jmcquown wrote:
>
> On 2/26/2017 9:38 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> > "jmcquown" wrote in message news > >
> > On 2/25/2017 4:43 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> >>
> >> Hmmm I don't like shopping either and only go when I have to
> >>
> > I don't like shopping either. I mostly buy clothes online. I don't buy
> > food online but this is why I have a separate freezer, so I don't have
> > to run to the store all the time. For fresh fruit and veggies there are
> > a couple of farm stands nearby. The grocery stores are much farther
> > away so I do a stock-up trip about once a month.
> >
> > Jill
> >
> > ======
> >
> > Pretty much the same as me) I don't buy food online either because I
> > want to choose what *I* think is the best, not someone else's idea of
> > what is best
> >
> >
> There is no food I could buy online which would be fresh. I keep some
> canned goods in the pantry and dried pasta and dried beans. But I don't
> want to buy an entire case of canned whatever.
>
> When it comes to fresh food I want to select my own. I've encountered
> more than one situation in my lifetime (in many different grocery
> stores) where the check-out person at the grocery store had to ask me,
> "what is this?" (Artichokes immediately spring to mind). Much more
> recently, I was shopping for leeks. When I inquired, the young man who
> was stocking vegetables in the produce section asked, "What's a leek?"
> Oh dear.
>
> To give them some credit, when I was checking out I was asked if I could
> find everything I wanted. No, you don't have leeks. The young man who
> was bagging my groceries said, "Um, couldn't you use scallions?" No,
> but close! Maybe *he* should be working in the produce department
> rather than bagging groceries. He at least had a general idea of what I
> was talking about.
>
> Jill

Aren't leeks the creatures that get on you in the stagnant waters in
southeast asia and other places?

;-D