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Default Supermarket behavior

On Sat, 13 Feb 2021 10:30:16 -0700, US Janet >
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>On Fri, 12 Feb 2021 13:45:03 -0800, Leo >
>wrote:
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>>I was behind a middle aged woman at the egg section of my market today. She
>>wasn´t aware of me standing about eight feet away. I think she thought she
>>was alone.
>>She picked up a a carton of eggs, opened it and sorted through. Good idea!
>>There are often broken eggs in cartons as we all know.
>>She opened another carton, picked out an egg and replaced what I thought was
>>the broken one. That´s OK too. Then she opened another carton and picked
>>out a couple of eggs, replacing them with other eggs in her original carton.
>>She was replacing perfectly good eggs with others that she liked better. Then
>>she toodled off.
>>Is that normal behavior?
>>
>>leo

>
>I was behind a young man in the supermarket once. Probably
>professional judging by clothes (suit and tie). He picked through
>several wrapped bunches of asparagus and selected the ones he wanted
>and discarding those he didn't. I also have seen a man shopper
>picking through pre-weighed bags of grapes and taking the ones he
>wanted, tearing bunches apart to get what he wanted.
>What was your point again, about the middle-aged woman?


Defensive of middle-aged women

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