notbob > wrote in message news:<DSvWc.220873$eM2.37321@attbi_s51>...
> Dave Smith wrote:
>
>
> > refuse to buy it like that, and many others must have done the same
> > because they gave up on that trick.
>
> Nope, there are still plenty of vendors who still do that damn window thing.
> In fact Bar S still does the window and to make it worse they cover the
> window with pre-cut flaps. In order to view the bacon one has to tear the
> flaps (there's two) on at least one side and pull the flaps back or tear
> off completely.
>
> Now, I buy bacon based on price. With bacon running around $6 lb, I won't
> buy unless it's on sale in the $3-4 range. So, when Bar S has a sale on
> bacon, like they did last week, I have no qualms whatsoever about going
> through half a dozen or more packages, ripping flaps like crazy till I find
> a good lb of bacon. Sure, I leave a trail of violated and strewn bacon
> packages but that's just too damn bad. If they want the packages to stay
> pristine, they'll remove the removable flaps so I don't have to. I guess
> they figure most folks, like those who will not pick and choose in produce,
> are afraid to rip those flaps off. Sorry Charlie. I be rippin'!
>
> nb

I'm surprised at how many people *don't* look at what they are buying
- just throw the whatever into a bag and go. Sorry, but with the
prices as high as they are right now, no way am I buing bruised and
rotten produce, or inferior anything. Not to mention products that
are past their due date...

-L.