"Dimitri" > wrote in message
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> "Doug Kanter" > wrote in message
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>> Time for a show of hands. Who likes their deli meat sliced so thin, you
>> can read text through it, but it takes 10 minutes to separate enough of
>> it to make a sandwich? Unless you're buying prosciutto to wrap around
>> something, this seems ridiculous, but it seems to be what I get most of
>> the time unless I tell the deli clerk otherwise. And, this is in 5
>> different locations of the same supermarket chain.
>>
>> What's with these people?
>
> What's with you?
>
> All you need to do is tell the deli clerk you do not want it shaved and
> you want it "thicker" than normal where its appropriate.

But, there's the question! Why is the slicer set on "shave" so often? I
mean, who the hell wants it that way? :-)