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I do not remember my first fresh strawberry. It sure as heck
wasn't growing up or even when living on my own. I still
knew a strawberry when I saw it. Also, I still say it's part
of their job to familiarize themselves with basic produce,
seeing as they work in a grocery store. Not being mean or
anything, I just think ... they are taught how to operate
the cash register, they could also be shown around the
produce aisle. Just me.

nancy

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What a riot! Bummer that it could be true, too!

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The article begins a paragraph with "...when youngsters
can't tell an onion from arugula..." Interestingly
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"arugula."

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i can somewhat identify with the culinarily clueless kids.
my parents were both horrible cooks with no real interest in
food. consequently i knew sqwat about food until i took it
upon myself to try new things. it's still amusing to have to
tell those kids what i'm buying. "ummm.. thats called
asparagus." just last week

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ROFLMAO... Thanks for the chuckle. This can't possibly be
true... or can it?

Michael

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What a great article. I often benefit from cashier stupidity
at the supermarket.

For example, Zucchini is more expensive than Cucumber. But I
regularly stock up on Zucchini for the price of Cucumber.

Same goes for leafy greens - if they don't have that little
PLU code on em' it's total confusion time for the cashier.

One time I got close to 5lbs. of chestnuts that were rung up
as peanuts.

The supermarkets don't care though - between the low wages
and high mark-ups the don't lose a thing.

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Sad smile. Around here when you find a cucumber in a
classroom it's usually

A few days ago I had to tell the cashier what an
avocado was.

Gabby

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i can somewhat identify with the culinarily clueless kids.

Yes, we learn what we were exposed to. I visited hundreds of
antique shops as a child, and then none for 10 years. On my
first visit back I wandered around the big place impressing
my companion with "oh, Mary Gregory glass" and "black walnut
drop leaf table" and "19th century British brass bed" and
"obviously Roger's and Son silver plate". I recall being
told what "Head Start" preschool was (I was seven) and that
some of the children there had "never had a canned peach".
The teacher said this like it was a horrible deprivation. I
said: Canned? I think fresh are better. blacksalt #one item
on my best things ever eaten list is a fresh peach in Spain,
aged 5. I'd been sick, and awoke that night hungry, and
asked Daddy for something to eat. He returned with a peach
and I sat on the bed in the small circle of light from a
lamp, my mother asleep at my back, and me in my little white
sleeveless tee shirt and white undies, slurping down that
ambrosial thing, my father returning from the bathroom with
a wet cloth to wipe my hands and face. Outside the music
played and a warm breeze fluttered in, and all better now, I
lay down, my head on Daddy's arm and he hummed Swanee River,
and I fell asleep happy Mommy hadn't woken up, or she'd have
made me brush my teeth again. "I look in the mirror through
the eyes of the child that was me. That's me at the
weddings, that's me at the grave, Dressed like the people
who once looked so grown up and brave"

Nancy Young said:

Frogleg said:

Here is a kinder treatment of a subject that frequently
comes up in rfc..

I do not remember my first fresh strawberry. It sure as
heck wasn't growing up or even when living on my own. I
still knew a strawberry when I saw it. Also, I still say
it's part of their job to familiarize themselves with
basic produce, seeing as they work in a grocery store. Not
being mean or anything, I just think ... they are taught
how to operate the cash register, they could also be shown
around the produce aisle. Just me.

nancy

No, it's *not* just you.

BOB

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Frogleg said:

Here is a kinder treatment of a subject that frequently
comes up in rfc..

I do not remember my first fresh strawberry. It sure as
heck wasn't growing up or even when living on my own. I
still knew a strawberry when I saw it. Also, I still say
it's part of their job to familiarize themselves with
basic produce, seeing as they work in a grocery store. Not
being mean or anything, I just think ... they are taught
how to operate the cash register, they could also be shown
around the produce aisle. Just me.

nancy

No, it's not just you Nancy. I feel a checkout person should
at least be familar with basic produce items like
strawberries and should know what different types of melon,
pears etc there are. The story on the url was really funny
but sad in it's own way.

Michael

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"Codeine . . . bourbon." ~~Tallulah Bankhead, actress, d.
December 12, 1968

Rick & Cyndi said:

What a riot! Bummer that it could be true, too!

It could be true. I once went into a grocery store in late
looking for Seville oranges because I had heard that they
were available. Due to their short season, I wanted to get
some to make marmalade. Not seeing them on display, I
asked the clerk if they had come in yet or if they had
sold out. He seemed a little puzzled so I described them
to him and he replied "Oh yeah, the kind that are really
delicious?" He obviously hadn't ever tried to eat one of
those bitter fruits.

