"Damsel in dis Dress" > wrote in message
...

>
> I was looking at some VERY ripe pears the other day. Even my tiny, short
> fingernails kept piercing the skin. I bought a lot of pears. I wasn't
> about to leave them so the store would eat the loss.
>

You don't think the supermarket has some responsibility not to leave rotting
fruit in their bins? If it's so over ripe that it splits at a light touch,
it's no longer food, it's compost.

Scott.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
. ..
> The Ranger wrote:
> > Nancy Young > wrote in message
> > ...
> > [snip]
> >> I was shocked to see a woman feeding her kid a cup of soup,
> >> that kind that's in a styrofoam cup
>
> > I've also seen people sample the soups with the same spoon, even
> > though there are six dispensers with signage reading, "Sample away
> > but please use clean utensils." The shock and dismay these clods
> > display at being called on their gauche behavior is sadistically
> > entertaining.
> >
> > Hit them one person at a time but hit 'em hard so you leave a lasting
> > impression.
> >
> > The Ranger
>
> Um... where do you shop that lets you sample soup? I believe Nancy was
> referring to something like that Campbell's 'Soup at Hand' thing, not a
> buffet.
>
> I do, however, agree with your basic message. Don't teach your children
to
> shoplift. Uh uh, you can't have a handful of grapes off that bunch. We
> *all* pay for theft in the long run.
>
> Jill

Von's has a new soup bar and they do let you have samples. The chicken and
wild rice is actually pretty good, though a little too salty IMO.

kimberly
>
>

"Damsel in dis Dress" > wrote in message
...
>
> Happens in the parking lot, too. Two cars (or one car and a pedestrian)
> sit side-by-side and the people have lonnnnnnnnnnnnnng conversations and
> block the entire parking row.
>

Happens on the street, too, sometimes. Some people just don't seem to have
any respect or consideration for the fact that other people exist.

Scott.

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> . ..
> > The Ranger wrote:
> >> Nancy Young > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> [snip]
> >>> I was shocked to see a woman feeding her kid a cup of soup,
> >>> that kind that's in a styrofoam cup
> >
> >> I've also seen people sample the soups with the same spoon, even
> >> though there are six dispensers with signage reading, "Sample away
> >> but please use clean utensils." The shock and dismay these clods
> >> display at being called on their gauche behavior is sadistically
> >> entertaining.
> >>
> >> Hit them one person at a time but hit 'em hard so you leave a lasting
> >> impression.
>
> > Um... where do you shop that lets you sample soup? I believe Nancy was
> > referring to something like that Campbell's 'Soup at Hand' thing, not a
> > buffet.
>
> Oh, definitely, I didn't realize there could be any confusion, I meant a
> packaged product on the soup aisle. I'm now thinking she must have
> come prepared with a spoon or did she steal a plastic one from the
> disposable plates aisle?
>
> At any rate, it wouldn't have even struck me as strange if she'd taken
> the container with her to pay for it. I've opened stuff in the store if I
> *really* needed to eat or whatever, but I paid for the product.

I've done that as well. A few times, when my blood sugar was too low and I
knew I wasn't going to be able to either wait for check out or leave and get
something somewhere else. Especially when I was first diagnosed and we were
still trying to find the right dosage...hypos could just hit me out of
nowhere! It's a kind of one track mind panick-y feeling. But I did take the
empty juice bottle or whatever to the check out with me and pay for it.

>
> Honest, I never heard of being able to sample the soup at the salad
> bar. I wouldn't like that.

When Von's first put in the soup bar, the samples did alot to get people to
try and then buy the soups. They supplied spoons and small souffle cups.


