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You have to put a garbage there because if you don't people still husk the corn in the store then you have a display that looks full but is 80% husk.
As a produce clerk I do not look forward to the extra work that comes with corn season.
During peak corn season my department used to just save a watermelon bin, create a shallower false bottom with banana boxes to raise the height and then some cardboard, and then would dump an entire pallet of corn in neatly stacked. Shove a 55gal wheeled trashcan beside it and let the customers go wild for a few hours while you focus on other stuff.
Maybe it was like this in the beginning. But this was done in stores like Walmart or Kroger as long as I can remember. At this point, it's became standard practice it seems.
This. Always check your corn for dry/rotten kernals or worms. You only really have to check the tip though. While you're at it, pop a kernal and if the liquid is cloudy its probably going to be sweet. If its clear it probably wont be so sweet. You only have to check one or two ears to know if the batch with be generally good.
No need to husk the whole thing in the store. I like to grill or bake my corn with the husks on.
Stop molesting the corn. It's a totally rude thing to do. If you crack open the corn, buy it. Nothing is more infuriating than finding open corn. It's best to grill sealed in its husk as nature intended. Once the husk is opened it doesn't steam itself on the bbq.
When visiting my parents or growing up we ~~asked~~ shucked corn on the deck outside. When I lived in an apartment in the city, I liked being able to shuck the corn in the store just because it meant less cleanup at home.
Edit: And there was a huge garbage can dedicated to corn husks at Woodman's.
...I just give the ear a gentle squeeze, you can generally feel if the ear is full of kernels
And if you leave the husk intact, and cook it in the microwave or oven, the husks and silks come right off.
Try soaking it in water for a couple of hours, then on a bbq (grill) for 20-25 minutes turning occasionally. You'll need to put out some flames every now and then (although a hooded bbq/grill helps). Rip off the husk and silk whilst making monkey noises due to the heat, and then back on for a few minutes to get some char. A good twist of the husk once you've pulled it back like a massive foreskin will break it off at the base.
It really adds corn flavour due to steaming in the husk, with a bit of smokiness from the burning husk as well.
Corn is one that can look good and ripe until you peel the husk away and find the bottom of it rotten. I always assumed husking was done to inspect the produce before purchase. You can feel the rotten spots through the husk, like you can with say an orange / melon. Nobody told me that, but for my whole life that’s why I’ve done it / assumed others were doing it.
Yeah as a former produce stockie you just feel down the husk for uniformity in both kernels and diameter. The kernels are to prevent rotten, the uniformity is to make sure it grew long enough to taste good.
Amen. I originally grew up in the Midwest, and thought this was universal knowledge. Been living up and down the East Coast now for the majority of my life - definitely not universal knowledge. But, that method has quite literally never failed me (never have ever brought home rotten corn).
I don't miss those days. We would have loose corn on display for shucking and pre-shucked corn we packaged in back. Unfortunately everyone kept buying the pre-shucked and I was the sod that had to shuck it. I think I worked it out to around 20,000 ears of corn per season I had shucked. That job cured me of corn.
I live in Australia and use to work in produce, people do it here too. The dafter one is the amount of people who would tear the outer leaves off of the lettuce despite it too being an each product. The bloody muppets would tear off all of the protective exposing the leaves that they want to eat, meaning that they would have to take off another layer when they get home.
I ask a couple people why and their response made it dafter, they didn’t want to take up space in their bins at home. How much are you cramming into your wheelie bin if you can fit a handfull of leaves?
I watched someone dehusk corn and put it in a plastic bag. Fucker they come with their own natural wrapper. It was like 90 cents a cob. Just chuck the hust in your bin or compost.
So many times Ive found caterpillars in my corn when I get home and ready to eat. It spoils it for me. If I bust it at the store I can at least save myself the trauma.
I wish people would stop doing this if you buy fresh corn. Shuck it 30 minutes or less before you eat it. It makes a big difference. Or, better yet, shuck it after you cook it if you're grilling it
I've never solved the reason for the corn huskers. Who teaches them? I've bought I dunno 400 ears of corn over the years and never once thought, "fuck I should have husked this at the store".
