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November 4, 2011 4:21 pm at 4:21 pm #600350JotharMember
This is a common issue- you go shopping with the kids and they get hungry. So you take something off the shelf and pay for it later. The stores in my area don’t have a problem with this. Forgetting about what happened in Hawaii, is this a problem in general? Would there be a difference between Jewish stores and goyishe stores?
November 4, 2011 4:27 pm at 4:27 pm #824107mommamia22ParticipantI usually have a rule no opening packages until they are paid for. Sometimes, though, my kids get so famished or thirsty that they cry and so, I too, will open a package and pay when I’m done shopping. When the lines in a supermarket are VERY long, I can’t see waiting for 15 minutes to pay for a drink and then return to shop!
I hear your question, though. Well asked.
November 4, 2011 4:31 pm at 4:31 pm #824108Sam2ParticipantIf you’ll actually pay for it there should be nothing wrong.
November 4, 2011 4:43 pm at 4:43 pm #824109yitayningwutParticipantAsk the store people if they mind. Although I think the assumption is they don’t, in which case I agree with Sam2.
November 4, 2011 4:56 pm at 4:56 pm #824110apushatayidParticipantI would imagine it depends on the policy of each store.
November 4, 2011 5:02 pm at 5:02 pm #824111smartcookieMemberI always knew that opening a package before paying for it is against Halacha, except if you get permission from the store owner. I may be wrong though.
I bring along snacks from home to give my kid while I shop.
November 4, 2011 5:10 pm at 5:10 pm #824112real-briskerMemberJothar – I assume It depends on if the owner is makpid. No general rules.
November 4, 2011 5:11 pm at 5:11 pm #824113akupermaParticipantWhy would you not be required to pay for it? It’s shoplifting otherwise. The store clerk can scan the wrapper without the contents – if you get a curious look it would be a kiddush Ha-Shem to explain the kid couldn’t wait to get home to eat it.
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