Post by Adriana Velez
You know those food samples they give out at the grocery store? Who doesn't love free, unplanned hors d'oeuvres! It's like a cocktail party, only without the cocktails, and you're grocery shopping. Anyway, it turns out there is a limit to how many samples you can grab off those trays -- especially if you're a grown man. Poor Erwin Lingitz was arrested for "stealing" free samples. How can you steal something that's free?!? Well, here's how. According to grocery store managers, Lingitz "violated societal norms" by taking more free samples than is customary. They say he would fill produce bags with 20 cookies from the free kids' cookies tray. And there's more. Check out what else the store claims he took.![]()
You know those food samples they give out at the grocery store? Who doesn't love free, unplanned hors d'oeuvres! It's like a cocktail party, only without the cocktails, and you're grocery shopping. Anyway, it turns out there is a limit to how many samples you can grab off those trays -- especially if you're a grown man. Poor Erwin Lingitz was arrested for "stealing" free samples. How can you steal something that's free?!? Well, here's how. According to grocery store managers, Lingitz "violated societal norms" by taking more free samples than is customary. They say he would fill produce bags with 20 cookies from the free kids' cookies tray. And there's more. Check out what else the store claims he took.