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First, background: I'm the primary grocery shopper in my family and have to do grocery shopping regularly at work so I probably end up at the grocery store four or five times a week.
Today, I witnessed something I've never seen before in my life.
There was a woman in the produce section today with three or four containers of strawberries open, taking all of the best ones in one container and showing the rest into the other containers.
That strikes me as incredibly selfish and, well, wrong. Am I naive?
I saw that with cherries recently, she was picking and choosing cherries from all the prepackage bags and putting them into a bag that she had dumped out on top of all the other bags. It seemed pretty fucked up to me
I've never done that, but isn't it the same as eggs? Nobody tells you shit for switching eggs out. I don't want yucky fruit, but I'll dig around until I find a container that has pretty strawberries or grapes.
I've never seen anybody do that with eggs. Why wouldn't you just take a different container? I don't even remember the last time I found even one cracked one, let alone so many that required sorting among multiple containers. You need to buy your eggs from somewhere else.
I have a problem when I'm shopping... I can never take the item in front. I always take the second (or more) one back.
I do that with anything refrigerated/frozen. I always assume the first item on the shelf had gone on a joyride around the store at some point and was put back, and therefore isn't as fresh.
I've had the email address for at least 10 years, and I only open things that I care about. Anything that goes to a non-inbox folder doesn't get read at all, and neither do emails that go to my in-box but don't need my attention (like payment/order confirmations etc).
Ain't nobody got time for that.
I didn't know it was a thing that people just let unread e-mails accumulate until a couple years ago when I noticed my grandfather had some insane number of unread e-mails on his computer. I have three e-mail addresses and zero unread e-mails. I don't read all of them. I mostly just immediately delete any incoming e-mails that I'm not going to read. Just the thought of having anything in my "Unread Mail" box makes me feel a little uneasy.
Edit to add: I have one notification on my home screen on my phone because I won't upgrade my operating system. I hate that little red dot.
I seriously want to break out in hives when my inbox shows over 10 unread emails. It drives me crazy. I do the same, quickly delete emails I don't want. I'll never forget heading down to the beach with o'neil & seeing her inbox. Craziness!
Post by heyyitskait on Jul 9, 2016 16:21:36 GMT -5
We have this great little food court downtown now. A crepe booth just went in. I'm trying to figure out how to tactfully tell the two very French women that run it that they keep burning their salted caramel ever so slightly.
It's just burnt. Like they had it perfect, but forgot a bowl to pour it into to stop the cooking, stepped away for three seconds to grab one, and came back.
If it takes me 2 seconds to delete an email, I've saved 3 hours and 46 minutes by not deleting my unread emails. (Can't even imagine how much time if I was deleting my read email as well).
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I am OCD... If I have an email I need to take care of it. Erase it, file it into the correct folder, whatever. If I need to reply to it, I will leave it in my inbox until I get to it, but my inbox generally always has 0 emails in it. Everything goes to my inbox but I make a point to clear it everyday. I also don't get spam... I get about 5 emails a day tops. Depends how much time (and money) I have spent on Amazon...
I saw that with cherries recently, she was picking and choosing cherries from all the prepackage bags and putting them into a bag that she had dumped out on top of all the other bags. It seemed pretty fucked up to me
I've never done that, but isn't it the same as eggs? Nobody tells you shit for switching eggs out. I don't want yucky fruit, but I'll dig around until I find a container that has pretty strawberries or grapes.
I've never seen anybody do that with eggs. Why wouldn't you just take a different container? I don't even remember the last time I found even one cracked one, let alone so many that required sorting among multiple containers. You need to buy your eggs from somewhere else.
I usually get from my sister's chickens but sometimes I have to go to the store and you know I live in Nola right? We a little hood.
I usually get from my sister's chickens but sometimes I have to go to the store and you know I live in Nola right? We a little hood.[/quote]
Selling non-broken eggs is really a minimal expectation for a grocer. The packaging is pretty hardy these days. If they can't even take care of something so obviously breakable I wouldn't trust them to safely preserve foods whose contamination isn't apparent.
I am OCD... If I have an email I need to take care of it. Erase it, file it into the correct folder, whatever. If I need to reply to it, I will leave it in my inbox until I get to it, but my inbox generally always has 0 emails in it. Everything goes to my inbox but I make a point to clear it everyday. I also don't get spam... I get about 5 emails a day tops. Depends how much time (and money) I have spent on Amazon...
