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

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!
>
And they don't know how to dispose of the evidence! Eat or drink *all* of
what you steal, dammit! (just kidding)

Jill

> 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

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?

I don't see too many slob scenes at the market, fortunately. Every so
often I spot a package of a perishable (e.g., cold cuts, pkg of meat,
ice cream)left on a shelf...always disturbs me that someone is
perfectly willing to waste food to save him-/herself a walk of maybe a
100 feet. One of my pet peeves is trash left in a shopping cart for
someone else to pick up and throw away....shopping lists, empty sample
cups, used napkins, candy wrappers, etc. My other favorite pet peeve
involves those shoppers leaving carts in the middle of an aisle while
they wander off to get this or that. Grrrr.

Mac

"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?

My pet peeve is what I perceive as dirty carts. Do these carts ever get a
good scalding after kids with wet diapers or worse sit in the seats where
eggs and creams are put? Or the bottom of the cart where kids have stood
that have also stood on restroom floors rife with urine.

Another pet peeve is when I'm looking at a product and always-a-woman comes
up beside me and speaks in a loud voice and says, "EXCUSE ME!" and I know
she expects me to get out of the way of her shopping -- and fast! She may
know what she wants and she wants you out of the way so she can get it NOW!
Rarely do I get a pleasant 'excuse me.' They must wait?

dee

In article .com>,
> wrote:

> I don't see too many slob scenes at the market, fortunately. Every so
> often I spot a package of a perishable (e.g., cold cuts, pkg of meat,
> ice cream)left on a shelf...always disturbs me that someone is
> perfectly willing to waste food to save him-/herself a walk of maybe a
> 100 feet. One of my pet peeves is trash left in a shopping cart for
> someone else to pick up and throw away....shopping lists, empty sample
> cups, used napkins, candy wrappers, etc. My other favorite pet peeve
> involves those shoppers leaving carts in the middle of an aisle while
> they wander off to get this or that. Grrrr.
>
> Mac
>

Hmmmmm. This must partially explain the Cart Wipes I encountered on
entering my local Kroger. I asked the manager whether I was supposed
to use them before or after I used the cart. Laughingly he said that
depended on what I did with the cart. Guess he's seen lots of
atrocities.

"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!

I was shocked to see a woman feeding her kid a cup of soup, that kind
that's in a styrofoam cup, and when she was done, just put the empty
back on the shelf. I thought that was just unbelievable, so much so that
I went back and checked for the empty, thinking, my eyes must have
deceived me. Gross, too, imagine the next person who wants that
soup and picks up someone's trash. Yuck.

nancy

"Dee Randall" > wrote

> Another pet peeve is when I'm looking at a product and always-a-woman
> comes up beside me and speaks in a loud voice and says, "EXCUSE ME!" and I
> know she expects me to get out of the way of her shopping -- and fast!
> She may know what she wants and she wants you out of the way so she can
> get it NOW! Rarely do I get a pleasant 'excuse me.' They must wait?

Are you an aisle hog? (laugh) I have done the polite excuse me thing
plenty of
times, after waiting patiently for the person to choose whatever it is to
find *the*
perfect can of tomatoes, sometimes it has no effect whatsoever. After what
feels like a few minutes (unlikely), I'll either turn around and shop for
something
else or say louder, Excuse Me. I don't yell it.

But when you really need garlic and someone is using their body and their
cart to block the entire garlic display forever, that is annoying because
you
just have to wait. And wait.

nancy

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!

These kinds of misdeeds (partially eaten products) are much more apt to
have been commited by the store employees... typically most shelf
restocking is done by the night shift, and typically they are poorly
suppervized, if supervized at all... mostly they are itinerate temps,
and not paid very well... and in fact in order to recruit them the
store management often offers the 'all you can eat on premises' perk.

> The greeter guy at another store recently told us of having to clean
up
> after mothers who left dirty diapers in carts.

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.

> The world is in a sorry state of affairs when this kind of thing is
> happening.

Not the entire world, only those in charge... how those pinheads become
in charge is the true sorry state of affairs.

> Any other gross encounters of the shopping kind?

By far the very worst stupidmarket _filth offenders_ are the employees
working in the meat and deli departments... um, yoose really don't
wanna know.

Sorry, but I can't place the blame on the public.

