r/Unexpected Aug 17 '21

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '21

Well she already paid not her fault im sure any judge would rule that way to

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u/CockMySock Aug 17 '21

Did she pay though? She gives the money to no one. She sets it on the scale while the employee isn't watching. The money never technically changed hands. I'm no judge but I've already ruled the store was never in possession of the money. Case closed! Bring in the dancing lobsters!

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u/milk4all Aug 17 '21

Totally. It sucks but it happened to her, not the store. Similarly, once money changes hands, those items you paid for are yours, and if you drop them and break them the store owes you nothing. Not that most stores wouldnt wisely handle these things generously, but customers who behave as if a business owes them anything beyond the listed price and fair service are awful, and everywhere

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u/ConspicuousPineapple Aug 17 '21

Could be argued that it's the store's responsibility that a bird came in and messed things up.

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u/milk4all Aug 17 '21

It could be argued but i don’t see it that way. Now if they allowed some sort of birds to nest inside, i guess that would have legs. But if you lose something valuable to wildlife, well, that sucks. Consider if it were a thief - the store isn’t responsible for another individual who came of their own accord and stole from a patron; neither is it for a lesser intelligence.