On another occasion, I went to the grocery store that had
just opened in town. I had been working afternoon shifts all
week and hadn't had a real meat meal for 5 days. I asked the
teenager at the meat counter for 2 nice big beef filets. He
asked which were the filets, so I had to point them out.
They were huge. I knew that they were going to be expensive,
but having a powerful craving for beef, I was willing to pay
a good buck for them. I didn't really want to know how much
they cost because my financial conscience might have got the
better of me, and I suspected they would have been more than
$30. I didn't even look at the price at the check out. I was
delightfully surprised when I got home and opened the
package. I caught a glimpse of the price... under $7.00.
Needless to say, there was no point in going back and
getting the price corrected and getting the kid in trouble.

Nancy Young said:

Frogleg said:

Here is a kinder treatment of a subject that frequently
comes up in rfc..

I do not remember my first fresh strawberry. It sure as
heck wasn't growing up or even when living on my own. I
still knew a strawberry when I saw it. Also, I still say
it's part of their job to familiarize themselves with
basic produce, seeing as they work in a grocery store. Not
being mean or anything, I just think ... they are taught
how to operate the cash register, they could also be shown
around the produce aisle. Just me.

nancy

Me, too, especially since produce for the most part are the
only grocery store items without a bar code. Of course when
I see how many of the local high school kids come out of my
supermarket with a "lunch" of Fritos and Coke or Starbucks,
it shouldn't surprise me that many kids don't know what
real food is.

gloria p

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The article begins a paragraph with "...when youngsters
can't tell an onion from arugula..." Interestingly
Microsoft's Spellchecker does not recognize the word
"arugula."

pavane

There are lots of words that MS spell check doesn't know.
Techinical terms in particular are a major pain. That's why
there's a way to add words to the dictionary it uses.

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What a great article. I often benefit from cashier
stupidity at the supermarket.

For example, Zucchini is more expensive than Cucumber. But
I regularly stock up on Zucchini for the price of
Cucumber.

Same goes for leafy greens - if they don't have that
little PLU code on em' it's total confusion time for the
cashier.

One time I got close to 5lbs. of chestnuts that were rung
up as peanuts.

The supermarkets don't care though - between the low wages
and high mark-ups the don't lose a thing.

You think it's OK to cheat based on someone else's lack of
knowledge? And then you justify it by claiming that the
markets don't care? If you see something rung up wrong you
are morally required to point it out. Keeping quiet is no
different than lying if they asked you what it is. Have you
no self-respect? Or do you congratulate yourself for having
cheated the market out of a few dollars because the cashier
does not know chestnuts from peanuts?

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What a riot! Bummer that it could be true, too!

Well, if the clerks are like the ones here, I wouldn't be
surprised at all. For some reason I always look at the name
of the cashier, no matter where I'm shopping. So, when I saw
one named Champayne, I found it mildly amusing, but didn't
think much of it. A few weeks later I met another clerk at
the same store named Tequila. I thought that was really
unusual and I asked her how her Mom chose her name. Her
reply was a very serious "Its a wine." LOL!! Then I asked
her if she was related to Champayne, but she just gave me a
blank stare and shook her head. I think it's kind of sad.

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Frogleg said:

Here is a kinder treatment of a subject that frequently
comes up in rfc..

I do not remember my first fresh strawberry. It sure as
heck wasn't growing up or even when living on my own. I
still knew a strawberry when I saw it. Also, I still say
it's part of their job to familiarize themselves with
basic produce, seeing as they work in a grocery store. Not
being mean or anything, I just think ... they are taught
how to operate the cash register, they could also be shown
around the produce aisle. Just me.

nancy

In 1981, while working my way through university, I got a
part time job as a prep cook for a private club. I was the
only person interviewed who could go fetch the correct
produce requested by the chef and sous chef. I was about the
20th person interviewed. The requests were for canteloupe,
cabbage, and zucchini among other things. I was the only one
who brought over cabbage (the others brought iceberg
lettuce), zucchini (others brought cucumbers), and
canteloupe (others brought honeydew). I was hired on the
spot - with absolutely NO previous kitchen experience other
than what I did at home!

Sandi

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ROFLMAO... Thanks for the chuckle. This can't possibly be
true... or can it?

It read true to me. One follow-up letter in the next issue
of the magazine included: "In my grocery store, I asked
where I could find find ginger root. The clerk said, 'Which
department does she work in?'"

Nancy Young said:

Frogleg said:

Here is a kinder treatment of a subject that frequently
comes up in rfc..

I do not remember my first fresh strawberry. It sure as
heck wasn't growing up or even when living on my own. I
still knew a strawberry when I saw it. Also, I still say
it's part of their job to familiarize themselves with
basic produce, seeing as they work in a grocery store.
Not being mean or anything, I just think ... they are
taught how to operate the cash register, they could also
be shown around the produce aisle. Just me.

I thought that was all part of basic clerk training to
recognize fruits and vegetables so they can charge the
correct price. Clerks in my area know strawberries, but a
lot of them can't tell the difference between Fujis and
Granny Smiths... which are priced differently.

Practice safe eating - always use condiments