Do you graze?

**annymoll** · 01-09-2011, 03:56 PM

While shopping today I noticed a woman sampling the grapes,also observed a fellow taste testing the candy on the Brach's rack.Can't tell you how many times I have witnessed people opening fingernail polish to test shades or spraying deoderants. Just wondering..... do you taste test, graze or sample?

**pollypurebred39** · 01-09-2011, 04:00 PM

NEVER! We were just talking about this at my in-laws. Just awful! It's stealing for goodness sake! I don't know what's with people!

I might open a cap of a perfume bottle to take a whiff, but never spray it.

**sunshine** · 01-09-2011, 04:04 PM

Not generally -- I did drink a bottle of soda once , but I took the empty bottle to the check out , and paid for it (severely low blood sugar, when pregnant).

Other stuff- nope.

**daylily** · 01-09-2011, 04:07 PM

No for two reasons. It seems like stealing and I never eat between meals.

**fernykins** · 01-09-2011, 04:09 PM

Nope can't say that I do. I think its just terrible the way people act in the stores,
Fern

**DixieJ** · 01-09-2011, 04:18 PM

No way could I eat something like grapes without washing them first!

**dcompton** · 01-09-2011, 04:22 PM

Never. If I haven't paid for it, it isn't mine.

When I see someone paying for an open package - a mother with children who ate some of the crackers, or a case like Sunshine's - that's different. But just random tasting and sampling, no. I once saw a woman (years ago) open jar of jam, sniff it, close it and put it back. Yuk.

**starsapphire** · 01-09-2011, 04:28 PM

I'll taste a grape or cherry if I'm planning on buying some to make sure they're not overly sweet or sour.

**Contrary Housewife** · 01-09-2011, 04:30 PM

Our stores put out trays of fruit, crackers, dips, cold cuts, etc for people to taste. If it looks appealing and reasonably sanitary I try it.

I have had grocery managers encourage me to try the grapes, cherries, and other similar produce in the local stores, so I do. I got no problem trying *one* grape to see if they are sweet or sour so I know whether to buy them. The store managers here apparently don't have a problem with it either. It's not like I'm walking around eating the entire bag.

Now, I don't bite apples or rip open oranges, or open other sealed packaged items in the store... except sometimes for scented items. Yeah, I'll open perfume if it is not safety sealed. I never mangle the box and you'd never know I had a sniff at it. I can usually smell enough of it without spraying anything, so I'm not "using" the product. I open liquid detergent sometimes too to see if it is something I want on my clothes. Perfumes give me a headache so I have to be careful about them.

**Syn D** · 01-09-2011, 04:30 PM

Never........ I'll do the candy thing, but only when it has the coin box with it..

I never get an item off the shelf from the front, only from the back for 2 reasons, one cos' of the sampler people and 2 cos' the ones in the back are less touched (slight bit of a germ-a-phobe here)..

**2ndGenGranola** · 01-09-2011, 05:10 PM

NO! We call that stealing.

**onencgirl** · 01-09-2011, 05:16 PM

No never... I feel it is stealing.

**shoiji** · 01-09-2011, 05:23 PM

Yes, I do sample foods that are on display and a person is handing them out or I ask for a sample at the deli.

So I was originally going to say no I do not open bottles or rip open packages. Then I realized that Yes, I have opened lotion bottles or shampoo bottles to see what they smelled like. I did this at a health food store since I didn't know anything about the products.

When working at a grocery store I used to get upset when someone came to the checkout with an empty canister of soup saying they wanted to pay for it after they ate it. UMMMM, we have to weight it before you eat it.

**jvera** · 01-09-2011, 05:45 PM

Yes, I will taste grapes to see if they are sweet or sour. And I will spray perfume testers or if not tester then carefully open the box to smell the perfume. How else will I know if I like the scent or not.