Ahead of me was a very elderly and frail looking gentleman, one of those elderly people that look like a puff of wind might blow them over. He was just leaving and as my goods were scanned through the till I packed them in the carrier bags ready laid open by the cashier. All packed, I paid and started to leave.
As I walked away I was vaguely aware of the same gentleman approaching the till again asking if he had left behind a packet of bacon, he was unable to find it in his bags and wondered if he had left it on the counter. I took little notice other than to feel a little sad for him (he looked as though he could well do with the meal), left the store and went about my business.
A couple of hours later I returned home with no though of this incident in my mind, unpacked my shopping and found, loitering at the bottom of my bag....you guessed it, a cheap packet of 'bacon bits'! The elderly man must have left the bag among the others on the checkout and I inadvertently used it without noticing it contained anything. Ok, so on a technicality I'm not sure if one can be accused of theft if one was unaware but whatever, it was in my bag and I hadn't paid for it and more to the point some poor old soul had!
I called the shop and explained what had happened hoping that maybe the customer services department had taken his address or number ( I know, fat chance!) so that I could take it to him or back to the store, but no, they couldn't even recall the incident
I feel really mean, I wish I had listened properly initially and checked my bags 'just in case' rather than be in my own hurry! My only hope is that as a big chain the supermarket gave the guy another pack free of charge.....he looked as though he probably had very little cash to spare. :o(
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