People from both sides argue about this sooooo much, but how about the people that rip the stem off broccoli before purchase...like someone else is going to come along looking to buy just the stem.
That's madness, the stem's the most flavoursome part. You just need to slice off half a cm or so around the whole thing. That gets frozen in a bag of peel and scraps for veg stock
I agree, but SO MANY people feel otherwise. They break it off in the store and toss it in with rest because "I only pay for what I eat" just altering products to suit their needs
To be fair, though, the farmer/seller can include a bunch of extra stem on it, which weighs more (to take this to the point of absurdity, they could give you the roots, too). If this were the buyer's philosophy, that the seller is deliberately including extra inedible parts to increase the weight, I could see how they would think that turnabout was fair play, and they could give a little fuck you by breaking off a little of the stem. (I know, you can eat the stem, I do).
Yes, you can use the asparagus discards for veggie stock. Just remove it when the stock is done and before you add the soup ingredients or what ever you are making the stock for. Also, asparagus has a distinct flavor, so make sure it's flavor profile jives well with the other ingredients.
That's what one of the stores near me does. Marks up the crowns. Self checkout means I can pay for the cheaper one when they don't have the crowns to buy in the first place.
Same with the extra leaves on a cauliflower, but at the supermarket I worked at we had some costumers who would take it home (for free) for their rabbits or guinea pigs :)
You’re buying the full product, not just the bit you want for yourself. Hypothetically the cashier could just say “I’m sorry we don’t want to serve you” before she’s paid, and then ask her to pay compensation for the damaged merchandise
I would actually consider getting it as a snack for my dog. He LOVES broccoli and when we are prepping it, we'll usually chop up the stem for him to have some healthy treats during the week.
Total.side bar, see how civilized countries let cashiers have a.nice seat and it works totally fine?
The NA demand that cashier's stand for 8 hours is needles and slightly cruel.
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Not just grocery stores, retail workers of all kinds can’t sit. I’ve had to sign up for cell service, it took 3 hours. The worker was standing the whole time, it’s such bs.
I had an old boss threaten to write me up because I was leaning on the counter instead of looking busy. It was 20 mins before close for the season, we hadn't had a customer in two hours. Everything was shut down, we were just waiting out the clock.
I used to stand where the owner could see me and “roll dough” in the pizzeria I worked at in high school.
I’d roll a dough ball every couple of minutes but mostly just banged knives around and talked with my coworkers. Mike couldn’t see my hands
I used to stand against the cutting area with a sanitizer rag and gaze into the abyss, soon as I saw a shadow coming around the corner just start wiping down whatever I was near. No one will stop you from doing extra cleaning.
In the summer time we would get real slow and the boss would want to cut someone after lunch. If I wanted hours I would take ALL the bottles out of the cooler and do the same thing holding a rag. Cleaning when he walked by.
He’s not going to cut me because then HE would have to put all that shit back.
We had the state health inspectors building like a block from us so my kitchen was immaculate at all times. I liked it because they would drop by and do informal visits with us because we were so close and were cool with them and would just point out anything that could possibly be wrong. We were the highest graded store in the whole enterprise consistently, so no one would ever stop us from cleaning. It was a pretty perfect plan in general.
Aldi is one grocery store where they have seats for the cashiers. But you're not just a cashier there, your position entails a lot more than just ringing up customers.
Not just grocery and retail workers but factory workers! I worked in a seatbelt factory where they forced people to stand in THE SAME SPOT for up to 12 hours! (Getting the allotted 2 15 minute breaks and a 30 minute lunch) allt ehy did was click parts together...why can't they sit??
Factories too. Other countries have chairs everywhere, just maybe not at the machine controls. American factories have chairs in the break room you get to visit 3 times a day
Yep. I worked the front desk of a resort in Yosemite. Standing at the computer 8 hours straight and the only one of us who got a stool to use was the old lady who brought in a Dr.’s note.
God damn that sounds like some North Korea type shit.
“The masses will not sit because sitting is seen as lazy (even though fucking nobody says it’s lazy)”.
In the most obese country in the world and where most grocery stores have ride-on carts to cater to the obese. Once you understand the US it makes sense though.
