Crash and I did some serious grocery shopping last night, and I was so
disgusted. In the (soda) pop aisle, we found a nearly empty plastic bottle
of Mountain Dew. Later, we found a partially eaten roll of Rolo candies.
These people have no class, and they're thieves!

The greeter guy at another store recently told us of having to clean up
after mothers who left dirty diapers in carts.

The world is in a sorry state of affairs when this kind of thing is
happening.

Any other gross encounters of the shopping kind?

Carol
--
Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon

Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
> Crash and I did some serious grocery shopping last night, and I was so
> disgusted. In the (soda) pop aisle, we found a nearly empty plastic
> bottle of Mountain Dew. Later, we found a partially eaten roll of
> Rolo candies. These people have no class, and they're thieves!
>
And they don't know how to dispose of the evidence! Eat or drink *all* of
what you steal, dammit! (just kidding)

Jill

> The greeter guy at another store recently told us of having to clean
> up after mothers who left dirty diapers in carts.
>
> The world is in a sorry state of affairs when this kind of thing is
> happening.
>
> Any other gross encounters of the shopping kind?
>
> Carol

On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, jmcquown wrote:

> Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
>> Crash and I did some serious grocery shopping last night, and I was so
>> disgusted. In the (soda) pop aisle, we found a nearly empty plastic
>> bottle of Mountain Dew. Later, we found a partially eaten roll of
>> Rolo candies. These people have no class, and they're thieves!
>>
> And they don't know how to dispose of the evidence! Eat or drink *all* of
> what you steal, dammit! (just kidding)

seriously... if you're so hungry you've got to steal, _eat the damn food_.
don't leave half of it somewhere.

Lena

Lena B Katz wrote:

> seriously... if you're so hungry you've got to steal, _eat the damn food_.
> don't leave half of it somewhere.

It's more than just hunger. Some people get a cheap thrill out of getting away
with things like that. Many people who steal can well afford the items they
take.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> Lena B Katz wrote:
>
>> seriously... if you're so hungry you've got to steal, _eat the damn
>> food_.
>> don't leave half of it somewhere.
>
> It's more than just hunger. Some people get a cheap thrill out of getting
> away
> with things like that. Many people who steal can well afford the items
> they
> take.

Winona Ryder?

Scott.

A little birdie told me that Lena B Katz > said:

>seriously... if you're so hungry you've got to steal, _eat the damn food_.
>don't leave half of it somewhere.

Better yet ... go to the food pantry.

Carol
--
Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon

Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
> Crash and I did some serious grocery shopping last night, and I was
so
> disgusted. In the (soda) pop aisle, we found a nearly empty plastic
bottle
> of Mountain Dew. Later, we found a partially eaten roll of Rolo
candies.
> These people have no class, and they're thieves!
>
> The greeter guy at another store recently told us of having to clean
up
> after mothers who left dirty diapers in carts.
>
> The world is in a sorry state of affairs when this kind of thing is
> happening.
>
> Any other gross encounters of the shopping kind?

I don't see too many slob scenes at the market, fortunately. Every so
often I spot a package of a perishable (e.g., cold cuts, pkg of meat,
ice cream)left on a shelf...always disturbs me that someone is
perfectly willing to waste food to save him-/herself a walk of maybe a
100 feet. One of my pet peeves is trash left in a shopping cart for
someone else to pick up and throw away....shopping lists, empty sample
cups, used napkins, candy wrappers, etc. My other favorite pet peeve
involves those shoppers leaving carts in the middle of an aisle while
they wander off to get this or that. Grrrr.

Mac

In article .com>,
> wrote:

> I don't see too many slob scenes at the market, fortunately. Every so
> often I spot a package of a perishable (e.g., cold cuts, pkg of meat,
> ice cream)left on a shelf...always disturbs me that someone is
> perfectly willing to waste food to save him-/herself a walk of maybe a
> 100 feet. One of my pet peeves is trash left in a shopping cart for
> someone else to pick up and throw away....shopping lists, empty sample
> cups, used napkins, candy wrappers, etc. My other favorite pet peeve
> involves those shoppers leaving carts in the middle of an aisle while
> they wander off to get this or that. Grrrr.
>
> Mac
>

Hmmmmm. This must partially explain the Cart Wipes I encountered on
entering my local Kroger. I asked the manager whether I was supposed
to use them before or after I used the cart. Laughingly he said that
depended on what I did with the cart. Guess he's seen lots of
atrocities.

