty much free candy. As and adult the only time I have eaten anything in a store is when im at costco and they give out free samples. But I usually eat before I shop or else I end up with alot of junk food.

1.Argentina.
2.Only by small kids.

Texas
You can be arrested for theft if you eat food you have not paid for / not offered for free as a sample.

I'm ok with that.

USA
Only if your going to steal it.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20128876-504083/pregnant-hawaii-mom-arrested-for-stealing-$2-
sandwiches-state-briefly-takes-daughter-away/

>>3573253
1) Japan.
2) Never seen it in a supermarket, but have seen it happen once or twice in Konbini's. Usually done by older folk who honestly don't give a fuck, usually frowned upon.

UK

Yes, I do this, I have a Morissons near my work place and it's the main Morissons stores so they have all the added extras, Salad bar, Bakery, Wrap station, fruit bar, pizza counter, Roast Goods counter and barrista.

If I'm doing a big shop (a few hours shopping) Ill pick up some small roast chicken bits and/or wedges. (Around £1.50 in value) or even a baguette or bit of french bread (about 20pence worth) drink I almost always get if I'm there over an hour.

And 9 times out of 10. I won't pay for chicken bites or wedges. A baguette I always pay for and drinks never.