Krispy Kreme on Route 1 (the part of Fairfax County called "Alexandria")...

You can buy a plastic mug for sipping your coffee in the car, but why do they put them in front of the cashier, down below, where little kids can grab them? Because while mommy is paying for her glazed dozen, her for year old reaches straight ahead and picks up a nice mug and starts slobbering and chewing on it. "Oh No! Put that back!" So she takes it away from junior and puts it back.

Enjoy your coffee in your nice new mug!

Actually, this kind of thing happens all the time. I remember being in a Shoppers not long ago, watching some kids run along the entire aisle where they have refrigerated drinks, cheese, and stuff. They literally slid their filthy little hands (pausing to sneeze and slobber into them) across every single bottle and package down the aisle. What a fun game!!

Enjoy your cold grocery products!

That is why when i buy bottled drinks or other items that will make contact with my mouth, i wash them in the sink with warm water and soap.

Although, that's solely cause I'm a clean/germ freak.

I was in Shoppers and two kids were crying they wanted cookies from the baked goods bin. The dad told them to go ahead and they took out different cookies taking bites out of each and putting them back in the bin. The dad was laughing and could not care less.

Say hi to the cough, flu, and God knows what else.

Parents are so lazy these days. When my wife and I are out and about, we keep our 18 month in line. I've seen kids steal toys and drinks from the stores, and the parents try to sneak out without anyone knowing. I was at Dollartree recently and saw two kids (maybe 5 or 6 years old) stealing toys and trying to walk out. The cashier saw them and noticed that the mother tried to hide the toys in her bag. The cashier called them out, and the mother paid for the toys.

I couldn't resist, so I told the lady..."Hey next time you shoplift, you might want to aim a little higher than a dollar store."

Yes, they were hispanics.

Working in a grocery store, I would urge you to keep this topic in mind when you go to get some of that cheese sample.

I've seen some things, man, and some stuff. I wouldn't recommend it.

Sample? Wrote:
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> Working in a grocery store, I would urge you to
> keep this topic in mind when you go to get some of
> that cheese sample.
>
> I've seen some things, man, and some stuff. I
> wouldn't recommend it.


You want to share the some things, man, and some stuff with us? I drive a car and I've seen some things, man, and some stuff. I wouldn't recommend driving.

Tough One Wrote:
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> Say hi to the cough, flu, and God knows what else.


herpes. no foolin'.

Sample? Wrote:
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> Working in a grocery store, I would urge you to
> keep this topic in mind when you go to get some of
> that cheese sample.
>
> I've seen some things, man, and some stuff. I
> wouldn't recommend it.

I've seen women changing a babies diaper in the bottom of a grocery cart.

It's not just children who can be disgusting.

I saw a 60-ish year old man sipping the olive juice from the serving ladle at the "olive bar" in a Giant, about 2 weeks ago.

1: Never eat an unguarded food sample
2: Never buy cookies or rolls from bins
3: Never take the first bottle of milk, yogurt, etc. Guess where the items that get returned go back to...the front. It's also where everyone sneezes and snots on things.
4: Never pass up the chance to use a disinfectant wipe on your cart, especially the pushbar, but the bottom of the basket as well (where all that chicken juice runs out of a pacakge and dries up).
5: Put any sort of beef or chicken in a bag, or two bags before putting it in your cart.
6: Never take the first pack of chicken or steak from the top. This may be the one someone took out, walked around the store with, then decided to put back 40 minutes later.
7: Wash your hands as soon as you get home

wyYET Wrote:
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> It's not just children who can be disgusting.
>
> I saw a 60-ish year old man sipping the olive
> juice from the serving ladle at the "olive bar" in
> a Giant, about 2 weeks ago.


I just threw up a little in my mouth. Thanks for that

Kids at a buffet. A disaster.

ppl are pigs Wrote:
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> I was in Shoppers and two kids were crying they
> wanted cookies from the baked goods bin. The dad
> told them to go ahead and they took out different
> cookies taking bites out of each and putting them
> back in the bin. The dad was laughing and could
> not care less.

Maybe you should shop at a place like Giant, Safeway or Harris Teeter you cheap bastard. The only customers that go to Shoppers or Food Lion are poor dirt bags.

