TOTALLY GEEKED!

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

RE: Grocery Store Rants

weltschmerz · Guru

I went to the grocery store today. The carrots looked great.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Southern_Belle wrote:
I don't mind shopping if the store isn't crowded. I do dislike bringing groceries home and putting them away.

That's what kids are for!

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

weltschmerz wrote:
I went to the grocery store today. The carrots looked great.

Everything's better in Canada!!

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

FNW wrote:
I think I might have accidentally pulled the tortilla shelf down.

I would have filled my cart with all the bags of chips so she would no longer have a reason to stand there. And as I wheeled away all the chips I would have said "snooze you lose"!

jlbear71 · Guru

I don't mind the shopping. I don't mind carrying the bags and putting everything away. I don't like the paying. All the good stuff is getting to expensive.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

jlbear71 wrote:
I don't mind the shopping. I don't mind carrying the bags and putting everything away. I don't like the paying. All the good stuff is getting to expensive.

I nearly fainted earlier this week when I went to a different Marsh & saw a half gallon of ice cream for over $6.00.

It's a very yuppy grocery!

flan

Riding · Guru

Lawyerlady wrote:
Can I say that if you actually waited 6 minutes, you have the patience of a saint. I'd have cut the bitch after 1.

I am amazed that I waited that long, I guess I really didn't realize how long it was, and I would step towards the shelf as she moved down a bit and she would swoosh right back up and cut me off! I have never come across anyone so entitled in my life. I was dumbfounded. but when I moved in I just got myself right up there in the tortillas business and picked mine~ Heck if anyone else wanted any I should have stood there handing those suckers out, while edging her away towards the hamburger buns....she could check all those out!

Crazy lady....

Riding · Guru

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
Well if i stood and waited my turn to look at something and then someone comes up behind me , they can wait their turn too.

that wasn't the case here. I was behind her and she stopped right blocking them all with herself and huge ASS purse and cart. and began the mighty search for the perfect tortilla.....

Riding · Guru

lilyofcourse wrote:
Southern_Belle wrote:
I don't mind shopping if the store isn't crowded. I do dislike bringing groceries home and putting them away.
That's what kids are for!

until they all grow up and move out...sobs...but the amount of groceries I buy is less now but there are those stairs and putting the darn things away....yuckkkkkk

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Riding wrote:
Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
Well if i stood and waited my turn to look at something and then someone comes up behind me , they can wait their turn too.
that wasn't the case here. I was behind her and she stopped right blocking them all with herself and huge ASS purse and cart. and began the mighty search for the perfect tortilla.....

I must confess, I can't think of what she was looking for.

Tangerine · Guru

Lawyerlady wrote:
Riding wrote:
Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
Well if i stood and waited my turn to look at something and then someone comes up behind me , they can wait their turn too.
that wasn't the case here. I was behind her and she stopped right blocking them all with herself and huge ASS purse and cart. and began the mighty search for the perfect tortilla.....
I must confess, I can't think of what she was looking for.

Magical tortillas that never expire?

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

I need to run to the grocery store.

I hope I don't end up with anything to rant about! wink

(If I do, I'll be back!) biggrin

chef · Guru

My big rant with grocery stores are the jerks who leave crap all over the store - be it trash or other merchandise. There's no excuse for such behavior.

Tangerine · Guru

chef wrote:
My big rant with grocery stores are the jerks who leave crap all over the store - be it trash or other merchandise. There's no excuse for such behavior.

Oh, yeah! That is total dipwad behavior.

I find fruit and trash tucked behind canned and boxed goods from time to time.

Who does that??! There are trash cans at the store and you (general) know darn well where you picked up that item you no longer want. Put it the fudge back where you got it!

Ohfour · Hooker

You people are making me feel less guilty about not going to the grocery store.... evileye

TrudyML · Guru

I chit chat to all the deli folks. They tell me which salad was just made, etc. Other people just bark at them. That annoys me too.

chef · Guru

Tangerine wrote:
chef wrote:
My big rant with grocery stores are the jerks who leave crap all over the store - be it trash or other merchandise. There's no excuse for such behavior.
Oh, yeah! That is total dipwad behavior.
I find fruit and trash tucked behind canned and boxed goods from time to time.
Who does that??! There are trash cans at the store and you (general) know darn well where you picked up that item you no longer want. Put it the fudge back where you got it!

I especially don't understand shoving unwanted merch into the racks at checkout. Just give it to the cashier.