> wrote in message
oups.com...
My other favorite pet peeve
> involves those shoppers leaving carts in the middle of an aisle while
> they wander off to get this or that. Grrrr.

Or have a meeting with friends, parking carts three abreast in the aisle.
Or - not keeping to the right traveling the aisles. Damn!

On 18 Apr 2005 04:08:57 -0700, wrote:

>I don't see too many slob scenes at the market, fortunately. Every so
>often I spot a package of a perishable (e.g., cold cuts, pkg of meat,
>ice cream)left on a shelf...always disturbs me that someone is
>perfectly willing to waste food to save him-/herself a walk of maybe a
>100 feet. One of my pet peeves is trash left in a shopping cart for
>someone else to pick up and throw away....shopping lists, empty sample
>cups, used napkins, candy wrappers, etc. My other favorite pet peeve
>involves those shoppers leaving carts in the middle of an aisle while
>they wander off to get this or that. Grrrr.

One of my pet peeves is people who leave their shopping carts in the
parking lot, strewn all over the place, rather than walk a few feet to
put them in the space alloted for carts. How many times have you
started to pull into a parking space to suddenly find you can't get
into the space due to carts left willy nilly? And these are the same
people, I suppose, who circle the parking lot at the gym looking for a
close in parking space.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA


"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"

"Damsel in dis Dress" > wrote in message
...
> Crash and I did some serious grocery shopping last night, and I was so
> disgusted. In the (soda) pop aisle, we found a nearly empty plastic
> bottle
> of Mountain Dew. Later, we found a partially eaten roll of Rolo candies.
> These people have no class, and they're thieves!
>
> The greeter guy at another store recently told us of having to clean up
> after mothers who left dirty diapers in carts.
>
> The world is in a sorry state of affairs when this kind of thing is
> happening.
>
> Any other gross encounters of the shopping kind?

My pet peeve is what I perceive as dirty carts. Do these carts ever get a
good scalding after kids with wet diapers or worse sit in the seats where
eggs and creams are put? Or the bottom of the cart where kids have stood
that have also stood on restroom floors rife with urine.

Another pet peeve is when I'm looking at a product and always-a-woman comes
up beside me and speaks in a loud voice and says, "EXCUSE ME!" and I know
she expects me to get out of the way of her shopping -- and fast! She may
know what she wants and she wants you out of the way so she can get it NOW!
Rarely do I get a pleasant 'excuse me.' They must wait?

dee

"Dee Randall" > wrote

> Another pet peeve is when I'm looking at a product and always-a-woman
> comes up beside me and speaks in a loud voice and says, "EXCUSE ME!" and I
> know she expects me to get out of the way of her shopping -- and fast!
> She may know what she wants and she wants you out of the way so she can
> get it NOW! Rarely do I get a pleasant 'excuse me.' They must wait?

Are you an aisle hog? (laugh) I have done the polite excuse me thing
plenty of
times, after waiting patiently for the person to choose whatever it is to
find *the*
perfect can of tomatoes, sometimes it has no effect whatsoever. After what
feels like a few minutes (unlikely), I'll either turn around and shop for
something
else or say louder, Excuse Me. I don't yell it.

But when you really need garlic and someone is using their body and their
cart to block the entire garlic display forever, that is annoying because
you
just have to wait. And wait.

nancy

Nancy Young wrote:
> "Dee Randall" > wrote
>
>> Another pet peeve is when I'm looking at a product and always-a-woman
>> comes up beside me and speaks in a loud voice and says, "EXCUSE ME!"
>> and I know she expects me to get out of the way of her shopping --
>> and fast! She may know what she wants and she wants you out of the
>> way so she can get it NOW! Rarely do I get a pleasant 'excuse me.'
>> They must wait?
>
> Are you an aisle hog? (laugh) I have done the polite excuse me thing
> plenty of
> times, after waiting patiently for the person to choose whatever it
> is to find *the*
> perfect can of tomatoes, sometimes it has no effect whatsoever.
> After what feels like a few minutes (unlikely), I'll either turn
> around and shop for something
> else or say louder, Excuse Me. I don't yell it.
>
> But when you really need garlic and someone is using their body and
> their cart to block the entire garlic display forever, that is
> annoying because you
> just have to wait. And wait.
>
> nancy

