[Magdalen] this morning's trip to Whole Foods

[Grace Cangialosi]

Funny experience a few years ago at a Martin's in Front Royal, VA. I used to stop occasionally on my way back from DC to the boonies, because they had more variety of produce.
They had a couple of heads of fennel with no price. 
When I went through the line the cashier looked at me and asked what it was. I said it was fennel, but she couldn't find it on the list. She asked me if I was sure it wasn't celery. I assured her it wasn't, so she called the manager over. He didn't know what it was either! I told him, but he couldn't find it on the list.
They couldn't figure out how much to charge, so they gave it to me!

> On Oct 3, 2015, at 9:48 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> And Whole Paycheck could fix the problem by simply doing a session or two
> like our Food City (which is a regional chain in southwest VA and east TN)
> did on produce identification. It seemed to take about 10 minutes.
> 
> On Sat, Oct 3, 2015 at 1:02 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> What a terrible situation to put the poor girl into, not knowing the
>> products she is selling.
>> 
>> It can be a real hassle when the person doesn't know what they are doing,
>> but I think it has to be worse for them!
>> 
>> What should the customer do? I'd not want to say anything to the manager,
>> because I would expect the simple response would be, "Go home and don't
>> come back."
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
>> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
>> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>> 
>>> On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 1:11 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Everybody has a first day at work,
>>> and this morning's cashier was just starting hers.
>>> 
>>> She didn't know the difference between a russet
>>> and a Yukon Gold. OK.
>>> 
>>> She couldn't tell a zucchini from a cucumber. OK.
>>> 
>>> She couldn't identify a whole wheat roll (no barcode).
>>> 
>>> She didn't know the difference between
>>> celery and broccoli !!!
>>> She needs a grandmother!
>>> -M
>>> 
>>> PS: I bet she could tell the difference between a Big Mac
>>> and a Whopper.
>>