>
> > I do, however, agree with your basic message. Don't teach your children
> > to
> > shoplift. Uh uh, you can't have a handful of grapes off that bunch. We
> > *all* pay for theft in the long run.
>
> I'm with you. I only think of one place where it's common to see people
> eating the whole time they shop, ****es me off. Produce market. I don't
> mean just test one grape. I mean the whole bunch.
>
> nancy

I'm glad you clarified, because there is, IMHO, a difference between eating
a grape, or cherry or whatnot to see if they're good and eating a handful or
a bunch. Heck, the produce guy at my local store often asks people if they'd
like to try a grape or a cherry or strawberry.

kimberly
>
>

-L. wrote:
>
> What I can't stand is the family with 6 kids, Uncle Harry, Grandma and
> cousin Alberto. I mean, do you ALL really *need* to go to the store?
> They act like it's a freaking party or sumpin.
>
> I bitch if I have to take DS, and when DH wants to go with, we split up
> so we are outta there, pronto.
>
> -L.
>


For some people, shopping is the only time they get out,
practically their only social outlet. When you consider
how expensive most activities are, it's not surprising
that many families can't afford to go anywhere but grocery
shopping.

gloria p

"Food For Thought" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> > I've never seen a public
> >restroom at any stupidmarket in the entire state of NY
>
> Every supermarket has a BATHROOM. Where the hell do you think the
> employees pee? In your cole slaw? Don't answer that.....but anyway
> don't make blanket statements. **Every single Shop Rite and Aim and
> Pee in my NYS stomping grounds has a public restroom and it's usually
> quite clean.**
>
> >suppervized, if supervized at all...
>
> Spell much?

Heh...READ much? He said *public* restroom. Meaning, the public is allowed
to use it freely. Having a restroom for employees does NOT mean they have a
public restroom.
Kind of funny how you nitpick the spelling, yet don't read thoroughly before
replying. Ironic, really.

kimberly
>

"Damsel in dis Dress" > wrote in message
...
> A little birdie told me that "Sheldon" > said:
>
> >I know in some locations stupidmarkets maintain public restrooms but
> >many locations throuhgout the US do not. I've never seen a public
> >restroom at any stupidmarket in the entire state of NY... if the stores
> >don't offer a terlit to the patrons it should come as no surprise that
> >putrid pampers will be changed and discarded out in the parking lot...
> >and generally there are no trash recepticals, at least not handy, so if
> >garbage ends up in the carts rather than strewn about the streets
> >that's a good thing (lesser of evils)... for that kind of trash I place
> >the *entire* blame on the Municipality Officials for not enacting
> >commercial building code REQUIRING _adequate_ public restroom
> >facilities in *ALL* retail establishments, and that the municipality
> >must require that all retail establishments contract with private
> >sanitation companys to maintain adequate trash recepticals with timely
> >pick up thereof.
>
> Move to Minnesota. All restaurants are required to have a public
bathroom.
> I'm not sure if the grocery stores are required to, as well, but they all
> do. Actually, any of the larger stores (like hardware stores, etc.) have
> public bathrooms. The diaper incidents happened at Super WalMart. They
> definitely offer public accommodations.
>
> Carol
> --
> Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon

Do they have the liner papers in the restrooms yet? I've been out here in CA
so long, I didn't realize that they weren't everywhere until my mom and I
drove back to MN for a visit. Once we got past Vegas, almost none of the
public restrooms has them.
Personally, I prefer the bathrooms where everything is automated: automatic
flush, automatic sinks, automatic paper towels. The less I have to touch,
the better.

kimberly

A little birdie told me that "Scotty" > said:

>"Damsel in dis Dress" > wrote in message
.. .
>
>> I was looking at some VERY ripe pears the other day. Even my tiny, short
>> fingernails kept piercing the skin. I bought a lot of pears. I wasn't
>> about to leave them so the store would eat the loss.
>
>You don't think the supermarket has some responsibility not to leave rotting
>fruit in their bins? If it's so over ripe that it splits at a light touch,
>it's no longer food, it's compost.

For compost, those pears tasted pretty good. But you're right, they were
way over-ripe.