Let's don't even talk about those people who bring their 5 kids and their
cousin and their cousin's kids and use those annoying carts that are
designed to look like small cars (and probably should require a license
since they take up as much room as my car does in the parking lot). Heh...
I'd like to look at the selection of pork or perhaps the squash in the
produce aisle - but NO - two small car(t)s filled with kids and the
chattering cousins are blocking whatever. "Excuse me" is about the *only*
polite thing I could possibly say.

Jill

jmcquown > prattled on in message
.. .
[Snip-O'-Matic buzzed through non-edited post]
> "Excuse me" is about the *only* polite thing I could
> possibly say.

It's the *only* _necessary_ thing to say.

The Ranger

The Ranger wrote:
> jmcquown > prattled on in message
> .. .
> [Snip-O'-Matic buzzed through non-edited post]
>> "Excuse me" is about the *only* polite thing I could
>> possibly say.
>
> It's the *only* _necessary_ thing to say.
>
> The Ranger

Actually, no. I *could* say get the F*** outta the way and if you want to
stand around and chit-chat take it to the parking lot. But I was raised
better than that. Just as I was raised not to block the aisles whilst
shopping.

Jill

On 2005-04-18, Dee Randall > wrote:


> Rarely do I get a pleasant 'excuse me.'

Rarely do you deserve one ....and anyone saying 'excuse me' is obviously more
considerate than you are.

nb

On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 08:04:30 -0400, "Dee Randall"
> wrote:

>Another pet peeve is when I'm looking at a product and always-a-woman comes
>up beside me and speaks in a loud voice and says, "EXCUSE ME!" and I know
>she expects me to get out of the way of her shopping -- and fast! She may
>know what she wants and she wants you out of the way so she can get it NOW!
>Rarely do I get a pleasant 'excuse me.' They must wait?
>
>dee

One of my pet peeves is when someone blocks the aisle with their cart
and is standing there intensely involved in examining some product,
pretending to be oblivious to the fact that there are other people in
the world. So much so that they won't acknowledge anyone else. We
are supposed to say "Excuse me" with a pleasant affect. I don't think
so :>

How difficult is it to consider other people and move the cart to the
side *before* getting lost in the label? That way, one can read the
label to their heart's content and other people can get on with their
lives as well. Problem solved and everyone is happy.

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

"Damsel in dis Dress" > wrote in message
...
> Crash and I did some serious grocery shopping last night, and I was so
> disgusted. In the (soda) pop aisle, we found a nearly empty plastic
> bottle
> of Mountain Dew. Later, we found a partially eaten roll of Rolo candies.
> These people have no class, and they're thieves!

I was shocked to see a woman feeding her kid a cup of soup, that kind
that's in a styrofoam cup, and when she was done, just put the empty
back on the shelf. I thought that was just unbelievable, so much so that
I went back and checked for the empty, thinking, my eyes must have
deceived me. Gross, too, imagine the next person who wants that
soup and picks up someone's trash. Yuck.

nancy

Nancy Young > wrote in message
...
[snip]
> I was shocked to see a woman feeding her kid a cup of soup,
> that kind that's in a styrofoam cup, and when she was done,
> just put the empty back on the shelf. I thought that was just
> unbelievable, so much so that I went back and checked for
> the empty, thinking, my eyes must have deceived me. Gross,
> too, imagine the next person who wants that soup and picks
> up someone's trash. Yuck.

I'm not so much worried about what the next person thinks as much as the
norms that type of "parent" is passing on to her child. "Stealing is
a-okay... As long as you don't get caught." I say something to people like
that -- especially when my three are present -- because food-theft costs me,
both directly and indirectly. Her feelings, or problems, aren't my concern.
The messages she's broadcasting are.

