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Posted: 5/9/2020 1:37:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DK-Prof: Yep. If you had just done it, nobody would have cared. But by telling the employee, you put her in a position where OF COURSE she had to tell you no. So while it’s not an “asshole” move, it was perhaps a little bit of a “dick” move.  Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DK-Prof: Originally Posted By c7aea15: Your problem was in exposing your plan. Yep. If you had just done it, nobody would have cared. But by telling the employee, you put her in a position where OF COURSE she had to tell you no. So while it’s not an “asshole” move, it was perhaps a little bit of a “dick” move. Years ago I took back $50 worth of cans to kroger. The daily limit is $25. So I used a checkout at one end of the store for my first $25 and a different for my next $25. It's not difficult to defeat kroger employees. |
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Posted: 5/9/2020 1:39:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Zardoz: This. I hate to say it OP, but you'd best stay on the straight and narrow, as you don't sound well-suited to a life of crime. I have stamps for all of my SBRs and Supressors 
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Posted: 5/9/2020 1:40:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GTLandser: This is where I'm at. Dude, the kid on the register is hearing that the world is falling apart, and she's probably feeling lucky to be alive, let alone having a job. They also don't have enough life experience to give you a wink and a nod, or to know the difference between "OP, our regular who is an all around nice guy", and "Karen, our mortal enemy, who should be fucked with at every opportunity". Next time, just to flex and give someone the chance to be a hero (plus your spend $800-1600 or some shit each month on groceries, tf?) ask the bag boy if he has a hankering for the remaining type of cheese you want, and then tip him $5 to take a break, circle the fridge case, and bring you the cheese you wanted during his ciggy break. You'd be a hero 10x over. You know how I know you didn’t read the whole thread? |
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Posted: 5/9/2020 1:41:08 PM EDT
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Quoted: Yeah, I know...that question usually answers itself Went to Publix to spend $100 (again) this morning. I do this about 4 times a week. (During hunting season I spend about $200 every Friday on the way to Camp). Point is, I think I’m a pretty good customer for them, we easily spend $15K plus a year for the last 18 years. Among my items were three small packs of sliced cheese. I’m making sammich wraps for the beach today and burgers for dinner tonight. We all like different cheese. I had one Swiss, one cheddar, one provolone. I was informed at check out that I could only buy two packs of cheese due to the “upcoming shortage”. I said “no problem, just set it over there on the counter. I’ll go put my groceries in the truck and return as a new customer to purchase the other pack”. I was told that was a no-go. Look, I get it. (Even though I’m a flu-bro and this whole thing is a fucking charade). But it’s not like I was filling a damned buggy with every single pack of cheese they had, I was just trying to buy three different kinds, in the minimum quantity possible. I politely paid for my shit and left but as God is my witness, I’ll never spend another dime there again, Publix subs be damned. I quoted this part for you, so that when you inevitably break down and go back, you will be able to reference the exact moment you cursed yourself. |
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Posted: 5/9/2020 1:41:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Hahah you said buggy |
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Posted: 5/9/2020 1:42:56 PM EDT
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Quoted: Yeah, I know...that question usually answers itself Went to Publix to spend $100 (again) this morning. I do this about 4 times a week. (During hunting season I spend about $200 every Friday on the way to Camp). Point is, I think I’m a pretty good customer for them, we easily spend $15K plus a year for the last 18 years. Among my items were three small packs of sliced cheese. I’m making sammich wraps for the beach today and burgers for dinner tonight. We all like different cheese. I had one Swiss, one cheddar, one provolone. I was informed at check out that I could only buy two packs of cheese due to the “upcoming shortage”. I said “no problem, just set it over there on the counter. I’ll go put my groceries in the truck and return as a new customer to purchase the other pack”. I was told that was a no-go. Look, I get it. (Even though I’m a flu-bro and this whole thing is a fucking charade). But it’s not like I was filling a damned buggy with every single pack of cheese they had, I was just trying to buy three different kinds, in the minimum quantity possible. I politely paid for my shit and left but as God is my witness, I’ll never spend another dime there again, Publix subs be damned. Same thing happened to me when this whole shit show kicked off. I usually get a gallon of milk and then 5 separate pints to bring to work each day for coffee. I also had some cheese from the deli and 2 bags of shredded cheese for tacos and eggs. (buy one/get one.) I got the rest of my groceries which included a bunch of frozen items. Went to the register and they said ONLY ONE Dairy product per person. I said OK. And I told them to take out the 5 pints of milk. They said "You can buy the gallon of milk. But, the rest of that dairy can not be sold to you." I asked for the manager. Guy bagging for the cashier is the manager. Tells me "It's the LAW." I walked out and told them they could keep all their damn groceries. |
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Posted: 5/9/2020 1:42:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 15k a year in groceries?  |
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Posted: 5/9/2020 1:43:51 PM EDT
[#8]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By c7aea15: Your problem was in exposing your plan. |
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Posted: 5/9/2020 1:44:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MotorMouth: Stay quiet, put groceries in car, go back inside, grab extra item, self checkout, and done. 
