Walmart stores in Wichita Falls, Texas, have already had to ban at least one customer this year — but this latest incident really takes the cake.

On June 25, a woman (whose name has not been released by authorities) entered a Walmart, picked up a cake in the bakery aisle, and then proceeded to eat it while walking through the store, according to the Wichita Falls Police Department.

After finishing the sweet snack, the woman then reportedly told store employees at the cash register that she would only be paying for the remaining half of the cake, alleging that she had actually found the confection in that half-consumed condition.

Local authorities were called to the store but Walmart eventually decided not to press any charges.

“This was a simple case of someone wanting to have their cake and eat it too — without paying," Tara Aston, a senior media relations manager for Walmart, told TODAY Food. "Like any grocery store, if customers consume food or drink in our store, like half a cake, they should pay for it.”

Though no charges were filed, the unnamed woman has now been banned from that store location.

Naturally, social media has had a field day with the story.

Is it ever OK to eat food at the grocery store before you buy it? — TODAY (@TODAYshow) January 18, 2019

Many just seemed horrified by the situation.

i can't. i juuuuuust can't even. #texaspride? #omg | Woman barred from Texas Walmart after eating half a cake, refusing to pay full price https://t.co/MrcrmShooI via @nbcnews — Leah Goldstein (@lmg728) July 2, 2019

I feel guilty if I eat a couple grapes ..... — kyle (@Kylerenaud8) July 2, 2019

Others questioned why someone would even try to buy a cake that had clearly been tampered with in the first place ... aside from the great bargain?

And even if it were true that she did find a cake half eaten, who in their right mind would want to buy it — Francesca Epps (@Chessie_K) July 2, 2019

Wait a minute... Was she trying to actually buy an already half eaten (by her) cake she just "found" on a shelf? Who buys a half eaten cake? — 🅹🅳 🆄🅽🅶🅴🆁 (@UngerJd) July 2, 2019

But what became of the uneaten cake?

“I don’t know if she got the whole cake,” Wichita Falls Police Sergeant Harold McClure told NBC News. “I don’t know if she left with the other half of it.” She was, however, ordered to pay the full price of the cake.

The story has revived an age-old debate that has long divided the internet: Is it ever OK to eat groceries in the store before making a purchase? A TODAY poll conducted in January found that 47% of respondents thought it was "never" appropriate to snack away at the store, while 35% said it depended on the item. Only 18% approved of eating an item that they had no intention of purchasing.