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Is there a place on earth more annoying?
People leaving their carts in the middle of the aisle. Kids running all over the place. The manual scales in the fruit section. The people at the deli who, when you tell them you'd like a half-pound of turkey, do everything they can to give you EXACTLY a half pound of turkey...0.55...0.46...0.52...then they are ripping a piece of turkey to get it just right. The "Would you like your milk in a bag?" question. People who pay for their groceries using their check book. People who knowingly use the express lane with a few more items than allowed (and no, eight of the same items does not equal one item.) People who are behind you in line, but when a new line opens up don't offer you a chance to upgrade your position first. People who ask for price checks on essential items such as milk, which they are going to buy regardless of price. People who clip coupons at the register (do it at home.)
The grocery store tricks are also annoying, like when they list something as 10-for-$10.
You don't need to buy 10. It's $1 each. :surprised:
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I hate busy grocery stores. Here's an actual photograph of me at Trader Joe's the other day:
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LOL
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Tip at the deli counter, look at the scale and say "that's ok" and they will stop trying to make it exactly half a pound.
'nother tip, go twice a week so you never require a cart, just the basket.
Use the self checkout thing. Saves a bunch of time/annoyance.
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Use the self checkout thing. Saves a bunch of time/annoyance.
can't buy booze at that thing :frown:
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Use the self checkout thing. Saves a bunch of time/annoyance.
I've had the opposite experience if the self checkout requires you to stand in line. It's like nobody has paid attention to the cashier in the years leading up to the self checkout, and so now they have no idea what they are doing.
They scan the item. It doesn't scan. They search for the bar code. They cannot find it. They twist the item, they turn the item, they shake the item. Then they step away from the machine while holding the item. "Hmm..." Suddenly, they realize that they are holding a bag of bananas. "Ah-hah! There is no barcode." Now they are playing with the kiosk, searching for the item code. But of course there is no item code. There is only a big giant icon listed under "B" that says..."Bananas." So they hit bananas. And they are done, right? Of course not. Now they have to weigh the bananas, but by the time they realized this it is much too late. Now they must look up bananas again, and weigh it again, and yes, we've now completed one item. Or have we? "Please place the item in the bag." "Well, wait," the person says. "My items are in a bag!" Suddenly they realize that the kiosk is asking them to place the bagged bananas into a plastic bag. By now, it has taken too long. The item was not bagged fast enough. Now an attendant must help them. The attendant must punch in a code. There, it's all better and the next item can be scanned. Celery is the next item to be scanned and it goes through perfectly. But just one problem: the bag was wet. Now the scanner is wet. Now nothing else will scan.
Meanwhile, the rest of the line: :runaway:
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Use the self checkout thing. Saves a bunch of time/annoyance.
I've had the opposite experience if the self checkout requires you to stand in line. It's like nobody has paid attention to the cashier in the years leading up to the self checkout, and so now they have no idea what they are doing.
They scan the item. It doesn't scan. They search for the bar code. They cannot find it. They twist the item, they turn the item, they shake the item. Then they step away from the machine while holding the item. "Hmm..." Suddenly, they realize that they are holding a bag of bananas. "Ah-hah! There is no barcode." Now they are playing with the kiosk, searching for the item code. But of course there is no item code. There is only a big giant icon listed under "B" that says..."Bananas." So they hit bananas. And they are done, right? Of course not. Now they have to weigh the bananas, but by the time they realized this it is much too late. Now they must look up bananas again, and weigh it again, and yes, we've now completed one item. Or have we? "Please place the item in the bag." "Well, wait," the person says. "My items are in a bag!" Suddenly they realize that the kiosk is asking them to place the bagged bananas into a plastic bag. By now, it has taken too long. The item was not bagged fast enough. Now an attendant must help them. The attendant must punch in a code. There, it's all better and the next item can be scanned. Celery is the next item to be scanned and it goes through perfectly. But just one problem: the bag was wet. Now the scanner is wet. Now nothing else will scan.
Meanwhile, the rest of the line: :runaway:
Few things are more annoying than this. Very few.
Fortunately I usually go to the store when its not real busy and most of the self-checks are free.
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i love going to the grocery store. its my artisanal nature, i suppose.
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This is really the only reason I got married. I haven't been to the grocery store in years.
