Supermarket: Sadness.

On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:00:53 -0500, Boron Elgar wrote:



quite a few writers at the time when most libraries were making the switch
lamented the loss of this 'serendipity.'

your pal,
blake
 
On 1/25/2011 4:43 PM, Goomba wrote:

I'd love a commissary job. Hell, I'd love anything I could get at the
moment. I tip 5 each time as well. How many carts do you think they
can take out in an hour? It's only the Filipino spouses working at the
commissary here.

--
Currently Reading: Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold
 
sf wrote:

I don't care how long they serve unless they earn their benefits like
everyone else. I don't see why legislators should be entitled to any better
insurance or care than any other state or federal government employee.
That's what they are, government employees. Any pension and retirement
available should be extended on the same terms as for everyone else who gets
a government paycheck. What makes them so special? Besides, most of them
come out of public office into highly lucrative jobs that set them for life.
Let them be in the same position as those who are affected by their voting
record. It's only fair.

MartyB
 
"ravenlynne" wrote in message
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My husband used to think I gave them too much tip. When we lived on Cape
Cod, I bought enough groceries for a week because I lived on the base. So I
would just give a quarter per bag. But when we lived in CA, NY and even
here (although we rarely use the commissary here), I would go maybe once a
month. Would always have enough groceries to fill two of their weird little
carts that they use to take your groceries out. Often they were not only
filled but had bags hanging all over the outside. There would be so much
stuff that it filled the back of the van with the seat down and some stuff
had to go into the back seat. I would tip between $3 and 5, depending on
how much they actually had to bag. If I was buying a lot of boxes of soda,
juice and large paper products that didn't really have to be bagged, then I
would give less.

What I do think is odd though is that they have to take the groceries out to
your vehicle for you. Regular grocery stores in this area do not do that as
a rule but will do it if you want them to.
 
Kalmia wrote:



Kalmia,

It was too late to make such an offer. She kept it hidden until the last
moment.

An aside: Once, a got trumped by a real homeless bum in L.A. As I
approached him, he stood up and asked me for a nickel. I was a young gun
and wasn't on the caring side of pan-handlers back then. I declared I
didn't have a nickel. He grilled me... "you don't have a nickel???" I
said no. He said "stick out your hand!" I balked. He then demanded...
"STICK OUT YOUR HAND!" So I did. He reached in his pocket... and put a
nickel in my hand and waved me off. I walked away ashamed of myself.

A life lesson learned.

Best,

Andy
 
blake wrote on Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:48:54 -0500:



You know Blake, I find myself signing on to the OED on the system at
least once every couple of days. The temptation to browse nearby words
is often irresistible :-)

However, it's remarkable how nostalgic I feel for the card catalog now
that it has gone when the computers go down :-(

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
 
On 25/01/2011 9:05 PM, Nunya Bidnits wrote:
..
Oh no. You can't do that. Politicians are law makers. They make laws for
other people to obey and laws to make themselves richer. Look at the
Senate's fight to stop an increase. Since the last increase in the
federal minimum wage they had given themselves a dozen raises totalling
close to $30,000, more than double the income of someone on minimum wage.
 
On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:53:00 -0500, Dave Smith
wrote:


I wasn't going to go there Dave, but you're right.

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
"blake murphy" wrote in message
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Haven't you dreamed of owning it someday? I knew only one person who
actually had her own copy, complete with magnifying glass.

BTW,. the OED is giving away a "free sample" -- online access through
February 5. One goes to www.OED.com and logs on using trynewoed as both user
name and password.

Felice
 
On 1/25/2011 12:28 PM, Kalmia wrote:


My kids all worked in local supermarkets when they were in high school.
On their own initiative, they kept a few small bills and change in their
smock pockets to help out "old people" who didn't have quite enough.
None of them ever discussed this practice until one of them brought up a
situation where they used some of their pocket money. Then the other two
chimed in and related how they, too, did this.

That small moment was one of the best days of my parenthood. When you
raise children who are charitable people, you've been a successful
parent. JMTCW

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.
 
On 27/01/2011 12:14 PM, Felice wrote:



We were given an OED as a wedding present. Actually, it was the Oxford
Shorter, about 8" thick. It gets a lot of use.
 
On 1/25/2011 9:17 PM, Julie Bove wrote:

You have the option to take your cart out yourself here, but we weren't
allowed to in italy. Couldn't take the carts out of the commissary. I
still tip though I take out my own cart....I just don't want anyone to
see my messy car.

--
Currently Reading: Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold
 
On 2011-01-25, Janet Wilder wrote:

That's so cool! ;)

As a teen, I worked at a military commissary. No pay. All tips,
despite bagging and carrying out 10-24 fully packed paper bags in
specially built hand truck style carts, each loaded with up to 100 lbs
or more of groceries. More often than not, 2 carts at a time. This
down long ramp to prkg lot. $.50 to $1 was a monster tip. I never
got mad when no tip (rare), as I knew many enlisted families were
living near or over the poverty line. I was glad to have the job.

The way this country treats it's veterans is a crime.

nb
 
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