I’m going to share this trashy behavior

Stopped in my local quickie mart to get some snacks. Run by a very nice but very strict Filapino family.

I walk past the sitting area and I see a middle aged white guy in a sports coat looking through the paper. I think nothing of it and continue back of the story.

I hear a “what are you doing here? You are no longer welcome here,” from the store owner at the front of the store.

I process to get my unhealthy snacks and walk to the front of the store where I check out.

As I’m checking out, I start talking with the owner.

Owner: “did you see the guy in the sports coat and the paper?”
Me: “yes”
Owner; “that fricker comes in here once a week and goes to the back of the store. He rifles through the paper. Leaves it. And takes the TV guide.”
Me: “Oh.”
Owner: “I tell him he’s stealing and he doesn’t listen to me. He says the TV guide is free. I explain to him that’s not how this works, that you actually have to by the paper to get the guide but he says I’m lying”

The most mind numbingly trashy about this is the guy could obviously have afforded the paper and a tv freaking guide? Of things to steal, things that are openly available on the internet?