Questions when buying groceries.

[Longhorn85]

Does this happen to anyone else?

I do the grocery shopping in my family, and I enjoy it but I usually get asked the same questions by the cashier when I buy a large quantity like I did yesterday:

"Wow, you must really like yogurt, huh?"

"Do those power bars taste good?"

"Are you on a diet?"

"Enough oatmeal for you?"

"Got enough eggs today?"

I of course have great comebacks for all of these predictable lines like, "maybe you should try it, you might look more like me", but that is only if I'm in a foul mood. Usually I just smile and say something like, "just stocking up."

 

[HappyScrappy]

just tell them that nuclear war is on the way and if they were smart they would do that too

 

[TxArmyGuy]

How crazy. I can't believe some checker would ask such things.

I would ask them if they enjoy having strangers ask them personal questions of that nature

 

[The Ranger]

Just do like I do...start twitching alot, blink your eyes rapidly, let a little spittle run down the corner of your mouth, and then tell them the Lord told you to buy these things in a dream last night...they'll never ask again....

Ranger

 

[Code]

Most people just ask, "Why all the unrendred animal fat?"

To which I reply, "Who said anything about animals?"

 

[HappyScrappy]

Just do like I do...start twitching alot, blink your eyes rapidly, let a little spittle run down the corner of your mouth, and then tell them the Lord told you to buy these things in a dream last night...they'll never ask again....

Ranger

only if you sing at the top of your lungs "A Hard Rain IS Gonna FALLLLLLL"

 

[Longhorn85]

How crazy. I can't believe some checker would ask such things.

I would ask them if they enjoy having strangers ask them personal questions of that nature

Curiosity justs get the best of them. They can't imagine why anyone would buy over 50 cups of yogurt or 10 cartons of eggs.

If I had more freezer space I would really freak them out stocking up on lean chicken and pork.

 

[HappyScrappy]

when I was in high school my dad got a freezer for the basement. it was the kind that was huge and on the floor - had a door on the top of it - you know, the kind that small kids were always getting trapped and killed in. not in our's per se, but you see it on the news.
anyway, that could hold a shitload of food.
we would hit Sams hard and then come home with tons of food and toss it in the freezer.
I would totally do that here if I had the room, but my apartment is barely big enough for the stuff that I have now and my fridge is really little - not to mention so old that it doesn't get cold enough to keep the milk for more than 3 days.

 

[Longhorn85]

when I was in high school my dad got a freezer for the basement. it was the kind that was huge and on the floor - had a door on the top of it - you know, the kind that small kids were always getting trapped and killed in. not in our's per se, but you see it on the news.
anyway, that could hold a shitload of food.
we would hit Sams hard and then come home with tons of food and toss it in the freezer.
I would totally do that here if I had the room, but my apartment is barely big enough for the stuff that I have now and my fridge is really little - not to mention so old that it doesn't get cold enough to keep the milk for more than 3 days.

Yeah, we had one of those too. I have one now, but it is about half the size of the one you're talking about probably. I need a bigger one. Beats running to the store every time you need a gallon of milk or a loaf of bread!

 

[gymrat]

How crazy. I can't believe some checker would ask such things.

I would ask them if they enjoy having strangers ask them personal questions of that nature

Crazy???

Making small talk with a customer is crazy??

where I come from it's polite to make small talk like that.

 

[grlpwrd]

I always stock up and stockpile my stuff in my freezer, 2nd fridge, and shelves. I just smile and say I'm a stockpiler. Nothing wrong with planning ahead.

 

[Finaject2001]

Just ask her to come over for a naked "gorge" party...then act all pissed off when she refuses...

 

[TxArmyGuy]

well small talk is ok, but asking if someone is on a diet is not something I would appreciate hearing

 

[Longhorn85]

I always stock up and stockpile my stuff in my freezer, 2nd fridge, and shelves. I just smile and say I'm a stockpiler. Nothing wrong with planning ahead.

Oh I'm all about stockpiling. Don't mess around and let me catch tuna on sale. I have been known to buy 50 cans at once!

 

[gymrat]

well small talk is ok, but asking if someone is on a diet is not something I would appreciate hearing

yeah that is rude.

 

[Longhorn85]

well small talk is ok, but asking if someone is on a diet is not something I would appreciate hearing

If you're obviously fit it is not an insult really. Just a little nosey. Average folks can't imagine why anyone would eat that much of that "health food", so they assume you're on some kind of diet, which fitness freaks actually are. Everyone is on some sort of diet.

 

[casavant]

Tell them you don't eat that stuff- it's a special colonoscopy recipe you're working on.

 

[Nathan]

When asked if I'm gonna eat all that tuna all by myself I always reply, "Oh no, this tuna is strictly for sexual purposes."

 

[Dooley]

Damnit... you fuckers made me laugh so hard I almost died eating my Rumbly Grahams.

 

[Silverback316]

They always question the people who eat healthy, but yet they never question the folks that are buying 10 boxes of captain crunch, 8 boxes of rice crispy treats, 6 packages of hot pockets, and 9 bags of candy, go fucking figure.

 

[Lord_Suston]

be nice to checkers, the other day I was buying eggs in the 18 pack, and the checker was a nice old lady who started to be nice and chat when she saw my eggs she asked if I knew the 12pack eggs were on sale 2 cartons for 1$, yes that is right 1$ for 24 eggs with coupons. She clipped some out for me and I bought 6 dozen eggs for 3 bucks.... So be nice to old lady checkers..... Plus for some reason they can always tell if the fruit you buy is good or no

 

[Longhorn85]

They always question the people who eat healthy, but yet they never question the folks that are buying 10 boxes of captain crunch, 8 boxes of rice crispy treats, 6 packages of hot pockets, and 9 bags of candy, go fucking figure.

Yeah, then they'll say: "ooh, I loooove these!"