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grocery stores are bad, but WalMart is the worst. IMO, take your worst grocery experience and multiply it by 10000 and you are just getting there. I hate WalMart so much, I will pay extra for stuff in other places... Target, I love. I go to WalMart for 3 very specific things - nothing else. Oh, I avoid the manic-ness of the grocery by doing the shopping at about 9 pm - seems that the dipfucks are pretty much gone and I can get done annoyance free.
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i love going to the grocery store. its my artisanal nature, i suppose.
also love grocery stores. when touristing, always hit the gses to observe regional diffs.
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Anybody here ever been to a WEGMANS?
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wegman's? ya duh.
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i love going to the grocery store. its my artisanal nature, i suppose.
also love grocery stores. when touristing, always hit the gses to observe regional diffs.
Same. Do you check out the same store if available in different regions, or totally different stores? I like to compare the different types of Kroger brands.
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wegman's? ya duh.
Why the apostrophe?
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Use the self checkout thing. Saves a bunch of time/annoyance.
I've had the opposite experience if the self checkout requires you to stand in line. It's like nobody has paid attention to the cashier in the years leading up to the self checkout, and so now they have no idea what they are doing.
They scan the item. It doesn't scan. They search for the bar code. They cannot find it. They twist the item, they turn the item, they shake the item. Then they step away from the machine while holding the item. "Hmm..." Suddenly, they realize that they are holding a bag of bananas. "Ah-hah! There is no barcode." Now they are playing with the kiosk, searching for the item code. But of course there is no item code. There is only a big giant icon listed under "B" that says..."Bananas." So they hit bananas. And they are done, right? Of course not. Now they have to weigh the bananas, but by the time they realized this it is much too late. Now they must look up bananas again, and weigh it again, and yes, we've now completed one item. Or have we? "Please place the item in the bag." "Well, wait," the person says. "My items are in a bag!" Suddenly they realize that the kiosk is asking them to place the bagged bananas into a plastic bag. By now, it has taken too long. The item was not bagged fast enough. Now an attendant must help them. The attendant must punch in a code. There, it's all better and the next item can be scanned. Celery is the next item to be scanned and it goes through perfectly. But just one problem: the bag was wet. Now the scanner is wet. Now nothing else will scan.
Meanwhile, the rest of the line: :runaway:
This is why Wal-Mart took out their scanners, no one could figure out how to properly use them.
But if you live on the "elite" side of Topeka and go to the "elite" Dillons, you don't face these problems.
Don't need to worry about buying booze either, Kansas sells 3.2 beer (and bad ones) in grocery stores, no liquor/wine.
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wegman's? ya duh.
Why the apostrophe?
i didn't spell it correctly.
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Do you check out the same store if available in different regions, or totally different stores? I like to compare the different types of Kroger brands.
i usually try to hit what appear to be the dominant 2 or 3. but it can just be random. if i'm walking or driving around and see a gs, boom, i'm in there.
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I used to love Dillon's salad bar until they started watering down the lettuce.
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Don't need to worry about buying booze either, Kansas sells 3.2 beer (and bad ones) in grocery stores, no liquor/wine.
Aside from random drug checkpoints on I-70 by RCPD, this is the worst thing about KS.
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I used to love Dillon's salad bar until they started watering down the lettuce.
pfffft...forget the salad bar. Keep walking and hit the olive bar and sushi bar for an elite lunch.
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the cheese monger at whole foods is pretty much the pinnacle of grocery shopping
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everything at whole foods is pretty much the pinnacle of grocery shopping
FIFY
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LOL at the anal retentive people who have to write down every single thing they want to buy before they get to the store :runaway: :blah: I dont know if I should get .5 pound of turkey or smoked turkey :runaway: :blah:
:cool: :driving: :cheese: :love: :lick: :dunno: :lick: :gocho: <----- Me at the grocery store shopping by impulse and memory
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If you want to see a serious freak out you should be there when I throw stuff haphazardly into the cart when mrs. dave is with me. :emawkid:
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Has anyone ever been to the original Whole Foods in downtown Austin? It's so elite that the thought of it makes me want to :goodbyecruelworld: every time I step inside a Wal-Mart.
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Also, I used to work at a Texas-wide grocery chain so feel free to ask me any questions related to grocery stores and shopping experiences.
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Usually go to Hyvee at 10 pm on weeknights. It's just me and the some random limping/hobbling peeps.
