Tesco Busts Teenage Girls for Squeezing Muffins
Two 17-year-old girls were stopped at a Tesco in Exeter, England, after squeezing muffin tops (searching for the squishiest?) and apparently contaminating the poofs. According to the Mirror, they were hauled to the supermarket's basement to be questioned. Tesco decided not to press charges. [via Fork in the Road]
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7 Comments:
I clicked the article--apparently, the girls were Italian and studying English. I wonder if the reason for this had to do with prejudice/difficulty communicating with them.
HeartofGlass at 2:29PM on 09/24/09
to be fair, everyone knows the most delicious part of the muffin is the top.
mgnnn at 2:44PM on 09/24/09
After reading about 17 yr old girls and muffin tops... that was not the story i was expecting!!!
ESNY1077 at 3:12PM on 09/24/09
I wish more people would get arrested for that kind of stuff. There is no reason to squeeze a muffin ... all you are doing is ruining the muffin so the supermarket has to throw it in the trash.
If you don't want to risk getting a bad muffin, then don't buy muffins.
redfish at 3:41PM on 09/24/09
It does not sound like prejudice to me, it sounds as if that particular Tesco is prone to over-reaction.
Cary at 3:45PM on 09/24/09
Hmmmm... I just know I'm missing a punchline here...
Pavlov at 10:17PM on 09/24/09
hahaha! This is so typical of teenage girls..... they were probably laughing their heads off....
Pointy at 1:00PM on 09/25/09