PROTIP: you're not actually shoplifting if the UPC code never leaves the store. Any item(s) you consume whilst in the store (Take a bottle of Ensure from a 6-pack. Grab a roasted chicken and a big juice/smoothie bottle. Consume all of it before checkout) are viewed as consideration for your eventual purchase of a Receipt at the register, which is considered settlement. Hell, you want to swap your shoes with newer ones? Wear the new ones out after you make your purchase. Loss Prevention has no job to do, because no loss technically occurred, and all items were purchased.
Source: I regularly do this at Walmarts. While wearing a suit and tie. Because fuck them.
Who said anything about giving them money?
This is the correct response.
PROTIP: you're not actually shoplifting if the UPC code never leaves the store. Any item(s) you consume whilst in the store (Take a bottle of Ensure from a 6-pack. Grab a roasted chicken and a big juice/smoothie bottle. Consume all of it before checkout) are viewed as consideration for your eventual purchase of a Receipt at the register, which is considered settlement. Hell, you want to swap your shoes with newer ones? Wear the new ones out after you make your purchase. Loss Prevention has no job to do, because no loss technically occurred, and all items were purchased.
Source: I regularly do this at Walmarts. While wearing a suit and tie. Because fuck them.