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Grocery shopping at 10:30 pm on a Saturday...

InflatableBuddha

InflatableBuddha

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So my g/f and I had a really long day on Saturday...hit the mall in the morning to do some errands, drove 4 hours round-trip to Harrison Hot Springs to check out the sand scuptures...picked up a couple large items at Ikea on the way back. We ordered in pizza for dinner since we were too tired to cook. I realize at 10pm that I haven't been grocery shopping for a while and I'm out of the essentials...I make a list and off to the store I go (she stayed home).

I'm one of about six people in the whole store. As I carefully inspect the broccoli crowns, two annoyingly loud geek types (around 20-21) saunter into the produce section.

"Man, I fucking hate grocery shopping now that my mom doesn't do it for me anymore."
"Whatever dude, it's not that hard."

The first guy grabs three bananas, stuffs them in his basket and is about to walk away when his buddy interrupts him.
"Hey, you should get a shitload of these, they're on sale for like 39 cents a pound."
"I dunno, do I need that many?"
"Yea for sure, you gotta like, whip it out - whip out your banana".

He feigns an unzipping motion, followed by air cranking/beating off, and finishes off with a few air spanks for good measure. The first guy laughs sarcastically and grabs another bunch of bananas as they walk away towards the deli.

I think I need to plan grocery shopping for earlier in the day.

 
Instead of doing it earlier, do it later. Get in a store about 3am and even the people working there will be weirder than those customers you saw.
 
Na shopping late at night is great, you get to see all sorts of funny/strange crap. Like a bunch of drunk college kids mummy wrapping one of their friends in duct tape and then throwing him on the conveyor to check out.
 
Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
Instead of doing it earlier, do it later. Get in a store about 3am and even the people working there will be weirder than those customers you saw.
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It's only open until midnight, although that would be pretty amusing. Convenience stores at 3am, OTOH, are just sketchy.

 
I worked nightshift at a Walmart Supercenter for over 2 years. Yeah, there are all kinds of weird people there. The weekends bring high school and college-age idiots with nothing better to do than ransack a store.
So imagine having to deal with morons like that night after night. You got off easy.

I bet these were the same sorts of kids who complained about what their mom cooked, or how "there's never anything to eat here."

I like grocery shopping, or maybe, I don't mind it. I try to go when I have enough time to browse; it's something I don't like doing in a hurry. I go with a list and get that, but it's usually quite minimal. I just get anything that looks interesting or tolerably edible.

They must not go shopping often either. I think 39 cents per pound is a pretty standard price.
 
Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
Instead of doing it earlier, do it later. Get in a store about 3am and even the people working there will be weirder than those customers you saw.
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Yeah i remember going to the 24 hour grocery store and buying taco fixings. The workers seemed a little suprised that someone was in the store.
 
We have super huge 24 hour grocers called Woodman's here, and going there at 2 or 3 am is great. You'd be surprised at the variety of people who are there. Old people, teenagers, college kids, middle aged people, everyone.

No lines = great shopping 😀
 
Ok, so in this thread, I see:
- Woodman's
- bananas
- "whip it out"
- tacos
- "Instead of doing it earlier, do it later"
- "Whatever dude, it's not that hard."


Good stuff.
 
Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
Instead of doing it earlier, do it later. Get in a store about 3am and even the people working there will be weirder than those customers you saw.
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hehe yep, that's when i go. they bring boom boxes and crank up rock music so you can hear jimi hendrix blaring all over the store. i wish the supermarket did that anyway.
 
Early morning or late night FTW. Why fight the crowds and wait in lines? Also, no reason not to stock up if you've got the dosh or credit and who doesn't? Going to the sto' every day is for fools. I pity them.
 
the prob with shoping late here is that the deli if fing closed 🙁

same with the meat counter, they arnt staffed after like 9
 
Originally posted by: InflatableBuddha
I'm one of about six people in the whole store.

I think I need to plan grocery shopping for earlier in the day.
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Are you CRAZY? :Q
 
I like going late at night or early in the morning for the lack of crowds as well. Weird thing is though, the Wal-Mart here has normal people working during those hours and the weirdos working the day shift hours.
 
When I lived in a college town the drunk college kids would release the lobsters from the tank. Not uncommon to see several lobsters cruising down the aisles.
 
I used to do my grocery shopping at 3 AM at the Ralphs on La Brea. It was everything I ever thought it would be: awesome.
 
Hmmm...on second thought, maybe late night grocery shopping could be a good source for cheap entertainment. I'm bringing a lawn chair with me when I go next week! 🙂
 
Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
Instead of doing it earlier, do it later. Get in a store about 3am and even the people working there will be weirder than those customers you saw.
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MUCH weirder.
 
There is one grocery store down the street I won't go in after dark. Freaking ghetto Safeways on the east side.
 
When I was in high school there were a few nights both my mom and I couldn't sleep. I remember I would be downstairs reading or something and she would come down. We'd talk for a bit and, weirdly, we'd go food shopping. Seriously, I've never had a better experience. Every time we went at like 4 30 am we were the only people there. The employees had music blasting and, because they were so bored, they helped us get groceries. I'm pretty they did at least 25 - 30% of our shopping.
 
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