I've also seen people sample the soups with the same spoon, even though
there are six dispensers with signage reading, "Sample away but please use
clean utensils." The shock and dismay these clods display at being called on
their gauche behavior is sadistically entertaining.

Hit them one person at a time but hit 'em hard so you leave a lasting
impression.

The Ranger

The Ranger wrote:
> Nancy Young > wrote in message
> ...
> [snip]
>> I was shocked to see a woman feeding her kid a cup of soup,
>> that kind that's in a styrofoam cup

> I've also seen people sample the soups with the same spoon, even
> though there are six dispensers with signage reading, "Sample away
> but please use clean utensils." The shock and dismay these clods
> display at being called on their gauche behavior is sadistically
> entertaining.
>
> Hit them one person at a time but hit 'em hard so you leave a lasting
> impression.
>
> The Ranger

Um... where do you shop that lets you sample soup? I believe Nancy was
referring to something like that Campbell's 'Soup at Hand' thing, not a
buffet.

I do, however, agree with your basic message. Don't teach your children to
shoplift. Uh uh, you can't have a handful of grapes off that bunch. We
*all* pay for theft in the long run.

Jill

jmcquown > wrote in message
. ..
> The Ranger wrote:
> > Nancy Young > wrote in message
...
> > [snip]
> > > I was shocked to see a woman feeding her kid a
> > > cup of soup, that kind that's in a styrofoam cup
> > >
> > I've also seen people sample the soups with the
> > same spoon, even though there are six dispensers
> > with signage reading, "Sample away but please
> > use clean utensils." The shock and dismay these
> > clods display at being called on their gauche
> > behavior is sadistically entertaining.
> >
> > Hit them one person at a time but hit 'em hard so
> > you leave a lasting impression.
> >
> Um... where do you shop that lets you sample soup?

Safeway. That new marketing display is right there. There are mini-cups
(2-oz souffle) available, but I've yet to see someone actually use them.

> I believe Nancy was referring to something like that
> Campbell's 'Soup at Hand' thing, not a buffet.

Ah. My misread. I've never witnessed that level of laziness _in_ the store.
It's usually outside at the jerk's car where he empties his week's-worth of
trash into the basket and quickly drives away.

> I do, however, agree with your basic message.

It's a shame the tide's currently going the other way...

The Ranger

On 2005-04-18, The Ranger > wrote:

> Safeway. That new marketing display is right there. There are mini-cups
> (2-oz souffle) available, but I've yet to see someone actually use them.

Around here, I think maybe too many were using them. Safeway has
suddenly ceased making the cups available. Maybe it was just an
introductory thing.

nb

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
. ..
> The Ranger wrote:
>> Nancy Young > wrote in message
>> ...
>> [snip]
>>> I was shocked to see a woman feeding her kid a cup of soup,
>>> that kind that's in a styrofoam cup
>
>> I've also seen people sample the soups with the same spoon, even
>> though there are six dispensers with signage reading, "Sample away
>> but please use clean utensils." The shock and dismay these clods
>> display at being called on their gauche behavior is sadistically
>> entertaining.
>>
>> Hit them one person at a time but hit 'em hard so you leave a lasting
>> impression.

> Um... where do you shop that lets you sample soup? I believe Nancy was
> referring to something like that Campbell's 'Soup at Hand' thing, not a
> buffet.

Oh, definitely, I didn't realize there could be any confusion, I meant a
packaged product on the soup aisle. I'm now thinking she must have
come prepared with a spoon or did she steal a plastic one from the
disposable plates aisle?

At any rate, it wouldn't have even struck me as strange if she'd taken
the container with her to pay for it. I've opened stuff in the store if I
*really* needed to eat or whatever, but I paid for the product.

Honest, I never heard of being able to sample the soup at the salad
bar. I wouldn't like that.

> I do, however, agree with your basic message. Don't teach your children
> to
> shoplift. Uh uh, you can't have a handful of grapes off that bunch. We
> *all* pay for theft in the long run.