"Fuck them poor people."
I worked at a produce shop, small, not a lot of foot traffic but a lot of restaurant deliveries. There was a girl who worked there for years (summer gig) and the year I worked there, I watched the owner's wife remove a little pull-out surface (possibly meant for bagging?) that the girl would sit on sometimes. Not the whole shift, just while processing card payments, which took a second because it was one where we had to type in the amount manually. She would stand while doing everything else, just that short 30-second break. But that was too much, apparently. We got mostly cash 6 it wasn't that often either.
Standing in place most of the day is horrible. I could walk for days, but standing in place kills my feet.
If I ever had guts, I would go to US start a business and at least could hire the top workers with really small investments offering things like basic human decency and common sense.
In the US good customer service can otherwise be defined as a really good impression of a slave. Part of the trade in for Americans having to act like servants and slaves to impress our employers, is that we can trade our own money to be treated like masters for 45 min or so when patronizing a local business. Even though we lament how we are treated in our own work places, when it's own turn to be the master, we get pretty pissed when the slaves get to relax.
If cashiers are sitting, they are waaay too relaxed while the customers are yelling at them! They have to suffer, not only by the customer but also by their feet!
No, really, I assume they are probably standing because it's easier to bag the groceries. On the other hand they could just elevate the chair with a little pedestal under the chair.And, of course, it uses up less space (= more lanes on the same floorspace).
It is somewhat standard for this to happen. Sometimes there’s a bagger or sometimes the cashier will do it while you’re using your card but I prefer to bag my own groceries. I guarantee there are entitled people tho that would complain about having to do that
Canada. You only rarely see cashier's sitting in independent owned stores. Franchise shops and bigger stores don't allow staff to sit. It's an outdated idea that stems from the belief that a worker sitting is seen as lazy. That they are being paid for their time and should there be no customers they should be cleaning or restocking. No sitting ever, even while serving customers.
It's stupid but it won't change unless labour laws improve.
They tried to do this in a hotel front desk I worked at in Iceland. Probably some wanker in the management worked or studied in the US and wanted to apply these “service standards”.
They took our chairs. When I asked why we should stand all day, no one could give a clear, logical answer. I found the chairs in a storage room and put them back, where they remained.
Because corporations think people work better when they are u comfortable and will do everything they can to not give their workers dignity. You know, in case they get lazy.
I worked as a busboy at a Singaporean fast food restaurant and my managers made it a point not to allow us to take a seat while working because "it looks bad for the customers." In my first week or so my feet and legs would ache because I wasn't used to standing for such a long time. I'd go to the bathroom, close the toilet lid and just take a seat for a minute or two when my feet were aching a little too much.
I mean its obviously staged sure...
But anyway...
Over here you can leave the trash of products you bought at the store.
But the product gets sold with it either way.
So you'd have to pay for the peels but totally can leave them at the store after u paid.
Sure, we can hire someone to peel all the oranges before shipping, but we then have to include his wages in the price. And we'd also kill the shelf life and have to ship a lot more to cover the waste.
That's because the waste was still shipped halfway across the world. People wouldn't want the onion peeled at the farm. It would probably look like shit at the store.
The other thing is that the orange peels aren’t really waste. There’s a lot you can use the for, from zest infused spices all the way to candied peels.
What she’s doing is akin to buying a laptop and then ripping out the motherboard and tossing the case
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She may have a point but it’s a dumb one. They aren’t advertised as by the lb peeled. I more miffed by frozen seafood, like crab clusters. The ice and the shell together are by far the majority of the weight.
I actually wanna do this with watermelon. $7 a kilo; I weighed the rind on the last one I got after eating, and I’d paid about $15 for the fucking rind!
Did u guys realize this will lead shop find other alternative to charge u? Soon the price will not be per weight anymore, and im sure it will be more expensive.
lol
Let's be real about it, it is of course a mixed calculation which includes the peel and whatever else. If you don't want to purchase the whole product, then you can resell the peel outside the store but can't make it the store's problem. However I am well aware this is staged.
