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- crazybugger, on 04/03/2008, -6/+111Waterboard the kid!
- Tomboys, on 04/03/2008, -4/+99They should put her in jail. That will teach her a lesson.
- ipek, on 04/03/2008, -2/+92Justice has been served!
- theillest1, on 04/03/2008, -4/+58OFF WITH HER HEAD!!!
- Ellrick, on 04/03/2008, -3/+56That is crazy, there are still woolworth stores around!?
- glucoseboy, on 04/03/2008, -9/+62As an American, I say she should sue Woolworth for putting the pick-and-pay candy at level where two-year olds can reach.
- apothekari, on 04/03/2008, -3/+48"AND STAY OUT OF THE WOOLSWORTHS!!!"
Where's the goddamn Paterfamilias? - saxreturns, on 04/03/2008, -2/+441. Woolworths' staff are often submental monkeys, I know this from experience. There will always be retail employees looking for an excuse to impose whatever tiny amount of power they have in their lives on others. Sad but true.
2. Yet again, I have to mention that the Daily Mail is a shoddy rag written by morons, and rarely tells the whole story (that's if they didn't make the whole thing up in the first place). - MasterChief4134, on 04/03/2008, -5/+45She was probably the one responsible for 9/11 also!!!
- BadseedJR, on 04/03/2008, -1/+39I'm tired of these 2 year old hooligans and their organized crime syndicate. We need to take them down at the source!
- repins, on 04/03/2008, -1/+36In the US it is not theft until you leave the store, so as long as the mother paid for the candy no foul.
- Betaflame, on 04/03/2008, -0/+24Hello, I'm sarcasm, have we met?
- LongShlong, on 04/03/2008, -1/+25That little kid has three children?! ZOMGWTF!?
- BoneheadFarker, on 04/03/2008, -1/+25It doesn't make it any less illegal...BUT SHE'S 2 FOR ***** SAKE! She's probably not concerned about the legality of the situation.
Besides, it's from the Daily Mail, so it might not have even hapened. - inactive, on 04/03/2008, -3/+26if you're not with woolworths, you're with the thieves.
- inactive, on 04/03/2008, -6/+27Technically..that IS theft. But those guys at Woolworths are bunch of *****. TESCOS FTW!
- SurrealDream, on 04/03/2008, -0/+21Aw come on, don't start that when it has nothing to do with the article.
- lnxfi, on 04/03/2008, -3/+21She ate a fake sugar tooth? Take one of her real ones! Eye for an eye!
- HonestAbe, on 04/03/2008, -2/+19I remember doing the same thing. I was young enough to not understand the concept of property, took a tiny gumball machine off of a low shelf in the supermarket, and tried to carry it out of the store. OMG THEFT
- bluestarchron, on 04/03/2008, -10/+27I had someone do that with my daughter when she was about two. She saw a stuffed animal she liked, picked it up and walked off with it. The store clerk started yelling that she was stealing it before I could do anything. It was crazy. She was just 2!!!
- WocCixelsyd, on 04/03/2008, -4/+21Buried for Daily Mail.
- inactive, on 04/03/2008, -4/+21Front page material? Really? Was this even worth an article? Slow news day at the Daily Mail.
- Mie42, on 04/03/2008, -1/+17Choking hazards
- buadach, on 04/03/2008, -0/+14It's the same in the UK as well, but this story is from the Daily Mail so it was probably just invented for the sake of sensationalism.
- diggduggDOOM, on 04/03/2008, -3/+17"And stay out of the Woolworths!"
/bonafide - gambyt13, on 04/03/2008, -1/+15Now I don't feel so bad about shoplifting that TV set from those bastards.
- mastic, on 04/03/2008, -1/+15Under British law it isn't theft as children under 10 cannot commit a crime
- fearlessfx, on 04/03/2008, -0/+12Wombs?
- Ksg89, on 04/03/2008, -0/+1120p? rip off
- cambob76, on 04/03/2008, -2/+13Same here in Canada. It is not unsual for people to open a package of food, for example, and start munching before they pay. When I go to 7-11, sometimes my slurpee is 1/4 gone by the time I leave. How can you demonstrate intent to steal if the person hasn't even left the store yet? Nevermind that the person is two years old. Some people are ***** retarded.
- iticu, on 04/03/2008, -6/+16As a Briton, I say we shouldn't sue everyone for every ***** thing we can think of.