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Posted: 5/9/2020 1:45:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 10mmManiac: Hahah you said buggy Probably a Canadian transplant...  You're not an asshole, what you did was reasonable. Going 4 times per week is insane though! 
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Posted: 5/9/2020 1:50:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Your problem was in exposing your plan. Note to self: Never rob a bank with the OP. 
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Posted: 5/9/2020 1:53:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By konger: 15k a year in groceries? Actually ... $100 x 4 (time/week) = $400/week $400/week x 52 weeks = more than $20K/year. |
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Posted: 5/9/2020 1:55:20 PM EDT
[#13]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By joekizanyu: ^^^ This. Automatically makes you the a-hole. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By joekizanyu: Originally Posted By 10mmManiac: Hahah you said buggy That’s what we call them in the south. Suck it yankees |
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Posted: 5/9/2020 1:56:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By WDEagle: Actually ... $100 x 4 (time/week) = $400/week $400/week x 52 weeks = more than $20K/year. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By WDEagle: Originally Posted By konger: 15k a year in groceries? Actually ... $100 x 4 (time/week) = $400/week $400/week x 52 weeks = more than $20K/year. I was trying to be conservative in case we ate out more than usual one week or we were on vacation for a while |
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Posted: 5/9/2020 1:58:51 PM EDT
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Just a quick bit of advice for OP and for others like him.
There’s a certain percentage of people who always have to do everything the hard way. They feel like it’s their calling to make life miserable for the rest of us. I call them “rules people” but you probably call them something different. 1. Don’t Be one of those people. 2. When you encounter one, just use your superior intelligence to perform a soft workaround. You could have simply and quietly re-shopped a second time; but then you’d have nothing to bitch about. Refer to #1. |
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Posted: 5/9/2020 2:00:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I was trying to be conservative in case we ate out more than usual one week or we were on vacation for a while That isn't some really expensive high brow food either, publix. It's sheer volume. |
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Posted: 5/9/2020 2:02:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By c7aea15: Your problem was in exposing your plan. Well, here is that FPNI thing again....................... |
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Posted: 5/9/2020 2:04:27 PM EDT
[#18]
Why did you tell them? Just walk out and come back in and use a different register. Do you think she's going to remember you're the max quantity cheese guy?
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Posted: 5/9/2020 2:14:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By redfish86: That’s what we call them in the south. Suck it yankees Could be “cart”, too, unless you’re at Piggly Wiggly. Then it’s aways “buggy”. |
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Posted: 5/9/2020 2:17:17 PM EDT
[#20]
If you have to ask if your an ahole, then you probably are. Your mistake wasn't taking someone with you.
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Posted: 5/9/2020 2:19:17 PM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Squatlikeatlas: Why did you tell them? Just walk out and come back in and use a different register. Do you think she's going to remember you're the max quantity cheese guy? Or just go to the deli. I’ve never seen any rationing there even at Walmart. |
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Posted: 5/9/2020 2:20:09 PM EDT
[#22]
Not necessarily an a-hole, but you fail at OPSEC. No need to telegraph your next move to the worker drone.
Kinda like when the Bond villain explains his plot to our hero instead of just putting one in his melon with no further discussion. |
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Posted: 5/9/2020 2:24:19 PM EDT
[#23]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Garyindiane: Sorry, but the only thing that I took from your story was that you go to the grocery store 4 times a week and spend $100 each time. That's insane... Just cause you guys are single gents doesn’t mean the rest of us are. I have a family of 5 and we spend $750 a month on food at the grocery store. This is very typical for the Philly region. |
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Posted: 5/9/2020 2:24:47 PM EDT
[#24]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Your problem was in exposing your plan. Should have carried out your plan without giving it away. |
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Posted: 5/9/2020 2:28:54 PM EDT
[#25]
OK Karen.
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Posted: 5/9/2020 2:33:41 PM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Just cause you guys are single gents doesn't mean the rest of us are. I have a family of 5 and we spend $750 a month on food at the grocery store. This is very typical for the Philly region. Using OPs new figure, if you spent what he does at your current food cost, you would have nearly 11 people under your roof. |
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Posted: 5/9/2020 2:38:01 PM EDT
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OP writes Hollywood scripts. I have James Bond tied up. Instead of killing him, I am going to chat for a while and I'm going to tell him my whole plan. Oops, he escaped. Foiled again.
