So... (I like to start my blogs as if we've been in conversation for a while and I'm just now changing the subject. It makes me feel more connected or something)... we went to the grocery store yesterday for our weekly shopping trip. We had an interesting experience at the deli counter.
I told the guy that I wanted 1/3 pound of ham. He seemed fairly distracted trying to find the right ham, and then clarified with me that I wanted 1 pound of ham. "No, I want 1/3 of a pound." Ok, he says, and off he goes to slice it. Then he comes back with huge mound of ham to put on the scale. It's nearly 1 pound. I remind him that I only wanted 1/3 of a pound. He decides that since it was his mistake, he would weigh it in lighter and just give me the rest of meat. Ok, works for me.
Then I tell him I want 2/3 of a pound of turkey. Again, he seems a bit distracted and comes back with 0.74 lbs of turkey. After I give him a questioning look, he says "You wanted 3/4 pound, right?"
Wow. I'm pretty sure that anything other than whole numbers is difficult for this dude. Except the last time that we went I told the woman I wanted 2/3 pound of turkey, and she didn't know how much that was on the scale, so I had to tell her 0.66. Um... you work in the deli. You have to be able to deal with fractions. I used to work in the deli; I know.
So in the end, we ended up with a heck of a lot of deli meat for the week. We'll see how much of it we actually eat!
Oh yeah, and I feel like poo. I caught a cold on Saturday evening (it was the fasted acting thing I've ever experienced. One minute I'm feeling fine and loving watching the lacrosse game, and within 2 hours I was full-blown sick.) and it has conked me out since. I'm hoping that the jog we did today will help kick some of those bad germs out of me!
Lion
9 years ago
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Sorry you feel like poo.
Every time I comment on a blog post and I have to "choose an identity" before I can post my comments I feel like I've become a super hero and I need to go undercover in order to post.
Apparently the world doesn't have standards for people they hire anymore.
Hence, my manaJERK. Who I thought MUST be good at math because he's a TERRIBLE speller. Nope. Turns out he doesn't even have the brains to realize that if you get a note every day that says "we didn't have room to fit this milk in the fridge but you've been charged for it anyway, adjust the order" and you personally tell him to adjust the order he still needs your DM to tell him he needs to adjust the order.
Sorry. We just had a meeting last night and it did not go well. (Well meaning, he's still our manajerk).
So, how long does deli meat technically keep? I probably eat it waaaay past when I should...
Well, I'm pretty sure that our standard answer (or at least mine) was 1 week. Who knows if that's actually accurate. I also know they say that you should eat all leftovers within 3 days, and I'm pretty sure I don't do that. :)
I also know that WalMart does NOT follow the same cleanliness standards as Target in the deli department, and that pretty much disgusts me. However, I will continue to buy meat from them because it's cheaper.
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