[Magdalen] this morning's trip to Whole Foods

James Oppenheimer-Crawford oppenheimerjw at gmail.com
Sat Oct 3 17:40:21 UTC 2015


I still like the grandmother idea.  I'd give anything to be able to see
mine again.

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 Sat, 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.
> > >
> >
>


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