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Posted: 5/9/2020 2:39:32 PM EDT
[#28]
FPNI
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Posted: 5/9/2020 2:43:11 PM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: That's what we call them in the south. Suck it yankees Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Hahah you said buggy That's what we call them in the south. Suck it yankees |
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Posted: 5/9/2020 2:44:47 PM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By joekizanyu: Florida is part of "the south?" I thought it was North Cuba. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By joekizanyu: Originally Posted By redfish86: Originally Posted By joekizanyu: Originally Posted By 10mmManiac: Hahah you said buggy That's what we call them in the south. Suck it yankees Panhandle We are basically Alabama |
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Posted: 5/9/2020 2:44:56 PM EDT
[#31]
In this thread I learned I need to buy cheese before it runs out.
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Posted: 5/9/2020 2:45:26 PM EDT
[#32]
Remember we are going to ration everything. Welcome to Socialism or Communism. We which one you want to get passed off more.
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Posted: 5/9/2020 2:46:05 PM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Burnsy: Just for some perspective, your original estimate of 15K, if you live to be 70 you will have eaten over 1 million dollars of food. That isn't some really expensive high brow food either, publix. It's sheer volume. Food is expensive. I have two kids I feed plus myself, my wife, her MIL, and whatever guests drop by. :shrug: |
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Posted: 5/9/2020 2:52:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Food is expensive. I have two kids I feed plus myself, my wife, her MIL, and whatever guests drop by. :shrug: |
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Posted: 5/9/2020 2:52:32 PM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BornIn1776: In this thread I learned I need to buy cheese before it runs out. |
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Posted: 5/9/2020 3:53:50 PM EDT
[#36]
If you would just use the self-check lane you wouldn't have these sort of problems.
Of course, then you wouldn't have been able to flirt with The Golden Girls.... |
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Posted: 5/9/2020 3:56:10 PM EDT
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Would they even put it back on the shelf for another customer to be able to buy at that point?
I figured all the big chains had the same policy about not returning food to the cooler after it had been left at the register or setting somewhere else. |
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Posted: 5/9/2020 4:25:51 PM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By redfish86: Panhandle We are basically Alabama Florida is a peculiar state: the farther north you go, the more southern it gets. |
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Posted: 5/9/2020 4:32:27 PM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By joekizanyu: ^^^ This. Automatically makes you the a-hole. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By joekizanyu: Originally Posted By 10mmManiac: Hahah you said buggy The hell do you call them? It's a buggy. |
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Posted: 5/9/2020 4:54:35 PM EDT
[#40]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The hell do you call them? It's a buggy. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Hahah you said buggy The hell do you call them? It's a buggy.
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Posted: 5/9/2020 4:56:20 PM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I was buying 2 packages of baby wipes 3 weeks ago at Publix (twins). The lady said I could only get one, but that her shift ended at 430 with a wink. Ymmv 
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Posted: 5/10/2020 6:18:18 AM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TheDiggity: Just cause you guys are single gents doesn’t mean the rest of us are. I have a family of 5 and we spend $750 a month on food at the grocery store. This is very typical for the Philly region. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TheDiggity: Originally Posted By Garyindiane: Sorry, but the only thing that I took from your story was that you go to the grocery store 4 times a week and spend $100 each time. That's insane... Just cause you guys are single gents doesn’t mean the rest of us are. I have a family of 5 and we spend $750 a month on food at the grocery store. This is very typical for the Philly region. Family of 3 here. We spend $250-$300 every two weeks. OP said $400 a week for a family of 5. That's $1,600 a month. |
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Posted: 5/10/2020 6:26:45 AM EDT
[#43]
Keep your mouth shut next time OP.
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Posted: 5/10/2020 6:28:40 AM EDT
[#44]
Nobody likes a master-plan gloater. Don't you watch superhero movies? Usually the only difference between the good guys and the bad guys is the gloat.
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Posted: 5/10/2020 6:41:29 AM EDT
[#45]
Don’t they sell packs of cheese with multiple types of cheese in them in Florida?
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Posted: 5/10/2020 6:58:21 AM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By sparty: I was buying 2 packages of baby wipes 3 weeks ago at Publix (twins). The lady said I could only get one, but that her shift ended at 430 with a wink. Ymmv Niiiicce! Did you hit it? |
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Posted: 5/10/2020 7:04:32 AM EDT
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I spend 3 months every Winter in Fort Myers at my condo. There are actually 3 publics within 2 miles of each other just go to another public's. Also Publix is way overpriced I shop at Walmart
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Posted: 5/10/2020 7:05:54 AM EDT
[#48]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mech2007: If you would just use the self-check lane you wouldn't have these sort of problems. Of course, then you wouldn't have been able to flirt with The Golden Girls.... Of course he wouldn't have been in Publix, either, if there were self-checkout lines. |
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Posted: 5/10/2020 7:11:41 AM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Sorry, but the only thing that I took from your story was that you go to the grocery store 4 times a week and spend $100 each time. That's insane... To answer your question; yes, you are. |
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Posted: 5/10/2020 7:31:13 AM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By NickGunar: I hate Publix anyway. Walmart self-checkout rules! You should jump in the Costco thread and defend Walmart. |
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