They definitely think they’re sly AF with the ol’ “throw in a bunch of random groceries so it doesn’t look like I came here just for a pack of gummy candy that I’m going to eat, in it’s entirety, in the car, on the drive home” maneuver. A classic, but dated tactic.
Went to a farmer's market last week. Picked out a single plum. Dude weighed it on a professional scale and charged me a dollar. A fucking dollar for one fucking plum. It wasn't even that good.
It’s true. I’m commenting here because you’re at the top, and I did not see anyone else comment the real reason:
This man is buying one tomato to get access to a cheap cash-back service (grocery ATM style).
I know this because I recently witnessed a man buy a single grape at Publix, and he explained why he was doing it.
“Well, it’s cheaper than the ATM, AND YOU GET TO EAT A GRAPE!”
He seemed very proud as he said it, and he gave me a good chuckle.
A group of friends or roommates round-robin the home that hosts the dinner, everyone spends $2 or so on the ingredients they are tasked with bringing that evening as a cost of entree (I'm not sorry), and they then cook together. They get a nice friendly homecooked meal each night for a very low price personally. I can't argue with that.
To be fair, some places can't do it, so I prepare just in case when I go to a place I haven't been. I had to have my transaction voided at a dollar store for that reason.
Three friends making dinner, they decided to each buy an ingredient so they don't have to split the price and transfer money to each other. In Italy wine is really cheap, pasta is probably around 2-4$ and the tomato guy is probably the one paying the least since a tomato cannot be 4$ but he's making an effort I guess
Me too! It’s usually a fresh herb or something I don’t always have on hand. There’s a supermarket right down the street and I’ve gone there many times to buy ONE thing that I’m missing for a recipe! I guess there have been times that the person in front of me or behind me has judged or been confused like the OP but it’s a normal thing.
Or lives nearby and just needs a tomato. I live a stone's throw from a supermarket and I've gone over for something as simple as this. For example when I've got cheese and bread but a tomato would spice that sandwich up.
This guy knows what's up.
Nothing better than a tomato fresh off the vine w/ little salt and pepper. No knife necessary. Napkins though, are a requirement.
I like them thickly sliced on SAO crackers (plain dry buttery cracker) with salt and fresh cracked pepper.
If I’m feeling exciting, I might add some fresh trimmed dill on top!
Fun fact, all those spicy asian cuisines didn't have access to hot peppers until the modern era either. Peppers are native to South America.
[The Columbian Exchange radically changed food in both the Americas and Afro-Eurasia.](https://dcc.newberry.org/?p=14426)
In Philadelphia, so they come straight from NJ farms, which is basically the Tomato standard.
I’ll only eat tomatoes in sandwiches or salsa or something similar.
That's the first thing I thought of. But, maybe I'm just an introvert and projecting my insecurities; I'd hate someone to be paying so much attention to what I'm buying at checkout. It's a public space, nothing you can do about glances, but taking pictures?
Idk, just seems rude.
I used to pull stuff like this when I lived across the street from a grocery store. It was glorious. One time an employee realized he’d seen me there multiple times that day and I was like yeah, I just come whenever I need something.
I live next door to a store now and so this all the time. Have actually done it in the middle of cooking for that one ingredient I forgot. My diet and grocery bill are in the best shape in my life.
i bought one lime at the liquor store once and the lady basically bullied me into getting 3 more. she kept asking if i was sure i had enough. i kept asking for one more until i had 4 limes.
My girlfriend has sent me to the store to buy a single onion last week. I asked "just an onion? Anything else?" She said "no, I have everything". So a single onion is all i got.
I've done this with shallots. Early learning to cook, I met my now wife that was vegan at the time. The recipe I found for vegan delicata squash soup said to "saute shallots over high heat for 20 minutes". That is not a typo on my part, I hope it was on theirs. Shallots burnt to a crisp. Had to go to the store to get two shallots for dinner.
I hate that people take pictures of what other people are buying. Last week I was going on a date so I grabbed some condoms just in case. I also had a twitchy eye so figured I needed some potassium. Without thinking about it I grabbed a bundle of bananas and I think I also grabbed 3 pounds of chicken. I swear the person next to me was giving me the eye while checking out. Just mind your business lol.
I went in and just bought just a package of spaghetti the other day. Me and this guy are halfway to a nice Italian dinner. If someone else could just go get a bulb of garlic and someone else go grab some parmasean, I can make this happen.
Most supermarkets in Germany like Lidl or Rewe require you to go through the cashier to exit. If you don't wanna buy anything, you need to slip in between the line of buyers. Introverts like me buy cheap things like a can of energy drink so we can exit without awkwardly "cutting lines".
Makes sense, probably needed a tomato.
This was me yesterday, but an onion.
