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Dimitri Super Member
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Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 2:34 pm Post subject: So ... At the local supermarket. |
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I was at the local supermarket, well not local but on my way home from work. And I bought enough food that 7 bags would be needed. So I tell the cashier this (they tax us 5 cents a bag hence having to say I want bags ) and she says "Heavens no that is too many" I get agitated and tell her I don't want the bags to be full as they cheap out on thin bags and they rip. Anyways I got real agitated when she started to fill each bag to the brim so I started to fill the bags myself.
She turns around and asks me "Are you American?"
Dimitri
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Crackshot Super Member
Joined: Oct 23, 2005 Posts: 1693 Location: Mich
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Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 4:52 pm Post subject: Re: So ... At the local supermarket. |
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_________________ The human mind is the weapon, the gun is just one of its tools. |
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Vince Site Admin
Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15725 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
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gelandangan Super Member
Joined: May 07, 2006 Posts: 6401 Location: Sydney Australia
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Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 9:05 pm Post subject: Re: So ... At the local supermarket. |
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75ยข here.
Then again, sometime some idiot come in for a couple of photocopy and asked for a bag ..
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Bushmaster Super Member
Joined: Jun 12, 2005 Posts: 11395 Location: Ava, Missouri
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Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 7:06 am Post subject: Re: So ... At the local supermarket. |
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And you said..."No. I'm Dimitri."
_________________ I have one nerve left and yer standin' on it...
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Pumpkinslinger Super Member
Joined: Sep 22, 2007 Posts: 5002 Location: NC foothills
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Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 9:20 am Post subject: Re: So ... At the local supermarket. |
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You could have said "No. If I was an American I wouldn't have to pay for the bags!"
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Dimitri Super Member
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Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 4:01 pm Post subject: Re: So ... At the local supermarket. |
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My standard answer is "Is there a problem?"
Dimitri
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English Mike Super Member
Joined: Jan 08, 2007 Posts: 1709 Location: Whitehaven, Cumbria, UK
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Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 5:55 pm Post subject: Re: So ... At the local supermarket. |
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For the past ten years I've never bought bags for use in my shop & always used recycled supermarket ones saved up & given to me by customers.
Now the supermarkets have gone over to biodegradable bags that fall to pieces in no time at all & I'm having to consider BUYING the damn' things.
I do however have several tough canvas bags for my own shopping, as I hate to see good beer spilled..........
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TRBLSHTR Super Member
Joined: Mar 23, 2007 Posts: 1071 Location: Lower 48's-left coast(near portlandia)
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metz3601 Member
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Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 3:29 am Post subject: Re: So ... At the local supermarket. |
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and thats why i have never liked any part of oregon west of the cascades...
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Bushmaster Super Member
Joined: Jun 12, 2005 Posts: 11395 Location: Ava, Missouri
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Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 6:04 am Post subject: Re: So ... At the local supermarket. |
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To be "green" it has to rain...East of the Cascades has it's own beauty. I especially like the Bend and Three Sisters area.
_________________ I have one nerve left and yer standin' on it...
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TRBLSHTR Super Member
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Bushmaster Super Member
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Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 9:01 am Post subject: Re: So ... At the local supermarket. |
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Born in Portland and raised in Tigard, Metzger and Coos Bay.
_________________ I have one nerve left and yer standin' on it...
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Dimitri Super Member
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Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 10:12 am Post subject: Re: So ... At the local supermarket. |
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I went camping in Wallowa.
Dimitri
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Vince Site Admin
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Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 7:44 pm Post subject: Re: So ... At the local supermarket. |
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_________________ Cheers, Vince
Illegitimi non carborundum
(Never let the bastards grind you down)
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