Carol
--
Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon

"Damsel in dis Dress" > wrote in message
...
> Crash and I did some serious grocery shopping last night, and I was so
> disgusted. In the (soda) pop aisle, we found a nearly empty plastic
bottle
> of Mountain Dew. Later, we found a partially eaten roll of Rolo candies.
> These people have no class, and they're thieves!
>
> The greeter guy at another store recently told us of having to clean up
> after mothers who left dirty diapers in carts.
>
> The world is in a sorry state of affairs when this kind of thing is
> happening.
>
> Any other gross encounters of the shopping kind?
>
> Carol
> --
> Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon

Lately, much of what I have encountered that's grossed me out has been the
fault of the store moreso than it's customers. For example, 3 times I've
seen pineapple (the peeled, but variety) in the produce department that has
a date 2 weeks away, yet is clearly past it's prime. I'm talking white fuzz,
bubbling juices.
Then, my mom was showing me the new pillsbury biscuits that are individually
wrapped so you can make 2 or 4 or whatever you need. She picks up a box to
show me and they are all covered in a thick layer of mold. Yuck.
Then, in the dog food aisle, I moved a bag of food to check the date and the
bottom was alive with meal worms and moths.
Eww.

kimberly

In > Damsel in dis Dress
wrote:
> A little birdie told me that "Scotty" > said:
>
>>"Damsel in dis Dress" > wrote in message
. ..
>>
>>> I was looking at some VERY ripe pears the other day. Even my tiny,
>>> short fingernails kept piercing the skin. I bought a lot of pears.
>>> I wasn't about to leave them so the store would eat the loss.
>>
>>You don't think the supermarket has some responsibility not to leave
>>rotting fruit in their bins? If it's so over ripe that it splits at a
>>light touch, it's no longer food, it's compost.
>
> For compost, those pears tasted pretty good. But you're right, they
> were way over-ripe.

Oh yeah. Fruit, that reminds me. Once there were these guys arguing
over bananas in the grocery store and well, they continued on out the
door. Wait, no...that was Trailer Park Boys :-)


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A little birdie told me that "Nexis" > said:

>Do they have the liner papers in the restrooms yet? I've been out here in CA
>so long, I didn't realize that they weren't everywhere until my mom and I
>drove back to MN for a visit. Once we got past Vegas, almost none of the
>public restrooms has them.

Some places have them, but it's relatively rare.

>Personally, I prefer the bathrooms where everything is automated: automatic
>flush, automatic sinks, automatic paper towels. The less I have to touch,
>the better.

Same here. If the trash container is close enough to the door, I open the
door with my paper towel, then throw it away.

Carol
--
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"jmcquown" > wrote in message
. ..
> The Ranger wrote:
>> Nancy Young > wrote in message
>> ...
>> [snip]
>>> I was shocked to see a woman feeding her kid a cup of soup,
>>> that kind that's in a styrofoam cup
>
>> I've also seen people sample the soups with the same spoon, even
>> though there are six dispensers with signage reading, "Sample away
>> but please use clean utensils." The shock and dismay these clods
>> display at being called on their gauche behavior is sadistically
>> entertaining.
>>
>> Hit them one person at a time but hit 'em hard so you leave a lasting
>> impression.
>>
>> The Ranger
>
> Um... where do you shop that lets you sample soup? I believe Nancy was
> referring to something like that Campbell's 'Soup at Hand' thing, not a
> buffet.
>
> I do, however, agree with your basic message. Don't teach your children
> to
> shoplift. Uh uh, you can't have a handful of grapes off that bunch. We
> *all* pay for theft in the long run.
>
> Jill
>

When I was a teenager I worked in a supermarket. I remember one time a child
(about 6, IIRC) came up to my co-worker at the service desk to return a
candy bar he had stolen, and said he was sorry. When my co-worker asked
where his Mom was, the boy pointed to a lady standing about 20 yards away.
So the child probably took the candy bar when in line, the Mom found out in
the car or something, and then walked the kid back in and had him return it
and apologize.

Pretty cool.

