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Old Apr 17, 2013 | 9:18 pm
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Originally Posted by Eastbay1K
http://newyork.grubstreet.com/2013/0...cub-foods.html

A 68-year-old Gem Lake, Minnesota, retiree who alleges he was "jumped, kicked and beaten" by police officers and store security after he walked off with 1.4 pounds of summer sausage and beef sticks that had been set out as free samples might not actually become the poster boy for pitfalls of supermarket courtesy culture, but he should be. Here's what happened.
Indeed.

But really, if limits for free samples are never explicitly set, and there's no one around to say how many is enough, how can a customer be confronted about taking too many?
A question for the philosophers, but in the meantime the lawyers will offer up profitable arguments.
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