Monday, December 04, 2006
Quirky British
Yesterday I went to the grocery store and I got all my stuff and was going through the line. I am almost through when the lady tells me that I can't buy the can of refried beans. Now, I'm confused because she is holding the can of beans and I can tell her that they cost exactly 85 pence and there is a bar code on them and everything. She tells me that they don't have them in their computer so I can't have them and that this has happened before and I can come back tomorrow and get them. Well, I don't want to make tacos tomorrow, I want them tonight so I offer to just give her an extra pound if she just lets me take the can of beans in her hand home. She looked so offended that I let it go. I'm pretty sure that this sort of thing would never happen at Walmart but what do I know, I'm just American. I mean, just take the cans off the shelf if you can't sell them. Anyway, we run in to wierd stuff like this all the time here and it just helps you realize what a great country America is and how fun it is to shake your head in amusement at our British brethren sometimes.
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That is a crazy story! I once tried to buy a halloween costume for baby libby at walmart, and they wouldn't sell it to me, even though it was on the shelf. She said it had been put on stop sell because it was deemed dangerous. I guess a choking hazard or flammability issue or something. It was super cute, a little Minnie Mouse costume and I really was loving the mental image of Libby wearing it, so I tried to get her to sell it to me, (I don't believe in mass safety warnings on things like that. I think I am quite capable of managing all the supposed "risks" ). Anyway she wouldn't sell it, and I left very disappointed. A can of beans is even more interesting. I know how it is too, when you decide what you want for dinner. It is very hard to switch gears to something else. I think the strangest part is she was offended by you trying to offer her more for the can of beans. What a nutter! Who cares! It's a can of beans. Maybe they were radioactive and meant for someone else! hahahah.
ReplyDeleteThat's what I figured too. Maybe that batch had botulism. The tacos were fine without them.
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome. I love British stuff, though I suppose it's a lot less entertaining when it's an actual inconvenience, rather than just a funny story that you hear from thousands of miles (or was it kilometers) away...
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