-T

Puester wrote:
> -L. wrote:
>>
>> What I can't stand is the family with 6 kids, Uncle Harry, Grandma
>> and cousin Alberto. I mean, do you ALL really *need* to go to the
>> store? They act like it's a freaking party or sumpin.
>>
>> I bitch if I have to take DS, and when DH wants to go with, we split
>> up so we are outta there, pronto.
>>
>> -L.
>>
>
>
> For some people, shopping is the only time they get out,
> practically their only social outlet. When you consider
> how expensive most activities are, it's not surprising
> that many families can't afford to go anywhere but grocery
> shopping.
>
> gloria p

But by the same token, back in the day it was a *privilege* if we were
allowed to go to the store with Mom. No running around like a hooligan
unattended; no screaming or crying. None of that "I want! I want!"
business.

Jill

Date: Mon, Apr 18, 2005
Perhaps he's diabetic and really needed those grapes, like
now!---------------------------------------------
Boy, do I understand that one! Low blood sugar makes you ravenous. It's
also very frightening. When I had that problem from a medication they'd
given me to lower my blood sugar when I was first diagnosed. Horrible!
Carol-----------------------------------------------
RESPONSE: I had that happen couple weeks ago to me.
Woke up @ 4am bathe with sweat,cold clammy and felt I was going to pass
out.
It took four glucose tablets for me to feel human & just to calm down.
Both of my insulin brands dosages have been lowered since then.
I have had high readings in the past and felt sick and dizzy but nothing
I went through that morning can compare. Horrible is right, I don't feel
if those tablets weren't right by my bed that morning I would have gone
under before dialing 911.

On Mon 18 Apr 2005 07:35:19p, Nexis wrote in rec.food.cooking:

>
> "Damsel in dis Dress" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Crash and I did some serious grocery shopping last night, and I was so
>> disgusted. In the (soda) pop aisle, we found a nearly empty plastic
>> bottle of Mountain Dew. Later, we found a partially eaten roll of Rolo
>> candies. These people have no class, and they're thieves!
>>
>> The greeter guy at another store recently told us of having to clean up
>> after mothers who left dirty diapers in carts.
>>
>> The world is in a sorry state of affairs when this kind of thing is
>> happening.
>>
>> Any other gross encounters of the shopping kind?
>>
>> Carol
>> --
>> Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon
>
> Lately, much of what I have encountered that's grossed me out has been
> the fault of the store moreso than it's customers. For example, 3 times
> I've seen pineapple (the peeled, but variety) in the produce department
> that has a date 2 weeks away, yet is clearly past it's prime. I'm
> talking white fuzz, bubbling juices.
> Then, my mom was showing me the new pillsbury biscuits that are
> individually wrapped so you can make 2 or 4 or whatever you need. She
> picks up a box to show me and they are all covered in a thick layer of
> mold. Yuck. Then, in the dog food aisle, I moved a bag of food to check
> the date and the bottom was alive with meal worms and moths.
> Eww.
>
> kimberly
>
>

Sounds like you need to change stores!


--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
____________________________________________

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974

A little birdie told me that (ms. tonya) said:

> Date: Mon, Apr 18, 2005
>Perhaps he's diabetic and really needed those grapes, like
>now!---------------------------------------------

>Boy, do I understand that one! Low blood sugar makes you ravenous. It's
>also very frightening. When I had that problem from a medication they'd
>given me to lower my blood sugar when I was first diagnosed. Horrible!
>Carol-----------------------------------------------

>RESPONSE: I had that happen couple weeks ago to me.
>Woke up @ 4am bathe with sweat,cold clammy and felt I was going to pass
>out.
>It took four glucose tablets for me to feel human & just to calm down.
>Both of my insulin brands dosages have been lowered since then.
>I have had high readings in the past and felt sick and dizzy but nothing
>I went through that morning can compare. Horrible is right, I don't feel
>if those tablets weren't right by my bed that morning I would have gone
>under before dialing 911.

The panic is the worst part. Did you take a BG reading? My worst hypo was
40. Not good at all.

Carol
--
Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon

"Damsel in dis Dress" > wrote in message
...
If the trash container is close enough to the door, I open the
> door with my paper towel, then throw it away.

I prefer doors that have to be pushed open to get out. Then it doesn't
matter where the trash can is.