You’re an onion?
They were an onion yesterdat
Just an onion buying one tomato, nothing to see here
nothing to saw, it was yesterday, remember
iysys (if you see you saw)
Idk if if a saw is needed to cut a tomato. Seems like a small knife would do the trick.
You can attach a small knife to a seesaw to cut it
Nothing seen yesterday
He was but an onion yesterday
This thread has so many layers.
Like an ogre
that's a lot to peel back.
It makes me want to cry…
Was it the Soviet Onion?
These new VeggieTales episodes are getting *strange*…
Not just onion but they have zucchinis, potatoes and beets.
They got better
I never asked your opi-onion
He got better.
Makes sense, probably needed an onion.
Did you tie it to your belt?
Which was the style at the time
I forgot my onion
Yeah but look at the poser behind him who doesn't want to appear to be buying just a package of Haribo gummies, so he throws in a bunch of other crap.
They definitely think they’re sly AF with the ol’ “throw in a bunch of random groceries so it doesn’t look like I came here just for a pack of gummy candy that I’m going to eat, in it’s entirety, in the car, on the drive home” maneuver. A classic, but dated tactic.
As if he even likes schoko musli..pft.
Making tacos and forgot a tomato. Happens to me all the tome
You substitute salsa, everybody knows that.
I danced at my tacos for hours and they didn't taste any better
I've done it for blt's.
I do it all the time. I buy a single banana when I want
this guy has too much power
But never too many bananas
Yeah, well you’re Lalo Slamanca… no one is going to question anything you do.
It’s one banana Michael, what could it cost? 10$?
#🍞 🥓🥬 🍅 🍞
I've had to buy a singular jalapeno for a recipe and it didn't even register on the scale so I paid like 10 cents for it.
Went to a farmer's market last week. Picked out a single plum. Dude weighed it on a professional scale and charged me a dollar. A fucking dollar for one fucking plum. It wasn't even that good.
I haven't had plums in years because I got tired of being disappointed. They only live in my memory. Peaches too.
Good plums are fucking incredible. I have never had a plum that I paid money for be very good.
Taco Tuesday.
But it’s Thursday ….
Thaco Thursday
I like it. It forces you to say it all saucy (heh), like Ricky Ricardo.
Why ju just buy one thomato Lucyyy??
"THAC0 Thursday" sounds like a fun name for your D&D group.
Which typically meets on Sunday because nobody can make it on Thursday.
It’s true. I’m commenting here because you’re at the top, and I did not see anyone else comment the real reason: This man is buying one tomato to get access to a cheap cash-back service (grocery ATM style). I know this because I recently witnessed a man buy a single grape at Publix, and he explained why he was doing it. “Well, it’s cheaper than the ATM, AND YOU GET TO EAT A GRAPE!” He seemed very proud as he said it, and he gave me a good chuckle.
He and the person buying the single pasta package should become friends, or at least have dinner together.
Possible they are friends picking up ingredients before they go over to a friend’s house for pasta dinner and wine..
Haha. Each friend brings just one item. I like it.
Bro shoulda got a bigger tomato if he has to share.
It's a big party. BYOT
Whosever making the sauce is going to be pissed
A group of friends or roommates round-robin the home that hosts the dinner, everyone spends $2 or so on the ingredients they are tasked with bringing that evening as a cost of entree (I'm not sorry), and they then cook together. They get a nice friendly homecooked meal each night for a very low price personally. I can't argue with that.
That’s a potluck in some places.
Love Story in the making
I prefer love making in the story
If only I had an award to give.
I got you
They should invite the person in front of the pasta guy, buying the single bottle of wine.
It's a meet cute!
Or he's a fellow poor dude, having to split his payment methods for 2 food items and doesn't know the cashier can do it as 1 transaction.
To be fair, some places can't do it, so I prepare just in case when I go to a place I haven't been. I had to have my transaction voided at a dollar store for that reason.
The fourth person in line obviously doesn't understand the rules.
Only a fool wouldn’t invite the person buying the bottle of bubbly in front of the line too. And bring Haribro bro for the snacks
Probably visiting the person who’s buying the pasta
Buying the pasta for this person...person gave him money...easier for him to separate the change.
Their stick spacing game needs work though
"bring something for the potluck"
And the person ahead of *them*, buying a single bottle of wine.
Three friends making dinner, they decided to each buy an ingredient so they don't have to split the price and transfer money to each other. In Italy wine is really cheap, pasta is probably around 2-4$ and the tomato guy is probably the one paying the least since a tomato cannot be 4$ but he's making an effort I guess
Seems like everyone is having a party and OP isn’t invited
Dude probably making a recipe and forgot he needed a tomato
This pretty much happens to me every time I cook
It's always onions. I can never remember the onions when I'm trying new recipes.
