Comments on: The Deli Person’s Mistake

By: melis

melis — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:51:32 +0000

@lizard I WILL NOT BE SACRIFICED FOR THE BILLFOLD COMMENTARIAT’S SOCIOPATHY

By: TARDIStime

TARDIStime — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 04:31:54 +0000

@blueblazes In oz it’s about $18/kg for free range chicken in chain supermarkets – the factory chicken is anywhere from $7/kg for the really rock-bottom stuff at the butcher.

By: sheistolerable

sheistolerable — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:41:15 +0000

@sheistolerable Admittedly my husband is not completely innocent in this scenario.

By: sheistolerable

sheistolerable — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:40:54 +0000

Do not assume workers are fluent in the ridiculous U.S. system of weights and measures. I sent my husband to the store for four ounces of pancetta, which was what the recipe said, which was what I wrote on the shopping list. The butcher gave him .458 POUND of pancetta, i.e. almost half a pound, i.e. almost twice what I needed. I didn’t notice before putting it in the sauce (and pancetta’s damn expensive!) and my delicious Rachael Ray lasagna turned out greasy : (

By: selenana

selenana — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:15:18 +0000

@MollyculeTheory Yeah in this case you’re not the one holding up the line, the cashier/store is with THEIR mistake.

By: julebsorry

julebsorry — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:47:49 +0000

@MollyculeTheory Oh c’mon – you can be polite, but there’s no way you should have to pay $10 for an artichoke out of social guilt! Don’t feel bad holding up their line for their mistake – they could always open another line, but I assume they chose not to…

Plus artichokes are delicious and they should be giving them away for free as a public service :)

By: This is my new user name

This is my new user name — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:28:37 +0000

@blueblazes Yeah I would $9/lb (or at least somewhere near that) for boneless skinless chicken breast is a fairly common price for me as well.

By: lizard

lizard — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:19:27 +0000

@MollyculeTheory hahaha oh god i wish you really had said it that way they would have just gave it to the poor crazy woman in the fur.

By: MilesofMountains

MilesofMountains — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:06:34 +0000

@blueblazes Yeah, it’s usually about $16-$18/kg, which I think is about $9 per lb. That’s for chicken breast, though, thighs and whole chickens are cheaper. I think whole chickens are about $10/kg? I end up eating a lot of pork instead.

By: MollyculeTheory

MollyculeTheory — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:00:26 +0000

A couple of weeks ago a cashier tried to charge me $10 for an artichoke. Like, one single artichoke, but I was apologetic about it in a horrible Oliver Twist-orphany sort of way. “Begging your pardon, ma’am, but that just seems rather a bit high? For one artichoke? Ten shillings? Terribly sorry!”

And the manager gets involved and the line is getting longer and longer and this is a gentrifying neighborhood so I feel super awkward as “White Girl in Ridiculous Faux-leopard Coat Taking 10 Minutes to Buy Quinoa, Fancy Tonic & an Artichoke” and I sort of wished I had just paid $10 for an artichoke? Which is dumb. $8.50 is not a small sum! But I don’t know what I would do if it happened again.