Offbeat: Protip for Safeway: PR debacles regarding shoplifting cost more than $5
- cause Two parents, including a pregnant woman, were arrested last week when they ate cheap sandwiches at a Safeway in Honolulu, and forgot to pay for them. They bought roughly $50 worth of items, but were nicked for the $5 sandwiches. The store wouldn’t let them pay. In the process, their child was taken away. Wait, what?
- reaction Nearly a week later, as the story gained national attention, the company personally apologized for its employees’ handling of the situation, and dropped the charges. Meanwhile, Marcin and Nicole Leszczynski still faced criticism from some for eating food before paying. To which we say, umm … it was an accident. source