I'm with you. I only think of one place where it's common to see people
eating the whole time they shop, ****es me off. Produce market. I don't
mean just test one grape. I mean the whole bunch.

nancy

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> . ..
> > The Ranger wrote:
> >> Nancy Young > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> [snip]
> >>> I was shocked to see a woman feeding her kid a cup of soup,
> >>> that kind that's in a styrofoam cup
> >
> >> I've also seen people sample the soups with the same spoon, even
> >> though there are six dispensers with signage reading, "Sample away
> >> but please use clean utensils." The shock and dismay these clods
> >> display at being called on their gauche behavior is sadistically
> >> entertaining.
> >>
> >> Hit them one person at a time but hit 'em hard so you leave a lasting
> >> impression.
>
> > Um... where do you shop that lets you sample soup? I believe Nancy was
> > referring to something like that Campbell's 'Soup at Hand' thing, not a
> > buffet.
>
> Oh, definitely, I didn't realize there could be any confusion, I meant a
> packaged product on the soup aisle. I'm now thinking she must have
> come prepared with a spoon or did she steal a plastic one from the
> disposable plates aisle?
>
> At any rate, it wouldn't have even struck me as strange if she'd taken
> the container with her to pay for it. I've opened stuff in the store if I
> *really* needed to eat or whatever, but I paid for the product.

I've done that as well. A few times, when my blood sugar was too low and I
knew I wasn't going to be able to either wait for check out or leave and get
something somewhere else. Especially when I was first diagnosed and we were
still trying to find the right dosage...hypos could just hit me out of
nowhere! It's a kind of one track mind panick-y feeling. But I did take the
empty juice bottle or whatever to the check out with me and pay for it.

>
> Honest, I never heard of being able to sample the soup at the salad
> bar. I wouldn't like that.

When Von's first put in the soup bar, the samples did alot to get people to
try and then buy the soups. They supplied spoons and small souffle cups.


>
> > I do, however, agree with your basic message. Don't teach your children
> > to
> > shoplift. Uh uh, you can't have a handful of grapes off that bunch. We
> > *all* pay for theft in the long run.
>
> I'm with you. I only think of one place where it's common to see people
> eating the whole time they shop, ****es me off. Produce market. I don't
> mean just test one grape. I mean the whole bunch.
>
> nancy

I'm glad you clarified, because there is, IMHO, a difference between eating
a grape, or cherry or whatnot to see if they're good and eating a handful or
a bunch. Heck, the produce guy at my local store often asks people if they'd
like to try a grape or a cherry or strawberry.

kimberly
>
>

A little birdie told me that "jmcquown" > said:

>Um... where do you shop that lets you sample soup?

You get itty-bitty spoons, like they use for ice cream samples. Usually,
the demonstrator puts soup in tiny little paper cups for sampling.

They don't give samples of foods at your store, Jill?

Carol
--
Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon

Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
> A little birdie told me that "jmcquown" > said:
>
>> Um... where do you shop that lets you sample soup?
>
> You get itty-bitty spoons, like they use for ice cream samples.
> Usually, the demonstrator puts soup in tiny little paper cups for
> sampling.
>
> They don't give samples of foods at your store, Jill?
>
> Carol

Rarely. When they do it's usually not something I'm interested in trying.

Jill

I haven`t seen much food sampling or evidence of it during my shopping.
Once the lady in front of me in the checkout had a small child in her
cart who was teething/chewing/licking the pen that is attached to the
checkout lane for the customers to use. Blech. Glad I wasn`t gonna have
to use that pen.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
. ..
> The Ranger wrote:
> > Nancy Young > wrote in message
> > ...
> > [snip]
> >> I was shocked to see a woman feeding her kid a cup of soup,
> >> that kind that's in a styrofoam cup
>
> > I've also seen people sample the soups with the same spoon, even
> > though there are six dispensers with signage reading, "Sample away
> > but please use clean utensils." The shock and dismay these clods
> > display at being called on their gauche behavior is sadistically
> > entertaining.
> >
> > Hit them one person at a time but hit 'em hard so you leave a lasting
> > impression.
> >
> > The Ranger
>
> Um... where do you shop that lets you sample soup? I believe Nancy was
> referring to something like that Campbell's 'Soup at Hand' thing, not a
> buffet.
>
> I do, however, agree with your basic message. Don't teach your children
to
> shoplift. Uh uh, you can't have a handful of grapes off that bunch. We
> *all* pay for theft in the long run.
>
> Jill

