"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?

I hate it - it is a freaking mess and it spreads mold spores all over
everything (smut - THE worst!). One does not have to shuck the corn
completely to see if it's a good ear - you merely have to pull back
the top of the husk.

Another trend I absolutely hate are the people who think it is their
right to break the sweet potatoes and yams to see how fresh they are.
The store ends up with a million ends and broken whole pieces, which
IMO aren't fit to buy. It's just plain rude. I had never seen anyone
do this until we moved to San Jose, CA. I was horrified.

-L.