"Peter Aitken" > wrote in message
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> "Tank" > wrote in message
> ...
> > This year, I have noticed a number of grocery
> > stores placing trash cans next to their sweet
> > corn displays. This is for those people who
> > feel it necessary to strip their corn there in
> > the store. Are they placed there because the
> > stores are knuckling under to rude people who
> > peel back the ears to check them? What happened
> > to being able to judge an ear without destroying
> > it? What happened to simply taking the luck of
> > the draw with your produce, as the human race
> > has for thousands of years?
> >
> > Am I the only person who dislikes this trend?
> >
> > --
> > Tank
> >
> > This Space To Let.
> >
> >
>
> My feeling is that if the produce is in a bulk bin then it is valid to
pick
> and choose. But if it is already divided up into sales units then you can
> choose the bag/tray/box you want but that's all. I once saw a woman
picking
> the best srawberries from individual quarts to make up her own quart.

so pick out your own quart of unsquished, ripe berries. all is fair in
love, war, and the produce dept <g>

randy