The next grocery store to play "Summer of '69" on the PA is getting kicked

[eyesroll]

It's bad enough they have High Fructose Funny Flakes on sale, 4 for $7, but never ever ever put anything healthy below $3.79 a box. Or that the checkout clerk said, "ma'am? what are these?" three times (they were: apricots, navel oranges and a clearly labeled and barcoded bag of couscous).

But Bryan Adams? Criminy.

[qnr]

1. I thought produce came with stickers having the item number. strange n/t

[eyesroll]

4. The apricots seemed to be missing theirs, but the oranges were clearly

labeled. And while I understand why a store clerk may not know the difference between a navel and a valencia orange through a bag, I'm surprised he didn't have a clue as to the apricots (considering they were in a bin with a big sign -- APRICOTS! SALE! -- and lots of people were buying them).

There's no rhyme or reason for the couscous. It was a bulk bag, but it had a sticker with a bar code. Not getting that one at all.

[KamaAina]

2. It was my first real six-string...

Hey! I'm not a grocery store! Ow!

[Floogeldy]

3. That wasn't a bad song, at all.

I suspect the OP wasn't even born in '69. But, that's okay.

Hey, how about that "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Of Company B?"

:)

[eyesroll]

6. I think I'd rather have the Andrews Sisters.

And no, I wasn't yet born in '69...but I was old enough when my aunt gave me "Reckless" in '85 or so to know I really wasn't going to want to be listening to that song in the grocery store 20 years later.

[Floogeldy]

8. Grocery stores do not conform their music to your desires

That's funny!

:smoke:

[regnaD kciN]

10. I like it, too...

It's about the only one of what's-his-name's songs I can tolerate.

[Bill McBlueState]

5. so you're going to kick a grocery store.

Maybe you should strive for more impact? A wrecking ball instead of a foot? :)

Anyway, what's with the 4 for $7 deal? They do that for cereal where I shop, and I can just imagine them thinking, "Let's mess with the compulsive bargain shoppers and make them divide things by seven!"

[swag]

7. Rarefied air you breathe.

I bet they sell you peanuts salted in the shell there.

How do they salt them when they're in the shell?

[last_texas_dem]

9. Hey, I wouldn't wish having to identify produce on anyone

I worked in a grocery store for a few months and have no idea how many times I rang up the wrong code for different types of produce. Oranges, onions, and potatoes were some of the worst, since several of the varieties looked exactly the same but had different codes and prices. (And I wouldn't have known the couscous, either, but would have rejoiced at seeing the barcode. Those were always a relief when ringing up produce! :-))

As for the Bryan Adams, well... was it the real Bryan Adams or the "Muzak" Bryan Adams? The store where I worked played Muzak and I always had fun trying to pick out the semi-obscure seventies soft rock hit being Muzak-ified over the loudspeaker!