- triskele, on 04/03/2008, -1/+11No retail employee should be that hardcore about their job. Just tell the parent she'll have to pay for it and call it a day. No need to make a scene.
- Extraneous, on 04/03/2008, -1/+11This infant is clearly a terrorist and should be shown no mercy.
- zaptoman, on 04/03/2008, -4/+14How the frick did this make it to the front page?? Buried for being retarded and un-newsworthy.
- fani, on 04/03/2008, -1/+10Damn, its really much better here in America then.... I was shopping with my wife and kid at Sears. We had a phone in the shopping cart when my daughter (who's 20months) decided to run to the other store because it was KBToys.
In our anxiety my wife and I ran out with the shopping cart to the next store. A few mins later, we realized that we didn't pay for that phone in the cart and we were out of the store. I went back and paid for it and explained to store guy what happened and that I mistakenly walked out with their phone.
I don't know about the rest of America, but that actually made me feel nice since he didn't brand me a thief and check all my cart items or call the manager. He just shrugged and didn't even give a *****. He just took the money and it was all over. - badjokes, on 04/03/2008, -1/+10omg future pirate.
- hipnerd, on 04/03/2008, -0/+9So a 2-year-old grabbed a piece of penny candy and stuck it in her mouth and the store only sells it by the half-pound or whatever. There are lots of ways to resolve the situation without causing a scene.
What I find more interesting is that a major newspaper in Britain devoted this much coverage to a story that would bore me if someone told it to me at a party. She wasn't arrested or detained. Basically, they devoted a page of their paper to a story about a rude Woolworth's employee. I can't wait for next week's expose on apathetic Wal*Mart checkers.
For those of us in the United States: This is what Rupert Murdoch does to news. He did it in Australia. He did it in Britain and he is trying to do it here.
Bread and circuses. - pnmoore, on 04/03/2008, -0/+9He must not be bona fide, but he might be a suitor...
- NeoCortex, on 04/03/2008, -2/+10She was sentenced to life imprisonment on Ceti Alpha V.
After the trial, her mother was quoted as lamenting: "Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!" - BadseedJR, on 04/03/2008, -0/+8Exactly... without wombs, there would be no crime!
- roosterjm2k2, on 04/03/2008, -1/+9I know the story is from the UK, but i would only image that the laws are relatively similar there...
In the US, it's not theft until you show intent to not pay, like leaving the store. It's perfectly legal to consume something before you pay for it. I've done that with sodas alot. Grab one on the way in, drink it while shopping, hand the empty/almost empty bottle to the cashier to scan in. It's perfectly legal, its not really any different than eating your meal at a restaurant before you pay (the norm) ... - inactive, on 04/03/2008, -1/+8She didn't "let" her, she was just out of the mother's sight for a second. She did not condone her daughter's action either. She simply thinks a scolding was not deserved for a 2yr old stealing a single piece of candy and eating it, which her mother then paid for after the employee rushed the thief (her daughter).
- buadach, on 04/03/2008, -0/+7The submitter TalSiach managed to get 200 diggs for a ***** Daily Mail story in 10 minutes. Must be something to do with his 437 friends. It's people like him who have slowly ruined Digg.
- gymbrall, on 04/03/2008, -0/+7Just so you'll know, I have read the article, and I don't have a problem with what the little girl did. In fact, I was all ready to side with the mother, until she basically said that she had no intention of paying for the item. Reading between the lines, it sounds like the kid grabbed the stuff and the mother saw it and kept walking for the door. I don't know whether the store associate went overboard or not, but from reading the article, the mother was not planning on paying for it unless she was asked to...
- AbsurdParadox, on 04/03/2008, -1/+8I know... 20 platinum coins is way too much for a piece of candy.
- Enasni1212, on 04/03/2008, -1/+8You should learn to recognize sarcasm!
(Lego and Optimus, not Cam) - qber, on 04/03/2008, -0/+6Of course she should pay for it. The issue is how the staff created a scene. A simple "Your daughter ate a piece of candy, you'll have to pay for that" would have sufficed. Nowhere in this article does it suggest that the mother or anyone else condones the actions of the kid, or that the mother should have gotten away without paying.
- orangefly, on 04/03/2008, -3/+9i thought it wasn't theft until you leave the store....she just should have bought some apple juice, gave it to the kid, and waited a few....
- chanop, on 04/03/2008, -0/+6ECHO! Echo , echo............
- Gadianton, on 04/03/2008, -1/+7You obviously don't have any children.
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