DH and I will make sarcastic remarks about such things. "Oh look honey! M&Ms changed their packaging to resemble batteries! Isn't that quaint?!"

chef · Guru

TrudyML wrote:
I chit chat to all the deli folks. They tell me which salad was just made, etc. Other people just bark at them. That annoys me too.

It annoys me too. I don't understand some peoples' need to be rude to customer service people.

More than once, I've had an appointment slot magically open or gotten a discount just for being kind and understanding.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Riding wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
Southern_Belle wrote:
I don't mind shopping if the store isn't crowded. I do dislike bringing groceries home and putting them away.
That's what kids are for!
until they all grow up and move out...sobs...but the amount of groceries I buy is less now but there are those stairs and putting the darn things away....yuckkkkkk

You divide it up as it gets bagged.

Then just put the whole bag in the freezer or fridge or pantry.

TrudyML · Guru

chef wrote:
TrudyML wrote:
I chit chat to all the deli folks. They tell me which salad was just made, etc. Other people just bark at them. That annoys me too.
It annoys me too. I don't understand some peoples' need to be rude to customer service people.
More than once, I've had an appointment slot magically open or gotten a discount just for being kind and understanding.

Oh, yeah. One deli guy saves me tiny steaks. When they see him pop out they chew nails. I don't need a honking side of beef. So they save it for me.

Riding · Guru

Lawyerlady wrote:
Riding wrote:
Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
Well if i stood and waited my turn to look at something and then someone comes up behind me , they can wait their turn too.
that wasn't the case here. I was behind her and she stopped right blocking them all with herself and huge ASS purse and cart. and began the mighty search for the perfect tortilla.....
I must confess, I can't think of what she was looking for.

I have no idea, she looked totally confused....

Riding · Guru

lilyofcourse wrote:
Riding wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
Southern_Belle wrote:
I don't mind shopping if the store isn't crowded. I do dislike bringing groceries home and putting them away.
That's what kids are for!
until they all grow up and move out...sobs...but the amount of groceries I buy is less now but there are those stairs and putting the darn things away....yuckkkkkk
You divide it up as it gets bagged.
Then just put the whole bag in the freezer or fridge or pantry.

I like to see what all I bought, or I think I have nothing but bags and I have my pantry organized so the shelves are crying out for stuff stuff stuff!!!!

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Riding wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
Riding wrote:
Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
Well if i stood and waited my turn to look at something and then someone comes up behind me , they can wait their turn too.
that wasn't the case here. I was behind her and she stopped right blocking them all with herself and huge ASS purse and cart. and began the mighty search for the perfect tortilla.....
I must confess, I can't think of what she was looking for.
I have no idea, she looked totally confused....

Now, I study packaging a lot more than I used to. If I was looking at tortilla packaging, I'd be looking to see if I could find one organic, non-GMO, or actually made in Mexico. But that would not take me 6 minutes, and I would not block everyone else's ability to grab some tortillas.

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

A lot of tortillas have food dye in them. She could have been looking for that.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

chef wrote:
My big rant with grocery stores are the jerks who leave crap all over the store - be it trash or other merchandise. There's no excuse for such behavior.

ESPECIALLY the perishable stuff left out to rot.

flan

Tignanello · My dog name is, Sasha!

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
weltschmerz wrote:
I went to the grocery store today. The carrots looked great.
Everything's better in Canada!!

Meh - the strawberries had fuzz on them already and there were no blueberries today. I almost bought canned pie filling for dessert instead. Settled for blackberries.

Tignanello · My dog name is, Sasha!

Mellow Momma wrote:
A lot of tortillas have food dye in them. She could have been looking for that.

Maybe she just got diagnosed with a new allergy or inflammatory condition and needed to pay specific attention to ingredients. Ya never know. Not getting out of the way, though. That's just jerkish.

FNW · Guru

chef wrote:
TrudyML wrote:
I chit chat to all the deli folks. They tell me which salad was just made, etc. Other people just bark at them. That annoys me too.
It annoys me too. I don't understand some peoples' need to be rude to customer service people.
More than once, I've had an appointment slot magically open or gotten a discount just for being kind and understanding.

OMG, I know. When we were at lunch the other day, and it took 2 hours to get our food, I also blame one of the people in our party who was condescending to the staff. It was embarrassing.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

So guy stands in the middle of the aisle, leaning on his cart TEXTING. He is blocking the whole damn aisle. It seemed to be senior citizen day at the store today. Those people move slow but I have all the tolerance for them because they are not being dumb asses, but the guy texting?

