Perhaps they’ll also fan you as you recline on your chaise. Publix is supposed to be all about service, you know.
A man is working in a general store, and they happen to sell peanuts in the shell by the pound.
Snooty City Lady comes up and asks for two pounds of peanuts. He measures them into the bag and puts the bag on the scale.
“Oh, no you don’t,” she snits. “I don’t eat the bag. Weigh them first, then put them in the bag.”
So the man does as she asks, and after she’s paid for them, says, “Hold out your hands.” She does, bemused. The man proceeds to pour the peanuts out of the bag and into her hands. “You didn’t pay for the bag, ma’am,” he says, smiling.
It’s where shopping is a pleasure! It’s in the commercial.
Now you’ve made me want to go visit Bloom, so I can see the checkout people happily dancing and singing.
Susan
I don’t know ladyfoxfyre, she kind of has a point. You don’t eat the shell. Sounds to me like she just drives a very hard bargain. 
I was in Trader Joe’s last week when the clerk in the next aisle rang the bell three times. I looked at my watch and, seeing it was 1900, said to the clerk who was about to ring up my purchase, ‘Hm. It’s six bells by my watch!’ I also got a quizzical look.
Overheard in Target Friday night:
Group of three teenaged boys, 17 or so. Typical teen swagger going on–talking loudly about how the security guard (“the 5-0” they called him, hah!) was eyeing them because they were “shopping while Mexican” and how ignorant that was…
One of these boy wonders yells: YEAH! IGNORANCE IS FOR FAGS, DUDE!
His two friends nodded sagely and repeated it in agreement. “Ignorance is for FAGS.”
Oy vey.
I kind of wanted to remark that she should try bringing back the used shells so they could weigh them and reimburse her.
-foxy
ETA: Ignorance is indeed for fags. 
Absolutely. Plus interest and travel costs. And if they refuse I think she should litigate. It’s the only American thing to do.
That kind of thing happens. Trust me on this, I used to work for the North Carolina version of Publix.
Food Lion?
Leek tops are far from useless. Wash them very well, and through them in your soups. Pull them out before eating of course.
Harris-Teeter.
Oh no, wait! I put my purse in the cart seat. Is this obnoxious all by itself, or only in conjunction with letting a toddler run free?
For the last couple years there have been cans of twelve peeled grapes on sale for New Year’s Eve. That isn’t anywhere near as idiotic as the fact that people do buy them.
Awww, come on Nava, you’re being unfair! Not everyone knows that the custom is to stuff your mouth with 12 grapes in the Spanish New Year. I actually never did it because I’ve never been in Spain over the new years. I don’t think I’d like it unless you can use green grapes.
I’m not surprised. Wasn’t it two bells in the second dog-watch? :dubious:
Keep in mind, your IQ’s percentile number also indicates the percentage of the public whose numbers are lower than yours.
YMMV.
You’re not supposed to stuff your mouth, it’s each grape for a bell. If you’re stuffing your mouth you’re doing it wrong 
What other kind of grapes would it be? You can’t get black grapes in December and dried grapes don’t count.
At home we use twelve tangerine slices. At Christmas prices, you can get a whole kg of tangerines for the price of enough grapes for one single person.
Like I said, I never heard of it before, but I somehow figure that having it peeled beforehand would actually help? I know you are supposed to chew and swallow, but I heard that it usually ends up with a mouthfull of grapes.
Are black grapes seasonal? I had no idea. I never pay much attention to fruit other than apples and bananas.