I have set foot into one of their stores once while in Orlando. This story is not remotely surprising to me. The store was not well kempt, dirty and though I really just wanted a bottle of water I could not bring myself to so much as touch anything in the store. I waited until my next stop to buy something to drink. Sometimes you can judge a book by it's filthy cover.

The story hit here a few days ago because that warehouse services stores in Alabama. I can assure you we do not stop there. Dollar General stores, occasionally yes, for paper products like cards, kitchen scrubbies. Never any food items.

I think people would be surprised at some of the conditions in business. My husband was in and out of the back of business for his job. One he told me about was of a very expensive high end fine dining restaurant. The kitchen was the disgustingly dirtiest kitchens he ever seen. The last restaurant my daughter worked at did not date the food. If it looked and smelled OK they would serve it. Rats and mice are a problem for many businesses. You have to have a pet control company routinely treat.. Our home is semi-rural and our camp is country. We always have a sticky trap in the basment in case of mice. It isn't often we find one though. It is usually In the fall when they are looking for a warm area to spend the winter.

My husband remodels commercial businesses...like restaurants.

Let me tell you....high end does NOT mean the kitchen is clean.

Alisande, We've tried all different brands and type of traps. The sticky traps work the best.

function, we too use sticky traps. I get dirty looks sometimes from cashiers, but if they get in my house it's MY HOUSE, MY RULES!

I've had rats/mice also? here for a long time. The regular traps catch a small one, likely a juvenile, occasionally. I got a large trap, non-traditional, a while ago. They steal the bait but it doesn't trip. A neighbour gave me one that doesn't need added bait, the bait is a built-in attractant. It's been in the cupboard under the sink for months Not snapped once.

The landlord gave me some small blocks of bait a bit larger than a walnut. They wre nibbled a bit ... but no apparent dimunution of the population.

I have some of the sticky traps, and sometimes they work - but a couple have sat around here for some time, as I don't like the cruelty - so, stupid me, I put up with those damn rats!!

I've put down warfarin, with water alongside, no apparent usage.

Actually, my doc just called to alter my personal Warfarin dosage, I'd been on one quantity for some time, recently had a reduction, now an increase to over the usual for a while.

About ten years ago, following MRI-directed shot to shrink varicose veins , first of a series of four planned, I had painful clots in the lungs, was put on the blood thinners. Other three shrink sessons cancelled.

I was very thankful to have no perceptible reduction in capabilities after the clots. When they go to heart, there can be immediately catastrophic results, or long-term reduced capabilities, and clots on the brain can cause heavy duty trouble, as well.

A few years ago I began canvassing for heart and stroke in my rural area. It's being done on the internet this year, due to covid. I'd call my clientele but know only a few phone numbers, also email addresses so it'll be notes in their jukeboxes, (that's editor-speak, folks - it's really MAILboxes, please!).

ole joyful

I think the pet food recall i read earlier today was about FAMILY DOLLAR store in Tx. it was rodent contamination. they couldn't get a complete list of brand names.

The states where stores were closed are Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee. There is also a recall of certain products at the stores in these states. You can read the list here https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/shopping/2022/02/21/family-dollar-recall-rodents-stores-closed-list/6879454001/

Personally, I've never been in a Family Dollar store that was dirty, but it has been many years since I was in one of their stores.

After watching a few episodes of Kitchen Nightmares, I'm not surprised that some high-end restaurant kitchens are filthy.

This is only what was noticed and reported. Just the tip of the iceberg. China China Chin a.

You want really cheap stuff? I do too. But we might want to give some consideration as to where this cheap merchandize comes from. what is the total cost — human, polit ical, envcironmental. I passed at least three Family Dollar stores a couple of days ago while out with a friend who had not heard about the filthy mess.

It is not only that ”version” of dollar this or that. There are a number of permutations, dollar this or that. They feature a corporate outlet of mostly Chinese made goods at bargain prices. I urge all of us to learn more about these outlets and low cost merchandize as well as the dynamics of the manufacturing countries involved.

It is challenging to find merchandize not made in you-can-guess-where.

I try my best to purchase responsibly or go without or get creative. It is an enormous challenge. Blood on my wok?

When I was a teen just entering the work world I learned quickly the back story on restaurants. I think this is why many employees do not eat where they work. They know too much! In my case the other teens, males, while prepping for busy times would have dough ball fights in and the entire place, then put the dough balls back in the vat for making pizzas. Maybe that is why we don't eat out much.

Sticky traps are cruel. Please don't be cruel. Trapped "pests" have been known to chew off body parts to get loose. Even if they don't do that, they die a torturous death. I don't know how anyone can be that cruel to a living thing. PLEASE reconsider. (and not poison, please; poisoned mice/rats are often eaten by other wild animals, then causing THEM a torturous death).

The current trend in saying "Be kind" extends, in my opinion, to all living things,

Sticky traps are cruel. I kniw someone who puts the sticky trapped caught critter in the freezer as a more humane way of dealing with it.