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If you want to see a serious freak out you should be there when I throw stuff haphazardly into the cart when mrs. dave is with me. :emawkid:
Same but vice versa, when wife puts non-generic item in cart that costs like 6 bucks when 2 dollar generic version is right there. A little piece of me dies inside.
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As a former cart retriever, I made it my personal goddamn mission to not let that happen (for america) :curse:
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Same but vice versa, when wife puts non-generic item in cart that costs like 6 bucks when 2 dollar generic version is right there. A little piece of me dies inside.
gf is Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) at shopping.
"look, baby, you can get the 16 oz package instead of two 6 oz packs for a dollar less"
" :ck:, i'll never eat 16 ounces"
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love going to the grocery store. I go 3 times a week at least because it's on the way home from work. I also like to cook and do most of the cooking so that helps I guess.
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Have grocery store in my blood. Grandfather has owned a grocery store for 46 years and my dad has only worked there his entire working life. My mom's grandparents also owned a grocery store.
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Also, I used to work at a Texas-wide grocery chain so feel free to ask me any questions related to grocery stores and shopping experiences.
Albertsons? Tom Thumb? :dunno: (Are those even Texas-wide grocery chains?)
<--- LT-WGCIQ
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Also, I used to work at a Texas-wide grocery chain so feel free to ask me any questions related to grocery stores and shopping experiences.
Albertsons? Tom Thumb? :dunno: (Are those even Texas-wide grocery chains?)
<--- LT-WGCIQ
I'm betting on HEB
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yeah, if it's TX it's gotta be HEB
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Is there a place on earth more annoying?
People leaving their carts in the middle of the aisle. Kids running all over the place. The manual scales in the fruit section. The people at the deli who, when you tell them you'd like a half-pound of turkey, do everything they can to give you EXACTLY a half pound of turkey...0.55...0.46...0.52...then they are ripping a piece of turkey to get it just right. The "Would you like your milk in a bag?" question. People who pay for their groceries using their check book. People who knowingly use the express lane with a few more items than allowed (and no, eight of the same items does not equal one item.) People who are behind you in line, but when a new line opens up don't offer you a chance to upgrade your position first. People who ask for price checks on essential items such as milk, which they are going to buy regardless of price. People who clip coupons at the register (do it at home.)
The grocery store tricks are also annoying, like when they list something as 10-for-$10.
You don't need to buy 10. It's $1 each. :surprised:
Dillons has started doing this thing where you actually have to buy 10 items to get the sale price of a dollar. But not necessarily 10 of the same item, they have like 20 items to choose from. It's like some sort of grocery store scavenger hunt. I refuse to do that and just buy the one item I actually wanted, for like $1.19.
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I used to love Dillon's salad bar until they started watering down the lettuce.
pfffft...forget the salad bar. Keep walking and hit the olive bar and sushi bar for an elite lunch.
Dillons' sushi bar is surprisingly elite. Very fresh stuff, especially if you hit it up around noon when the chick is actually still rolling the stuff. Sometimes I will grab a couple trays on my way home, for dinner, if I want sushi but don't feel like actually going to a restaurant that night. Not a big fan of the brown rice stuff they have, seems kinda sacrilegious. :dunno:
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Also, I used to work at a Texas-wide grocery chain so feel free to ask me any questions related to grocery stores and shopping experiences.
Albertsons? Tom Thumb? :dunno: (Are those even Texas-wide grocery chains?)
<--- LT-WGCIQ
I'm betting on HEB
yeah, if it's TX it's gotta be HEB
Winners, both of you. Way above Wal-Mart but below everything else on the shopping experience-o-meter. HEB does own Central Market though, which is a lower rent version of Whole Foods :love:
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favorite section of the grocery market: the meat dept, also love the seafood section but not quite as much as the meat dept.
the hen house near me has a speaker on the egg case that plays clucks from a chicken. i love walking by that egg case. :lol:
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favorite section of the grocery market: the meat dept, also love the seafood section but not quite as much as the meat dept.
No question. Ever met a butcher that didn't have something fantastic to say?
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i actually don't like the butchers most of the time as they seem to be so damn full of themselves.
why can't they just pack the ground beef in some even increment of a pound? yes, i can assure you butcher, there is no recipe in the world that calls for 1.18 lbs of ground beef you lazy POS.
