Local shop attitude towards out of date goods...

[Pulsedriver]

Hiya!

I just went off to the post office, and thought on the way back i'd get a tin of Heinz Ravioli from the local shop for lunch (Im obsessed with it at the moment!)

Anyway, I noticed some of the tins had 'New improved flavour' on the Heinz label bit, so naturally picked that one up.

I had a look at the ones without that new label, and they went out of date on the 3-2006

There was more than one tin of the old batch left too!

I took one tin down to the till when I went to pay for the other one, and just said to them "This ones out of date I thought id bring it down"

I literally got nothing at all from the lady behind the till, no 'Thanks for that' nothing, literally, she just took the tin, looked at the date, then put it aside, then scanned the new tin through like a robot.
In fact, she looked at me like I was an Alien of some sort!
I didnt want the highest praise, a simple thanks would have been enough!

I used to work in Sainsburys as a shop floor shelf stacker so I do tend to check these things more than the average person, but even so, is it so bad to do that lol, I mean, some poor sod could end up buying that, and isnt it against the law?!

 

[Pulsedriver]

Exactly.

I didnt tell her there was more simply because of her attitude, so if health and safety check that, thats there problem now.

I know a lot of sell by dates are exagerated, but I wouldnt eat anything 1 day out of date, tinned or not, let alone 2 months lol

 

[Pulsedriver]

Many valid points raised here.

Although I think to myself, why do it if she's unhappy doing it, im sure theres plenty of people who need the money who'd be able to put a smile on their face or even say thanks if they were doing that job.

I'd say there was about 6 or 7 tins minimum out of date, so thats, what £6000 fine