I'lm not sure his buttocks is more dangerous than the pesticide residues splattered all over the fruit skin.
A loss prevention employee
ROTFL
Man cuffed for testing fruit with bum cheek pre-purchase
Anyone that’s ever had a penchant for using their buttocks to test the ripeness of a peach, plum or squash in a supermarket pre-purchase might have some sympathy for a US chap that was arrested for allegedly doing just that. The rest of the world will likely understand – if the charges are true – why the cuffs were slapped on …
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Wednesday 19th September 2018 16:48 GMT jake
If the pesticide is "splattered all over the fruit skin", all you need to do is rinse it off with water, just as you always do with fruit fresh out of the field. You do know that most fruit & veg grown world-wide is grown in decomposing plant material augmented with shit, right? And almost all of it is handled by humans, whose hands are absolutely filthy! A little easily removed pesticide is the least of your worries.
The phrase "loss prevention employee" is an example of what used to be called "Airline English", the fine art of using many words where a couple will do. The most common example is "Please Extinguish All Smoking Materials" instead of "No Smoking". I'm rather partial to "Adverse Weather Excluder", but usually use a more succinct "Bumbershoot".
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Thursday 20th September 2018 10:24 GMT Potemkine!
Q. Do pesticides get into the flesh of conventional fruits and vegetables like cantaloupe, apples and cucumbers?
A. Pesticides sprayed on fruits and vegetables accumulate on the outer peel or skin, but the skin does not form an impermeable barrier, and some pesticides are actually designed to be absorbed into the tissue of the fruit or vegetable to protect it from pests that penetrate the skin to suck out the liquid inside
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Thursday 20th September 2018 15:52 GMT Kane
Re: Jape
"Reminds me of a dare I did as a student - supermarket checkout, with a cucumber, Vaseline and a packet of jonnies."
Reminds me of a certain scene from Spinal Tap - Courgette, wrapped in foil.
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Peter "James" Bond, and Mick Shrimpton, long may they be remembered (icon related).
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Wednesday 19th September 2018 14:54 GMT caffeine addict
There's no suggestion in the police ledger that he was checking the freshness. Anyone want to research what he claimed he was doing?
Quick goggle reveals "Senior Police Officer Charles Sharp told USA TODAY he does not believe the incident was mental health related."
Are you sure about that...?
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Thursday 20th September 2018 10:26 GMT Spazturtle
Re: Disgusting but not criminal.
People go to the toilet and don't wash their hands before touching the fruit, do you think that doesn't get it dirty? He didn't cause anymore damage that that does, and people are fine with that and accept it as normal. It's not criminal if he didn't do anything different to what the store normally lets people do to the fruit.
The pillocks are the ones who don't thoroughly wash fruit when they buy it.
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Wednesday 19th September 2018 16:48 GMT Robert Helpmann??
Re: Clarity Needed
For most retail establishments, security guard = loss prevention employee. In all cases, the loss prevention aspect comes first. If you want to identify one of these plain-clothes store detective types, get a few friends to go to a store with you, grab a random assortment of merchandise and wander toward the exit chanting "Shrinkage! Shrinkage!"
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Wednesday 19th September 2018 17:46 GMT kain preacher
Re: Clarity Needed
loss prevention is what use to be called store detectives. There role is to both stop shop lifters and internal theft . Yes in place like supper markets their is a difference between the uniformed security guard you see and the plain clothes loss prevention. Most of the time the security guard is contracted out were loss prevention is a direct hire . Loss prevention is almost always plain clothes store detective .
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Biting the hand that feeds IT
