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Originally Posted by davem4616
I've been doing the grocery shopping for 20 years...not a rookie at this....I get the etiquette and shop like a regular and conform to the new one way shopping traffic flows, I don't hoard...etc.
I've been going to the grocery store lately on the odd times to avoid the heavy traffic
this evening I'm waiting in produce to buy some zucchini watching this lady take her time as she handles every single damn zuke in the bin....after a while I finally said..."we're not suppose to be handling all of the veggies and fruit, you don't have gloves on, please take what you want and move one."....she turned to me and said "six feet please...and stop whining"....I replied "grow up and get with the new normal" ...
I wanted to say "hey, cupcake, give me any more of your friggin lip and I'll knock you into aisle 7 along with the guy you're with"...but I didn't (at best she was in her early 70's and certainly more than capable of knowing that in today's world you don't handle everything trying to figure out what you want to buy...come on, a zuke is a darn zuke)
what the heck is it with people that still think that it's okay handle every single piece of fruit or veggie or package of meat, and put it back and do the same thing with another until their inner voice tells them that this is the one... like they did in the pre-covid-19 days and for some reason they think that that's okay in today's world?
okay...take your best shots...and tell me how I infringed upon this sweet woman's shopping experience and how I aborted her freedom of choice...so that I can learn from this experience
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I wish we could come up with a joint consensus on the gloves no gloves. I stopped wearing because of the cross contamination. Wear gloves, Not wear gloves....either way you were not right. She can take her time shopping it is her right to as fast or as slow as she wants. She can look at very piece of veggie or fruit she wants just like we have been doing for years. Since has anybody ever just grab without looking, touching and even smelling first. As others have stated wash all fruits and veggies first. The Golden Rule applies here.....Do onto others as you want them to do onto you.
I hope you have a nice Mother’s Day