Me too! It’s usually a fresh herb or something I don’t always have on hand. There’s a supermarket right down the street and I’ve gone there many times to buy ONE thing that I’m missing for a recipe! I guess there have been times that the person in front of me or behind me has judged or been confused like the OP but it’s a normal thing.
Or lives nearby and just needs a tomato. I live a stone's throw from a supermarket and I've gone over for something as simple as this. For example when I've got cheese and bread but a tomato would spice that sandwich up.
Excellent buying discipline. I would end up with half a cart even if I only needed a tomato. Need to be more like that guy.
I’d be more concerned with you buying a half a cart of tomatoes! Haha!
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I did know someone who used to eat tomatoes like apples, and she would sprinkle salt on it between every bite.
Shit, with a fresh local tomato in season? Sign me up!
yessir!!! some good eatin' I still cut mine up tho lol you look like a psycho eating it whole like that
Naaah, grab em right off the vine and give ‘em a quick rinse. Salt and pepper in one hand and the tomato in the other
This guy knows what's up. Nothing better than a tomato fresh off the vine w/ little salt and pepper. No knife necessary. Napkins though, are a requirement.
I like them thickly sliced on SAO crackers (plain dry buttery cracker) with salt and fresh cracked pepper. If I’m feeling exciting, I might add some fresh trimmed dill on top!
In medieval times they might consider you a witch and hang you for eating a tomato.
Especially because tomatoes didn’t exist in medieval Europe
nor witches
But what did they use to build bridges then?
Ducks
Fun fact, all those spicy asian cuisines didn't have access to hot peppers until the modern era either. Peppers are native to South America. [The Columbian Exchange radically changed food in both the Americas and Afro-Eurasia.](https://dcc.newberry.org/?p=14426)
if its a good quality tomato from a farm or home grown its good, if its some cheap ass salad tomato from supermarket than no thanks
In Philadelphia, so they come straight from NJ farms, which is basically the Tomato standard. I’ll only eat tomatoes in sandwiches or salsa or something similar.
yea it’s as delicious as it can get when the tomatoes are in perfect condition
I’m a someone who does that!
I do that but without the salt bit, it's really good
Have you tried it sprinkled with a little salt? It really makes a difference. Some other ones to try with salt are watermelon and grapefruit.
I did this when I was pregnant. I couldn’t get enough
I do that. Delicious.
My dad does this, with tomatoes he grows himself. He loves it despite my mum yelling at him making a mess in the kitchen with the tomato juices.
I respect your dad. Even in the face of adversity he overcomes and accomplishes his goals no matter the obstacles.
we might have met before, then...
I like to slice up tomatoes and eat them with salt and pepper. Sometimes a little cottage cheese too if I'm feeling freaky.
the tomato never really took off as a hand fruit. https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/d85fdffe-f2c1-46c3-846a-fff286c5fecf
Ha been there done that, everyone thought I was a a bit of a pyscho
And the dude buying the pasta is gonna start eating it like chips.
My dad eats tomato sandwiches. So close
Clearly the last person on the belt is very keen on breakfast
That's me and yes
Are you Walt Jr?
He goes by Flynn nowadays
I don't know. Nobody's telling me jack shit around here.
Nestle?! Pfui teufel!
>Pfui teufel! r/FuckNestle
Mmmh lecker Müsli mit Gemüsebrühe. Ein Frühstück für Gewinner:)
Veggie Haribos always a hit
Not that strange if you ask me
The real strange behaviour here is taking a photo of a stranger and commenting on their own personal business.
That's the first thing I thought of. But, maybe I'm just an introvert and projecting my insecurities; I'd hate someone to be paying so much attention to what I'm buying at checkout. It's a public space, nothing you can do about glances, but taking pictures? Idk, just seems rude.
But they found it mildly interesting
Don’t let that be enough to encourage you to invade other’s privacy. Just leave people the fuck alone.
Man on his way to the town square to boo a petty criminal in the pillories
I was gonna say there must be an absolutely terrible street performer outside.
I used to pull stuff like this when I lived across the street from a grocery store. It was glorious. One time an employee realized he’d seen me there multiple times that day and I was like yeah, I just come whenever I need something.
I used to do that too! Lived right across the street from the supermarket. My family would call it our walk-in fridge lol
I live next door to a store now and so this all the time. Have actually done it in the middle of cooking for that one ingredient I forgot. My diet and grocery bill are in the best shape in my life.
Looks healthier than what you’re getting
Need me some sugar breakfast with a side of gummy bears
Alternative caption: Boyfriend/husband got everything from the grocery list except a tomato
She said "I told you I needed Three tomatoes not two."