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i actually don't like the butchers most of the time as they seem to be so damn full of themselves.
can you blame them? they cut up animals for a living.
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i actually don't like the butchers most of the time as they seem to be so damn full of themselves.
why can't they just pack the ground beef in some even increment of a pound? yes, i can assure you butcher, there is no recipe in the world that calls for 1.18 lbs of ground beef you lazy POS.
just buy the tube, you uppity bitch.
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why can't they just pack the ground beef in some even increment of a pound? yes, i can assure you butcher, there is no recipe in the world that calls for 1.18 lbs of ground beef you lazy POS.
Good one :D
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i actually don't like the butchers most of the time as they seem to be so damn full of themselves.
why can't they just pack the ground beef in some even increment of a pound? yes, i can assure you butcher, there is no recipe in the world that calls for 1.18 lbs of ground beef you lazy POS.
just buy the tube, you uppity bitch.
tube beef, LMFAO. no, no thanks. i would never consider tubed beef, nor would i ever weigh my own ground beef.
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Mom and gf are the exact opposite of each other.
Mom used to meticulously cut coupons at home and take her Big Chief tablet of a list to Dillons. I was drug along. If there wasn't a coupon for it or it wasn't on sale, we weren't getting it. Mostly generic brands, with the exception of a few bigger entrées (with coupons of course). And she always found 14 people she knew to talk to. All the meanwhile little DD is standing there all :bang:, bored out of his mind. Dad got to stay home.
The gf knows no bounds when it comes to spending money. Goes into the store with the list in her head. Refuses to buy any generic stuff because it's "too cheap". Buys stuff because the packaging "looks cute". All the meanwhile older DD is standing there all :curse:, fuming at the logic. The only reason I doesn't say anything is because she' a damn good cook. It's almost worth knocking her up to produce a minion to go with her so I can stay home.
I avoid them at all costs.
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Use the self checkout thing. Saves a bunch of time/annoyance.
can't buy booze at that thing :frown:
Yes you can.
My favorite grocer is Aldi. :love:
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i actually don't like the butchers most of the time as they seem to be so damn full of themselves.
why can't they just pack the ground beef in some even increment of a pound? yes, i can assure you butcher, there is no recipe in the world that calls for 1.18 lbs of ground beef you lazy POS.
just buy the tube, you uppity bitch.
tube beef, LMFAO. no, no thanks. i would never consider tubed beef, nor would i ever weigh my own ground beef.
Sounds like quite the conundrum.
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Yeah, well have you at least measured it? I mean, it might not be as long as you think/have been telling people.
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i like going to the grocery store. you can easily walk around for a good hour or so just looking and stuff and buying some of it and not buying some of it and people watching and not people watching/talking. not sure what's not to like there.
do you guys branch out and try stuff you've never had or just stick with what works? i always try to buy at least one item that i've never had before.
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Do you guys ever find an item that you've never had but looks amazing and you buy, like, a ton of it and are all :emawkid: but then you try it and hate it and you are left with a ton of it and you have to give it to the food bank? I do this a lot.
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Sometimes when I'm at Walmart super center I really wish my camera on my phone was not broken so I could send pics to the people of walmart web site.
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Do you guys ever find an item that you've never had but looks amazing and you buy, like, a ton of it and are all :emawkid: but then you try it and hate it and you are left with a ton of it and you have to give it to the food bank? I do this a lot.
if by food bank you mean garbage can, sure.
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I'm so bad at grocery shopping. Took me like 30 mins yesterday to het like 6 items. Couldn't find the damn cheese!
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Grocery store doesn't bother me that much.
But going and getting my hair cut does, I don't have a normal "place or barber" that I go to. So the person that is cutting my hair always asks about the same 5 questions, I don't know if they give out index cards at cosmetology school or if they are all that boring?. Its much like getting together with relatives you don't like, after the small talk there is nothing left to do but wait until its all finished.
I probably need to find a "go to" place. Although I do like the mystery of not knowing if the person cutting my hair is going to do a great job or not, gives me something to gloat or bitch about.
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Biggest issue for me is the danger of hungry shopping. The difference in money spent per trip when hungry vs. non-hungry is easily $50 - $60. Most of this is spent on crap I don't need or shouldn't eat.
I know this about myself, yet every once in a while I still hungry-shop.