Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihu1g.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!security!genrad!grkermit!masscomp!clyde!burl!we13!ihnp4!ihu1g!fish From: fish@ihu1g.UUCP Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Supermarket Flames! Message-ID: <170@ihu1g.UUCP> Date: Fri, 27-Jan-84 16:57:29 EST Article-I.D.: ihu1g.170 Posted: Fri Jan 27 16:57:29 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 31-Jan-84 02:24:15 EST Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 46 O.K., folks, time to get nasty again. I got a few peeves about the running of supermarkets, and I thought I'd vent them for all to see... #1: Cart-littered parking lots. This is my biggest flame because my car was damaged ($150 worth) by a stray shopping cart slamming into my door on a windy day. The m_f_ers wouldn't pay for the damages, citing 'an act of GOD.' God doesn't shop at that store, and these days, neither do I. Back in the days when I drove beaters (junk-mobiles, for those of you living outside the Chicago area), I used to just mow them down. Anybody got a '71 Pontiac, preferably with lots of rust, that I can use as a grocery getter? (just kidding, folks) #2: Aisles blocked by stockers when the store is open. I'm sick and tired of having to steer my cart around pallets stacked high with boxes, carts full of junkk, etc. When I went to the store earlier this week, almost the entire produce dept. resembled a freight yard. I had to leave my cart 30 feet away and *squeeze* past a pile of boxes just to get to the tomatoes. #3: Slow checkout lines. No matter how empty the store is, you always have to wait behind some matron with 110 jars of baby food. There's nothing to do while your meat is spoiling there in the line except read the National Inquirer, which is why it's there. #4: The lasers in those bar-code scanners hurt my eyes. And that box that hollers out the prices as they are scanned gets on my nerves. What ever happened to those nimble-fingered checkout clerks? It used to be a wonder to behold, how their fingers would actually blur as they flew over the register. #5: Low stock on favorite items. I don't know how many times I've gone to the store and half-filled my cart, only to find that the few items I really needed were out of stock. Ever try to get a loaf of bread right around closing time? You're usually stuck with "Betty Brown Raisin & Nut loaf," or that italian stuff that's hard as a rock and comes in a paper bag. #6: Rotten produce: mushy tomatoes, brown lettuce, etc. You've seen it. I got a million of them! C'mon, let's have some more from all you disgruntled consumers out there! -- Bob Fishell ihnp4!ihu1g!fish