If you went to the supermarket and asked the person stocking the bread aisle where the pumpernickel bread is, would you expect him to inform you right away that he didn't work for the store? Of course he wasn't sure where the pumpernickel bread was, but did he say that? No. He said, "you're the second person to ask me that. I don't see it here... it's usually by the bakery." I said I was just there and it was closed, and the only pumpernickel bread there wasn't sliced, and I wanted sliced. He said, "I'm not sure where it is, then." Then I asked about a specific brand that I'd seen in the store previoiusly, usually kept right where he was stocking the shelf. He said, "oh, I don't work for the supermarket."

Yet another reason why I sometimes ask myself why I continue to patronize this particular supermarket (my local Giant), which has really gone downhill. Main reasons tonight: convenience, cereal bars and veggie burgers I like that they don't have at Whole Foods, and frozen chocolate yogurt that doesn't cost a king's ransom. Not so convenient because I had trouble finding half the stuff I wanted in the store. Whole Foods and Wegman's have superior customer service and better quality food, and they still bag for you. On the other hand, Whole Foods is close but doesn't carry certain products, and Wegman's is a 25-minute drive.