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Might want to leave that off your resume.
Do You Know What Really Grinds My Gears?
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Might want to leave that off your resume.
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Yeah, it's not on my professional resume lol. I ended up being re-assigned to the Wine and Spirits because a secret shopper asked me 'how do you tell if a rambutan is ripe' and my response was 'what's a rambutan?"
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What a ****** secret shopper.
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Right? We live in Iowa idiot, nobody is eating ****ing rambutans!
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1. Not sure what a Rambutan is
2. There are certain areas in the U.S where rambutans are consumed more than others?
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I've done secret shopping to earn some extra scratch, and it's really the dumbest thing in the world.
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what stores did you lurk around? And did you ever ask for rambutans in Iowa?
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Pretty sure the rambutans are to be displayed next to the cruciferous items and never next to potatoes or onions, shallots are ok though.
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Are you a produce clerk?
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No, and I've never heard of a rambutan or the perils of taters next to onions.
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Lol. That's my process too. I normally will get someone to spot check it as well. If I'm feeling particularly ambitious I'll take a razor to it, but I only end up doing that once a month or so.
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Wait, you were deciding where the produce went? Not someone with knowledge and experience. Fun times, well, see ya next year I guess.
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I'll bet you die a little when you see a salad bar with the onions all out and exposed collecting airborne, fecal contaminants.
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I worked with this guy who took his job really seriously. I think his name was Paul IIRC and he had worked there his whole life I think. He had this cool little produce toolbelt with knives/box cutters on it and stuff. One day we were having a big blow out sale on pineapple and I guess I was on pineapple duty. Paul came rushing up to me, "HAWKBEAR, THE PINEAPPLE IS ALMOST OUT, GO GET IT RESTOCKED OMFG!!!!" and it was at that moment in time I realized I would never work another retail job in my life.
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But do you remember ever putting potatoes next to onions or being told "don't do that"?
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Wait, Paul didn't know to keep the onions away from the potatoes either? Other than that, sounds like he probably had real life responsibilities and was doing the best with what he had.
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He put the rambutans next to the tampons. Nobody told him not to. Paul had a different kind of belt for these kind of things.
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At a California Vons in the mid 2000's.
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@Crystallas So is it bad that I keep the Onions and Garlic near my potatoes in a dark pantry?
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Someone is upset.
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bamainatlantaYou wake him up, you keep him up