Von's has a new soup bar and they do let you have samples. The chicken and
wild rice is actually pretty good, though a little too salty IMO.

kimberly
>
>

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
. ..
> The Ranger wrote:
>> Nancy Young > wrote in message
>> ...
>> [snip]
>>> I was shocked to see a woman feeding her kid a cup of soup,
>>> that kind that's in a styrofoam cup
>
>> I've also seen people sample the soups with the same spoon, even
>> though there are six dispensers with signage reading, "Sample away
>> but please use clean utensils." The shock and dismay these clods
>> display at being called on their gauche behavior is sadistically
>> entertaining.
>>
>> Hit them one person at a time but hit 'em hard so you leave a lasting
>> impression.
>>
>> The Ranger
>
> Um... where do you shop that lets you sample soup? I believe Nancy was
> referring to something like that Campbell's 'Soup at Hand' thing, not a
> buffet.
>
> I do, however, agree with your basic message. Don't teach your children
> to
> shoplift. Uh uh, you can't have a handful of grapes off that bunch. We
> *all* pay for theft in the long run.
>
> Jill
>

When I was a teenager I worked in a supermarket. I remember one time a child
(about 6, IIRC) came up to my co-worker at the service desk to return a
candy bar he had stolen, and said he was sorry. When my co-worker asked
where his Mom was, the boy pointed to a lady standing about 20 yards away.
So the child probably took the candy bar when in line, the Mom found out in
the car or something, and then walked the kid back in and had him return it
and apologize.

Pretty cool.

-T

In article > , "skoonj"
> wrote:

> When I was a teenager I worked in a supermarket. I remember one time
> a child (about 6, IIRC) came up to my co-worker at the service desk
> to return a candy bar he had stolen, and said he was sorry. When my
> co-worker asked where his Mom was, the boy pointed to a lady standing
> about 20 yards away. So the child probably took the candy bar when in
> line, the Mom found out in the car or something, and then walked the
> kid back in and had him return it and apologize.
>
> Pretty cool.

Is this no longer standard?

Regards,
Ranee

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A little birdie told me that "The Ranger" > said:

>I'm not so much worried about what the next person thinks as much as the
>norms that type of "parent" is passing on to her child. "Stealing is
>a-okay... As long as you don't get caught." I say something to people like
>that -- especially when my three are present -- because food-theft costs me,
>both directly and indirectly. Her feelings, or problems, aren't my concern.
>The messages she's broadcasting are.

You're GOOD! I need you to be my official shopping assistant.

Carol
--
Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon

A little birdie told me that "Nancy Young" > said:

>I was shocked to see a woman feeding her kid a cup of soup, that kind
>that's in a styrofoam cup, and when she was done, just put the empty
>back on the shelf. I thought that was just unbelievable, so much so that
>I went back and checked for the empty, thinking, my eyes must have
>deceived me. Gross, too, imagine the next person who wants that
>soup and picks up someone's trash. Yuck.

Next time you're an eyewitness, think about calling for a manager before
she has a chance to leave the store. She's teaching her kid some excellent
values, isn't she?

Carol
--
Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon

Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
> Crash and I did some serious grocery shopping last night, and I was
so
> disgusted. In the (soda) pop aisle, we found a nearly empty plastic
bottle
> of Mountain Dew. Later, we found a partially eaten roll of Rolo
candies.
> These people have no class, and they're thieves!

These kinds of misdeeds (partially eaten products) are much more apt to
have been commited by the store employees... typically most shelf
restocking is done by the night shift, and typically they are poorly
suppervized, if supervized at all... mostly they are itinerate temps,
and not paid very well... and in fact in order to recruit them the
store management often offers the 'all you can eat on premises' perk.

> The greeter guy at another store recently told us of having to clean
up
> after mothers who left dirty diapers in carts.

I know in some locations stupidmarkets maintain public restrooms but
many locations throuhgout the US do not. I've never seen a public
restroom at any stupidmarket in the entire state of NY... if the stores
don't offer a terlit to the patrons it should come as no surprise that
putrid pampers will be changed and discarded out in the parking lot...
and generally there are no trash recepticals, at least not handy, so if
garbage ends up in the carts rather than strewn about the streets
that's a good thing (lesser of evils)... for that kind of trash I place
the *entire* blame on the Municipality Officials for not enacting
commercial building code REQUIRING _adequate_ public restroom
facilities in *ALL* retail establishments, and that the municipality
must require that all retail establishments contract with private
sanitation companys to maintain adequate trash recepticals with timely
pick up thereof.

