Another jello interlude
A couple was arrested and charged with tampering with Jello pudding packages, replacing the contents with sand and salt, and returning them for a refund. Larceny doesn’t get much more petit than this.
The question is: why Jello pudding? It does not seem to be a very cost-effective crime. When last I checked, the price of each box was under a dollar. Surely there must be a more efficient way to make crime pay.
Several years ago I needed to paint a rental house. Should I hire it done or do the painting myself at night and on the weekends? I decided to do the work myself and bought paint in five gallon buckets (5 buckets). The first bucket I opened was 4 1/2 gallons of water with 1/2 gallon of paint floating on top. As it turned out, four of the five buckets were filled mostly with water. The paint store was more than willing to exchange the paint so I was only out several hours.
I wonder if the paint thieves started out as jello thieves?
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Some people seem more than willing to break the rules and violate the public trust, just to see if they can get away with it or not.
I’m not mentioning any names, of course.
“Why Jello pudding?”
Because they were sure no one would taste a difference?
Petit larceny is getting rough! I just got a few cans of Wegman’s French Roast coffee. $2 a can (12 oz.) Each can, under its plastic lid, has a peel-off aluminum cover so you don’t need a can opener.
Embedded in the center of each peel-off aluminum cover was one of those little electronic transmitters! For store-brand coffee! For $2!
No wonder politics, law, and lobbying are so popular!
Nolanimrod, that transmitter was most likely for inventory control rather than theft protection. You’d be amazed at the low value products that now have very low cost IR chips in their packaging. It automates record keeping during the logistics processes from manufacturer to warehouse to truck to store.