I am hereby making the recommendation that the next semi-obscure song from the 80's that Glee should cover is:
Bitches Ain't Shit - Doctor Dre
Monday, November 01, 2010
Okay, new rule!
Extra Foods and once again earned my enmity. Now as it turns out it didn't matter. My salad turned out awesome regardless of the fiasco with Extra Foods. So I don't feel cheated. But its the same story as before.
I go to Extra Food tonight. I'm coming back from my dry needling appointment. I'm behind, because the doctor was behind, but that's not the story. I dash into Extra Food just before 9:00. I want to do a quick in-out and go home to eat. I'm hungry like balls.
I pick up this bag salad and it occurs to me, "I was going to have something with mushrooms in it". Mushrooms can go with salad so I start looking around the store for the canned mushrooms.
Do you think I could find the bloody things in Extra Foods? No!!! They were nowhere to be seen. I checked the obvious places. I checked the un-obvious places. I checked any row that had cans in it. I could not find the mushrooms.
So I gave up.
New Rule! All canned goods, regardless of what they are, will all be in ONE aisle. No exceptions. The caviar can be next to the kidney beans. That way, at least if I know its in a CAN, I'll know what aisle to be in.
Extra Foods and once again earned my enmity. Now as it turns out it didn't matter. My salad turned out awesome regardless of the fiasco with Extra Foods. So I don't feel cheated. But its the same story as before.
I go to Extra Food tonight. I'm coming back from my dry needling appointment. I'm behind, because the doctor was behind, but that's not the story. I dash into Extra Food just before 9:00. I want to do a quick in-out and go home to eat. I'm hungry like balls.
I pick up this bag salad and it occurs to me, "I was going to have something with mushrooms in it". Mushrooms can go with salad so I start looking around the store for the canned mushrooms.
Do you think I could find the bloody things in Extra Foods? No!!! They were nowhere to be seen. I checked the obvious places. I checked the un-obvious places. I checked any row that had cans in it. I could not find the mushrooms.
So I gave up.
New Rule! All canned goods, regardless of what they are, will all be in ONE aisle. No exceptions. The caviar can be next to the kidney beans. That way, at least if I know its in a CAN, I'll know what aisle to be in.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Why I Hate McDonalds
by Grant Guenther
I got up early this morning. I had thought about it the night before. I had a plan. I was at the mall by 9:30. The whole thing started off well. I stopped at the bank to get cash first. Its been awhile since I got dollar bills and occasionally it comes in handy.
Next on my list was Safeway. I was going to go to Extra Foods but I changed my mind. I like the steak at Extra Foods better, thus my choice. However the Safeway lot was next to empty and that NEVER happens, so I changed my plan.
I didn't clean up before I left. I wasn't a complete pig. I'd had a shower the night before and I did brush my teeth. But I looked in the mirror before I left and did specifically comment that I definitely needed a shave. But this was just a quick trip and I wasn't trying to impress anyone so I let it slide.
Wouldn't you know my luck? I got the cutest chick working at Safeway as my teller. She was in a costume. I think she was supposed to be Raggedy Ann or Alice in Wonderland. I wasn't entirely sure. It was a blue dress with a white smock-like front and she had red and white striped socks on. I totally would have started a conversation about it except I looked like a dirty hobo and she might have called the cops on me. Plus she always looks half-scared on the best of days.
It was still early when i left Safeway. It was only 10:00 so I decided 'I'm gonna get a McGriddle'.
I go to McDonalds and as expected, it looks like a nursing home. A full 90% of the people there were on social security.
I waited a brief time in line and get to order my McGriddle. I look at the board "2.59/sandwich, $3.99/meal" I don't want to pig out on McDonald's because I'll just feel gross. How about get the meal, and it'll still come in under $5. i get the meal and she gives me the total.
$5.03.
Come on!
It has to be because I ordered a Coke. She asks me, what do you want to drink? I think about it for a second. I don't like coffee. I could get tea but its too much hassle getting the sugar in it. Forgot about hot chocolate. I could get orange juice or apple juice. My juice at home is better. I'll just get the Coke I wanted with it all along.
So instead of $3.99 for the 'meal' it was actually $4.79. Just because of the damn Coke. If its not $3.99 including drink, don't pretend like it is! You know, I wouldn't have noticed or cared, if it had just come in under $5. But I had zero change with me, because this was /supposed/ to cost less than $5. So I ended up leaving with enough change in my pocket to make my pants sag to my knees.
by Grant Guenther
I got up early this morning. I had thought about it the night before. I had a plan. I was at the mall by 9:30. The whole thing started off well. I stopped at the bank to get cash first. Its been awhile since I got dollar bills and occasionally it comes in handy.
Next on my list was Safeway. I was going to go to Extra Foods but I changed my mind. I like the steak at Extra Foods better, thus my choice. However the Safeway lot was next to empty and that NEVER happens, so I changed my plan.
I didn't clean up before I left. I wasn't a complete pig. I'd had a shower the night before and I did brush my teeth. But I looked in the mirror before I left and did specifically comment that I definitely needed a shave. But this was just a quick trip and I wasn't trying to impress anyone so I let it slide.
Wouldn't you know my luck? I got the cutest chick working at Safeway as my teller. She was in a costume. I think she was supposed to be Raggedy Ann or Alice in Wonderland. I wasn't entirely sure. It was a blue dress with a white smock-like front and she had red and white striped socks on. I totally would have started a conversation about it except I looked like a dirty hobo and she might have called the cops on me. Plus she always looks half-scared on the best of days.
It was still early when i left Safeway. It was only 10:00 so I decided 'I'm gonna get a McGriddle'.
I go to McDonalds and as expected, it looks like a nursing home. A full 90% of the people there were on social security.
I waited a brief time in line and get to order my McGriddle. I look at the board "2.59/sandwich, $3.99/meal" I don't want to pig out on McDonald's because I'll just feel gross. How about get the meal, and it'll still come in under $5. i get the meal and she gives me the total.
$5.03.
Come on!
It has to be because I ordered a Coke. She asks me, what do you want to drink? I think about it for a second. I don't like coffee. I could get tea but its too much hassle getting the sugar in it. Forgot about hot chocolate. I could get orange juice or apple juice. My juice at home is better. I'll just get the Coke I wanted with it all along.
So instead of $3.99 for the 'meal' it was actually $4.79. Just because of the damn Coke. If its not $3.99 including drink, don't pretend like it is! You know, I wouldn't have noticed or cared, if it had just come in under $5. But I had zero change with me, because this was /supposed/ to cost less than $5. So I ended up leaving with enough change in my pocket to make my pants sag to my knees.