Had a phone call from school that my daughter and her friends have been in Asda before school and they have been spraying themselves with the de-oderants so now all children with school uniforms can't go in there at all. Asda have involved the police which have spoken to the school to see if they could identify the girls they had caught on camera, one of them was my girl I'm motified I ground her and do all the normal consquences but she never learns any ideas.
2007-10-03 23:28:01 · 35 answers · asked by Wide Awake 7 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Adolescent
Thanks for all your answers Asda gets me they don't mind stealing from us everytime there offers aren't taken off correctly and I agree it is a waste of police time, so I won't be to hard on her to be honest I found it amusing although obviously she needs to know the rights and wrongs of what she's doing.
2007-10-03 23:48:46 · update #1
Yes It is stealing did you tell your daughter this was stealing?if not how would she realise it was wrong do you do it was there any signs up saying not to test basically get a petition up and boycott asda they have stereotyped young people and discriminated against them write to head office and explain the situation and the action you are going to take see them move give them s*** any store shopping centre reacting against all children deserve to loose customers can you shop in a store who treats all young people the same should be on the look out for the real thieves action is needed and get people stop buying in there shop that will hurt them
2007-10-04 09:17:41 · answer #1 · answered by Psycho Dave 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I very much doubt Asda would have got the police involved if the kids had been just testing deodorants in a normal manner, even if they'd gone a bit over the top. And the police would not have cared if they had. This has to have been more than that - deliberate spoiling of stock, for instance.
Probably not technically stealing, but is inconsiderate, antisocial behaviour really that much of an improvement? Spraying massive amounts of deodorant everywhere is unpleasant for the workers there and also for shoppers, as well as what others have said about other people ending up paying for something that's been half used up.
I would make sure your daughter realises the consequences of her actions for other people (real medical ones, for people with breathing difficulties), and insist she writes a letter of apology to the staff at the shop. She may want to apply for a job there one day!
2007-10-04 00:17:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
evening sparkles that is crazy , i have never heard of something like this before , to be honest i do that with the body sprays myself ,and the air freshners ,i think asda are being very harsh ,its hardly stealing is it ? i see where you coming from though , i would be horrified if the police ever had to get involved over something one of my kids had done wrong. i don't really know what i would do ,i do think she will learn from this ,even though its not such a big deal , its more embarrasing for her when she goes to school ,that will be punishment enough . i wouldn't take it too serious the police have to justifiy why they get paid for what little they do ,its a shame they can't tackle the real crime going on in society , i hope you and her will be okay , its the last thing you need right now good luck xx
2007-10-04 11:05:55 · answer #3 · answered by ♥BEX♥ 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think it is an overreaction by the store and the school to behavior that may be annoying if all girls do it but is otherwise innocuous. Why should your daughter not try out the deodorant? If she overdid it that is just a prank. Tell her that she should never do that again and ground her for a day or two or give her a few spanks on the behind, but that should be it.
And if Asda bans your daughter then perhaps you should not shop there either.
2007-10-03 23:36:20 · answer #4 · answered by cyranonew 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If they were using "samplers", then I do not see the store has a problem, as they are meant to be used. However if they were using dodourants that were on sale, that is stealing, no doubt about it.
I also don't like these "collective punishments", where a whole group is hit for the actions of a few.
As for you daughter, I find children sometimes can have an ambivalent attitude to stealing. What eventully bring home the wrongness of it is when somebody steals someting either valuable or precious from them, and they feel gutted about it.
2007-10-03 23:36:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Asda were probably looking for an excuse to ban the school kids and this was their opportunity. There will always be kids that steal and they have obviously got away with it, so they pick on an easy option and phone the police to make it official enough to ban all the kids.
She'll have learned her lesson from the humiliation of having the police called over something so stupid. I'd give her the benefit of the doubt on this one and remember the daft things we all did at that age !!
2007-10-04 00:52:07 · answer #6 · answered by kirst is back!! 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋
I don't think it would be a good idea to let her think you condone the behavior because it really isn't right, assuming that it wasn't just abuse of the samples, which is certainly not a crime, just abuse of the store's policy at worst. But if it was use of the stuff they sell then I suppose technically it's stealing.
In this situation it would probably be best to just talk to the store manager and explain that you talked to her, blah blah, and maybe have her apologize. If the store wants to press charges or something then you could still talk to them and try to convince them not to because, you know, they're just kids and all.
Even if you think the store sucks, you should still try to be nice to make sure that it goes away because anything criminal is just going to cost money.
As far as the school giving out her info, I don't know but it seems that the damage was already done and I guess you could sue if was illegal, but this would also cost money and probably wouldn't do you any good. Of course, I don't know about UK laws, but this shouldn't really change anything.
Just try and get out of having to deal with any charges and tell your daughter not to do it anymore.
2007-10-04 09:44:38 · answer #7 · answered by tonymrep 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is just Asda being silly and the school over reacting at Asda's silly reaction. I am assuming that those were 'TRY ME' smells. In that case, no. And if the school do provide details to Asda, they would be breaking the law, as any good lawyer would tell you. Also, I think Asda could be sued there along the lines of ageist descrimination.
2007-10-04 05:51:46 · answer #8 · answered by Laurence B 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes it is stealing because now the product can't be sold because it is used. They used it with out paying. The store inovled the police trying to stop the problem like you said now they have banned kids in uniforms. the store looses money when that happens so yes it is stealing
2007-10-04 09:59:32 · answer #9 · answered by Big Daddy R 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The shops do class this as theft unfortunately. All to do with merchandise that is intended for retail sale; not being samples. Next time tell the girls to spray the testers on themselves.. Petty I know, so don't be too hard on them. Police will have already probably cautioned them. Now they know. No big deal..
2007-10-03 23:32:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