Worse that shop lifting

I only buy sealed products anyway !

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?

Of course they can do something about it. Pathetic excuse.

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.

eeeeuuuwww

I had a Saturday job in Boots in Stockport in 1966, and it was the staff who were trying the stuff out

Well, to be fair, they do have 'testers' on display - I've often seen women trying them out in Boots! I'd only ever buy sealed products, too.

Really?! [shocked] I must be more careful about buying only sealed stuff.

Or even

Me too jane but I worked in a Boots in Devon. It was mainly the staff but as I could not wear makeup I made full use of the perfume testers

ANA only trouble is in our local Boots and Superdrug , a lot of the "Testers " get "nicked".

<gnash teeth>

and yuck!

I will remember that in future.

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.

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.

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!!!

Now that really is revolting!

Isn't it just and I told her so. She thought it was funny.

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.

Are there any depths people will not stoop to ? what revolting habits

I will never use the sauce bottles/or anything that has been opened in cafes etc...I only use sealed sugar/sauces etc.

I won't buy unwrapped bread or rolls.

And I won't buy any salad from open salad bars in supermarkets or unwrapped food in self -service restaurants.. I just imagine someone sneezing all over it. Having said that you never know what goes on behind the scenes whenever you buy any food. It doesn't pay to worry too much..

Greenfinch Me to. My husband thinks I'm just too fussy, but I feel really queasy about people sneezing over, or touching food items with unwashed hands. Eugh.

As you say, Greenfinch, you never know what goes on behind the scenes - in a restaurant kitchen, for example...