tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20327577.post8410968809615235563..comments2023-11-29T08:27:29.163-08:00Comments on Pop Culture Librarian: Captain Marvel and The Flash Go To Whole FoodsLibrarian Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01684616355124026011noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20327577.post-53426409102620364822008-10-27T05:15:00.000-07:002008-10-27T05:15:00.000-07:00When I "have to" take the kids shopping with me I ...When I "have to" take the kids shopping with me I send them off to find items. This way they don't bug me about buying more cereal, and more candy and more cookies.... secondly they are too busy to bug the crap out of each other like they always do. <BR/>I love my husband dearly but he's of no use in the grocery store!Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14474238571088240739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20327577.post-14454926608415920102008-10-26T13:17:00.000-07:002008-10-26T13:17:00.000-07:00I do that too! Not so much in grocery stores (I u...I do that too! Not so much in grocery stores (I usually go on off hours and take my time, like you) but in any other store; I HATE shopping. The worst way that I can think of to spend my weekend is at Home Depot and Bed Bath and Beyond. <BR/><BR/>And sidewalk rage!! I get that all the time!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20327577.post-52946540492553343902008-10-25T17:49:00.000-07:002008-10-25T17:49:00.000-07:00They recently changed the layout of my favorite an...They recently changed the layout of my favorite and most convenient Shaw's/Star Market and it made me so mad, I had to stop shopping there. I had tried to visit during the transition, and it was sheer aggravation and lunacy. Now they have it so you bump into the bakery as soon as you walk in the door, and after you navigate the produce and a few diagonal aisles, you find they've moved the soda to the same aisle with laundry detergent, and nothing is remotely intuitive. I hate stores that make such obvious efforts to trap you coming in, and against all reason, force meandering back and forth and up and down to look for things you couldn't find where they're supposed to be (not necessarily where they used to be - it would all be ok if it came out making sense). Diagonal, zig-zag layouts are the worst. I've found other places to get my groceries that aren't as difficult to get to as I previously thought. <BR/><BR/>Being able to get out with what you need in a timely fashion is important! Markets so obviously designed to incur lingering and meandering to waste my time and my money lose my business.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20327577.post-62819992157610138822008-10-23T09:12:00.000-07:002008-10-23T09:12:00.000-07:00i have this mental image of NB bobbing and weaving...i have this mental image of NB bobbing and weaving as he zips up the aisle with tomato paste, and in my mind he is all bendy and noodle-y, dodging elbows and carts and the like.<BR/><BR/>the original whole foods is here in austin. it's like the mothership for all the granola/hackysack/non-ironic cyclist/vegans of the world. <BR/><BR/>also, one of the founders opened a pizza joint down the street from my job, and everything he makes is so good i want to rub it all over my body.<BR/><BR/>one last bit - my verification word is "phiphyph," and I really wish that were an actual word. because i would totally use it all the time.Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15313824002732516896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20327577.post-38892603217569696152008-10-22T15:48:00.000-07:002008-10-22T15:48:00.000-07:00The hubby and I are still working on fine tuning o...The hubby and I are still working on fine tuning our shopping skills. We found a new shopping stop and have yet to memorize the layout. We are generally left with one or two items on our list we just can't seem to find.Xteenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15982633381388894789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20327577.post-64830411716718722192008-10-21T08:42:00.000-07:002008-10-21T08:42:00.000-07:00I wish I had your skills.I wish I had your skills.Sauntering Soulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14828034063817184110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20327577.post-68944984480715624052008-10-20T13:54:00.000-07:002008-10-20T13:54:00.000-07:00Your method works well EXCEPT for when the dreaded...Your method works well EXCEPT for when the dreaded thing happens -- you're in a different neighborhood and thus in an unfamiliar grocery store.<BR/><BR/>Horrors!<BR/><BR/>Seriously, who decided fruit juice, vitamin water, bottled water and soda need to live on FOUR DIFFERENT AISLES? The manager of the Stop and Shop in Newport, Rhode Island, near where I was staying last week, that's who.<BR/><BR/>I find myself wandering around in a state of increasing agitation. Where the HELL is the soy milk? BTW, no grocery store seems to be able to figure out what to do with soy milk. What's up with that?Toni Lea Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05019145772583242781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20327577.post-27276114982995035322008-10-20T13:35:00.000-07:002008-10-20T13:35:00.000-07:00I heard something on Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me the...I heard something on Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me the other day about sidewalk rage. They were making a joke about it--ha ha, who would every actually get sidewalk rage?--and I was all, ME. I GET SIDEWALK RAGE. Walk or get the eff out of the way, peops. And that goes triple in Whole Foods.librarianistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04301344406226155239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20327577.post-37009165048664862802008-10-20T12:52:00.000-07:002008-10-20T12:52:00.000-07:00and you know what is key? not taking your shoppin...and you know what is key? not taking your shopping cart down every aisle. find a non-obtrustive place to stash it at the end of the aisle. i envy your teamwork. i cannot depend on anyone to speed shop with me. i am the third generation in a family of skilled speed shoppers. my indian grandfather used to whizz through the marks & spencer's at such a dizzying speed that he'd be finished before we arrived at the frozen foods. but i've learned from him and my mother well. however, i still would never enter a whole foods on a sunday. that would be a true test of my anger management skills. you are a brave woman indeed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com