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

I took a chance and went to Walmart today. All was fine until someone's child started screaming, and screaming. I just took what I had a checked out.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

The best time to go to Walmart is around 9am or 11PM or 3 am.

One year, I did all Christmas shopping between 11pm and 3am.

It was easy, almost zero crowds and employees are looking for something to do so they are always available.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

I was there around 8am. I'm guessing mom grabbed the kids and headed to the store before giving them breakfast.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Southern_Belle wrote:
I was there around 8am. I'm guessing mom grabbed the kids and headed to the store before giving them breakfast.

And didn't have any snacks in the car.

flan

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Maybe that's why she was there. To buy food.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

lilyofcourse wrote:
Maybe that's why she was there. To buy food.

Or to annoy SB. smile

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Oh totally.

It's not the kid I want to smack when they start screaming and won't stop. It's the parent.

ed11563 · Guru

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
So guy stands in the middle of the aisle, leaning on his cart TEXTING. He is blocking the whole damn aisle. It seemed to be senior citizen day at the store today. Those people move slow but I have all the tolerance for them because they are not being dumb asses, but the guy texting?

I decided to not be shy about saying "excuse me" when someone blocks an aisle for more than a few seconds. No one reacts badly to that. (so far)

Divine Geek · Guru

ed11563 wrote:
I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
So guy stands in the middle of the aisle, leaning on his cart TEXTING. He is blocking the whole damn aisle. It seemed to be senior citizen day at the store today. Those people move slow but I have all the tolerance for them because they are not being dumb asses, but the guy texting?
I decided to not be shy about saying "excuse me" when someone blocks an aisle for more than a few seconds. No one reacts badly to that. (so far)

I'll admit, I've been that person texting in the store. However, I usually don't realize anyone is back there. When I need to respond to a message, I turn down an empty aisle. If someone comes after me, I may not notice. So the, excuse me would first startle me then get me out of your way.

Riding · Guru

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
OK. Has anyone bought a bag of carrots lately? I mean, now you get the scrawniest, most pathetic carrots you have ever seen. What happened the beautiful carrots that had some substance to them? And, the stores only carry one brand, so it isn't like i can opt to pay more to get some healthy, nice looking carrots.

I thought of you this weekend, we were in Spearfish SD at the Safeway and they had the most fabulous looking organic carrots with the tops still on!! I got some and was going to peel and turn into carrot sticks and they were so tasty and yummy, I just washed them and trimmed ands and ate one while making my carrot sticks!! After I cut tops off, I thought about taking a picture. BUT they are out there just do not give up the search

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

I'm going to buy more baby carrots today. All the ugly bits cut off!

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

A grocery store here has Midnight Madness once a month. From noon to midnight everything in the store is marked down considerably.

But it's at the end of the month. I never have enough left to stock up.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Lawyerlady wrote:
I'm going to buy more baby carrots today. All the ugly bits cut off!

You are the reason there are no good carrots left!!

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
I'm going to buy more baby carrots today. All the ugly bits cut off!
You are the reason there are no good carrots left!!

Okay, my understanding is...there are baby carrots. And, there are baby cut carrots.

Baby Cut Carrots, are bigger carrots, that have been cut down.

Baby Carrots, are a tiny carrot. That's the way they are grown.

Have I been misinformed? confuse

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Fort Worth Mom wrote:
Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
I'm going to buy more baby carrots today. All the ugly bits cut off!
You are the reason there are no good carrots left!!
Okay, my understanding is...there are baby carrots. And, there are baby cut carrots.
Baby Cut Carrots, are bigger carrots, that have been cut down.
Baby Carrots, are a tiny carrot. That's the way they are grown.
Have I been misinformed?

I don't think so, because the ends are rounded.

But, then again, I'm a city girl.

flan

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Who knew that carrots could be controversial! Lol

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
Who knew that carrots could be controversial! Lol

Those dastardly carrots! Especially the ones who identify as babies when they are merely ugly adults. biggrin

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Yes, but which bag do they belong in!

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

From Wikipedia, baby carrot is an immature carrot, grown in a small size, in which it is sold. A baby-cut carrot is a small piece cut from a larger carrot; baby-cut carrots are often marketed as "baby carrots", leading to potential confusion.

Pull a 100 carrots from the same row, some are longer, some are skinny, some will look like it's from outer space.

A skinny carrot isn't a bad thing.

-- Edited by lilyofcourse on Thursday 28th of April 2016 07:14:48 AM