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Do you take home sauces from pubs/restaurants?
I do.
![]() I was in a pub with my sister yesterday and as she came back from the toilets after we'd finished eating she noticed me popping a couple of sachets of tomato ketchup and french mustard in my bag. She chuckled about it and said not to be embarrassed, she does the same thing with sugar (so do I actually).The thing is, these sauces don't last very long once they're opened and I don't use much of them myself. But a bit of ketchup on my chips I do at home, or some tartare sauce on my fish is quite nice sometimes. And as for sugar, I don't use it myself, but when the workmen come round to do some work at my bungalow I make sure I have enough little packets of sugar for their hot drinks.I take the view, as does my sister, that I've paid for the right to use them with my meal, and so therefore I'm perfectly entitled to use them in my own time at home!!
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its a bit cheap to be fair though
do you take home the vinegar bottle and the salt and pepper? |
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Opened sachets.....i guess it's ok if you want a handbag full of sauce. New ones.....no, that's stealing.....either you or your alter ego should know that
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Wetherspoons cracked down on this as students were stealing cutlery as well as the sauces in Canterbury.
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I do.
![]() I was in a pub with my sister yesterday and as she came back from the toilets after we'd finished eating she noticed me popping a couple of sachets of tomato ketchup and french mustard in my bag. She chuckled about it and said not to be embarrassed, she does the same thing with sugar (so do I actually).The thing is, these sauces don't last very long once they're opened and I don't use much of them myself. But a bit of ketchup on my chips I do at home, or some tartare sauce on my fish is quite nice sometimes. And as for sugar, I don't use it myself, but when the workmen come round to do some work at my bungalow I make sure I have enough little packets of sugar for their hot drinks.I take the view, as does my sister, that I've paid for the right to use them with my meal, and so therefore I'm perfectly entitled to use them in my own time at home!! ![]() At first, you're all embarassed but in a few sentences you've worked yourself into that much of a lather that only a red faced, fuming 'smiley' will suffice. I sometimes take the wee sachets of malt vinegar if i'm dining out. I hope you don't steal the mini pots of margarine.
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Sounds a bit Jackanory, Georgie.
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No I don't take from eateries.
Nor do I think it's my right to take to use at home. If you don't use on premises then it's theft. I mean, vinegar lasts forever and costs 30p in the shops. Most other condiments last a good long time in the fridge. The only time I will admit to doing this is in Canada where sachets of this wonderful cucumber relish were freely available in sachets but oddly not existant in grocery stores there and certainly not in the UK. As for supplying your builders with sachets of sugar, bloody hell. The last builders I had would go through a normal bag of sugar in a few days. |
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When we had a pub (near university halls of residence) we had a big problem with students nicking the cutlery and everything else that was not nailed down. They would even bring bags and go round the tables collecting glasses, customers thinking they were new bar staff.
Not just students everyone used to pinch what ever was on offer and we ended up giving out the cutlery and making sure it was on the plate when collected. Sachets of sauces were given with the meal and kept behind the counter not on it after one lunch time when every sauce, mayo, vinegar etc disappeared. |
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I think if you can afford to eat out, then you can afford to maybe invest in a bottle of sauce- they keep in the fridge forever. And a bag of sugar in the house is pretty cheap too.
All that happens is the restaurants put up prices to cover these costs. If even a handful of punters think it is reasonable to nick extra condiments for home use then this is an extra cost for many places on tight margins. |
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Pinching sauce sachets? Are you poor?
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The thing is, these sauces don't last very long once they're opened and I don't use much of them myself OP, the thing is, these sauces DO last very long when opened, these condiments are actually preserves, containing salt, sugar and vinegar. If you are worried about that though, why not pop into a cash & carry and buy little sachets of sauce. Ofcourse you need to pay for them, then. |
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Pinching sauce sachets? Are you poor?
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its a bit cheap to be fair though
do you take home the vinegar bottle and the salt and pepper? ![]() Quote:
Opened sachets.....i guess it's ok if you want a handbag full of sauce. New ones.....no, that's stealing.....either you or your alter ego should know that
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Wetherspoons cracked down on this as students were stealing cutlery as well as the sauces in Canterbury.
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I hope you don't steal the mini pots of margarine.
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Sounds a bit Jackanory, Georgie.
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No I don't take from eateries.
Nor do I think it's my right to take to use at home. If you don't use on premises then it's theft. Quote:
I think if you can afford to eat out, then you can afford to maybe invest in a bottle of sauce- they keep in the fridge forever.
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Whilst I accept some brands say you should discard after 6 weeks of opening, this is actually nonsense. Mustard and other strong precerves will keep in the fridge for ages.
And as you state, you are not poor, you just feel entitled to nick a few sachets as you choose (including ketchup which can be easily bought in small bottles and kept for a long time). Many eating places are run on incredibly tight margins, if everyone followed your examples they would need to start charging more! Do as your conscience sees fit but I think it is a bit cheeky. |
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My gran always took home the sauce and sugar sachets and the little pots of jam and marmalade. She used them on picnics.
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its a bit cheap to be fair though
do you take home the vinegar bottle and the salt and pepper? They had the neck to add a 'Tray Charge' to my room service bill, so i swiped their Cruet Set. Bunch of Sods.
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I'm only talking about maybe 4 or 5 sachets at a time. And considering I'll have already spent money on a main meal, drinks and a dessert I don't really think it would count as 'stealing'.
That is what you paid for you could quite happily take your food home with you but stealing the sachet of sauces is just plain stealing. You paid for your meal the sauces are there for you to compliment that meal if you wish to, but if you don't use them with your meal then you don't get to take them home with you. And sauces last long enough that the pound that you spent on it would have been well worth it so I don't see that as a reasonable argument. It's stealing plain and simple. |
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It's stealing plain and simple.
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OP, why don't you just pop to Sainsburys and buy them, they sell a wide range of sauces and condiments and they'll even give you a carrier bag to take them home in.
![]() Seriously though, I think it's a bit penny pinching to nick the sauce sachets! They're provided to accompany the food you buy, not so that you don't have to go shopping! |
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Are you calling me a thief??
Although hardly the crime of the century.
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Are you calling me a thief??
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Wetherspoons cracked down on this as students were stealing cutlery as well as the sauces in Canterbury.
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No, such an act is disgraceful. :P
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I do if they are provided with a meal/drink and I don't use them.
An aunt of mine, takes loads if we're out at a restaurant or something. It's embarrasing! |
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My husband takes some of the sachets of dried chilli flakes in the food court of Costco to put on his cooked pizzas at home.
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And as for sugar, I don't use it myself, but when the workmen come round to do some work at my bungalow I make sure I have enough little packets of sugar for their hot drinks.