My email folder would make your head explode. Sorry.
I've never seen anybody do that with eggs. Why wouldn't you just take a different container? I don't even remember the last time I found even one cracked one, let alone so many that required sorting among multiple containers. You need to buy your eggs from somewhere else.
I usually get from my sister's chickens but sometimes I have to go to the store and you know I live in Nola right? We a little hood.
I am OCD... If I have an email I need to take care of it. Erase it, file it into the correct folder, whatever. If I need to reply to it, I will leave it in my inbox until I get to it, but my inbox generally always has 0 emails in it. Everything goes to my inbox but I make a point to clear it everyday. I also don't get spam... I get about 5 emails a day tops. Depends how much time (and money) I have spent on Amazon...
My email folder would make your head explode. Sorry.
I usually get from my sister's chickens but sometimes I have to go to the store and you know I live in Nola right? We a little hood.
Selling non-broken eggs is really a minimal expectation for a grocer. The packaging is pretty hardy these days. If they can't even take care of something so obviously breakable I wouldn't trust them to safely preserve foods whose contamination isn't apparent.[/quote] Dude, you're lucky if all the coolers work properly. I can't afford to shop whole foods or rouses just to ensure that eggs aren't cracked and not have to cherry pick them. Single low income mom here, we shop Winn-Dixie and sometimes Walmart...in New Orleans. You can only ask so much from the employees at these stores. It is what it is. There aren't very many options here in the way of grocery stores either. The neighborhood Walmart is actually really nice, but it's new and not in my parish.
I can think of plenty of smooth, curved surfaces that are covered with germs. Not buying that toilet seats are somehow immune to bacteria.
I have also heard cautions about hand dryers. I am sure that they spread germs, but not nearly as much as the people who don't need them because they don't wash.
Dude, you're lucky if all the coolers work properly. I can't afford to shop whole foods or rouses just to ensure that eggs aren't cracked and not have to cherry pick them. Single low income mom here, we shop Winn-Dixie and sometimes Walmart...in New Orleans. You can only ask so much from the employees at these stores. It is what it is. There aren't very many options here in the way of grocery stores either. The neighborhood Walmart is actually really nice, but it's new and not in my parish.
See, I have access to simply the best grocery store chain ever. I dropped a container of eggs at check out once and they sent someone to get me a replacement, making sure to get the right size, cage-free, organic, etc. I would never shop anywhere else if I had a choice.
Having trouble finding a good video but here are some pics:
The world needs more hugs. Good hugs. There should be another name for shitty hugs, because they just don't count.
Found this reading that stupid sex and socks thread. But it reminded me of a cute anecdote. Some people were over our house for a party, and my daughter was saying goodnight to everyone. She asked if they wanted a "squeezy hug" or not. One guy asked what other types of hugs there were besides "squeezy hugs" and she just stared at him for a minute and said "none" like it was the dumbest question she'd ever heard.
As a Pastafarian, Hoover belongs to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Becoming an ordained Pastafarian minister does. She said she has been a believer for about six years, paid $25 to get the license and “solidify” her case.
Hoover said the colander serves as a reminder that the Pastafarian deity, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, is always watching from above.
Pastafarianism is recognized as an official religion in The Netherlands and New Zealand, but not in the United States.
Had you never heard of Flying Spaghetti Monster?! I've never been able to grasp how people declare themselves "pastafarian" though because the whole purpose of the religion is just to mock Christianity and other such religions.
Dude, you're lucky if all the coolers work properly. I can't afford to shop whole foods or rouses just to ensure that eggs aren't cracked and not have to cherry pick them. Single low income mom here, we shop Winn-Dixie and sometimes Walmart...in New Orleans. You can only ask so much from the employees at these stores. It is what it is. There aren't very many options here in the way of grocery stores either. The neighborhood Walmart is actually really nice, but it's new and not in my parish.
See, I have access to simply the best grocery store chain ever. I dropped a container of eggs at check out once and they sent someone to get me a replacement, making sure to get the right size, cage-free, organic, etc. I would never shop anywhere else if I had a choice.
Having trouble finding a good video but here are some pics:
Well you are lucky. There's nothing like that around here.
See, I have access to simply the best grocery store chain ever. I dropped a container of eggs at check out once and they sent someone to get me a replacement, making sure to get the right size, cage-free, organic, etc. I would never shop anywhere else if I had a choice.