Wealthy and laughing Wrote:
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> ppl are pigs Wrote:
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> -----
> > I was in Shoppers and two kids were crying they
> > wanted cookies from the baked goods bin. The
> dad
> > told them to go ahead and they took out
> different
> > cookies taking bites out of each and putting
> them
> > back in the bin. The dad was laughing and could
> > not care less.
>
> Maybe you should shop at a place like Giant,
> Safeway or Harris Teeter you cheap bastard. The
> only customers that go to Shoppers or Food Lion
> are poor dirt bags.

What a royal tool you are to consider Giant and Safeway upscale.

Broken Arrow Wrote:
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> Wealthy and laughing Wrote:
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> -----
> > ppl are pigs Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > I was in Shoppers and two kids were crying
> they
> > > wanted cookies from the baked goods bin. The
> > dad
> > > told them to go ahead and they took out
> > different
> > > cookies taking bites out of each and putting
> > them
> > > back in the bin. The dad was laughing and
> could
> > > not care less.
> >
> > Maybe you should shop at a place like Giant,
> > Safeway or Harris Teeter you cheap bastard.
> The
> > only customers that go to Shoppers or Food Lion
> > are poor dirt bags.
>
> What a royal tool you are to consider Giant and
> Safeway upscale.


Actually, anything is more upscale than Shoppers or Food Lion. Trader Joe's and Whole Foods are hokey (although TJ's makes some bomb ass food you can't find anywhere else).

I would mention that I frequent Balducci's, but that reference would be waaay over your head.

Any TJ recommendations in food or anything else there?

Man Wrote:
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> Sample? Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Working in a grocery store, I would urge you to
> > keep this topic in mind when you go to get some
> of
> > that cheese sample.
> >
> > I've seen some things, man, and some stuff. I
> > wouldn't recommend it.
>
>
> You want to share the some things, man, and some
> stuff with us? I drive a car and I've seen some
> things, man, and some stuff. I wouldn't recommend
> driving.


Apologies , a poor attempt at comedy on my part. Not that Family Guy is incredibly funny, but:

http://youtu.be/0rUMa8bFbqo

To get specific:

1. On multiple occasions, clear evidence that someone literally took a bite out of a block of cheese, unpurchased, still wrapped in plastic and placed back in the case.

2. People constantly, and I mean no less than 6/10, grab handfuls of a sample rather than using the clearly attached tongs in sample domes.

3. People also constantly grab olives off of olive bars. Just reach in and pluck them out. I see this no less than 25ish times a week. I presume the same would be true of salad and hot bars. I am not around them as much as the former.

4. I have only witnessed it once, but someone taking an olive off the bar and returning the pit from whence it came. I was good and did replace them.

5. People will just open packages of things for sampling. That is to say, hypothetically, if something is in a bin with ice and there is evidence a sample was there and is now empty, I would say 20% off the time a customer will have opened a container to sample.

6. It wouldn't have any detrimental effect on anyone else, but I have seen multiple people eat samples that were dropped on the floor.

7. I would safely say at least once a month I will see a child try a sample, dislike it place it back. I wouldn't be surprised if it happens once every weekend.

8. Kids never, I mean NEVER, use tongs.

9. People sampling soup from the ladles, despite sample cups being right there.

10. Again, no real detriment to others though inconvenient for us, people leave trash everywhere. Usually within a few feet of a trashcan.

11. Typical bathroom stuff, luckily we have employee only restrooms. I hate imagining how many of those hands make it into samples.

12. If a sample has a typical utensil involved(ie. dinner spoon/fork), people will eat off of them an put them back.

That's off the top of my head. I could probably conjure an encyclopedia of depravity if I put enough thought into it. I would encourage you to ask people working there to try something specifically, even if there is a sample of it out. Ie. if there is a cheese you want to try, bring a piece to the counter and ask if you can sample it.

Hahaha, that reminds me of someone I used to drink with, no matter where we were, he would ask for a glass or cup everytime he got a bottled beer. Absolutely refused to drink from a bottle.

He said one day he was outside a bar after hours and saw a muslim pissing on a crate of bottles. Still, if you put it in a glass, you'd still have at least some piss in your drink.

It's not just kids. About a month ago I went into Super H Mart to grab a few things for stir-fry. What I witnessed, was so gross that I just walked out without getting anything. As I'm trying to select produce, some rude lady shuffles up next to me and sneezes directly on the Napa cabbage. WTF!