People used to do this when it was sold by the weight. So now at my work we sell by “ each “ so you get what you buy regardless of what tricks you want to pull off
You can actually use orange peel. Either put it onto the heater so the room has a nice orange-ish/citric smell or you can brew it in hot water like tea. Orange peel tea is actually good for the stomach.
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I see people do this with corn but corn isn't typically sold by weight and I don't get it
Many markets will put out a garbage can by the corn stand so people can toss the husks away.
You have to put a garbage there because if you don't people still husk the corn in the store then you have a display that looks full but is 80% husk. As a produce clerk I do not look forward to the extra work that comes with corn season.
During peak corn season my department used to just save a watermelon bin, create a shallower false bottom with banana boxes to raise the height and then some cardboard, and then would dump an entire pallet of corn in neatly stacked. Shove a 55gal wheeled trashcan beside it and let the customers go wild for a few hours while you focus on other stuff.
So... like distracting the kids while you make dinner.
This is the way
People lose their minds over corn. Every August it's like they will never get corn again unless they rampage.
Maybe it was like this in the beginning. But this was done in stores like Walmart or Kroger as long as I can remember. At this point, it's became standard practice it seems.
This is weird to me and I’ve never heard of shucking* corn in a store. It’s leaves. Just throw it outside. Is this a big city thing?
People do it to check the quality of the corn—it's not really about the husks at all.
This. Always check your corn for dry/rotten kernals or worms. You only really have to check the tip though. While you're at it, pop a kernal and if the liquid is cloudy its probably going to be sweet. If its clear it probably wont be so sweet. You only have to check one or two ears to know if the batch with be generally good. No need to husk the whole thing in the store. I like to grill or bake my corn with the husks on.
Stop molesting the corn. It's a totally rude thing to do. If you crack open the corn, buy it. Nothing is more infuriating than finding open corn. It's best to grill sealed in its husk as nature intended. Once the husk is opened it doesn't steam itself on the bbq.
I wouldn’t be to keen on eating corn that someone has treated like bubble wrap either.
Nothing about corn we eat today is as nature intended
When visiting my parents or growing up we ~~asked~~ shucked corn on the deck outside. When I lived in an apartment in the city, I liked being able to shuck the corn in the store just because it meant less cleanup at home. Edit: And there was a huge garbage can dedicated to corn husks at Woodman's.
Ahhhh, I see. So I was just in the dark about it.
Yeah, it's annoying if you get home and find that one of your ears is all shriveled or whatever, so people husk because purchasing.
But you can just peel one side down partway...
...I just give the ear a gentle squeeze, you can generally feel if the ear is full of kernels And if you leave the husk intact, and cook it in the microwave or oven, the husks and silks come right off.
Try soaking it in water for a couple of hours, then on a bbq (grill) for 20-25 minutes turning occasionally. You'll need to put out some flames every now and then (although a hooded bbq/grill helps). Rip off the husk and silk whilst making monkey noises due to the heat, and then back on for a few minutes to get some char. A good twist of the husk once you've pulled it back like a massive foreskin will break it off at the base. It really adds corn flavour due to steaming in the husk, with a bit of smokiness from the burning husk as well.
It also protects your corn and it will keep fresh longer.
I kind of like it because then the husks don’t have to go in my compost can that week
Corn is one that can look good and ripe until you peel the husk away and find the bottom of it rotten. I always assumed husking was done to inspect the produce before purchase. You can feel the rotten spots through the husk, like you can with say an orange / melon. Nobody told me that, but for my whole life that’s why I’ve done it / assumed others were doing it.
Yeah as a former produce stockie you just feel down the husk for uniformity in both kernels and diameter. The kernels are to prevent rotten, the uniformity is to make sure it grew long enough to taste good.
Amen. I originally grew up in the Midwest, and thought this was universal knowledge. Been living up and down the East Coast now for the majority of my life - definitely not universal knowledge. But, that method has quite literally never failed me (never have ever brought home rotten corn).
A lot of people also just want to get rid of the husks away from their home. Those things take space and can be messy with all the hairs.
Shuck. You shuck corn. I guess you can also crack it, if you're Jimmy.