Having trouble finding a good video but here are some pics:
Well you are lucky. There's nothing like that around here.
Don't even get me started on the Wegmans sandwich counter
See, I have access to simply the best grocery store chain ever. I dropped a container of eggs at check out once and they sent someone to get me a replacement, making sure to get the right size, cage-free, organic, etc. I would never shop anywhere else if I had a choice.
Having trouble finding a good video but here are some pics:
Well you are lucky. There's nothing like that around here.
You jinxed me! I just went to buy eggs and found a cracked one.
On the flip-side, I learned that they do a brunch buffet on Sunday mornings with Belgian waffles and eggs Benedict. I don't think that's enough to make me brave a grocery store on Sunday morning intentionally, but it's nice to know that there's a perk to it.
I got a call from my sisters friend last night and in the background I could hear Bonnie(sister) crying and screaming. After a long time of incoherence I gathered that she had gotten into an argument with her boyfriend and ended up cutting herself. They had been at a party all day and so they were drinking. B has a habit of drinking regularly but always insisting that she's never drunk. Her friend isn't all that stable either and has a bit of a drug problem.
I was able to calm her down enough to talk to her on the phone and get the story. They all downplayed the injury but when they sent me a picture it was clear that she needed medical attention. I went at got her to bring her to the hospital where she ended up getting 6 or 7 stitches.
This is not the first time we've had an emergency like this. Last year she spent some time in psych because she called me and was talking about not being able to find her car that she wanted to crash into a wall. The car she was talking about was one she hadn't owned for over a year prior.
After that she was on meds and going to counceling but a lapse in insurance and her inability to pass a drug test got her removed from counceling and caused her to stop taking her meds.
She's obviously and excuse driven person. Everything happens to her. I want to be empathetic as I'm well aware that she has actual issues. But it's maddening that she refuses to continue to work on her own mental health.
I got a call from my sisters friend last night and in the background I could hear Bonnie(sister) crying and screaming. After a long time of incoherence I gathered that she had gotten into an argument with her boyfriend and ended up cutting herself. They had been at a party all day and so they were drinking. B has a habit of drinking regularly but always insisting that she's never drunk. Her friend isn't all that stable either and has a bit of a drug problem.
I was able to calm her down enough to talk to her on the phone and get the story. They all downplayed the injury but when they sent me a picture it was clear that she needed medical attention. I went at got her to bring her to the hospital where she ended up getting 6 or 7 stitches.
This is not the first time we've had an emergency like this. Last year she spent some time in psych because she called me and was talking about not being able to find her car that she wanted to crash into a wall. The car she was talking about was one she hadn't owned for over a year prior.
After that she was on meds and going to counceling but a lapse in insurance and her inability to pass a drug test got her removed from counceling and caused her to stop taking her meds.
She's obviously and excuse driven person. Everything happens to her. I want to be empathetic as I'm well aware that she has actual issues. But it's maddening that she refuses to continue to work on her own mental health.
Ok. I think I'm done venting.
That says it all. You're doing all that you can do. It is hard to watch situations where we know that person is the master of their own disaster.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
I got a call from my sisters friend last night and in the background I could hear Bonnie(sister) crying and screaming. After a long time of incoherence I gathered that she had gotten into an argument with her boyfriend and ended up cutting herself. They had been at a party all day and so they were drinking. B has a habit of drinking regularly but always insisting that she's never drunk. Her friend isn't all that stable either and has a bit of a drug problem.
I was able to calm her down enough to talk to her on the phone and get the story. They all downplayed the injury but when they sent me a picture it was clear that she needed medical attention. I went at got her to bring her to the hospital where she ended up getting 6 or 7 stitches.
This is not the first time we've had an emergency like this. Last year she spent some time in psych because she called me and was talking about not being able to find her car that she wanted to crash into a wall. The car she was talking about was one she hadn't owned for over a year prior.
After that she was on meds and going to counceling but a lapse in insurance and her inability to pass a drug test got her removed from counceling and caused her to stop taking her meds.
She's obviously and excuse driven person. Everything happens to her. I want to be empathetic as I'm well aware that she has actual issues. But it's maddening that she refuses to continue to work on her own mental health.
Ok. I think I'm done venting.
Thinking of you and her! The disease itself fights her as much as she does. Try to remember that. Hugs to you my dear