On Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at 2:19:11 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2019-11-27 12:43 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at 11:51:55 AM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> >
> >> about 10 high and she checked out every single one of them before
> >> settling on two of them which had been somewhere in the middle of the
> >> piles. I have no idea what she was looking for, other than one that had
> >> not been damaged by someone picking them up like that.
> >
> > Those things are like eating sand anyway. For the miniscule effort
> > of making my own from graham crackers, butter, and sugar, I can eat
> > something that's 100 times better.
>
> Frankly, I was surprised to see that they sell those things prep-made.
> Melted butter and Graham cracker crumbs and press them lightly into a
> pan. It doesn't get much easier than that. I just couldn't figure out
> why someone too lazy to make them herself would be so meticulous about
> selecting the perfect one.... while handling them all carelessly. I
> thought to myself when I saw her doing it that I hope she was not
> damaging them by picking them up like that and then rejecting them
> because of the damage she had caused.
>
> When I was in high school I had a job in the toy and sporting goods
> department of a store and watched people opening up boxes to check the
> contents and then taking taking one that was unopened. I confess that I
> have been known to open boxes to make sure it is what I want, but only
> if I am really sure it is what I want, and I take the one that I opened.

At Home Depot (for example) I can usually count on at least one box already
being open. I have no qualms about taking the item out of that box,
examining it, putting it back, and taking an unopened box. If I open
a box myself, I either buy that one or put it back on the shelf and buy
nothing. That last case leaves me feeling some guilt, but I'm not going
to buy something that turned out to be crap just because I opened the box.
I always check eggs before I buy them, and if one is cracked I take an
different dozen.

Cindy Hamilton