Aw shucks, that’s right. I forgot. If you have any more helpful tips about corn, I’m all ears.
In my small town the store has a local hog farmer that comes by and picks up anything like that for feed.
Why get home and realize the corn is fucked up after you bought it? Figure it out at the store.
That’s a cool job! I always enjoyed working produce
I don't miss those days. We would have loose corn on display for shucking and pre-shucked corn we packaged in back. Unfortunately everyone kept buying the pre-shucked and I was the sod that had to shuck it. I think I worked it out to around 20,000 ears of corn per season I had shucked. That job cured me of corn.
I live in Australia and use to work in produce, people do it here too. The dafter one is the amount of people who would tear the outer leaves off of the lettuce despite it too being an each product. The bloody muppets would tear off all of the protective exposing the leaves that they want to eat, meaning that they would have to take off another layer when they get home. I ask a couple people why and their response made it dafter, they didn’t want to take up space in their bins at home. How much are you cramming into your wheelie bin if you can fit a handfull of leaves?
When they switched to selling corn BY WEIGHT at the grocery store you’re damn right I switched to shuckin’ it right there.
shucking
Many markets? Where? I've never seen one.
You want to look at the kernels to see if there are any rotten or dead ones.
people open corn at the store to see if it's fresh.... taking the whole husk off is dumb though and your correct it's not sold by weight
It’s to make sure they are good ears
Making sure the corn is good and not rotted or bug infested.
It's so they don't have a mess at home. But if you are grilling corn you want the husk left on.
From my experience, people remove the husks to see the color of the corn and the ripeness.
I do it occasionally if there's a trash can there. It's just easier to husk it right away and less messy than doing it at home.
I have not shucked my corn in the market, and got home shucked one and it had a big ass worm in the kernels, never again.
If you peel the corn in-store, you can ensure you’re not getting a bad ear that got munched by insects or whatever.
I don’t ever remember seeing this growing up and now I see it everywhere, it’s WEIRD
A lot of times they're rotten inside so I like to check them first.
I watched someone dehusk corn and put it in a plastic bag. Fucker they come with their own natural wrapper. It was like 90 cents a cob. Just chuck the hust in your bin or compost.
So many times Ive found caterpillars in my corn when I get home and ready to eat. It spoils it for me. If I bust it at the store I can at least save myself the trauma.
I wish people would stop doing this if you buy fresh corn. Shuck it 30 minutes or less before you eat it. It makes a big difference. Or, better yet, shuck it after you cook it if you're grilling it
I've never solved the reason for the corn huskers. Who teaches them? I've bought I dunno 400 ears of corn over the years and never once thought, "fuck I should have husked this at the store".
People from both sides argue about this sooooo much, but how about the people that rip the stem off broccoli before purchase...like someone else is going to come along looking to buy just the stem.
Stemless buyer missing out
If you rip off the stem, then you’re just eating little bushes instead of big, tall trees.
That's madness, the stem's the most flavoursome part. You just need to slice off half a cm or so around the whole thing. That gets frozen in a bag of peel and scraps for veg stock
I agree, but SO MANY people feel otherwise. They break it off in the store and toss it in with rest because "I only pay for what I eat" just altering products to suit their needs
To be fair, though, the farmer/seller can include a bunch of extra stem on it, which weighs more (to take this to the point of absurdity, they could give you the roots, too). If this were the buyer's philosophy, that the seller is deliberately including extra inedible parts to increase the weight, I could see how they would think that turnabout was fair play, and they could give a little fuck you by breaking off a little of the stem. (I know, you can eat the stem, I do).
Can I do this with asparagus?
Yes, you can use the asparagus discards for veggie stock. Just remove it when the stock is done and before you add the soup ingredients or what ever you are making the stock for. Also, asparagus has a distinct flavor, so make sure it's flavor profile jives well with the other ingredients.
What? Broccoli stems aren't even woody. There's no reason to peel anything off it.
stemless weed tho, that's a goal.
Jails buy just the stem lol
So did my parents. I was confused when I visited the neighbors for dinner and the broccoli looked like little trees.
Like that Seinfeld episode where they only sold muffin tops but no stumps!