Nancy Young wrote:
> "Dee Randall" > wrote
>
>> Another pet peeve is when I'm looking at a product and always-a-woman
>> comes up beside me and speaks in a loud voice and says, "EXCUSE ME!"
>> and I know she expects me to get out of the way of her shopping --
>> and fast! She may know what she wants and she wants you out of the
>> way so she can get it NOW! Rarely do I get a pleasant 'excuse me.'
>> They must wait?
>
> Are you an aisle hog? (laugh) I have done the polite excuse me thing
> plenty of
> times, after waiting patiently for the person to choose whatever it
> is to find *the*
> perfect can of tomatoes, sometimes it has no effect whatsoever.
> After what feels like a few minutes (unlikely), I'll either turn
> around and shop for something
> else or say louder, Excuse Me. I don't yell it.
>
> But when you really need garlic and someone is using their body and
> their cart to block the entire garlic display forever, that is
> annoying because you
> just have to wait. And wait.
>
> nancy

Let's don't even talk about those people who bring their 5 kids and their
cousin and their cousin's kids and use those annoying carts that are
designed to look like small cars (and probably should require a license
since they take up as much room as my car does in the parking lot). Heh...
I'd like to look at the selection of pork or perhaps the squash in the
produce aisle - but NO - two small car(t)s filled with kids and the
chattering cousins are blocking whatever. "Excuse me" is about the *only*
polite thing I could possibly say.

Jill

> 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?

jmcquown > prattled on in message
.. .
[Snip-O'-Matic buzzed through non-edited post]
> "Excuse me" is about the *only* polite thing I could
> possibly say.

It's the *only* _necessary_ thing to say.

The Ranger

The Ranger wrote:
> jmcquown > prattled on in message
> .. .
> [Snip-O'-Matic buzzed through non-edited post]
>> "Excuse me" is about the *only* polite thing I could
>> possibly say.
>
> It's the *only* _necessary_ thing to say.
>
> The Ranger

Actually, no. I *could* say get the F*** outta the way and if you want to
stand around and chit-chat take it to the parking lot. But I was raised
better than that. Just as I was raised not to block the aisles whilst
shopping.

Jill

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, and when she was done,
> just put the empty back on the shelf. I thought that was just
> unbelievable, so much so that I went back and checked for
> the empty, thinking, my eyes must have deceived me. Gross,
> too, imagine the next person who wants that soup and picks
> up someone's trash. Yuck.

I'm not so much worried about what the next person thinks as much as the
norms that type of "parent" is passing on to her child. "Stealing is
a-okay... As long as you don't get caught." I say something to people like
that -- especially when my three are present -- because food-theft costs me,
both directly and indirectly. Her feelings, or problems, aren't my concern.
The messages she's broadcasting are.

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

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!
[snip]
> Any other gross encounters of the shopping kind?

The hit-and-run eaters are not too big a problem where I live. When I've
seen it, I call them on it. It can drive SWMBO nuts at times because she's a
very passive-aggressive Gandhi type; you enact social change through
non-violence. I'm more, call them now and handle the consequences quickly
and (in many cases) painfully. Make them fear the reprisals and they'll not
do it again.

Have you brought this up with the manager? He might be blissfully ignorant
hiding away in his office all day/night.

The Ranger

jmcquown > wrote in message
. ..
> The Ranger wrote:
> > jmcquown > prattled on in message
.. .
> > [Snip-O'-Matic buzzed through non-edited post]
> >> "Excuse me" is about the *only* polite thing I could
> >> possibly say.
> >
> > It's the *only* _necessary_ thing to say.
> >
> Actually, no. I *could* say get the F*** outta the way
> [..] But I was raised better than that.

As you prove, it's the *only* _necessary_ thing to say.

> Just as I was raised not to block the aisles whilst
> shopping.

Hmmm.

The Ranger

"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

I saw a pensioner (the guy must hae been 80) stuffing his face as fast as he
could at the grape display, it was not a pretty sight, he had no shame even
when my 3 year old pointed out that the man was stealing grapes!
Sarah

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

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?

Safeway. That new marketing display is right there. There are mini-cups
(2-oz souffle) available, but I've yet to see someone actually use them.

> I believe Nancy was referring to something like that
> Campbell's 'Soup at Hand' thing, not a buffet.

Ah. My misread. I've never witnessed that level of laziness _in_ the store.
It's usually outside at the jerk's car where he empties his week's-worth of
trash into the basket and quickly drives away.

> I do, however, agree with your basic message.

It's a shame the tide's currently going the other way...

The Ranger

On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Sarah wrote:

>
> "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
>
> I saw a pensioner (the guy must hae been 80) stuffing his face as fast as he
> could at the grape display, it was not a pretty sight, he had no shame even
> when my 3 year old pointed out that the man was stealing grapes!

No shame? You're the one with no shame, lady.

