Advice from Judith Martin, Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin.
I have health problems and cannot drive. Sometimes when I arrive at a store, public transit has taken an unexpectedly long time to get me there -- a bus breakdown, missed transfer, etc. When this happens, I often need to eat something immediately. I have been known to grab a quick cold drink, a doughnut, a banana -- something to get in my system quickly.
Most of the workers at my usual stores know me and understand my situation. It’s the other customers who get under my skin -- looking down their noses at me just because they saw me eating something before paying for it. I get as frustrated as the next person when I see actual theft. I once saw a young man grab some candy, eat it, then stuff the wrapper back onto the shelf. I took the wrapper to the manager and asked him to have that young man pay for it.
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