I have a very rational hatred for the deli at the supermarkets

They rock.

Too bad the meat was poor, but that is the way it should be done. Heck, they could give out the little pagers you used to get at restaurants when restaurants were busy.

 

I am going to try that at Stop 'n Shop. Order half pound of Salami and give my name as Dick Hertz.

"Dick Hertz your Salami is ready for pick up"

 

No, you could get good meat. But it was like $9.99 a pound. And sorry, but no.

 

I'd pay $20/lb for good roast beef. The deli I use for roast beef (best roast beef I've ever had), sells it for $8/lb. I typically get a half-pound for a couple sammiches throughout the work week. $4. I consider that a steal.

 

I've used a service similar to what IJAG is describing before. It was very convenient, until the store got bought out. Now, I purchase my deli meet at a little deli shop on Saturday mornings, when MrsExpendable sends me up to get her a bagel. Since I'm waiting on the bagel, it's not but a minute or two extra to wait for them to shave me a little pastrami. Otherwise, I'd be right with you on these silly waits. I love the grocery store, but I can't stand the line at the deli counter.

 

At Stop and Shop you can avoid all the super market hassles by going home delivery route. It does not cost much more.

Just go on computer and click what you want. Specify delivery time and you will have the next day at that time. Few things in life work so well. They are much better vegetable pickers than I could ever be.

 

If you switch bologna you could afford a few better looking work shirts.

 

I feel the same way about car washes as the OP does about delis.

There's a fantastic car wash right next door to my office, and it provides a great service for 10 bucks if you're there before 9. But I'll never go back, because the last time I was there I waited about 45 minutes for my car, even though I was the only customer there. When I asked the manager why there were 15 able bodied attendants standing at the entrance, and one grandpa taking his time on my car, the Manager told me that's how they do it and he can't change it and if I don't like it, go somewhere else.

Done.

 

Agreed.

 

Going to my local butcher shop/deli (not in a friggin' supermarket) is a social occasion. Get to yak with the guys behind the counter about what's new in the cheese/meat/pate/ departments and bust the owner's balls over his prices. Yes, his double smoked bacon is $12.00 a pound but you'd never eat that nitrate filled crap from a supermarket again.

Can drop $50.00 without any trouble. I waited 15 minutes last Saturday while some guy ordered five types of cheeses and about five types of meat. He was asking questions about every single thing he was buying.

If you're in a hurry, don't go to a deli--and I'm one impatient mother.

 

Publix fried chicken is where it's at.