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

I can't stand to wait at the deli or grocery store.

Don't those people realize that I need to get home as soon as possible so that I can kill time in some other way?

They're cutting into my aimless Internet wandering and TV watching!!

 

I see numbers ... all around me!

 

I wasn't the one complaining. But ok.

 

1. Maybe some people order stuff that takes 10 minutes. Life's too short to rant about 10 minutes.

2. As someone posted earlier, why does wanting four kinds of cheese make someone an asshole? Maybe they're planning for a party. Whatever, they got there before you, so deal with it.

3. Or maybe they should have two people because there's a very good chance that some asshole like you will come in and be overly impatient about waiting your fucking turn.

4. The sale prices at the 2-3 grocery stores I patronize are programmed into their computers. Maybe you didn't get lucky. Buck up. I'm sure they gave you the sale price when you pointed it out -- probably very loudly and obnoxiously.

5. Again, you're condemning someone who got there before you. If I want my meat thin, tough shit to anyone behind me. It ain't personal.

6. They probably have to re-wrap for reasons to do with cleanliness or something. Again, this is some pretty weak shit you're bitching about. If it's that bad, buy the prepackaged lunch meet and cheese. Hillshire Farms and Sargento are my favorites.

7. Have a drink. Have several drinks. And STFU. There's nothing rational about your hatred.

 

The Stop and Shop in my old neighborhood had Boar's Head and the store brand, which isn't bad.
My most recent neighborhood had several deli options, so never more than a 5 min. wait.
I don't understand why more stores don't have that computer kiosk---it is the 21st century y'all.

 

So you are OK with the SOP of the store?

I just love wasting my time so a store can make an extra buck or two.

 

I'm pretty big on groceries. I shop around, I check out all the local markets from time to time, I look at the circulars, and I have even invested a fair amount of money in what I think is the top grocery chain.

Even so, at ALL of the ones I've ever been to in my many years and travels, unless you are the only one in line or maybe the second one in line, it is inefficient to use the deli. That is just how it is.

Also, deli purchases always add up to be more than you think they will. My only advice is that it's a lot easier to slice your own block of cheese than it is to slice your own hock of ham.

 

1. If you're waiting in line, you should know what you want by the time you get to the counter.
B. The deli counter's in my neck of Cali seem incapable of slicing thin.
iii. You're talking about people working at a supermarket deli counter. There's nothing ignoble about the work, but the smart, capable, motivated employees move on to better jobs.

 

Lot of East Coast bias on this thread.

Publix rules, no doubt. But I'll take Ralph's. I had a sandwich guy at the store near my old office who just piled on the meat (TWSS). I daydreamed about those sandwiches like I was Ryan friggin' Sonner.

 

What's your beef with Boar's Head (other than it's a stunningly unappealing brand name for meat)?

 

I've never really been around Publix, but Wegman's is worlds better than Ralph's. There's really no contest between the two. I enjoyed Ralph's, but they're decent supermarkets, nothing more.