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|> A while ago, someone, (probably Peter Chrzanowski) writes:
|> 
|> >There's no debt because they're not
|> >your Chee-tos yet.  (BTW if you ate them before paying you
|> >have committed retail theft, for which you may be prosecuted).

Well, this depends on your local law.  I was a store detective for a few
years in New Jersey.  There's no such thing as "retail theft" in NJ; it's
just plain old shoplifting.  The shoplifting statute in NJ (2C:20-11) 
states that one must have intent to commit shoplifting.  It also states
that concealing something is shoplifting, but I'd never pick anyone up
for concealment without having something real solid to prove intent in 
court.  

I think walking around a grocery store filling up a cart while eating
your Cheetos is quite innocent.  Then again, you'd have to convince a
judge or jury -- not me. 

Eric
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