A little birdie told me that "PhotoMan" > said:

>"Damsel in dis Dress" > wrote in message
.. .
>If the trash container is close enough to the door, I open the
>> door with my paper towel, then throw it away.
>
>I prefer doors that have to be pushed open to get out. Then it doesn't
>matter where the trash can is.

Good point. But those doors are rare, unfortunately.

Carol
--
Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon

The Ranger > wrote:

> Dog3 > wrote in message
> ...
> [snip]
> > It all depends on which market I'm in. The most hilarious thing
> > I've seen was in a drug store. Thanksgiving day was a hoot at
> > Walgreen's. There were 3 guys in the food aisle yapping on
> > their cell phones picking up gravy bottles and packets of dry
> > mixes and relating what Walgreen's had in stock to the other
> > party on the phone. You could tell these guys were NOT
> > happy. Obviously someone had forgotten to buy something
> > and Walgreen's was the only game in town.
>
> Not in my case. I had just gone to two Long's, and another Walgreen's trying
> to find Scalloped Potatoes because the from-scratch batch my MIL made
> shattered as she took them out of the oven.

Wow. In my house, that would just mean no potatoes with dinner. I have
a policy of expecting at least one item to end up FUBAR with a big
supper, and we just make do.

serene
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Serene > wrote in message
...
> The Ranger > wrote:
> > Not in my case. I had just gone to two Long's, and another
> > Walgreen's trying to find Scalloped Potatoes because the
> > from-scratch batch my MIL made shattered as she took
> > them out of the oven.
> >
> Wow. In my house, that would just mean no potatoes with
> dinner. I have a policy of expecting at least one item to end
> up FUBAR with a big supper, and we just make do.

If we were hosting it, I'm pretty sure I could have managed a social shrug
and substituted something from our abundant larder.

The Ranger

Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
> Naw, my little darling is 26 years old. So I guess I should have
said I
> *used* cloth diapers.

LOL..back then they didn't have dispos, did they?

>
> Crash and I aren't old enough to need them.
>
> Carol

"Incontinence can strike at any age..."

-L.

A little birdie told me that "-L." > said:

>Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
>> Naw, my little darling is 26 years old. So I guess I should have
>> said I *used* cloth diapers.
>
>LOL..back then they didn't have dispos, did they?

Hey! You're sounding like Crash there! (He's 8 years younger than I am)
They had Pampers and Luvs. My infant got terrible rashes when I used them.
No problems at all with cloth.

>"Incontinence can strike at any age..."

So true. I had bladder repair surgery when I was 41. I know what it's
like to cough, sneeze, or bend over and have your shoes fill with urine.

Carol
--
Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon

zxcvbob > wrote:

> And no matter how wide the aisles are, a woman (it's always a woman)

Because women do the majority of the shopping for your lazy asses,
maybe?

serene, only half joking
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A little birdie told me that (Serene) said:

>zxcvbob > wrote:
>
>> And no matter how wide the aisles are, a woman (it's always a woman)
>
>Because women do the majority of the shopping for your lazy asses,
>maybe?
>
>serene, only half joking

Are you joking on the right half, or left half of the aisle?

Carol
--
Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon

On 2005-04-19, -L. > wrote:

> Or the GD people in California who find it necessary to break open the
> yams - why the F would you need to do that? I stood there and watched
> one day while this older guy stood there and broke open literally 8 or
> 9 yams.

"GD people"? How many people? I've lived in CA for decades and never
seen a single one. BTW, just how does one "break open" a yam? Cut
maybe, smash possibly, but "break open"? One can't stick their
fingers into a yam and break it open unless they're cooked or the
person's one strong sumbitch. I suspect you saw something other than
a yam or you're just "dumb", minus the "founded".

nb



I was dumbfounded. I said "Ya know, you are ruining those for
> other customers." He just looked at me - I don't think he spoke
> English.
>
> -L.
> (Who is really good at giving dirty looks and telling people to stop
> doing things.)
>

Damsel in dis Dress > wrote:

> So true. I had bladder repair surgery when I was 41. I know what it's
> like to cough, sneeze, or bend over and have your shoes fill with urine.

Now there's an image I'll take to my grave.

serene ;-)
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In article >,
wrote:

> Any other gross encounters of the shopping kind?

