Mel Rowing wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>
> > Honest Aryan wrote:
> > >
> > > Buy the whole bunch.
> > > Not just the couple of bananas you want.
> >
> > Have you any idea how many bananas there are in a bunch?
> > The shippers and the stores have already broken them up into
> > smaller bunches. Since we pay by the pound regardless of the
> > quality of the individual fruits in those bunches, we are
> > entitled to the best quality for the same price. If I want 4
> > bananas and the smallest bunch is 8, of which 4 are substandard,
> > I am going to take the four good ones.
>
> You aren't even *entitled* to buy the bananas in the first place. If
> you don't care for the terms under which the bananas are *offered* for
> sale, your entitlement is limited to your right to decline to purchase
> them.
>
> You certainly are not entitled to break up bunches into smaller ones.
> They are not yours until after you've paid for them.
>
> Loose bananas if you want them are generally sold at a lower price.

I think you took your nutty pills today. Sometimes, supermarkets don't
have "loose" bananas - certainly true where I shop. I don't know what
happens to them, but I don't care, either. (They probably use them in
the bakery or deli departments.) If I can only use 2, I'll buy two,
even if (I don't give it a second though) I have to separate them from
a bigger bunch. I bet there isn't a produce clerk alive who thinks
that's a bad idea.

N.