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Comments (12)It's being soaked in the ground now. :) Hopefully that will be okay. Apparently the plant wasn't happy about it though because it stabbed the tar out of my right thumb as I was planting it. I pulled the thorn out and it bled a lot, but since then (about 10 hours ago) my thumb has been really sore and a little swollen, like I'm having a reaction to it. These things aren't poisonous, are they? I've heard people eat roses sometimes. But gosh, my thumb hurts! And it's been all day. I'm not a weenie. I'm just perplexed about why this hasn't gone away. A little thorn-prick should swell up and still hurt half a day later. I've been stabbed by blackberry bushes scores or hundreds of times and I just go on my way without a worry or a complication. This is different....See MoreAnyone else shocked at the grocery store?
Comments (37)"And recently we actually shocked a cashier with all of our fruits and vegetables"! "Last summer while I was shopping the produce mgr passed by, looked in my cart and said, "No produce??" in a mock horrified way." "When I got to the checkout, the clerk commented that I had all "fun" stuff in my cart." "Any checkout clerk that makes a comment about what's in my cart other than "hmm, that looks good, have you tried it before?" gets a good case of the hairy eyeball. Ring up the blasted groceries and cork it, twinkie." Clerks are suppose to be trained not to comment on the purchases of customers. They would get more than just a hairy eyeball from me. I remember well the clerk who surveyed my load of veggies and cheese, who exclaimed with shock and disdain "Do you eat this stuff?!?!?!" I told her "No. Of course not. I am using this for a tablescape. My trunk is filled with Hot Pockets and Ding Dongs." I think she went deaf after I said it loud enough to embarrass her in front of everybody. I recently had a customer in line right behind me who LOUDLY proclaimed "Lady don't you think you're taking this vegetarianism too far?!?" when he scanned my load of fruits veggies and cheese on the check-out conveyor. I really blasted him because it was none of his business what I was buying. He wanted to make me look like some kook who didn't know that I should be buying what "everyone else buys" because that is what the television commercials tell us to buy - Popscicles, Fritos, GummieBears, oh and 'power drinks' to keep from feeling "run down" from a poor diet. (And BTW I am not a vegetarian. I just don't buy my meat at that particular store.) "Simple fact is that soda, chips, candy, hot dogs, sugary cereal, frozen pizza, white breads and anything made with corn, are the cheapest things to buy." That is absolutely not true at all. It is NOT a "simple fact". Soda has zero nutritional value just like plain water. If you wish to "quench your thirst" - Drink water. The cheapest things to buy are always going to be unprocessed foods. Things like dried legumes, and cruciferous vegetables, grains. Fruits and berries 'in season' are reasonably priced. Buy canned when they are out of season, and it is still better than buying CANDY BARS. Paying a buck-fifty for a candy bar for lunch, is not the cheaper option. You were kidding about the candy bars, right? Instead of eating potato chips, just cook a potato. Waaaay cheaper, and a microwaved potato will retain most of the vitamin C and nutrition. You can buy ten pound of potatoes for what one little bag of chips cost. Hot dogs are $3.99/lb in the store. You can instead buy decent meat for that price. You can get chicken for $.79/lb and even taking into account the bones in the weight you are still better off both monetarily and healthwise. Sugary cereal is cheaper than a bowl of cooked oatmeal?? Your kidding right?...See MoreDo You Know the Psycology of a Grocery store?
Comments (20)And another thing: elevation placement. The stuff they wish to move is placed at eye level (for the lady shopper). Its a little low for the average male. Knick-nacks and items that appeal to kids are on the lower shelves where they can grab and whine. This can backfire, so the more expsnive choclates are on higher shelves out of reach of toddlers. At my local store, they use automatied sprinklers to keep the veggies moist. A few seconds before the sprinklers turn on, a recording of thunder is played with the sound of falling rain to warn shoppers to stand back - the spray is about to begin. Over on the other side of the store are dairy cases. Motion sensors detect when you are nearby and a recording of mooing diary cows begin - that can be anoying. The store is laid out so that people arriving through the main entrance passes by the office. Usually, the owner or a trusted staff member is seated to see you pass by the open office door. They'll say "hello" to each customer as he/she enters the main shopping floor. Music is played over the intercom. Golden Oldies are often selected. In the late afternoon and evening hours whem shoppers are tired, the music selection changes to more lively tunes such as "76 trombones" and marches. This helps to put a bit of spring in tired clinetel's steps and keeps the masses moving....See MoreUpsetting Trip to the Grocery Store
Comments (56)Sorry Joyful, but cash does not solve all similar situations. I had such an occurrence with my dad at the store with the big red K and the aqua letters. He was admittedly a little slow and getting the change out and getting the right change and the cashier snaps "here!" and starts grabbing the money out of his hand. I go "WAIIIIIIIT a minute here, you don't touch another persons money without his permission. I was about to call a manager over but wasn't going to make everyone in line wait, though maybe I should have for what she did. Her impatience is not my problem I don't understand why so many are excusing the cashier in this situation. S/he mishandled it. S/he clearly did NOT know what happened and to just say you canceled it was totally uncalled for. The proper thing to do was suggest it may have been canceled or something and redo it. Would have eliminated all the following issues had the casher done their job properly. Had I witnessed this happen in one of my stores the cashier would be given a "counseling session" and a verbal warning. Next problem, the "woman" actually committed two crimes. Grabbing the card from your hand was a robbery (no different than grabbing a wallet with money) and yes sephia_wa, she could have been arrested for it. Probably wouldn't have been arrested but she deserved to know that she had crossed more than just one line. The second crime was the attempt to use another person's debit card and it doesn't matter that she was standing there she attempted to illegally access someone else's account without permission. Again, probably wouldn't have been charged but the fact is there was two crimes committed. Come to think of it there's a strong possibility that demanding the passcode was another offense, since it was done in a demanding and threatening manner as it was, it could easily be thrown in as a lesser added charge. No real difference than someone at an ATM being ordered to give someone their code. Just because it's a store checkout doesn't change what happened. The "man" didn't do enough to be hit with a 5th degree assault because you clearly didn't feel threatened but nonetheless he should have kept his mouth shut. I too suspect he was with the "woman". Probably henpecked. It's too bad it happened. You're safe and it's over. You have nothing to be embarrassed about and have no reason to avoid the store if you want to go back there. Had someone grabbed my card like that it's hard to say whether I'd get physical, get loud, call a cop, call security or what I'd do. I generally am overly cautious on handling cash/cards but if it happened I probably would have just challenged the person and yes you do risk them pulling a weapon. To call this "petty" is silly in my opinion as often "petty" things escalate as this situation actually did. It's a good thing it didn't escalate farther and the OP deserves credit for keeping the lid on it when the cashier didn't....See More
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