I can honestly say that the worst thing I've ever encountered in a
grocery store was a little paper cup from a sample set on the shelf.
Maybe it's our small town, where everyone knows everyone else?

Regards,
Ranee

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In article > , "skoonj"
> wrote:

> When I was a teenager I worked in a supermarket. I remember one time
> a child (about 6, IIRC) came up to my co-worker at the service desk
> to return a candy bar he had stolen, and said he was sorry. When my
> co-worker asked where his Mom was, the boy pointed to a lady standing
> about 20 yards away. So the child probably took the candy bar when in
> line, the Mom found out in the car or something, and then walked the
> kid back in and had him return it and apologize.
>
> Pretty cool.

Is this no longer standard?

Regards,
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Damsel in dis Dress > wrote:

> A little birdie told me that (Serene) said:
>
> >zxcvbob > wrote:
> >
> >> And no matter how wide the aisles are, a woman (it's always a woman)
> >
> >Because women do the majority of the shopping for your lazy asses,
> >maybe?
> >
> >serene, only half joking
>
> Are you joking on the right half, or left half of the aisle?

Babe, I'm fat enough to take up the *whole* aisle! :-)

(But I don't, because my momma raised me right. Am I the only one who,
when she stops, looks behind her to make sure no one is going to be
inconvenienced?)

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On 2005-04-19, Damsel in dis Dress > wrote:
> A little birdie told me that "-L." > said:
>
>>-L.
>>(cloth diaper user)
>
> Me too.

My ex and I did the cloth diaper thing, a service, all for the sake of
"the environment". Our daughter's diaper contact area was fire engine
red within two days and the rash could not be tamed no matter what we
tried. She looked like she was suffering 1st degree burns till we
went back to disposables. I think they should ban the plastic covers,
though, and make people us reusabe plastic covers.

nb

A little birdie told me that (Serene) said:

>Damsel in dis Dress > wrote:
>
>> So true. I had bladder repair surgery when I was 41. I know what it's
>> like to cough, sneeze, or bend over and have your shoes fill with urine.
>
>Now there's an image I'll take to my grave.

Oops! Sorry ..... But I have gotten new shoes since then

Carol
--
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A little birdie told me that (Serene) said:

>(Am I the only one who, when she stops, looks behind her
>to make sure no one is going to be inconvenienced?)

Nope, I do that, too.

The fun part of shopping is when you meet someone and neither of you knows
which way to move to get out of the other's way. I learned the
Supermarket Shuffle years ago. Still don't have it right.

Carol
--
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On 2005-04-19, Damsel in dis Dress > wrote:
> A little birdie told me that (Serene) said:
>
>>Damsel in dis Dress > wrote:
>>
>>> So true. I had bladder repair surgery when I was 41. I know what it's
>>> like to cough, sneeze, or bend over and have your shoes fill with urine.
>>
>>Now there's an image I'll take to my grave.
>
> Oops! Sorry ..... But I have gotten new shoes since then

LOL....

Reminds me of an old motorcycle joke about flat track racing, a sport
where crazed m/c racers go around and around on horse racing tracks at
150+mph speeds on motorcycles that have no brakes. They go flat out in
the straightaways, then throw the bike sideways in a controlled slide
into the corners to scrub off speed. Anyway, the joke was the
difference between champions and the rest of the pack. According to
track brag, the rest of the pack doesn't back off the throttle coming
into the corner till their boot starts to fill up. Winners don't back
off till they're full!

nb

On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 02:36:28 -0500, Damsel in dis Dress
> wrote:

>Crash and I did some serious grocery shopping last night, and I was so
>disgusted. In the (soda) pop aisle, we found a nearly empty plastic bottle
>of Mountain Dew. Later, we found a partially eaten roll of Rolo candies.
>These people have no class, and they're thieves!
>
>The greeter guy at another store recently told us of having to clean up
>after mothers who left dirty diapers in carts.
>
>The world is in a sorry state of affairs when this kind of thing is
>happening.
>
>Any other gross encounters of the shopping kind?
>
>Carol
>--

how about the moronic imbeciles who push their buggy's into the
parking lot, empty their groceries into their car...and just leave the
damn buggy sitting there in the parking lot ready to roll into
somebody else's car when the wind blows? I think the supermarkets
should post snipers with "paintball guns" on top of the stores to lob
blobs of paint right onto the windshield of these idiots...

