Is it ok to steal from shops?

[Robert HM]

A Pierre Cardin, pure Cashmere tank top

[redsimon]

The whole benefits system is poorly run, and seemingly by staff who are unable to read or write. Have a client currently awaiting benefits. Open and shut case too. Has been waiting 3 months.
When my son was born, and we filled the forms for child benefit and tax credits. They got his date of birth wrong, despite being sent a copy of the birth certificate. This resulted in them overpaying a month. When we pointed this out they claimed the month back, but still used 'their' date of birth, so reduced the payments a month early!!

Inputting errors aside (they do happen, no ones perfect)...I reckon the main cause of delays is the Government is closing down many benefit offices and reducing staff numbers. This leads to the remaining staff under pressure and errors are made and delays do occur.

[AndrewT]

The whole benefits system is poorly run, and seemingly by staff who are unable to read or write. Have a client currently awaiting benefits. Open and shut case too. Has been waiting 3 months.
When my son was born, and we filled the forms for child benefit and tax credits. They got his date of birth wrong, despite being sent a copy of the birth certificate. This resulted in them overpaying a month. When we pointed this out they claimed the month back, but still used 'their' date of birth, so reduced the payments a month early!!

Inputting errors aside (they do happen, no ones perfect)...I reckon the main cause of delays is the Government is closing down many benefit offices and reducing staff numbers. This leads to the remaining staff under pressure and errors are made and delays do occur.

Maybe they should just get exactly half the unemployed to work in the benefit offices, who can sort out the claims for the other half.

[Woodsey]

I need a quick answer cos I'm going out for lunch in a minute. is it ok to eat a meal and then leg it without paying the bill?

LOL, me and my ex once did an irish runner from a curry house at 3am in the morning. We ordered the full monty, and after eating 1 popadom each decided we were too tired to hang around so we legged it!

[redsimon]

The whole benefits system is poorly run, and seemingly by staff who are unable to read or write. Have a client currently awaiting benefits. Open and shut case too. Has been waiting 3 months.
When my son was born, and we filled the forms for child benefit and tax credits. They got his date of birth wrong, despite being sent a copy of the birth certificate. This resulted in them overpaying a month. When we pointed this out they claimed the month back, but still used 'their' date of birth, so reduced the payments a month early!!

Inputting errors aside (they do happen, no ones perfect)...I reckon the main cause of delays is the Government is closing down many benefit offices and reducing staff numbers. This leads to the remaining staff under pressure and errors are made and delays do occur.

Maybe they should just get exactly half the unemployed to work in the benefit offices, who can sort out the claims for the other half.

Thank you for your contribution, I'll put it my bosses tomorrow.

[thetank]

Lastly - if I were to steal from a shop to feed my family I would be stealing basics like bread, mince, pasta, things I can make go further with creative cooking.

So you stole because you were hungry? I might have had sympathy for your plight if it was a packet of Tesco own brand digestives that we found up your jumper, but these are McVities Jaffa Cakes. You have left me no choice but to alert the authorities.

Great being middle class, innit? 

[The_nun]

Of course it is ok to steal from shops Tracey, then break the bones of the person trying to stop you. You will get let off, but don't talk on your mobile phone whilst driving as that is a serious offence.

[bolt pp]

Of course it is ok to steal from shops Tracey, then break the bones of the person trying to stop you. You will get let off, but don't talk on your mobile phone whilst driving as that is a serious offence.

it is if it causes you to hit someone

[The_nun]

Does anyone know if it is an offence for a police man to use his/her radio walky talky thingy me bob whilst driving?

[The_nun]

Of course it is ok to steal from shops Tracey, then break the bones of the person trying to stop you. You will get let off, but don't talk on your mobile phone whilst driving as that is a serious offence.

it is if it causes you to hit someone

I agree.

[The_nun]

Us drivers should not be allowed to talk / eat / drink soft drinks / tune the radio in / the list continues whilst driving. We shouold be boxed in.

[thetank]

I'm doing a moral philosophy course at the moment.

I want to know if it's ok to miss lectures?

[The_nun]

My morals still stand. You break the law you pay. I do find it hard though to understand how some laws broken get repetavive warnings and others don't.

[bolt pp]

I'm doing a moral philosophy course at the moment.

I want to know if it's ok to miss lectures?

depends what you're doing instead

[taximan007]

Does anyone know if it is an offence for a police man to use his/her radio walky talky thingy me bob whilst driving?

No its not an offence Maureen, same as it is ok for taxi drivers to use 2 way radios.

Stealing from shops! In the Philippines there is much poverty, no benefit system, in the city I was living in there are many people/families begging, but shoplifting I believe is very rare or certainly not reported as the crime rate is almost zero, regardless of stories/reports( and i do believe things are different in the south of the country), i never saw any trouble in all the time i was there and certainly felt safer there walking the streets day or night than I do in this country.