On 4/12/2010 9:44 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> I hardly ever get anything from the overpriced salad bars at Whole
> Foods. And I probably only returned or sent back maybe 5 partially
> eaten meals/items in my lifetime (the last time was pre-cooked
> shrimp from the Whole Foods two years prior - they had been boiled
> to death to make shrimp stoc).
>
> A few nights ago I got some Cesar salad, some fried tofu with ginger
> soy dressing, and some beef bourguignon. They were pretty small
> portions and it should not have cost almost $11. i can't believe it
> weighed overt a pound.
>
> I took one bite of the beef and it just sucked all the taste out of
> my taste buds and was so dry that I actually choked on it trying to
> swallow it. It shouldn't have been called "beef bourguignon" even
> on a good day. I left the rest of it alone while eating the other
> two items.
>
> I took the container back with just the beef in it and asked for a
> refund of the weight that was left in the container. The customer
> service desk insisted on giving me a full refund on the original
> price of the container. After explaining that I didn't want a full
> refund, they won.
>
> So I took the money ($10.50 or so) and when I got home I wrote them
> a complaint letter for making me feel like a fraudulent huckster,
> and cited the Florida Joliceur case. They didn't respond; I
> suspect they were speechless - somebody actually complaining about
> getting too much money back. Heh.
>
> I realize now how easy it could be to live off of free food. But
> not 600 pounds worth. And not beef jerky and milkshakes. If I
> wasn't so moral I'd set the bar a little higher with steaks and
> lobsters. With truffle sauces and whatnot.
>
> -sw

I often wonder how much we pay for the free food the con artists get by
working stores. Buddies wife lost her real job when a local
manufacturing company closed so she got a job at sams as a "mamager".
She said there was a constant stream of folks bringing in empty
containers, grape stems and whatever complaining that they "couldn't eat
it" demanding (and getting) a refund.