Questions about the Supermarket.

Things that bother me.

1. When you buy milk, and it expires before you've finished it, and it expires days before it's meant to. Would you be able to like, ask for a new carton of it? I mean, the store did give you a faulty material. I'm sure you could just as easily buy a new one, but in the interest of saving money, why would you when you've done nothing wrong?

2. The fruit and vegetables section. It always bothers me that there's no "Try before you buy" section of fruit. I mean, compared to other consumables (and organic products in general) fruit is so inconsistent. Bruised apples, bananas, mangoes. Shriveled oranges, lemons, mandarins. I mean, they should at least have a sampler section for people who want to taste what they're getting into, but even then, while the taste may be nice, there's no guarantee that the fruit you're buying is bruised in any way. Which is a bit of a problem because it then kind of defeats the purpose of having the sampler section in the first place, because really, what use is there for it apart from getting the general taste of a fruit before you buy it?

Ironically, I find that grapes (the most consistent fruit), are the only ones that people frequently test/steal. Grapes always taste the same, and are probably the least susceptible to being off. Other fruits on the other hand, are seemingly inherently untestable.

3. The stationary section. The choices are so poor. Slowly but surely I've been restricted to actually going into a proper office retail and buying my stationary there. Would it kill a chain grocery store to get some Staedtler up in that bitch?

4. The service. I mean, I understand the social paradigm of the cashiers asking you how your day was, but it kind of bothers me that they ask that, while secretly/or not not caring about how your day was. Also, what's up with name tags, does anyone ever actually say "Thank you Dharma"?

I wish I could buy my groceries online from eBay or something.