On 11 Oct, 11:15, "John" wrote:
Is it just me - or have others noticed an increase in people who have
clearly changed their mind about a product and have just left it anywhere..
eg - a tub of butter left with the crisps.
Damned inconsiderate as most shops will scrap the item if it has been out of
a chilled cabinet.

Seen in the DIY Sheds as well where people have browsed items and then not
put them back on the right hook.

I guess some might say "so what" - but if the shops employ more staff to
keep the shelves tidy then the prices go up.

I mainly feel it is inconsiderate behaviour (which spawns inconsiderate
behaviour) *- irrespective of any cost implications.

Although I would always take something back to the right place myself,
I can sort of understand this behaviour in my local supermarket. They
have a bit of a habit of stocking the same goods with different deals
in different parts of the shop, so you pick up, for example, a pack of
4 batteries (same applies to beer etc etc) then find a display in a
different part of the shop with 8 batteries on a 4 + 4 deal at the
same price as the original 4. Around it will be scattered all the 4
packs that people have tossed there when they took up the better deal
and, presumably, the people who drop them deduce that the supermarket
is just trying to screw profits out of the unwary by distributing the
good deals away from where the main stock is and in some small way
they're taking revenge.

B+Q are different of course, as they often completely fail to put a
relevant price anywhere near a display (or display a price that's
different from what the till shows when it's scanned). They must
wonder why some things sell so slowly.
The best in my local though was the long-lasting pallet of
plasterboard that someone had clearly reversed a fork-lift into, so
each sheet had a huge ding out of it. I asked them if they'd discount
it as damaged goods and, when they refused, bought some good sheets
elsewhere. 6 months later, the stack was still sitting there
intact......