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[-] Mic_Check_One_Two@reddthat.com 4 points 10 months ago

If you’re accused of a crime that happened across town while you were at the donut shop, you could prove that you were at the donut shop (and not at the scene of the crime) when the crime occurred.

Aside from those two scenarios, that’s pretty much the only reasons you’d need a receipt for a donut.

[-] GiantRobotTRex@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 10 months ago

The receipt proves that someone bought a donut but it doesn't prove that you bought the donut.

Imagine a scenario where someone buys a donut then heads across town. They commit a crime while their accomplice buys another donut. Then they swap receipts. They now have "proof" that they were at the donut shop at the time of the crime and may even be able to get the cashier to testify that they did indeed sell that person a donut that day.

[-] ScoopMcPoops@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Most receipts have the card number printed on them one way or another. So unless it was a cash transaction they could still prove it was you.

[-] MrNobody@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

So just swap cards too?

[-] nodsocket@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

A lot of ~~department~~ big box stores ask to see receipts when you leave.

[-] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 10 months ago

And you can just walk right past them without doing so, they can't do shit about it

So not really useful in that scenario either

[-] nodsocket@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago

They can call the police for theft. I'd rather give them a receipt then deal with the police.

[-] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago

Costco can because you signed an agreement

Walmart and similar can't and won't, just ignore them

[-] nodsocket@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago

Yes, Walmart can call the cops on suspected shoplifters. They even have their own security force to prevent shoplifting

[-] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

Not showing the receipt is not good enough cause to call the cops for suspected shoplifting

This is very easy to Google and find out

[-] nodsocket@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago

If they ask for it and you don't have it then that would look suspicious.

[-] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago

No, it doesn't. You're not obligated to stop and show anything to them (again unless it's Costco or similar and you've signed an agreement)

Source: literally haven't shown a receipt for anything in over 5 years. Walked right out of Walmart with a TV in hand one day, even. Still never had the cops called

Oh, and again, just Google it ffs

[-] nodsocket@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago

Did they ask and you refused to show it? Or did they never ask?

[-] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

Both at varying points in the many years I've done it. They can ask and I just say nah and walk past, they don't fuckin care either

Again, this is all a simple Google search away so you can have more than one random person's testimony at hand

[-] VicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.works -1 points 10 months ago

Thank you, gentleman. That lots of good information.
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[-] Mic_Check_One_Two@reddthat.com 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

What kind of department stores are you shopping in that have donut shops in the middle of them? And do you think they’d actually try to enforce a receipt check for a donut that you’ve already eaten and they have no way of knowing you bought (unless they watched you buy it, in which case they already know you paid for it.)

Lastly, unless the store has some sort of membership program (like Costco or Sam’s Club) then you don’t actually have to stop for the receipt check. They can’t legally stop you from leaving, because it’s kidnapping if they try to stop you and you haven’t stolen anything.

[-] nodsocket@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Costco and Walmart both sell donuts and ask for receipts. I don't know if they would actually check for a small purchase but you never know.

This is the most productive argument I've ever had.

[-] Mic_Check_One_Two@reddthat.com 3 points 10 months ago

Which is really just the first scenario (walking out of the donut shop and being accused of theft) in a trench coat. That scenario has already been covered, so my original “that’s pretty much the only two reasons” statement still applies.

[-] nodsocket@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

OK, and I'm agreeing with you on that, but I think that those two reasons are important enough to be worth getting a receipt.

[-] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

Costco has the donut's ultimate evolution: the churro

[-] nodsocket@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago
[-] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago

A churro is actually closer to a funnel cake, as you start with a choux paste which is piped into oil. Donuts are traditionally leavened with yeast before being deep fried.

[-] nodsocket@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Leavening is not that important when you're talking about pastries. I would put churros, funnel cake and doughnuts all into the same family.

[-] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

Leavening is incredibly important when talking about pastries. It's what makes a cronut a cronut and not a donut

[-] nodsocket@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago
[-] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

You're an absolute madman and I respect that

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