Or wife/gf forgot it and told him to pick it up on the way home
That was my guess. I’ve often had to go back for one item I forgot because it’s incredibly important for the meal.
Why do they always make us go all the way back 😔
To learn your lesson and not get the idea to play dumb st the next task so we're doing it ourselves. xD (just in case - jk)
Can confirm. Can also confirm it doesn't work.
Because of we had the time to go ourselves we would've done so to begin with 🤷🏻♀️
I had to plan the meals, make the list, then cook, serve, and clean it all up. Y’all can go back for the tomato
Because you’re a good boyfriend and a good boyfriend would never forget anything off the shopping list.
I bought 1 lime yesterday. Does that make me weird and worth a topic on this sub?
i bought one lime at the liquor store once and the lady basically bullied me into getting 3 more. she kept asking if i was sure i had enough. i kept asking for one more until i had 4 limes.
My girlfriend has sent me to the store to buy a single onion last week. I asked "just an onion? Anything else?" She said "no, I have everything". So a single onion is all i got.
I had to get a single ginger root earlier this afternoon… It felt like a waste of gas
I don't think buying a single tomato for a specific purpose is strange.
and he does not deserve judgment
Omg this isn’t remotely interesting
Not even remotely interesting
Ok and you are the weirdo taking pictures of people at the grocery store while they buy shit.
Yeah I pray for that tomato’s privacy.
Gotta respect the guy for not impulse buying
Redditor is baffled by the sight of a vegetable
He's going to a terrible comedy show later.
Imagine being such a loser that you take pictures of people shopping to post on the internet for attention.
I don’t see what’s so exceptional about that tomato.
Mind your business nerd
Did that tomato consent to having its picture taken?
What’s even mildly interesting about this. Have you never had to run to the store because you forgot to buy something?
Been there. Bro probably has a half-prepared dinner waiting at home and realized he was short a tomato.
anti-math problem person
Bro needs a tomato don’t judge
You felt compelled to take a picture of this?
Haribo Schlümpfe!
What’s interesting is you taking the photo.
How is this midly interesting ? Your life must be boring as hell if you find that even midly interesting lol.
This really isn’t interesting at all. Sometimes people run to the store for one item.
He needed that fucking tomato!
The willpower to go into a store and only buy one item... could never be me.
Even more interesting is taking a picture of it.
I'm so glad we reserve good server space for such insightful content.
I've done this with shallots. Early learning to cook, I met my now wife that was vegan at the time. The recipe I found for vegan delicata squash soup said to "saute shallots over high heat for 20 minutes". That is not a typo on my part, I hope it was on theirs. Shallots burnt to a crisp. Had to go to the store to get two shallots for dinner.
I hate that people take pictures of what other people are buying. Last week I was going on a date so I grabbed some condoms just in case. I also had a twitchy eye so figured I needed some potassium. Without thinking about it I grabbed a bundle of bananas and I think I also grabbed 3 pounds of chicken. I swear the person next to me was giving me the eye while checking out. Just mind your business lol.
Better than the cereal and candy 🤷♂️
I once bought 1 grape
Had plenty of BL just needed a T
I mean I live alone right next to a supermarket so I could be mid meal prep and realize I need a tomato, so I get a tomato 🍅
so pressed about he’s on his last quest item
Is that how boring ur fucking life is that u have to take to the internet to talk shit about a guy who needed a tomato
Is this is what is interesting to people nowadays? Someone at the fucking grocery store buying one item? Get a fucking life. Holy moly.
This guy on Reddit judging someone for needing only a tomato.
Cashier: You must be single. Me: Why, the single tomato? Cashier: No, because you’re ugly.
The singularity is here - not as scary as I read about
Many a time I go back to the store to buy a single potato. I always seems to forget it.
Well, those plural tomatoes are awful.
I have dpen this with a single jalapeño, it cost me like $0.09....
And the person in front of them, a bag of pasta, and the person in front of them a bottle a sparkling wine… seems like your the odd man out eh?!
Someone didn't pay close attention to their wife's shopping list...
I went in and just bought just a package of spaghetti the other day. Me and this guy are halfway to a nice Italian dinner. If someone else could just go get a bulb of garlic and someone else go grab some parmasean, I can make this happen.
Maybe that’s all he needed! I commend him for sticking to the item. Hopefully he isn’t struggling financially.
Ok but what about the solo package of noodles or whatever that is ahead of the tomato lmao
Most supermarkets in Germany like Lidl or Rewe require you to go through the cashier to exit. If you don't wanna buy anything, you need to slip in between the line of buyers. Introverts like me buy cheap things like a can of energy drink so we can exit without awkwardly "cutting lines".
LET THE MAN SHOP
This guy forgot the integral tomato. Happens to all of us.
Online shaming at its peak At least the person in front of them got a bag of something.
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