On 7/20/2015 5:55 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 15:35:59 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> If I get swiss cheese at the deli, I like it sliced thin. I don't
>> think this especially pleases the staff at my local supermarket.
>> Hee. The other closest supermarket, they make a slice and show
>> you, and ask if that's how you want it. Much more customer service
>> oriented staff.
>
> I haven't seen pre-sliced meats since I lived in Ohio 20 years ago
> (Big Bear grocery store). Everything is cut to order here, even in
> Walmart. And that sample slice is always offered to you to sample
> right there (plus they cut off one slice before that and pitch it).

That's really nice, can't say as I've ever seen the first slice
tossed.

The place where i normally shop (hey, it's a mile up the road, if
that), they aren't rude but they don't go out of their way to
make you happy, either. It's all Can I help you? Anything else?
Have a nice day next.

A couple of weeks ago, an order for a half pound of ham was sliced
and bagged, here you go ... .7 pounds. No Oh, I went over, is that
okay? I know, everyone would scream bloody murder, take off the
offending extra slices. I don't care but I thought that's almost
3/4 of a pound, not a half. That's a big over.

No, I have never seen slices just piled there waiting for them
to grab however much to weigh it. They slice to order onto a
scale till the proper amount is reached.

This same store has taken to putting out packaged amounts of
presliced stuff (I guess I said that already) but it's always
a pound. I never get a pound of cold cuts, never mind I don't
want to wonder when, exactly, it was sliced. Yesterday? This
morning? That's how I feel about piles of sliced cold cuts at
the counter, too.

nancy