I am fussy about apples and often disappointed. So I will pick one and have a chunk of it- if I like it, I'll buy 5 or 6, including the one with a bite out of it. Cashiers always look in horror and say 'one of them has been bitten' and I own up. If I don't like it, I'll bag just the one, and pay for it, of course.
A woman I knew confessed to me that she used to undo the jar of, say, chutney, sauce, jam etc and dip her finger in to see if she liked it. If not she would put it back on the shelf. Yuk!!!
Urgh Aspen - that is beyond the pale. I was nearly buying a cream eyeshadow from Boots, then on closer inspection I saw it had a dirty great finger print where someone had 'tested' it to see if the colour suited her or him. Blegh . Now I always wear my glasses when buying makeup. Oh, and buy only sealed stuff.
I too worked in Boots....in the early 70s as a Saturday girl......back when there were separate departments. I was 'Surgical' STs, loo roll and Complan, looked up in awe at the ladies on the Cosmetics, they were so glamorous.
Have also seen people going around Tesco's with children and feeding them cakes, biscuits and crisps and throwing the wrappers away-also one very large lady who spends quite a bit of time by the cakes...but openign cosmetics and using them, that is awful.
Aspen, with a bit of luck she'll get a nice case of conjunctivitis! And yes, on a Saturday morning most Boots are full of girls topping up their make-up, its been going on for ages and is yet another reason for not going there. Buying sealed cosmetics is surely what everyone does anyway?
I have just returned from shopping in Boots where I watched a customer apply mascara then return the item to the shelf before moving on to try out other products. I eventually found an assistant to report it to and was pathetically told " lots of people do that, there is nothing we can do about it". The shop is full of cctv cameras does anybody look at these. I will only buy such products in future if they are sealed.