Growing up in a small town, you see a lot of people who can't afford food
for their kids... I've known people who worked at grocery stores, who
deliberately turned a blind eye to people they knew couldn't afford
produce for their kids.(to the point of putting out almost-rotten produce
for them to take) I mean, you've got a consistent customer, who
buys what they can afford, when they can afford it, and who occasionally
takes food. This isn't the person who steals because they want to. It 's
not the person who steals cars for a joyride. It's a person who finds
that they can't afford enough to feed their kids.


I can hope that that old man was suffering from some form of dementia, and
didn't realize where he was.


Lena

"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.

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

> 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

On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, jmcquown wrote:

> 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!
>>
> And they don't know how to dispose of the evidence! Eat or drink *all* of
> what you steal, dammit! (just kidding)

seriously... if you're so hungry you've got to steal, _eat the damn food_.
don't leave half of it somewhere.

Lena

Sheldon wrote:

> 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


Maybe you don't get out much. I know Price Chopper, Wegmans, Grand Union
and a regional chain we visit (Asian Food Market)which probably have 50
locations among them have public restrooms and are in New York State. We
recently visited some friends in Queens and there was a public restroom
in the Pathmark and there were public restrooms in the Asian markets we
visited out in Flushing.

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


The worst market in my area used to be one of a chain. It is on the
border between the good and bad part of town. It was open 24 hours and
was plagued with people coming in during the night hours for "dinner"
and left open packages and partially eaten stuff. They gave up and now
close at 10 PM.

And no matter how wide the aisles are, a woman (it's always a woman) can
block the entire aisle with her cart -- she'll park it sideways if she
has to -- while she chats with another shopper or looks for something.

Old couples are sometimes nearly as bad, but I cut them some slack. I
usually just go to the next aisle and come back 5 or 10 minute later
after they are done, or if the aisles are short I'll go all the way around.

Bob

Dog3 > wrote in message
...
==> Cell Phone Jerk <==
> [She] told me I was rude and said "Can't you see I'm
> on the phone."

"Yes and I can see you're as big as ass on the phone as in person. I've told
you once politely to finish up. Now I'm telling you to move on."

> First time in my life I've told someone in a supermarket
> to **** off. The check out person was pleased at my
> response as well as the lady behind me.

LOL.

The Ranger

Dog3 > wrote in message
...
=> "Excuse me" is the *only* _necessary_ thing to say. <=
> After 2 or 3 times of being polite, my patience wears thin.
> Some people seem to think they are the only people in
> the store.

I don't seem to have a problem (generally) after the initial "Excuse me."
I'm hoping that it's my manners but it could be my mannerisms[1].

The "Axe-Murder" Ranger

"George" > wrote

> recently visited some friends in Queens and there was a public restroom in
> the Pathmark and there were public restrooms in the Asian markets we
> visited out in Flushing.

(laughing!) nuff said. nancy

>Any other gross encounters of the shopping kind?

I once wheeled my cart too close to a teething baby, turned ny back and
when I turned around he was chewing on my branch of brussells sprouts!
Funny sight to behold..but gross. I get infuratated when I see people
making a salad at the salad bar, and then walk around the store eating
and "shopping." Then they put the empty clam shell case in the cart
and leave. I've seen well dressed, clean people doing this. I report
them. Does no good. And I want to see those lazy SOB's who can't hand
a package of meat they don't want to the CHECKER rather than tuck it
into the feminine hygiene products DRAWN AND QUARTERED.

In article >, zxcvbob
> wrote:

> And no matter how wide the aisles are, a woman (it's always a woman) can
> block the entire aisle with her cart -- she'll park it sideways if she
> has to -- while she chats with another shopper or looks for something.
>
> Old couples are sometimes nearly as bad, but I cut them some slack. I
> usually just go to the next aisle and come back 5 or 10 minute later
> after they are done, or if the aisles are short I'll go all the way
> around.
>
> Bob

I just say "Excuse me. Coming through, please."
--
-Barb, <http://www.jamlady.eboard.com> Cam Ranh Bay food added 4-8-05.
Sam I Am! updated 4-9-05.
"I read recipes the way I read science fiction: I get to the end and
say,'Well, that's not going to happen.'" - Comedian Rita Rudner,
performance at New York, New York, January 10, 2005.

