What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

[Jmustang1968]

I've heard of people in the less wealthy areas request 50 cents worth of cheese from the deli. I had a deli clerk tell me they'd make you brake a slice in half if it went over 50 cents. And this was something that would happen all the time, not just once in a while.

I wonder if some of the deli people at my grocery store have had that happen. If I ask for half a pound of something I'm not picky, just whatever's close will do. Sometimes everything is normal and I end up with .53 and I pay the rate for that. Fine. Other times I've had it adjusted to exactly .5 or had them look at me like "oh crap, is that ok it's over?" and I just tell them it's fine.

I was after some guy that just wanted 3 slices of ham or something once and was being really particular about it. I could understand if he was having it cut thick for breakfast ham steak use or whatever, but this was sandwich thickness he was getting. I doubt he was trying to limit calories because he sampled several things too.

Some people are very cheap/thrifty to an extreme. They have some reality show for it. Limiting to 1 min showers, only flushing once a day, only having 1 lightbulb you move through the house so you wont leave a light on, haggling on everything everywhere etc...

[Luke]

Whenever I go to my local deli, on top of my order, I always ask for one 1/4 inch thick slice of braunschweiger (which costs me about sixty sense). They're always happy to do so as they know it's for my dog.


And if I worked at a deli, I'd give the customer what they asked for, even if it was one thin slice of cheese.

[MrPopo]

And if I worked at a deli, I'd give the customer what they asked for, even if it was one thin slice of cheese.

You haven't yet learned to hate humanity. Don't worry, it will come with time.

[Ziggy]

And if I worked at a deli, I'd give the customer what they asked for, even if it was one thin slice of cheese.

You haven't yet learned to hate humanity. Don't worry, it will come with time.

I'm all for giving a customer what they want, but there's a limit. Certainly that limit is breaking a slice of cheese IN HALF.

[Ziggy]

Some people are very cheap/thrifty to an extreme. They have some reality show for it. Limiting to 1 min showers, only flushing once a day, only having 1 lightbulb you move through the house so you wont leave a light on, haggling on everything everywhere etc...

I have an aunt and uncle that were trying to save on flushes. They kept getting a clog in the last trap before the drain leaves the house. At what point do you think they'd decide to flush more often? After the first time? After the second time? Certainly having to clean up drain water every once in a while is better than saving a quarter every time you don't flush the toilet.

[BoringSupreez]

And if I worked at a deli, I'd give the customer what they asked for, even if it was one thin slice of cheese.

You haven't yet learned to hate humanity. Don't worry, it will come with time.

I'm all for giving a customer what they want, but there's a limit. Certainly that limit is breaking a slice of cheese IN HALF.

I'd tell them that we don't sell cheese in quantities smaller than one slice. The packaging costs the store money, plus that person is taking up time and space in a line that could be servicing reasonable people who intend to spend more than just the coins they picked up in the parking lot on the way in.

[Luke]

I'd tell them that we don't sell cheese in quantities smaller than one slice. The packaging costs the store money, plus that person is taking up time and space in a line that could be servicing reasonable people who intend to spend more than just the coins they picked up in the parking lot on the way in.

Yeah, and even then unless you're buying smoked gouda, one slice of American "cheese" doesn't cost a dollar per slice at the deli.

[Ziggy]

They wouldn't get just one half of a slice, the point wasn't to get a specified amount of cheese. It was to only pay a certain amount of money. "A little over OK?" No, break a piece in half, I can't spend more than 50 cent on cheese. I don't know how many slices 50 cents worth of cheese is, but it's only a few slices. But instead of paying like 55 or 60 cents, they'd make the clerk get it to 50 cents even if it meant breaking a piece in half.

If the ~10 cents is THAT important, I don't know, I just assume don't get cheese.

[REPO Man]

Had to give up so much, like giving up on making soup (of the three meals I planned on making, it was the cheapest, only costing about $8 and change to make).

If you're spending eight dollars to make soup, you're not shopping right. And if eight bucks is the cheapest meal you are making, you definitely aren't shopping right.

Frown: My instant email alert wasn't on for some reason yesterday and missed a pretty important email.

Holy crap, $8 for a 'cheap' meal? Thats pretty damn pricy.

Actually, it's a combination of the number of servings and the fact that there's meat, and the cheapest chicken they have at the moment is $3/lb.

Everything else is relatively cheap: broth (2 32oz cartons of chicken broth = $2), noodles ($1-2), two cans of potatoes ($1.60 for both), bacon (already had bacon bits). But the chicken (though any meat might work, as long as it's not ground) is the most expensive part.

So basically there's 64 fluid ounces of broth, 24 ounces of noodles, 30 ounces of potatoes, about a pound of chicken, bacon bits (about 3 ounces) and whatever spices one may choose (I don't add veggies to my soup).

[mjmjr25]

(I don't add veggies to my soup).

Then I don't think yr eating soup. Yr putting meat in water.