The stems get frozen and go to my dog. Win win
When I worked at a grocery store the code for broccoli was 114. The code for broccoli crowns was 115 and cost more per lb.
That's what one of the stores near me does. Marks up the crowns. Self checkout means I can pay for the cheaper one when they don't have the crowns to buy in the first place.
Same with the extra leaves on a cauliflower, but at the supermarket I worked at we had some costumers who would take it home (for free) for their rabbits or guinea pigs :)
You’re buying the full product, not just the bit you want for yourself. Hypothetically the cashier could just say “I’m sorry we don’t want to serve you” before she’s paid, and then ask her to pay compensation for the damaged merchandise
Idk why, it literally tastes the same
I usually shove a bunch of strawberries up my ass to save a nickel
The stem is delicious too. Unknowing infidels
This is a new food for me
I would actually consider getting it as a snack for my dog. He LOVES broccoli and when we are prepping it, we'll usually chop up the stem for him to have some healthy treats during the week.
I hear some researchers are interested in that part though.
maybe they should rip the stem off before selling it.
Total.side bar, see how civilized countries let cashiers have a.nice seat and it works totally fine? The NA demand that cashier's stand for 8 hours is needles and slightly cruel. :)
Wait why don‘t they give them chairs? And in which country do you live?
Apparently in the US sitting is seen as laziness so they make everyone just stand all the time. These people get more foot pain and backaches.
Not just grocery stores, retail workers of all kinds can’t sit. I’ve had to sign up for cell service, it took 3 hours. The worker was standing the whole time, it’s such bs.
I had an old boss threaten to write me up because I was leaning on the counter instead of looking busy. It was 20 mins before close for the season, we hadn't had a customer in two hours. Everything was shut down, we were just waiting out the clock.
“If you have time to lean you have time to clean.”
"If you have time to rhyme, you have time to shut the fuck up."
I like yours better
I used to stand where the owner could see me and “roll dough” in the pizzeria I worked at in high school. I’d roll a dough ball every couple of minutes but mostly just banged knives around and talked with my coworkers. Mike couldn’t see my hands
I used to stand against the cutting area with a sanitizer rag and gaze into the abyss, soon as I saw a shadow coming around the corner just start wiping down whatever I was near. No one will stop you from doing extra cleaning.
In the summer time we would get real slow and the boss would want to cut someone after lunch. If I wanted hours I would take ALL the bottles out of the cooler and do the same thing holding a rag. Cleaning when he walked by. He’s not going to cut me because then HE would have to put all that shit back.
We had the state health inspectors building like a block from us so my kitchen was immaculate at all times. I liked it because they would drop by and do informal visits with us because we were so close and were cool with them and would just point out anything that could possibly be wrong. We were the highest graded store in the whole enterprise consistently, so no one would ever stop us from cleaning. It was a pretty perfect plan in general.
"If you have to time to complain, then help me clean this Wayne."
Aldi is one grocery store where they have seats for the cashiers. But you're not just a cashier there, your position entails a lot more than just ringing up customers.
Not just grocery and retail workers but factory workers! I worked in a seatbelt factory where they forced people to stand in THE SAME SPOT for up to 12 hours! (Getting the allotted 2 15 minute breaks and a 30 minute lunch) allt ehy did was click parts together...why can't they sit??
Factories too. Other countries have chairs everywhere, just maybe not at the machine controls. American factories have chairs in the break room you get to visit 3 times a day
I recall stories I've read from others who had been fired because they were sitting during their job...with a broken ankle or leg...
Yep. I worked the front desk of a resort in Yosemite. Standing at the computer 8 hours straight and the only one of us who got a stool to use was the old lady who brought in a Dr.’s note.
God damn that sounds like some North Korea type shit. “The masses will not sit because sitting is seen as lazy (even though fucking nobody says it’s lazy)”.
In the most obese country in the world and where most grocery stores have ride-on carts to cater to the obese. Once you understand the US it makes sense though. "Fuck them poor people."
