Sampling fruits in produce section

[Anonymous]

Wow, I hadn't been a sampler before... and had ended up taking home some disappointing produce as a result.. perhaps it's time I start..

[Anonymous]

I'm not going to change behavior because some OP has a germ phobia.

A. Store policy allows it.
B. I'm probably the 10th person who touched the fruit.
C. My hands are probably the cleanest of those ten people.
D. I have a legitimate right to know whether what I am buying is good or bad.

So if this really bothers you, pretend it doesn't happen, just as you do with the other NINE sets of hands that touched your food before you bought it, plus the cashier, who picked it up off the register conveyor belt that has chicken juice on it. Yes, chicken juice. Sweet dreams.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OK to sample: Cherries, grapes.
Not OK: Blackberries, strawberries, raspberries, bananas, oranges, applies, pineapples, watermelon, cantalopes, lemons, limes, grapefruit, coconut, honeydew.

But please don't sample my cherries or grapes if they're prepackaged and sold by weight (like they are sold at Costco).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree with PPs- who cares! This is really what you post about? I hope you are all sampling your cherries at $7.99 a pound.

For the love of GOD, $7.99 a pound!!! If 1,000 people sample those cherries just think of the COST the store has to pass down to US!

DO NOT SAMPLE THE CHERRIES!!!!

I will sample, because I'm not going to spend $15 on a bag of cherries, only to get home and have them be sour.

[Anonymous]

I open the box of raspberries/strawberries/blackberries, and gently turn it upside down to see if there is mold or mildew on the lower berries. I'm sure OP will find fault with that action too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I open the box of raspberries/strawberries/blackberries, and gently turn it upside down to see if there is mold or mildew on the lower berries. I'm sure OP will find fault with that action too.

How did you know? I can do a more "fair" inspection by just lifting up the box and looking at the sides from different angles, to see about the mold. Typically the box is clear all around, and I can suitably tell how good the batch is. Don't need to open and touch anything inside.

[Anonymous]

... Actually, sorry. It seems we are doing almost the same thing. But I'm not opening the box; just lifting up, looking from the different angles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I open the box of raspberries/strawberries/blackberries, and gently turn it upside down to see if there is mold or mildew on the lower berries. I'm sure OP will find fault with that action too.

How did you know? I can do a more "fair" inspection by just lifting up the box and looking at the sides from different angles, to see about the mold. Typically the box is clear all around, and I can suitably tell how good the batch is. Don't need to open and touch anything inside.

No, not the boxes I buy. At the bottom of the clear plastic container there is a white liner underneath the berries. Therefore, I can't tell by turning the container over, nor can you see the middle bottom just from the sides, and that is where the mold is likely to be.

I'm ok if you want to buy moldy berries. But I won't buy moldy produce and I have the right to look at what I am purchasing. The sign in the produce section states that I can.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I open the box of raspberries/strawberries/blackberries, and gently turn it upside down to see if there is mold or mildew on the lower berries. I'm sure OP will find fault with that action too.

I'm still trying to figure out how you open the clear container of strawberries and turn it upside down. At this point, aren't all the strawberries on the floor? I, too, sometimes turn the container around. But there's no need to open it and pour them out or otherwise poke around my strawberries.

[Anonymous]

... I see what you mean. Those smaller, flatter containers usually for the smaller berries. Gently turning it over might help to check, I agree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I open the box of raspberries/strawberries/blackberries, and gently turn it upside down to see if there is mold or mildew on the lower berries. I'm sure OP will find fault with that action too.

I'm still trying to figure out how you open the clear container of strawberries and turn it upside down. At this point, aren't all the strawberries on the floor? I, too, sometimes turn the container around. But there's no need to open it and pour them out or otherwise poke around my strawberries.

OP again ... yes, this is the response that I first replied to, because I would not need to open anything. Just look at it from different angles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I open the box of raspberries/strawberries/blackberries, and gently turn it upside down to see if there is mold or mildew on the lower berries. I'm sure OP will find fault with that action too.

I'm still trying to figure out how you open the clear container of strawberries and turn it upside down. At this point, aren't all the strawberries on the floor? I, too, sometimes turn the container around. But there's no need to open it and pour them out or otherwise poke around my strawberries.

First, the lid has a lip, so the berries don't fall out. Second, I don't open it "wide", just enough for the berries at the bottom to be visible through the side. But *shock* my hands might touch a few berries, which is outrageous to the OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I open the box of raspberries/strawberries/blackberries, and gently turn it upside down to see if there is mold or mildew on the lower berries. I'm sure OP will find fault with that action too.

I'm still trying to figure out how you open the clear container of strawberries and turn it upside down. At this point, aren't all the strawberries on the floor? I, too, sometimes turn the container around. But there's no need to open it and pour them out or otherwise poke around my strawberries.

First, the lid has a lip, so the berries don't fall out. Second, I don't open it "wide", just enough for the berries at the bottom to be visible through the side. But *shock* my hands might touch a few berries, which is outrageous to the OP.

Yeah, I think the opening of the container is over the top. I don't want you poking around at my $4 raspberries.

[Anonymous]

OP here, the previous response is not mine, but I agree with that PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, I hadn't been a sampler before... and had ended up taking home some disappointing produce as a result.. perhaps it's time I start..

I'm thinking the same thing.