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What Would You Do?

Good afternoon,and welcome to hump day.
We all know that the cost of food has gone way high.
Surely,that the seniors are having a hard time.
What to do,spend on my medicine and give up on my food?
More tend to do the later.
Well,you are wondering where this story is going.
This morning,while food shopping at one of the local market.
This is not the first time that it happened and seen this
many times over.
Notice the increased on seniors shoplifting.
Mind you,not big but small.
This one man was taking a couple of candy bars and putting
in his pocket.He saw me and just kept on.
Now the question here,what would you do?
Not sure how many candy bars that he took,but the sad part
as I looked at the man,is he having a wholesome meal?
I did not say any thing to the manager and would not.
Why?well I am not sure.
First,should have approach the person and offer to pay for
what he took.But think that would probably insult him.
I have seen this over and over again.
Many older seniors are shoplifting for food etc.
Not sure if any one ever get caught,for have not read or
heard about anything.
This upset me some,why is this happening?
Well,lets hope that Obama or Hillary do something to help
out these people.
The question:? what would you have done.
Thank you for listening.

posted on Feb 20, 2008 9:25 AM ()

Comments:

you may be right on that one.These people do need a lot of
help,think that this is geared mostly to homeless people.
comment by fredo on Feb 21, 2008 9:54 AM ()
Dont know what i would do. Situation is different here I guess. Never noticed seniors busy with shoplifting. (perhaps one of the benefits of our social security system, which is an expensive one btw)
comment by itsjustme on Feb 21, 2008 12:31 AM ()
And what about the person eating a 'few' grapes or opening a cookie box and eating a couple of cookies and so forth???
Yes seniors or having a hard time deciding between eating and prescriptions but there is help out there--if they are too proud to ask for help or to take charity then how come they aren't too proud to steal--I would have said something to him even if it was to ask if he needed help and see what his reaction would be and would know where he was coming from before I decided what to do.
comment by greatmartin on Feb 20, 2008 2:45 PM ()
I've not seen this kind of thing, but am particularly unobservant. I probably would have quickly tucked a few dollars into his/her pocket and left. I think that some elderly people are having a tough time with buying food in recent times. Prices are sky-rocketing.
comment by sunlight on Feb 20, 2008 1:54 PM ()
It shows how kind a person you are, that your first thought is, Is he eating decently.
comment by drmaus on Feb 20, 2008 11:18 AM ()
Tough decision - especially if it's food someone's stealing... Also, if it's an elderly person I am definitely not going to tell the store about it.
comment by drmaus on Feb 20, 2008 11:16 AM ()
Food for living..
comment by mustakim on Feb 20, 2008 10:03 AM ()
I witnessed two not-so-elderly women shoplifting at Wal-Mart and did nothing, although I wanted too. But I wasn't sure what to do. Tell a cashier and have her call security? I suppose that could have worked, and I still feel guilty for not doing *something* since we all pay for this criminal behavior. In your case, I think of a candy bar in the same context as if the guy was stealing cigarettes... Not really a need. Maybe you could have "guilted" him into changing his behavior had you offered to pay for his sins!
comment by jjoohhnn on Feb 20, 2008 9:42 AM ()
I would have looked the other way...
That is truly sad! I have heard more and more stories about people not being able to afford health care and prescription drugs etc...
Sad!
comment by kristilyn3 on Feb 20, 2008 9:30 AM ()

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