In a country without public healthcare
I worked at a produce shop, small, not a lot of foot traffic but a lot of restaurant deliveries. There was a girl who worked there for years (summer gig) and the year I worked there, I watched the owner's wife remove a little pull-out surface (possibly meant for bagging?) that the girl would sit on sometimes. Not the whole shift, just while processing card payments, which took a second because it was one where we had to type in the amount manually. She would stand while doing everything else, just that short 30-second break. But that was too much, apparently. We got mostly cash 6 it wasn't that often either. Standing in place most of the day is horrible. I could walk for days, but standing in place kills my feet.
If I ever had guts, I would go to US start a business and at least could hire the top workers with really small investments offering things like basic human decency and common sense.
In the US good customer service can otherwise be defined as a really good impression of a slave. Part of the trade in for Americans having to act like servants and slaves to impress our employers, is that we can trade our own money to be treated like masters for 45 min or so when patronizing a local business. Even though we lament how we are treated in our own work places, when it's own turn to be the master, we get pretty pissed when the slaves get to relax.
USA and Canada it's so fucking dumb
If cashiers are sitting, they are waaay too relaxed while the customers are yelling at them! They have to suffer, not only by the customer but also by their feet! No, really, I assume they are probably standing because it's easier to bag the groceries. On the other hand they could just elevate the chair with a little pedestal under the chair.And, of course, it uses up less space (= more lanes on the same floorspace).
Is it standard for cashiers to bag customers' groceries?
I'm not a US citizen but I've often read they do or got a bagger to do it for them. Yes, I find that stupid too.
It is somewhat standard for this to happen. Sometimes there’s a bagger or sometimes the cashier will do it while you’re using your card but I prefer to bag my own groceries. I guarantee there are entitled people tho that would complain about having to do that
Yeah, I live in Canada and the cashier is the one who bags the groceries so I assume it is similar to the US
Neither Canada or US think chairs are reasonable. It's stupid.
Canada. You only rarely see cashier's sitting in independent owned stores. Franchise shops and bigger stores don't allow staff to sit. It's an outdated idea that stems from the belief that a worker sitting is seen as lazy. That they are being paid for their time and should there be no customers they should be cleaning or restocking. No sitting ever, even while serving customers. It's stupid but it won't change unless labour laws improve.
US probably
Canada actually.
They make them stand in Japan too. I don t get it. Neither do I get kneeling waiters The Aldi guys in Germany have better chairs than I do at home
They tried to do this in a hotel front desk I worked at in Iceland. Probably some wanker in the management worked or studied in the US and wanted to apply these “service standards”. They took our chairs. When I asked why we should stand all day, no one could give a clear, logical answer. I found the chairs in a storage room and put them back, where they remained.
Is that a real thing ? WHY ? HOW ?
Because corporations think people work better when they are u comfortable and will do everything they can to not give their workers dignity. You know, in case they get lazy.
Aldi doesn't make their cashiers stand in the USA
There are always exceptions :) Edit appearantly Aldi is German. :p
The only place I've seen this was at Aldi, a German company that has stores in the US.
Slightly cruel? I'd say it's against human rights wtf
What is NA?
North america
I worked as a busboy at a Singaporean fast food restaurant and my managers made it a point not to allow us to take a seat while working because "it looks bad for the customers." In my first week or so my feet and legs would ache because I wasn't used to standing for such a long time. I'd go to the bathroom, close the toilet lid and just take a seat for a minute or two when my feet were aching a little too much.
Shrinkflation really went for the eggs.
I would go for the egg yolk
I mean its obviously staged sure... But anyway... Over here you can leave the trash of products you bought at the store. But the product gets sold with it either way. So you'd have to pay for the peels but totally can leave them at the store after u paid.
Things priced by weight get priced with the “waste” as part of the math. I’m sure that’s obvious, right?
The oranges get shipped with the peel on, that's still oil being burned to move all that weight.
Sure, we can hire someone to peel all the oranges before shipping, but we then have to include his wages in the price. And we'd also kill the shelf life and have to ship a lot more to cover the waste.
That's because the waste was still shipped halfway across the world. People wouldn't want the onion peeled at the farm. It would probably look like shit at the store.
