Why I don't go grocery shopping with MrLaraMN:

[LaraMN]

We had a couple hours tonight kid-free, so my husband suggested we stop at the store and pick up a few things. We pretty much NEVER shop together.

He wanted to buy some lunch meat, so we stopped at the deli counter. He decided he wanted some turkey, so he told the deli employee, "I want a pound of turkey." There were about ten kinds of turkey. The deli counter employee said, "what kind of turkey?" MrLaraMN stood there for a while looking completely dumbfounded, and then responded, "I don't know. The regular kind." The deli worker did not know what to do and I had to intervene.

After I stopped laughing at my husband, I asked him how he was going to do things like buy turkey lunch meat and have clean clothes if I suddenly died. He said he would "figure something out."

I think if I do die, he will never be able to have a turkey sandwich again.

[DarkTirade]

1. There's always the old standby: just say 'the cheapest one' or 'the most expensive one'.

Of course, if there are two that are the same price on either end of the spectrum, he's screwed. :P

[cbayer]

2. I know what you mean.

I went shopping with Mr. cbayer yesterday. He gets really confused in the grocery store. He stands and looks at things for a long time. I think if I were not around, he would just eat exactly the same thing every day.

And he would wear the same pair of pants for two weeks straight.

[mainegreen]

3. Your husband is right.

In any situation one should be able to say 'I'll just take the default'.
You don't always want to have to weigh the pros and cons of things, especially silly things like what kind of turkey deli meat.

[DS1]

8. fucking A

sounds like Lara shops at Bistro Del Douche


They should either default to what's on sale, or whatever isn't flavored or smoked. Yes, I separate flavored and smoked, because smoked is shit.

[mainegreen]

12. I think I've been to that Bistro.

Once.

[LeftyMom]

4. Now's the time to start teaching the kids.

LK's Dad is USELESS in the grocery store, but LK just steers him around and gets the things he wants to eat. Oh, and he makes him buy more fruits and vegetables, and put the unhealthy things back. It's really cute.

I figure that way, if the zombies get me first, LK can help his Dad or my Sister loot (oh wait, they're all white, so they'll find things- I learned so much from the media after Katrina) and they'll get through the apocalypse without developing any vitamin deficiencies. :D

[AlCzervik]

7. that's good advice.

[logosoco]

5. Did he know that he had to go to the deli for the turkey?

My husband seems to think that there is a crew that rearranges the store every night. He can't find anything. Shopping with kids can be better than spouses sometimes!

[Pierre.Suave]

6. Wow...

Just Wow...

How can anyone look at the deli counter and not see that their are options?

[annabanana]

9. For a lot of guys, the options are the problem...

You want to see a bunch of ticked off old ladies, go to the supermarket on the day that hubby decides to go shopping with her and proceeds to tell her just what she's been doing wrong for the past 5o years...


"Retirement: Half the money and twice the husband."

[Pierre.Suave]

10. Uhmmm, I am a guy...

and I go grocery shopping all the time. I have no trouble finding turkey, or anything else in the store.

Any thing else you would like to tell me about my trips to the grocery store? :eyes:

[annabanana]

11. I'm mostly talking about older couples when one of the

partners has done the bulk of the shopping for most of their lives together.

I expect is would be just as aggravating for the guy if his wife suddenly jumped in and started "suggesting" improvements to his shopping technique. . . .ditto for same sex couples.

I was just remarking on the most commonly seen occurrence.

[Critters2]

13. My dad eats out all the time, since my mom died.

The employees at Wendy's know him by name, and at McDonald's they don't even ask what he wants anymore...just give him "the usual". He admits he has no idea what to do in a kitchen.

[Pierre.Suave]

14. I bet he does it for the companionship as much as the food...

just to get out of the house, and talk to people. It is understandable.

[Oeditpus Rex]

15. ...

[AlCzervik]

16. oh, save me the jelly!

oops, just made myself a little sick.

:rofl:

[Oeditpus Rex]

19. Spam™ doesn't have much jelly anymore

They lost most of it when they got rid of the can you opened with a key. :(

[AlCzervik]

20. they got rid of the key, what the hell?

talk about ruining childhood memories for millions of us! I don't eat spam but if i did the no key would be a deal breaker for me.

[Oeditpus Rex]

21. 'Progress'

I liked breakin' the key off the bottom and wrappin' it around the can, man. There was something comforting about it.

I kinda miss using a church key on a can o' Dr Pepper, too. :(

[AlCzervik]

22. Sometimes progress really blows, not every widget needs to be improved.

fuckers.

[Oeditpus Rex]

23. I did appreciate the new Stooge Panel on the Veeblefetzer, though

[grasswire]

26. have you eaten this flavor?

How is it?

[Oeditpus Rex]

28. Hell, no

Turkey Spam™ is just wrong. x(

[BlueJazz]

17. I would have said: Ah..The Turkey that used to have 2 Legs.

:)

[ThomCat]

18. Solution: Don't die.

You deserve immortality. :P

[OmahaBlueDog]

25. That's what I told Mrs. OmahaBlueDog

Under no circumstances is she allowed to die. I'll be royally pissed if she does.

However, back to the OP. We males are, mostly, simple creatures with pretty simple tastes and needs. OK, if it's guns, fishing tackle, motor oil, or supermodels, we have nuanced preferences. Deli turkey -- not so much.

[LeftyMom]

27. Motor oil!

First conversation I ever had with teh fella, one of the things that came up was his preferred motor oil. Then again, I'm glad we got that weighty issue out of the way, I mean, I'm not sure I could date him if he used conventional. :P

[JVS]

24. I'm shocked at the total lack of salesmanship by the deli person

It's their fucking job to get you to buy a pound of turkey. They should have some suggestions about what the customer might like. That sorry SOB will never move up to selling cars if their game is so shitty.

[datasuspect]

29. coffee is for closers

[PRETZEL]

30. Opposite here for me,

I absolutely never want my wife going to the store with me.

I don't have enough money.