"Coas****cher" > wrote in message
...
> No no no! These are the same people who insist on eating a bunch of
> grapes before buying, poking holes in melons, and sqeezing the tomatoes
> till they are mush. We pay for this! If you can't figure out what is
> best, ask for help. The next step, which I expect soon, will be all
> produce packaged in plastic and not be able to be examined till we've
> bought it and gotten it home. I don't want that do you?
>
> xrongor wrote:
> > "Peter Aitken" > wrote in message
> > r.com...
> >
> >>"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
> >
> >
>

the alternative is to accept the bunged up green berries sent to the store
from their supplier. more than once ive bought a 'unit' with nice good
stuff carefully put on top over the crappy stuff it was designed to hide.
this isnt an accicdent, but the way the suppliers work. same way they cut
the bacon to look real good though the 'window'.

randy