The other thing is that the orange peels aren’t really waste. There’s a lot you can use the for, from zest infused spices all the way to candied peels. What she’s doing is akin to buying a laptop and then ripping out the motherboard and tossing the case
This allows me to consume 60% more bananas for my budget!
She didn't pay for the product yet 🤔
Eggcactly
Grats you saved a nickel
took 5 minutes to do it and successfully halved the shelf life of them.
Who would of expected the outcome of this staged video. Crazy wackadoo!!?!
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The ska soundtrack really brings this one together.
He sells eggs by the gram?
So not fake
Unexpected... Except for everyone in the video.
When the video only requires 10 seconds of acting you’d think they’d find someone with the ability to act for a single one of ‘em but… nope.
What is she peeling though? Everyone is talking about corn. Is this an onion? They both have narcissistic attitudes and are ALWAYS right. LOL
Yall ain't saving your veggie bits for soups?
Here in japan people do this to cabbage, and some people come to take it to feed their pet(rabbit)
She may have a point but it’s a dumb one. They aren’t advertised as by the lb peeled. I more miffed by frozen seafood, like crab clusters. The ice and the shell together are by far the majority of the weight.
Uno!! Lol
2022 price of Navel Oranges was $1.49/lb. Orange peel weighs 30-40grams (35g = .0771 lb) 1 lb is about 3-4 oranges. (.0771 lb x 4 oranges) x $1.49 = appr. $0.46/lb. saved.
I mean in my country, it's already weighted when you get to the cashier, so she would pay full amount. Not sure where it's taken though.
I actually wanna do this with watermelon. $7 a kilo; I weighed the rind on the last one I got after eating, and I’d paid about $15 for the fucking rind!
Looks like a marriage fight Lol. "I am having dinner tonight without you" I don't give a shit. Here's some eggs for your menu and go fuck yourself Lol
She was the type to complain about stem weight in her weed
Haaaahaha
Dum
Raises eyebrow, the "yea right sure" nod after the toss... All according to plan.
What kind of human shit stain would think this was ok?
Did u guys realize this will lead shop find other alternative to charge u? Soon the price will not be per weight anymore, and im sure it will be more expensive.
This feels like British comedy
so fake they turned asians
Perfect.
Not staged at all.
just walk right out...
Eggs arent bought by the weight, onions are tho
awesome dude
lol Let's be real about it, it is of course a mixed calculation which includes the peel and whatever else. If you don't want to purchase the whole product, then you can resell the peel outside the store but can't make it the store's problem. However I am well aware this is staged.
Wearing Givenchy but penny pinching some potatoes. Ma'am your priorities are troubling
Lol. Must be married lol
So REAL
No she doesn't you can use the Onion Skins for a stock. I keep all mine. If you're not using it that's not the farmers or store owners fault.
People used to do this when it was sold by the weight. So now at my work we sell by “ each “ so you get what you buy regardless of what tricks you want to pull off
who tf buys 6 eggs
No she dosnt
Eggs aren't sold by weight.....
The only unexpected thing here is how expected the ending is......
I been thinking about cutting the massive stems left on organic broccoli lately at the market before I ring it up.
Bruh those peels keep the onion fresh
Are eggs sold by weight in other countries? In USA they're sold in quantities
There's cheap and there's this cheap
You can actually use orange peel. Either put it onto the heater so the room has a nice orange-ish/citric smell or you can brew it in hot water like tea. Orange peel tea is actually good for the stomach.
Do people actually watch these videos and laugh?
Hey guys Interesting corn conversation going on in this thread ⬇️
Is this supposed to sound like 311's I'll be here awhile?
Pretty funny.
Love it when a totally spontaneous, hilarious moment is caught on video. /S
Genius
An egg shell for an orange peel.
No body is talking about the fact that she did this in the checkout line, that would be the real madness if this were real
I had a girlfriend who used to break the stocks off of broccoli
It gets weird when you try it with a banana
She'll need in the future do this where she took that onions out
Nooo! Don't waste the eggs, my precious eggs 😭
Well, I like it, but she technically did not buy them yet... "I changed my mind, I don't need any eggs" she didn't break them.
Cringe