"Lena B Katz" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Sarah wrote:
>
>>
>> "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
>>
>> I saw a pensioner (the guy must hae been 80) stuffing his face as fast as
>> he
>> could at the grape display, it was not a pretty sight, he had no shame
>> even
>> when my 3 year old pointed out that the man was stealing grapes!
>
> No shame? You're the one with no shame, lady.
>
> Growing up in a small town, you see a lot of people who can't afford food
> for their kids... I've known people who worked at grocery stores, who
> deliberately turned a blind eye to people they knew couldn't afford
> produce for their kids.(to the point of putting out almost-rotten produce
> for them to take) I mean, you've got a consistent customer, who buys what
> they can afford, when they can afford it, and who occasionally takes food.
> This isn't the person who steals because they want to. It 's not the
> person who steals cars for a joyride. It's a person who finds that they
> can't afford enough to feed their kids.
>
>
> I can hope that that old man was suffering from some form of dementia, and
> didn't realize where he was.
>
>
> Lena

Hey no shame I'm a nurse working 75 hours some weeks to look after my
family, with self respect and knowing right from wrong. Not all old people
are little old dears, who wouldn't cheat you out of your well earned wages.
Just ask a no win no fee attourney!

On 2005-04-18, Dee Randall > wrote:


> Rarely do I get a pleasant 'excuse me.'

Rarely do you deserve one ....and anyone saying 'excuse me' is obviously more
considerate than you are.

nb

On 2005-04-18, The Ranger > wrote:

> Safeway. That new marketing display is right there. There are mini-cups
> (2-oz souffle) available, but I've yet to see someone actually use them.

Around here, I think maybe too many were using them. Safeway has
suddenly ceased making the cups available. Maybe it was just an
introductory thing.

nb

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. Can you believe not one place
had a box of scalloped potatoes? I found a box of sour cream spuds and
potatoes au gratin that I was going to make work when I got back to the
house. I called up to let SWMBO know but got one of my SIL (BQfH). She
wouldn't put me through and then proceeded to argue with me. I'm sure my
temple veins were pulsing just beautifully by the time I got to the
register.

The Ranger

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I wish stores would just not offer samples any more. If you look long
enough, you *always* see people going gross things with them. At Whole
Foods yesterday, I watched a woman walk by a series of cheese displays
and take a sample from each with her fingers even though there were
tongs right there. That's a mild example. We have a local deli that
always has sample dips out on the counter with bread and crackers. You
get people bellied up to the counter standing talking and double,
triple and quadruple dipping all the dips. You can't even get up to
the counter to buy anything.

Sheldon wrote:

> By far the very worst stupidmarket _filth offenders_ are the employees
> working in the meat and deli departments... um, yoose really don't
> wanna know.

My sister in law was at the meat counter of her favourite local (family
run) grocery store. The girl who was waiting on her sneezed into her hand
and could not understand why my SIL would not accept the meat she had just
wrapped for her or why she insisted on someone else waiting on her.

jmcquown wrote:

>
>
> Actually, no. I *could* say get the F*** outta the way and if you want to
> stand around and chit-chat take it to the parking lot. But I was raised
> better than that. Just as I was raised not to block the aisles whilst
> shopping.

Not just aisle blockers. It's the way they do it. They stop and talk to
someone and park side by side, or they park their cart on one side of the
aisle and then stand in the middle of the remaining space to view the shelves
from a distance. Heaven forbid they should recognize that they are not the
only people in the store.

Lena B Katz wrote:

> seriously... if you're so hungry you've got to steal, _eat the damn food_.
> don't leave half of it somewhere.

It's more than just hunger. Some people get a cheap thrill out of getting away
with things like that. Many people who steal can well afford the items they
take.

A little birdie told me that "Nancy Young" > said:

>I was shocked to see a woman feeding her kid a cup of soup, that kind
>that's in a styrofoam cup, and when she was done, just put the empty
>back on the shelf. I thought that was just unbelievable, so much so that
>I went back and checked for the empty, thinking, my eyes must have
>deceived me. Gross, too, imagine the next person who wants that
>soup and picks up someone's trash. Yuck.

Next time you're an eyewitness, think about calling for a manager before
she has a chance to leave the store. She's teaching her kid some excellent
values, isn't she?

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

The Ranger wrote:

>
>
> I don't seem to have a problem (generally) after the initial "Excuse me."
> I'm hoping that it's my manners but it could be my mannerisms[1].
>
>

My first "excuse me" is always polite. My second one is more abrupt. There is
no third one. I just force my way through. :-)

> => "Excuse me" is the *only* _necessary_ thing to say. <=

The problem I've noticed about "Excuse me" these days, is that
it's said _after_ someone has barged right on through.
Say "excuse me", and then give the person a chance to respond
before pushing through.

Jeneen