Serene Vannoy > wrote in news:6t04ecF894m3U2
@mid.individual.net:

> Mark Thorson wrote:
>> Banned for life from popular Berkeley market
>> for taking samples. And he deserves it!
>>
>> http://cbs5.com/local/berkeley.bowl.ban.2.823933.html
>>
>> I don't know about the guy using "too much"
>> cream and sugar in his coffee. Did it exceed
>> the volume of the coffee? Was he feeding his
>> family off this stuff? That would be an abuse.
>> I remember hearing stories about during WW2
>> people would abuse sugar offered at restaurants
>> and diners because it was rationed.
>
> Thing is, at least with the produce, the Berkeley Bowl will GIVE you a
> sample of any fruit you want, so there's no need to steal it. I am so
> annoyed with people who stand there nibbling away at the produce I'm
> about to buy.
>


Quite a few of the greengrocers around this area provide 'tasting
trays' in their fruit section. For everything from grapes, to
oranges/grapefruit.

They lose maybe 6-12 items per day (except for the grapes!!!)........
but they sell a helluva lot more because people know what they are
getting.

And it's quite funny that most people, when confronted with a tasting
tray, won't taste the item, but will buy it out of hand because they
think that "Hey, if he's got it out there, it must be alright!"

--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

You will travel through the valley of rejection;
you will reside in the land of morning mists...and you will find your
home,
though it will not be where you left it.