> The world is in a sorry state of affairs when this kind of thing is
> happening.

Not the entire world, only those in charge... how those pinheads become
in charge is the true sorry state of affairs.

> Any other gross encounters of the shopping kind?

By far the very worst stupidmarket _filth offenders_ are the employees
working in the meat and deli departments... um, yoose really don't
wanna know.

Sorry, but I can't place the blame on the public.

> I've never seen a public
>restroom at any stupidmarket in the entire state of NY

Every supermarket has a BATHROOM. Where the hell do you think the
employees pee? In your cole slaw? Don't answer that.....but anyway
don't make blanket statements. **Every single Shop Rite and Aim and
Pee in my NYS stomping grounds has a public restroom and it's usually
quite clean.**

>suppervized, if supervized at all...

Spell much?

"Food For Thought" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> > I've never seen a public
> >restroom at any stupidmarket in the entire state of NY
>
> Every supermarket has a BATHROOM. Where the hell do you think the
> employees pee? In your cole slaw? Don't answer that.....but anyway
> don't make blanket statements. **Every single Shop Rite and Aim and
> Pee in my NYS stomping grounds has a public restroom and it's usually
> quite clean.**
>
> >suppervized, if supervized at all...
>
> Spell much?

Heh...READ much? He said *public* restroom. Meaning, the public is allowed
to use it freely. Having a restroom for employees does NOT mean they have a
public restroom.
Kind of funny how you nitpick the spelling, yet don't read thoroughly before
replying. Ironic, really.

kimberly
>

Sheldon wrote:

> I know in some locations stupidmarkets maintain public restrooms but
> many locations throuhgout the US do not. I've never seen a public
> restroom at any stupidmarket in the entire state of NY... if the stores


Maybe you don't get out much. I know Price Chopper, Wegmans, Grand Union
and a regional chain we visit (Asian Food Market)which probably have 50
locations among them have public restrooms and are in New York State. We
recently visited some friends in Queens and there was a public restroom
in the Pathmark and there were public restrooms in the Asian markets we
visited out in Flushing.

"George" > wrote

> recently visited some friends in Queens and there was a public restroom in
> the Pathmark and there were public restrooms in the Asian markets we
> visited out in Flushing.

(laughing!) nuff said. nancy

>Maybe you don't get out much.

Sheldon uses an outhouse so he wouldn't recognise a proper bathroom if
it bit his sagging ass.

Sheldon wrote:

> By far the very worst stupidmarket _filth offenders_ are the employees
> working in the meat and deli departments... um, yoose really don't
> wanna know.

My sister in law was at the meat counter of her favourite local (family
run) grocery store. The girl who was waiting on her sneezed into her hand
and could not understand why my SIL would not accept the meat she had just
wrapped for her or why she insisted on someone else waiting on her.

Dave Smith wrote:
> Sheldon wrote:
>
>
>>By far the very worst stupidmarket _filth offenders_ are the employees
>>working in the meat and deli departments... um, yoose really don't
>>wanna know.
>
>
> My sister in law was at the meat counter of her favourite local (family
> run) grocery store. The girl who was waiting on her sneezed into her hand
> and could not understand why my SIL would not accept the meat she had just
> wrapped for her or why she insisted on someone else waiting on her.
>


A few years ago I watched a seafood clerk who was in the back room. He
was on the phone and running his vinyl-gloved hand through his greasy
hair, over and over.

When he finally came out I ordered two pounds of scallops. He proceeded
to stick his hand (in the SAME glove) in the bin of scallops and
transfer handsful into a plastic bag. When I told him I no longer
wanted the scallops because he had contaminated them with dirty gloves,
he looked incredulous and angry.

I reported the incident to the public health department and the
store management, but I doubt it made any difference. I rarely shop in
htat store any longer and never buy meat or seafood there.

gloria p