Posted on 11/04/2018 9:20:10 PM PST by conservative98
The problem with Whole Foods is their regular customers. They are, across the board, across the country, useless, ignorant, and miserable. They’re worse than miserable, they’re angry. They are quite literally the opposite of every Whole Foods employee I’ve ever encountered. Walk through any store any time of day—but especially 5:30pm on a weekday or Saturday afternoon during football season—and invariably you will encounter a sneering, disdainful horde of hipster Zombies and entitled 1%ers.
They stand in the middle of the aisles, blocking passage of any other cart, staring intently at the selection asking themselves that critical question: which one of these olive oils makes me seem coolest and most socially conscious, while also making the raw vegetable salad I’m preparing for the monthly condo board meeting seem most rustic and artisanal?
If you are a normal human being, when you come upon a person like this in the aisle you clear your throat or say excuse me, hoping against hope that they catch your drift. They don’t. In fact, they are disgusted by your very existence. The idea that you would violate their personal shopping space—which seems to be the entire store—or deign to request anything of them is so far beyond the pale that most times all they can muster is an “Ugh!”
Over the years I have tried everything to remain civil to these people, but nothing has worked, so I’ve stopped trying. Instead, I walk over to their cart and
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I’ve always loved Giant, but it was a much better store when it was still controlled by the Cohens.
TJMaxx has really good soaps (tripled milled French) and lavander body washes with real essential oils.
Offended people offend me.
Same here...the buyout and unionization changed them...and not for the better. Deli and bakery section managers don’t seem to last longer than a few months, that’s not a good indicator
It was the family grocery store from childhood. Have many other better options now days.
“That’s a great article. I’ve never been to Whole Foods - the people I know who have gone have said ‘never again’ because of the prices. But I will have to go now, just to people watch ;-)”
I worked at Whole Foods Market (WFM) in Austin, so I am familiar with what the author was conveying. First, a couple of good points. The seafood aisle in Austin is one of the best I have seen that is not a fish store. Their seafood grill could be a nationally ranked restaurant it is that good. (growing up in NYC I know a bit about good seafood)
Their prepared meals are expensive, but again it is quality food and delicious. For the salad bar, same thing as well as their pastry section and in the Austin WFM, they have BBQ. With the abundance of world class BBQ joints in Austin and surrounding area, getting BBQ at WFM is like getting spaghetti at a diner. We will leave it at that.
The people who work on the floor are knowledgeable and always willing to help. Also, the staff are good at making recommendations for alternative selections. That’s the good.
The bad is less complicated. Patrons who frequent WFM are typically health fanatical libs who believe shopping at WFM is a status thing. From the valet parking to the constant need for attention. One time there I was called a troglodyte by a very pretty female who apparently was upset because her housekeeper was sick. I knew that because she wouldn’t shut up about it and wouldn’t move off to one side so others could pass while she bleated it on her phone. All I said was, “excuse me.” I said to her, “this is why you’re divorced and your kids hate you.” I took a shot since she wasn’t wearing a ring and was dressed as if to meet a rich guy. She started to cry. Highlight of my week.
Prices are also ridiculous. If I want this kind of food, I go to Sprouts which is Whole Foods for us poor troglodytes. But then again, HEB is now carrying a lot of the same stuff WFM carries at a third of the price. And I can stand on line there and not be stared at by the self absorbed weenies.
One thing WFM can do better, is have someone guide the patron to the next available spot in the queue. They do it, but only during meals since they want to get people out fast.
LOL! You dealt with that woman as many would like in that situation, but don’t dare ;-)
I will have to check out WF. They opened one near me, and it sounds interesting at least for a Saturday lunch.
It was our family store, too - maybe even the same one you went to, in Queenstown?
I worked in their PR department for a while when Izzy was still there. I was impressed with the good business and community values.
I noticed when Ahold took over, a lot of traditional old things were gone: especially Jewish/Kosher stuff and general holiday/seasonal offerings. Also, you could buy a Thanksgiving dinner that was excellent, turkey rotisseried in the store and everything very fresh and ready to go. The last time we ordered it - very different.
As for the challenge test you describe, abstention from gluten usually leads to recovery of proper intestinal and immune function and repletion of deficient vitamin and mineral stores. Once that is achieved, the body naturally resists the worst effects of a small and isolated dose of gluten.
For celiacs though, with sufficient gluten over enough time, the structure and function of the intestines deteriorate and a range of celiac symptoms may reappear. Yet there are many asymptomatic celiacs who test positive for celiac antigens even though they believe they have been gluten free. Trace amounts of gluten can easily slip in via obscure components in processed or restaurant foods.
In addition to celiac disease, there is an emerging disorder called non-celiac gluten sensitivity, with gluten a problem in various other intestinal disorders as well. Some medicines can also interfere with routine digestion, as my father found out with Clopidogrel. The problem became evident first with bread, then other carbohydrates. Yet my father does not have celiac disease.
One thing I'll say for them is that they really had it together after Hurricane Ike in 2008. Most store shelves (Kroger, Randall's, et al) were empty in the days following the hurricane. My wife and I went to Whole Foods, and they were 100% in stock.
Endlessly amused that the people who are today 80-100 years old grew up on stuff like lard
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It’s not just the age, it’s age and in a healthy body.
Yes! The Queenstown Super Giant n Queen Chapel Road, as it was then called...biggest Giant around. Wit the Yellow Stamp redemption store inside.
I remember Yellow Stamps. I think we got a toaster and some toys out of that ;-)
That Giant is the one they brought Queen Elizabeth to see when she visited and wanted to see a supermarket.
It was a great store; and back then, people worked there for many years, and lots retired from that job.
“Apparently, having kids in there was verboten...”
Actually that’s good news. If `progressives’ (actually, regressive Stalinists) not only hate children but disdain those who heed God’s commandment to be fruitful & multiply, then all the better for the good people (yeah, I said it). Let them die out like the Shakers.
Anyway, I go to Whole Foods for Feta & other cheeses. After retiring from the Army I bought my first Vietnam Vet cap. Wore it into WF hoping to be accosted by some graying ponytail of either sex screaming “babykiller!!”. No such luck; all I got was “Thank you for your service, your 10% discount is in the total”. Excellent staff, as noted.
Well, like they say...
Karma’s an itch...and someone hid the cortisone cream.
“Vulvalar dispositions”
More polite than `camel toes’.
;^)
I’m sorry if I sounded as if I thought I could speak for Gd. I’m just talking about how Gd does indeed want us to love our fellows as ourselves. I’ve learned this over the years. I certainly do not speak for Gd Himself.
We have a ShopRite nearby - they’ve had a great selection and a very good fresh veg section when I’ve been there.
Maybe I am a merchandiser’s dream but all I’m after is serious sourcing of animal products. What is in the animal is about to become you! I love animal proteins so much that I will eat less of them for higher quality, innorder to eat them from actual healthy animals.
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