Bill


>Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon

On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 00:51:24 -0500, notbob > wrote:

>On 2005-04-19, -L. > wrote:
>
>> Or the GD people in California who find it necessary to break open the
>> yams - why the F would you need to do that? I stood there and watched
>> one day while this older guy stood there and broke open literally 8 or
>> 9 yams.
>
>"GD people"? How many people? I've lived in CA for decades and never
>seen a single one. BTW, just how does one "break open" a yam? Cut
>maybe, smash possibly, but "break open"? One can't stick their
>fingers into a yam and break it open unless they're cooked or the
>person's one strong sumbitch. I suspect you saw something other than
>a yam or you're just "dumb", minus the "founded".
>
>nb
>
I'm glad you spoke up on this nb. I started to write a snotty response
about the "GD people in California" but decided against it. Indeed!

Ginny <CA resident and not strong enough to break open a yam

"-L." > wrote:

>
>Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
>> Naw, my little darling is 26 years old. So I guess I should have
>said I
>> *used* cloth diapers.
>
>LOL..back then they didn't have dispos, did they?
>
My son is almost 39 and disposable diapers were available then. Don't
think I could have managed the drive from North Carolina to Colorado
when he was 6 months old without them.


--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral, 48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

Damsel in dis Dress > wrote:

> A little birdie told me that (Serene) said:
>
> >Damsel in dis Dress > wrote:
> >
> >> So true. I had bladder repair surgery when I was 41. I know what it's
> >> like to cough, sneeze, or bend over and have your shoes fill with urine.
> >
> >Now there's an image I'll take to my grave.
>
> Oops! Sorry ..... But I have gotten new shoes since then

*laugh*

serene
--
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http://www.jhuger.com

Damsel in dis Dress > wrote in message
...
> A little birdie told me that (Serene) said:
> >(Am I the only one who, when she stops, looks behind her
> >to make sure no one is going to be inconvenienced?)
>
> Nope, I do that, too.
>
> The fun part of shopping is when you meet someone and
> neither of you knows which way to move to get out of the
> other's way. I learned the Supermarket Shuffle years ago.
> Still don't have it right.

I ask, "Is you dance card filled?"

The Silver Vixen always laugh. It backfired one afternoon, though. One (I
learned afterwards that she was dance professional at the local Arthur
Murray) called me on it and taught me an improv waltz. All three
daughter-units were giggling that their had dad has two left feet. (But she
did get another two clients.) <BG>

The Ranger
==
"Is your dance card filled?"
"Not yet."
"Oh no..."

Ginny Sher > wrote in message
...
> I'm glad you spoke up on this nb. I started to write a
> snotty response about the "GD people in California"
> but decided against it. Indeed!

Just look at the source... She's an ignorant buffoon that doesn't understand
the difference between sweeping generalizations and specific - isolated -
incidents.

The "PRC[1] Resident" Ranger

[1] People's (DemoKratic) Republic of Californi[cated]a, Northern Prefect

I admit, I GENTLY squeeze the oranges, because who wants an old spongy
(sp) orange with no juice. Fortunately, most everything else, besides
avocados, can be purchased by how it looks or smells (cantelope and
other melons, pineapple, etc). If you care about the taste of your
food - you're going to have to handle some of the produce. That's the
way it is. If you don't want anyone to touch your food you could buy
your produce at Trader Joe's and then risk the single contaminating
moldy lemon in a bag that you have to take back. That has happened to
me quite a bit. Costco is another one. I realized I like to shop at 3
different stores. Trader Joe's (not for produce) although the bagged
baby greens are the best, another local market or farmer's market for
produce, and Costco for bulk stuff. I do like Trader Joe's.