Service nowadays...
Dec. 28th, 2004 12:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elfsI didn't bring lunch to work today, so I wandered out into the street to get a little walking time and find something to eat. I eventually ended up circumnavigating the neighborhood, passing by a tall man in a Sonics jacket wearing a green-and-yellow fright wig, and another man who mumbled as he walked and looked menacingly at everyone that moved, before I found the Safeway, wandered in and bought a cup of soup and some cut fresh pineapple.
Whatever happened to people who could pack a grocery bag? You do not put hot soup and "keep refrigerated" fruit right next to each other. Once upon a time, supermarkets actually trained their salesclerks, who had a lot of other things to do since they had no computers or bar-code readers, to think about how to pack a grocery bag.
Still, for four bucks, I suppose I shouldn't complain.
I have also developed a preference for Uni-ball Jetstream pens, which have a new ink formula that's smooth but quick-drying and I've really been enjoying it. Unfortunately, I've also lost two Jetstreams in a row, and now the office supply stores I rely on are sold out. I'll just have to wait.
And this morning I heard those sweet words, "And we'll see you tomorrow. This is the end of Lesson 56." Huzzah. Only 34 lessons to go and then I'll need a new source of Japanese goodness.
Whatever happened to people who could pack a grocery bag? You do not put hot soup and "keep refrigerated" fruit right next to each other. Once upon a time, supermarkets actually trained their salesclerks, who had a lot of other things to do since they had no computers or bar-code readers, to think about how to pack a grocery bag.
Still, for four bucks, I suppose I shouldn't complain.
I have also developed a preference for Uni-ball Jetstream pens, which have a new ink formula that's smooth but quick-drying and I've really been enjoying it. Unfortunately, I've also lost two Jetstreams in a row, and now the office supply stores I rely on are sold out. I'll just have to wait.
And this morning I heard those sweet words, "And we'll see you tomorrow. This is the end of Lesson 56." Huzzah. Only 34 lessons to go and then I'll need a new source of Japanese goodness.
