"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> On 6/23/2019 5:25 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>> "Julie Bove" wrote in message ...
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>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
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>>> (snippage)
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>>> There was a time when I looked at other people's shopping carts. These
>>> days I don't care. I don't care if they look at what I buy, either.
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>> I always look at people's shopping carts. I am always sad when I see an
>> elderly person with nothing but small, cheap, frozen meals or person with
>> small children buying cheap cereal and fruit flavored drinks.
>>
>> Once at Winco, there was a mom with two teenage girls. She had three
>> carts
>> heaped full. I didn't see much in the way of junk food. No soda. A lot of
>> bulk packs of chicken parts, fresh and frozen vegetables, dairy and eggs,
>> lots of bread, some cleaning supplies and personal care items.
>>
>> The girls were fighting over the correct way to bag groceries so they
>> were
>> calling attention to themselves. I was next in line. The bill came to
>> over
>> $500. The cashier asked if this food was some for some event. The mom
>> said
>> no. Just for them. I asked her how many there were. She said just the
>> three
>> of them and that was their normal weekly shopping. I was shocked!
>>
>> When Angela I lived alone, our weekly shopping there amounted to maybe
>> $80 a
>> week. Granted, this was a few years ago. Neither of us were big meat
>> eaters
>> and we didn't buy much of our personal products there.
>>
>> I was still shocked. The mom and one daughter were thin. The other
>> daughter
>> was not thin but didn't look much overweight either. I just couldn't
>> imagine
>> them eating that much chicken!
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>> ====
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>> There are reports here in the newspapers, that half the food bought,
>> ends up in landfill!!!
>>
>> What a waste
>>
>>
> That does not happen in my house.
>
> My guess is the lady was just trying to get a rise out the the cashier for
> asking. No one eats that much chicken.

That could be.