Sean Cutt
Radical Graffiti"If you saw someone stealing food; no you didn't"
Poster spotted in Manchester, UK
Poster spotted in Manchester, UK
Tom@RadicalGraffiti unless they're very blatantly a landlord. Fuck them
Aaron@stealthisbook @RadicalGraffiti I think they were referring to stealing food from stores, not stealing food off the tables of hungry people.
John Oliver@RadicalGraffiti
Our Canadian grocery chains who make record profits every year love to claim their profits and very existence is threatened by “shop lifters”. Each of these asshole grocery chains also have huge empty cardboard boxes at the cash outlets that their customers can fill by buying ‘food for the needy’. And they of course take credit for…
Our Canadian grocery chains who make record profits every year love to claim their profits and very existence is threatened by “shop lifters”. Each of these asshole grocery chains also have huge empty cardboard boxes at the cash outlets that their customers can fill by buying ‘food for the needy’. And they of course take credit for…
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In a chain of big supermarkets in italy they sell food that's approaching the expiration date discounted by 50%.
It would end in the bin otherwise.
This way they manage to help less fortunate people, big families, unoccupied, pensioners, etc. without making them feel humiliated if they can't afford something, as they pay for it.
I plaude that and I wish that more shops would follow.
There is too much waste in our society and not much solidarity.
In a chain of big supermarkets in italy they sell food that's approaching the expiration date discounted by 50%.
It would end in the bin otherwise.
This way they manage to help less fortunate people, big families, unoccupied, pensioners, etc. without making them feel humiliated if they can't afford something, as they pay for it.
I plaude that and I wish that more shops would follow.
There is too much waste in our society and not much solidarity.
Riley S. FaelanIn some countries, shops have been known to prefer throwing expired food out instead of discounting it. This sort of thing is why France has introduced legal restrictions on shops throwing food out: it incentivises discounting instead of discarding.
@riley
It is certainly good to incentivise good behaviours with a system of rewards.
One would hope they weren't necessary but that's reality unfortunately.
Money makes the world go round... sad.
You see, for antisocial entities, the reward of not fining them or jailing their CEOs can be pretty motivating.
It just so happens that corporations are often antisocial entities.
[End of Line]@RadicalGraffiti I love my city almost as much as I give it shit
Erin O'Riordan@RadicalGraffiti I ain't a snitch.
@RadicalGraffiti Here's a sweet story for you.
This young couple in Paris were dead broke; so every week or so they'd saunter into the local grocery store, pretend to be casually shopping, and swipe a can of tuna fish.
One day they turn up, saunter over to the aisle, and the tuna fish's gone. They look at each other, terrified, figuring they've been caught, when from her seat the cashier calls out with a bored tone, "Have the sardines, you need a change..."
This young couple in Paris were dead broke; so every week or so they'd saunter into the local grocery store, pretend to be casually shopping, and swipe a can of tuna fish.
One day they turn up, saunter over to the aisle, and the tuna fish's gone. They look at each other, terrified, figuring they've been caught, when from her seat the cashier calls out with a bored tone, "Have the sardines, you need a change..."
Acid John@RadicalGraffiti when the shops close what then?
Jhooper@acidjohn @RadicalGraffiti Weird that the stores that scream the loudest about shoplifting never seem to shut down. Funny that.
@jhooper you can argue about profiteering but there will come a time when it is just not worth keeping a store open. Perhaps the thieves will then organise themselves into a none profit food collective?
High Yasaiō Natsura 
@RadicalGraffiti yeah i would look away or act like i had momentary blindness. Stealing from major organizations/companies is always the ethical thing to do
Annabelle 🇬🇱🇨🇦🇺🇦🇪🇺@RadicalGraffiti I saw this and other texts on Mastodon recently, posted in some Tasmanian supermarkets (see: https://grassrootstas.com/organising-and-campaigning/ - Eat the Rich (Download the pdf of culture jamming the supermarkets here!)
Ian Finlayson🏴@RadicalGraffiti But that font; what were they thinking?
@ifinlayson The font is fine
Dean Lewis🧋
Richy222
Robin Stephenson@RadicalGraffiti related article in the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/14/supermarket-shoplifters-professionals-people-poor-food
CarbonIceDragon@RadicalGraffiti what if it's a big company you see stealing food from the people?
@RadicalGraffiti I prefer to word it "If you think you saw ..." or "If it seems to you that you saw ..."
Richard 🔶UK #RejoinEU@RadicalGraffiti our UK local shops are putting the prices up for honest people who are also hungry. And they’re closing down. Letting people steal from independent shopkeepers is not the answer. Getting rid of corrupt government is. Small shops call for aid to tackle 'brazen' shoplifters https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66819837
